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The Huila department royalty budget suffers from peso devaluation and low oil prices, meanwhile a royalty funded project in Casanare includes five new gasification networks. These and other stories in our periodic roundup.

The USO push for a collective bargaining agreement at Mansarovar Energy has heated up, and its affiliates with the firm have voted to strike.

A national paper highlighted three examples in Colombia’s Caribbean coast of how hydrocarbons firms are both complying with environmental standards and engaging the community to create successful and positive social and ecological impacts.

The Comptroller General fears up to CoP$112B (US$35.6M) in project funding has been diverted by municipalities in the first half of 2015. 37 of these cases occurred in the Cesar department.

The Colombian Association of Oil Engineers (ACIPET) held the XVI version of its Oil & Gas Congress last week, leading to a flurry of comments about the current state of the oil industry and its professionals from authorities and observers.

Equion supports sustainable poultry production in Casanare, while community members in Trinidad criticize Pacific Exploration & Production (TSX:PRE) for its alleged lack of support in road improvements. These and other stories on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in our periodic summary.

After nearly two years and the intervention of the Labor Ministry, the USO say that they have forced Petrosantander to the negotiating table, despite the fact the company’s workers are already unionized under a different organization.

The oil price crisis is forcing Colombian Oil Engineers to rethink staying in country or face an uncertain job market or unemployment, the Colombian Association of Oil Engineers (ACIPET) said during its annual oil & gas congress.

GeoPark has helped develop training programs on IFRS standards, meanwhile the firm also has assisted in the coordination of an educational seminar on free competition. These and other stories on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in our periodic summary.

The USO says it has been observing the Cartagena Refinery (Reficar) project to make sure it has been meeting quality and labor standards as the process to finish the plant winds down.