The new royalty system is taking shape and receiving royalties is no longer “like winning the lottery”, resulting in car purchases and other extravagance, says the director of the National Planning Department (DNP) Tatyana Orozco.
The office of Alejandro Ordoñez, Colombia’s Inspector General, has met with leaders of three departments bearing the brunt of oil tanker traffic on their roads to form a work committee that will analyze this growing point of contention in oil producing regions.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Projects for 2014 are already under way, here is a selection of different items that reached press during January of this year, among them projects including technical training, donated trees, infrastructure and more.
The upcoming march on February 20th to protest extractive industry activities near water sources will “derail the Santos’ destructive engine” says the president of Meta’s energy, mining and environmental committee, Timoteo Romero Morales.
Community protests accusing Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) of not holding up to social investment promises took a violent turn over the weekend, with more than 26 arrests and violent clashes between riot police and protesters.
The USO celebrated its 91st birthday this past week and honored the hallmark date with a long statement that centered on its radical agenda.
During 2013 Pacific Rubiales Energy (TSX:PRE) invested a total of US$67.7M into corporate responsibility projects (CSR) involving indigenous populations in six departments, its CSR manager, Alejandro Jiménez was quoted as saying.
Community leaders in the municipalities of Tame, Arauca and Hato Corozal, Casanare have formally requested a public hearing to voice questions on the environmental impact of oil production in the Llanos 10 block.
Oil producer Equion says it expects net oil production in 2014 to increase slightly to 27,900bd in 2014, compared to 27,000bd in 2013, and addressed accusations that seismic exploration is affecting the environment in Casanare.
The Casanare Department has issued a resolution that will repeal the legality of internal community action committee (JAC) regulations and increase oversight over the entities after detecting a series of irregularities in how they operate.