The USO held a number of activities to draw attention to third party outsourcing and the suspension of contracts, as the union looks to increase pressure on the NOC to limit the use of contractors.
The Minister of mines and Energy (MinMinas) Tomás González paid a visit to Yopal, Casanare and outlined the root causes of the drop in oil prices, and also talked about exploration plans to grow reserves and production.
Perenco said last week that it would shut down its operations in Aguazul after three months of blockades from the Tesoro Bubuy village. The action apparently was enough to bring the community to the table and lift the blockades, although talks still remain.
The UTEN Hidrocarburos union, which accounts for the ranks of Pacific Rubiales (NYSE:EC), has marked three years of peaceful relations with the company and community in Colombia’s largest oil field, Rubiales.
In Casanare transportation companies have formed a group of committees to better organize the industry, in Huila accidents and congestion due to tankers have declined while road and bridge repairs took place in Casanare, Boyacá and Norte de Santander.
A proposed bill to make modifications to the two year old royalty system has provoked responses from a number of Senators who are demanding the changes, and accusations from others that recent promises from the central government have already been cast aside.
USO Meta vice president Dario Cárdenas has been absolved of charges against him and released from prison a year and three days after being arrested for crimes associated with protests in Puerto Gaitán, Meta.
The oil workers union USO has been banging their drums about an Ecopetrol seismic contractor Sismopetrol, who had closed operations and left workers unpaid. Now Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) has clarified why the work had stopped, and said it will compensate the affected workers.
While Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) financial results might not be looking so pretty, the NOC detailed its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities and it has been involved in a number of projects mentioned recently in local press. Authorities are also welcoming Colombia’s candidacy in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). These and other CSR stories in our periodic summary.
The USO said that it has been working with the Tesoro de Bubuy community in Aguazul to demand concessions on environmental impact and social investment from Perenco, who has since said it will close the project as a result.
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