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MinMinas puts focus on exploration and growing reserves

October 11, 2012 From a MinMinas press release. Translated and with commentary by Hydrocarbons Colombia

Friday, October 12th, 2012
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MinAmbiente endorses law to improve sanctions for environmental damage

October 10, 2012
From a MinAmbiente Press Release. Translated and with commentary by Hydrocarbons Colombia

Thursday, October 11th, 2012
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MinAmbiente to work more closely with regional authorities

From a Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MinAmbiente) press release. Translated and with commentary by Hydrocarbons Colombia.

Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
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Global Energy Development announces fracking plans for later this year early next — optimistic?

In a Global Energy Development PLC press release, the company announced its plans for both conventional and non-conventional operations in Colombia, through its subsidiary Colombia Energy Development.

Thursday, September 20th, 2012
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Ecopetrol and Pacific Rubiales rated highly for sustainability

Colombia’s two largest oil and gas companies scored well in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index-World as compiled by the Swiss firmSustainable Asset Management (SAM)In a press release, Ecopetrol announced that

Thursday, September 20th, 2012
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Waiting for La Niña

Extracted from an Environment Ministry press release. Translated and with commentary by Hydrocarbons Colombia.

Thursday, September 20th, 2012
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Colombia’s Auditor General warns Environment and Energy Ministries about non-conventional hydrocarbons

Recently, the National Environmental Licensing Agency granted the country’s first license for non-conventional hydrocarbons. The testing will take place in the villages known as Dominguito and Patiño in the municipality of Buenavista, Boyacá in a region better known for emeralds and dairy cattle than oil and gas. The block is known as Chiquinquira and is operated by Nexen which has adjacent exploration blocks in the same high plateau region.

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
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ANLA gets dramatic lesson in the connection between environmental licenses and the stock market

We didn’t see the original article — it has been wiped off the website — but apparently Bloomberg reported yesterday in an interview with Luz Helena Sarmiento, head of the National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA), that in June of this year Pacific Rubiales had been denied an environmental license for Quifa North West, part of the company’s second biggest oil field.

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
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Government announces definite alternatives to protect the Páramo of Miraflores

From a MinAmbiente Press Release. Translated and with commentary by Hydrocarbons Colombia Prior to the community meeting, the Minister Juan Gabriel Uribe, director of Anla, Luz Helena Sarmiento, and a group of congressmen did a flyby by the Quimbo.

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
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MinAmbiente: Community involvement is key in environmental conflicts

From an Environment Ministry press release. Translated and with commentary by Hydrocarbons Colombia.

Monday, September 17th, 2012
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