The Bicentennial Pipeline (OBC) will alter the route of the second phase of the project in search of better security conditions, as well as considering geographical, environmental and logical issues.
Colombian senator Martiza Martínez introduced a legislative bill that would establish a law requiring that seismic exploration for oil reserves first receive an environmental license to move forward.
Ecopetrol will hold environmental workshops with communities that fall in the area of influence of the ODISEA 3D seismic exploration project and the company insists that there are no environmental consequences as a result of the exploration.
Poor visibility appears to be the cause of a tanker-trucker accident that led to a spill of crude near the banks of the Cusiana River. GeoPark, the producer who extracted the crude, says it had no responsibility in the matter but has acted to mitigate any environmental damage or impact.
Pacific Rubiales has come across the remains of an indigenous group that date back 700 years in what now is an exploratory block.
Pacific Rubiales CEO Ronald Pantin says that recent changes to simplify environmental licenses will improve its timelines for the environmental permit process in Colombia, which in the short term will lead to approval of a license to operate the CPE-6 block in the Llanos basin.
An international study found that despite Colombia’s status as the country with the second most biodiversity in the world, it is among the 40 countries that do the least to protect this rich variety.
The municipal council members of Villavicencio have sent a formal request to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to debate issues surrounding hydrocarbons exploration and extraction in the surrounding area.
A decree expected in late July will reportedly shorten the environmental licensing process for small changes to conventional projects that already have gained approval.
Colombian oil producer Raven held a socialization meeting to present the project diagnostic for a pipeline that will connect its operations with the Bicentennial Pipeline.
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