In 2012 the oil and financial industries paid their employees the highest of any sector in the national economy, according to the annual report of Colombia’s Federation of Human Management (ARIC).
The USO said they reached an agreement with construction contractor CB&I (NYSE:CBI) at the helm of the expansion of the Cartagena Refinery expansion work days after workers left their post.
Casanare’s Chamber of Commerce held a seminar to assess progress over the last year and the executive director Carlos Rojas said that local businesses cannot continue letting opportunities in the oil industry “pass by their noses”.
Raven Pipeline Colombia, which operates small diameter pipelines, says it has advanced in socialization of its environmental plan, part of the process to obtain a license for its first Project in Colombia in the Paz de Ariporo municipality.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives that received attention late August and early September include programs from Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC), The Bicentennial Pipeline and Parex Resources(TSX:PXT).
After almost a month and a half of negotiations, the USO has announced a new general strike among its members working for CB&I (CBI: NYSE), the construction contractor involved in the expansion of the Cartagena Refinery (Reficar).
New technologies, off shore drilling and unconventional reserves must be actively harnessed and explored if Colombia is to maintain its oil production above a million barrels a day says Germán Arce, president of the National Hydrocarbons Agency ANH.
The United Nations verified that the highway blockades associated with the agro-workers strike that have paralyzed traffic in many parts of the country have been lifted. The confirmation comes days after an agreement between seven departments and the central government. But already new strikes have been announced.
In Yopal a tanker-truck spilled raw crude while leaving the municipality and the spill reaction team took hours to respond. Instead local firefighters and a team from the Bicentennial Pipeline (OBC) has to intervene to clean up the mess.
Talks to reach an agreement between USO members working for CB&I, the contractor in charge of construction of the expansion of the Cartagena Refinery (Reficar) have faltered and the union has called for a member vote to see if it will hold another general strike or take its case to court.
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