Equion’s oil proyect in Nuchía was stopped after legal actions against the company were submitted by a local lawyer, and protests in Tauramena against Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) do not seem to stop. However, GeoPark (NYSE: GPRK) and Parex (TSX: PXT) showed their commitment to the Tauramena community and carried out a medical brigade in the area. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects in our periodic summary.
The oil company started operating the Llanos block 34 in the department of Casanare five years ago. GeoPark (NYSE: GPRK) created a strategy under the principle of “create value”.
The National Planning Department (DNP) initiated a process to modernize the Planes de Ordenamiento Territorial (POT) in the country. Many municipalities with oil activity are part of this process and must adjust to the new rules.
USO reported their health and education rights are being supposedly violated by Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC.) The Union said drastic measures would have to be taken if the NOC does not agree to negotiate with them.
This week, USO celebrated the fact that Cartagena’s Court decided to stop a legal process against one of its leaders, as well as the sanction that was levied on Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) for allegedly imposing a ’voluntary agreement’ on its workers. However, events such as the protests in Nuevo Córdoba and the arrest orders against leaders from 2016’s tanker strikes remain a cause for concern to the Union leaders.
President Juan Manuel Santos asked MinHacienda Mauricio Cárdenas and MinMinas Germán Arce, to meet with Colombia’s mayors and governors to resolve the ‘controversy’ that changes to the gasoline surcharge has aroused.
Centro Democrático’s Senator, Ernesto Macías, has been persistently denouncing the lack of follow-up to the General System of Royalties (SGR) implemented by President Santos’ government.
Perhaps the most difficult social conflict problem today is in Guamal in Meta where Ecopetrol’s activities in CPO-9 have been interrupted by blockades and threatened with a ‘anti-oil’ referendum. We though readers might be interested in how the company is dealing with the matter from a public relations point of view.
The Norwegian Embassy in Colombia in cooperation with the International Center for Hydropower (ICH) organized “Talks on peacebuilding in the energy sector: roads and challenges of the post conflict” in Bogotá. HCC was present at the event; we have a brief summary of the meeting.
The Colombian Association of Oil Engineers, Acipet celebrated Journalists’ Day and HCC attended the event. Topics such as the current labor situation for oil engineers, the industry’s projections for 2017 and fracking were discussed.
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