The Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (COLCIENCIAS) and the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) decided to give to Colombian professionals the opportunity to continue training abroad through a contest that supports the human capital of the hydrocarbon sector. We attended the kick off meeting and brought back this report.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) through its subsidiary Ecodiesel, has helped create 10,000 jobs and cleaner biofuels in Barrancabermeja thanks to an alliance with different palm oil firms in the Middle Magdalena.
The USO says that it has formally started negotiations with services firm Weatherford, in which greater union rights and benefits for its affiliates are the issue. The union accused the firm of aggressive tactics against its members.
Meta’s capital Villavicencio has seen an increase in unemployment due to the cutbacks in the oil industry, although the city has also seen a social housing boom in the last year. Mayor Wilmar Barbosa is concerned this trend could also be affected.
The Minister of Mines and Energy (MinMinas) Germán Arce attended the official handover of the Rubiales field and said that the field was never really under any ownership other than the Colombian public, and its resources are needed for the post conflict transition.
Public rejection of an environmental license for production near “the world’s most beautiful river”, Caño Cristales, might have led the revoked license of Hupecol, but the uncertainty is much bigger, considering how many more projects are in the same area.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) has applied for modifications to its environmental licenses to drill new wells in the vicinity of Barranca. It has met with residents from 120 area villages to socialize the changes and impact it could have on the community. Municipal authorities say they will verify the work.
The USO continues to celebrate the reversion of the Rubiales and now the Cusiana fields to Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC), calling it “a party for all Colombians”, and also scored a win with the Labor Ministry on refinery work shifts.
Equion Energy held a farewell activity as it closes its contract for the Cusiana field and thanks the community and authorities. But in Nunchía, blockades at its Floreña I well have it close to suspending operations. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) related stories in our periodic summary.
The USO welcomed the “historic and transcendental” agreement between the Farc and the national government, which it says creates a commitment for the Farc to laydown arms, but also for the state to recognize their status as a political movement. And the union’s ‘fiesta’ ahead of the Rubiales reversion continues.
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