Protests which started in the city of Tibú, in the Norte de Santander department have turned increasing violent as local mayors are calling on the national government for help. According to reports in the local press, a fundamental cause of the protests is the eradication of coca crops without an alternative crop or subsidies to compensate affected families.
The Bicentennial Pipeline unveiled a community center for events and meetings in a village of Nunchia which it says will benefit more than 350 people in the community and is one of seven the company is delivering for community use.
The administrators of Colombia’s General Royalties System (SGR) hosted planning secretaries from the country’s departmental governments to discuss the accomplishments of the new royalty system in its first year and talk about its reach looking forward.
Rural communities in Tibú, located in the Santander Norte department have erected barricades and organized protests which have 90% of Ecopetrol’s oil drilling and extraction activities stopped.
A Supreme Court ruling against the USO regarding the union’s role in a 2011 strike involving a contractor, CBI, in the Reficar oil field signals a “destructive judicial precedent for the union fight in Colombia,” the USO said.
The Villavicencio Chamber of Commerce (CCV) will create a mechanism to resolve payment disputes between local suppliers and Ecopetrol contractors and monitor payments from the oil producer to its direct contractors.
Road blockades in the communities of Cumaral, Acacías, Puerto Lópex and Villavicencio have blocked truck routes used to transport crude with protestors calling for the government to remove the heavy vehicles passing through the area.
Natural gas producer Promigás has been offered up to US$100M in financing from the Interamerican Development Bank to improve its “Brilla” lending program due to its success in helping the bottom of the pyramid.
The Bicentennial Pipeline (OBC) met with representative of the Disaster Risk Management of Casanare to detail its contingency plan in order to integrate it with the departmental plan.
The General Royalties System (SGR) is calling on Colombia’s academic institutions to help facilitate the proposal process in regions through a “Train the Trainers” program where the universities will play a greater role preparing regional institutions for the SGR proposal process. Parallel to this announcement, the entity also summarized the results of royalty investments in several areas and received new projects as well.
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