Over the last three years 1,445 oil engineers have graduated Colombian educational institutions, but of this number 750 have not been able to find work in the national industry says a recent study.
Casanare’s environmental management agency Corporinoquia is planning the prior consultation phase to declare a number of micro-basins as protected natural resources due to their role in the supply of water for local communities.
During a seminar with the La Esmeralda community in Acacías, Meta, the Labor Minister Rafael Pardo addressed issues surrounding social investment and environmental impact, but the hiring practices, especially those involving employment agencies generated the most discussion.
In Huila the issue of oil tankers on the roadways continues to draw the ire of local authorities, some of which have called on the national government to immediately suspend all oil tanker traffic in a meeting with national government officials.
The USO has finalized the collective bargaining schedule for this year after deciding to file a new list of terms and withdraw from its current collective bargaining agreement with Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC).
The mining and energy boom has brought economic benefits says Senator Jose Name, who also charges that the industry has destabilized the Colombian peso, wrecked local agriculture and carries grave social and environmental risks.
Local communities are not only active players in the extraction process they are also important for the process to be successful, and to do so agreements must be made and the government should play a strong role as observer and ensure that in detail that promises are met on both sides, according to an executive with Pacific Rubiales Energy (TSX:PRE).
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.
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