The Casanare environmental management agency Corporinoquia sat in on a meeting in Yopal to discuss problems and conflicts and problems in the department between the community and oil producers.
The president of the Colombian Oil Engineers Association (ACIPET) says that an April decree to offer more flexibility for foreigners to work in Colombia has diminished the opportunities for national engineers in the oil industry.
An article in the local paper Noticiero del Llano quoting unnamed “ecologists” is calling on Ecopetrol to assume the social responsibility of exploration and production, and called on readers to voice concerns to a mobile unit of the NOC designed to receive complaints from the community.
The USO confirmed that it will hold its national elections on November 27 and 28, in order to determine the national directors, deputy directors and all other national level roles within the union.
The Casanare government signed an agreement of understanding with oil operators from the region to define social investment and road maintenance in the region, an event that brought out Ecopetrol’s president Javier Gutiérrez.
The approval of royalty projects moves on and here we publish a list of the main statements issued by the the General Royalty System (SGR) in the month of October.
Folk music, a journalism award, new roads, natural gas distribution and more in this latest installment of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects advanced by oil producers, pipeline operators and the NOC Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC).
The National Consulting Center did a study of the image of local mayors and departmental governors and published their latest findings. Here is a look at how the political heads of oil producing regions – Meta and Casanare – fared.
At its 25th anniversary the Chamber of Oil Goods and Services (Campetrol) is bringing more local suppliers into the oil industry with operators and contractors, creating opportunities through a number of fronts, says its executive director.
Equion invited local journalists to conference on the effects of seismic exploration in Yopal led by one of its geologists that sought to dispel rumors that the tests are affecting the local water supply. A public referendum has been scheduled in the nearby Tauramena municipality which addresses this issue and asks residents to approve or reject nearby oil production in general.
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