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Through its Energy4me program, the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) went to Putumayo and, with Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) support, started a campaign to educate people with real facts, about the real impact of oil activities in their territories.

Industry and Community Action Board (JAC) representatives met in Puerto Gaitán to discuss social issues and CSR projects. The local Municipal Administration said “yes to oil, but with responsibility.”

A draft decree from the Ministry of Environment (MinAmbiente) turned on the alarms for the oil, electricity and infrastructure sectors.

The union said that protests have been taking place in the departments of Sucre and Cesar to reject the alleged breach of agreements by companies like Canacol, Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) and Cenit.

The National Hydrocarbons Association (ANH) hosted the “Dialogue for Building a Vision for Territorial Development” roundtable in Yopal (Casanare), where industry and community members were able to discuss social and industry related issues.

Equion, Occidental de Colombia (Oxy) and Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) announced the successful development of CSR projects in the departments of Casanare, Arauca and Huila. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.

The company inaugurated the “Arawalibo” Child Development Center (CDI) in Puerto Gaitán (Meta,) with the support of the Presidential Counsel for Early Childhood, the Mayor of Puerto Gaitán, the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare and Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC.)

The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) is working to face the boom of popular referendums around Colombia. The ANH is talking and socializing projects with communities to prevent referendums in the future and it seems that it is working.

The union spoke about the national protest day that industry workers carried out last week, and on the alleged privatization of the Transandino pipeline. They rejected Ecopetrol´s (NYSE:EC) “lack of interest” in having a talk with them.

The Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet) said that if the ‘No’ wins in Pasca (Cundinamarca,) fuel and ACPM transport through tanker trucks could be banned from the municipality.