After nearly two months of protests in Putumayo the government has agreed to form a permanent dialogue with the department in the Puerto Asís in order to find a solution to end the ongoing dispute where oil infrastructure and security is a principal issue.
Blockades of the La Cira Infantas field have prohibited access to the administration facilities and led the operators of the field to suspend six contracts, affecting 700 workers associated with the project.
Liria Manrique López, a delegate of labor rights NGO Coljusticia claims that oil companies have turned to lawyers and legal processes to counter community and union critics, a practice she says is designed to stamp out opposition to the industry.
With the Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) collective bargaining agreement behind it, the USO has reset its sights on its next big political target: revert the Rubiales field back to Ecopetrol, and in turn, back to USO affiliated workers.
Hardly a term used in anti-oil circles two weeks ago, a campaign against fracking has made its way to Meta from Huila as it receives attention from Colombia’s green party as well.
The first unconventional project to use fracking techniques has only recently been approved by the National Hydrocarbons Agency, but anti-oil advocates already have a lineup of activities to spread their message.
Fresh off an accord with Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC), the USO has now signed another new collective bargaining agreement oil services firm Weatherford (NYSE:WFT).
Pacific Rubiales(TSX:PRE) receives recognition for a program to benefit local suppliers, Parex aids a large family and adds infrastructure in Pore, these and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories from oil operators.
The State Council has supported an injunction filed by Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC), and ruled that regional and local entities cannot establish areas that limit oil or mining activities, as they are an issue of the central government.
After more than a month of protests, blockades and clashes the mayor of Puerto Asís has called on the Interior Minister Juan Fernando Cristo to attend to the indigenous communities concerns to end the deadlock.
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