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Interoil (OL:IOX) says that the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) wants to terminate two of its production licenses for the LLA-47 and COR-6 blocks over unpaid bank guarantees and breach of contract. The company says that in COR-6 social and environmental conditions make work impossible.

A number of villages in Yopal have rejected Parex Resources (TSX:PXT) Crytpo-1 project on grounds it would affect the water supply, while the company says the community will not hear their side of the story and assures the water would be safe.

Problems surrounding an ethanol plant that is to be built by Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) biofuels unit Bioenergy have made their way to the Colombian Senate, and Senate Martiza Martínez wants ECP president Javier Gutiérrez and Bioenergy manager Aleck Santamaría de la Cruz to explain the status of the plant.

Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) new regional vice president Francy Ramírez Arroyave has taken her post and looks to strengthen the company’s regional presence and autonomy, while at the same time staying aligned with larger corporate objectives like growing overall production.

Add biofuels refining to the list of problems that Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) has racked up, with a planned plant facing a familiar trend of labor issues, overrun budgets, and delays.

Pacific Rubiales (TSX:PRE) has no plans to sell its assets in Colombia or leave the country, and plans to invest US$1.8B to strengthen its operations in the country.

Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) is considering building an additional regasification plant in order to protect against supply deficits that could affect the country starting in 2018.

After more than a month of protests from the Tesoro de Bubuy village in Aguazul, Casanare, oil operator Perenco has issued a statement to local media contesting allegations by protesters, which it says are merely a tool to obtain greater concessions from the company despite past agreements.

Canacol Energy (TSX: CNE) has reported its Fiscal Year 2014 results (ending June 2014), reporting growth in its proven reserves, production and turning around its bottom line.

Nearly four years after announcing the discovery, Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) has received the environmental license it needs to start more drilling at its Mago-1 well location near Puerto Gaitan, Meta.