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Ramón Davila, General Manager of Gases del Caribe, reported on the firm’s accomplishments during 2018 and its goals for this year.

The National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) started the year with big news: an important finding by India’s ONGC Videsh Limited.

The NOC spoke about the acts of vandalism that took place in the Palagua field (Boyacá). The development of these and other stories in our periodic Security summary.

Manuel Buitrago, General Director of Gran Tierra Energy (TSX:GTE) in Colombia spoke about the firm’s plans in Putumayo.

Colombia-focused oil companies dutifully did their 2019 planning, a meticulous process requiring formal Board approval, which can take many months to complete. But at the beginning of October, Brent started to slide nearly 37%, from US$84.16 on October 5^th to US$53.21 on December 28^th, although it was up considerably last week (Jan 4^th) to US$57.06.

Surtidora de Gas del Caribe (Surtigas) announced that Santiago Mejía Medina will take office as the new General Director on December 15^th, 2018.

After days of protests in Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) Cupiagua field (Casanare), communities decided to sit down and talk. Here is what both parties agreed on. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.

Slowly but surely, the industry has been recovering from a drastic fall in oil prices. What are top global firms planning for next year?

Arrow exploration Corporation is seeking financial flexibility and the firm announced an agreement on the Working Interest (WI) of the VMM-2 block to achieve it. In addition, the firm announces a commercial discovery.

The gasoline market has seen great movements in its players during the closing months of 2018, generating changes for the next year. Four companies are positioned as the most important for this market.