From public safety campaigns to debates on who will foot the bill of heavy vehicular traffic, Casanare was home to a number of road related issues and reports, which we detail in our latest summary of road related articles.
The Ministry of Labor is looking to crack down on those presidents of community action committees (JACS) that charge community members in the areas of influence of oil facilities to have work with the industry.
The national government says that the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) will open an office in Yopal, Casanare in 2015 to tighten community relations and ensure compliance from operators in nearby fields. Environmental concerns were cited as the motivation for the new strategy.
On August 23 the extension of the direct negotiation phase of collective bargaining talks between Ecopetrol and the USO comes to a close, and the union is promising strikes before the matter goes to a tribunal for resolution.
Some 56 villages in the Putumayo corridor from Puerto Vega-Teteyé have been protesting a plan to expand drilling in the area, arguing that they do not want oil infrastructure that will become a target of the Farc near their communities.
The Municipality of Yopal is promoting a change in tax laws that would allow it (and others) to levy a municipal industry and commerce tax on oil operator revenues. Currently they are exempt from the tax since they are already paying royalties based on their production.
A report issued last week by Colombia’s General Controller placing the responsibility for a drought earlier this year on the shoulders of the oil industry in Casanare has brought the issue back to the front pages, as critics call for greater restrictions on seismic exploration while oil authorities push back.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) says that contracts managed by the firm in the first half of 2014 reached CoP$10T (US$5.22B), putting it in line with contracting during 2013, when the NOC’s total contract pool valued COP$20B. The NOC said that 92% was performed with national suppliers.
A report looks at testimony from residents near the exploration block COR 33, which was awarded to Alange Energy, now Pacific Rubiales (TSX:PRE), but has seen activity halted as environmentalists claim a natural reserve coincides with its position.
Pacific Rubiales (TSX:PRE) is taking a successful suppliers development program from Meta to put it to work with local companies in Casanare, while Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) strengthens cacao producers and continues the Iguana roadshow to rural schools. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) related news.
2025, Hydrocarbons Colombia, All Rights Reserved.
