Municipal authorities of Arauca are alleging that Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) has been favored in local zoning ordinances, which they say were designed to let the NOC continue with its expansion of Caño Limon facilities.
The USO has been pushing its agenda through affiliated workers at Mansarovar and Pacific E&P (TSX:PRE), with a list of claims of abuse in each case.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) announces winners of their college scholarship program while also supporting youth arts education in Putumayo. These and other stories on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in our periodic summary.
In Putumayo, community and indigenous groups are pushing to keep oil out, citing its environmental effects and position as a Farc target, and also are calling to curb coca eradication programs. Coca production has brought better returns for the community than legitimate crops.
A recent study from the Neiva Chamber of Commerce in Huila found that the fall in oil prices and the shock waves it has sent through the services industry has touched on almost every part of the local economy.
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.
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