The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinMinas) has injected a total of CoP$59.9B (US$20.5M) into projects in 69 municipalities through its production incentive program, which awards regions for meeting production goals in 2015. This and other royalty related stories in our periodic summary.
The Colombian Chamber of Oil Goods and Services (Campetrol) warned that recent attacks have targeted oil companies in Caquetá and Putumayo, departments where the Transition Zones of Normalization (ZVTN) are located, and will be used to concentrate the Farc, intensifying its tone against the presence of these camps near oil projects.
The Superintendent of Industry and Commerce has opened an investigation of Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and a suppliers association in Meta, based on accusations of forming a cartel to control the production and distribution of construction materials destined for the oil industry.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinMinas) has restarted a regionalization program to improve dialogue between the government, industry and communities in five municipalities in Caquetá. This and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.
The National Agency of Environmental Licenses (ANLA) says that the number of environmental license requests it had received from January to June of 2016 from the hydrocarbons industry has fallen by 47%.
The USO said that it has reached a milestone by affiliating a third of Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) workers, which according to the union means that its collective bargaining agreement can be applied to all workers of the company.
The president of the Colombian Petroleum Association Francisco José Lloreda has joined calls for the government to take special actions to guarantee that special Farc concentration zones do not put hydrocarbons projects at risk.
A wave of blockades in Putumayo, Caquetá and Huila add to the 45 registered this year in a growing trend which have some speculating in the national press that companies could start suspending or canceling projects.
The General Controller (CGR) Edgardo Maya Villazón has issued yet another report which found multiple ‘white elephant’ projects in 16 departments. Exactly the problems the General Royalty System and the overall of the royalty scheme were supposed to prevent.
The Minister of Labor Clara Lopez was again on the trail in Colombia’s regions denouncing the labor losses of the oil industry and effects for local economies, while an issue in Huila on disabled workers has received greater attention after a Senator intervenes.
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