A seismic exploration project being carried out by Pacific Rubiales is receiving increased resistance from local communities in Huila, where a number of government authorities, environmental activists and academics will organize a forum to discuss the matter.
Parex has held a press conference with local media outlets and looks to convince the local community that its plan to drill exploration wells in the Tinije Lagoon will be more environmentally safe than Spain’s Cepcolsa, who abandoned the project after community pressure.
USO affiliates staged a protest last week in front of Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) corporate headquarters in Bogotá over what the union says is a negligent attitude of the NOC in regards to the health benefits and conditions under contractor firms.
The surrounding region of Paz de Ariporo is suffering a severe drought that has led to widespread deaths of native species and livestock, and the local press is speculating that the boom of the mining-energy sector is to blame.
Citiing a UN agreement to protect 17% of the country’s land mass, authorities are looking to add eight more parks in La Guajira, Arauca, Meta, and Serranía de San Lucas, thus prohibiting any sort of extractive activities in the area.
A number of communities in the Aguazul and Maní municipalities have issued a joint statement to local press alleging that oil operator Perenco Colombia is not complying with legal requirements on environmental, social responsibility and soclaization matters. Is this the latest community to engage in hardball negotiations with oil producers or are the accusations founded?
Ecopetrol has a number of programs including bridge improvements and educational programs, while Raven says its ready to invest in social programs and Llanopetrol is backing students for petrochemical studies. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility programs to make local press lately.
Local hiring and the ongoing debate between the economic benefits to the local economy achieved through using tankers to transport crude stood out as the top items in this week’s road review.
Huila governor Carlos Mauricio Iriarte Barrios said that there is an opportunity for departments in Colombia’s south to join forces to become more competitive to win royalty projects that meet the needs of this region.
Citing shifting, exaggerated demands and requirements from the local community near its Llanos 30 block E&P operations, Parex has decided to close the operation and cancel contracts with local suppliers.
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