Last week the United Nations mission of environmental experts published its preliminary report on the La Lizama well, giving the ‘scandal’ another mediatic bump. This may be the last such flurry for a while, but the industry will be paying the consequences for some time.
The Awá indigenous communities sued Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) before Cundinamarca’s Administrative Tribunal, arguing an alleged violation of their fundamental rights.
The Inspector General’s Office started an investigation for alleged irregularities in the handling of foreign resources to be allocated in the post-conflict process. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.
The environmental emergency in La Lizama generated changes, including, according to the press, potential impacts on the development of Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: EC) pilot project for fracking.
The attack took place in the San Francisco village, municipality of Ricaurte (Nariño).
The NOC spoke about the changes it made in its infrastructure, after the criticism it received for the environmental emergency at La Lizama.
The National Environmental Licensing Authority (ANLA) made a decision on Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: ECP) proposal to carry out a fracking pilot in Colombia.
The oil spill in La Fortuna in the department of Barrancabermeja generated a lot of controversy and debate in the Colombian media. Felipe Bayón, CEO of Ecopetrol (NYSE: ECP) spoke about this situation in an interview.
The NOC’s management said that it will finance infrastructure projects while simultaneously working on closing educational gaps.
Since we started Hydrocarbons Colombia, we have reported on a number of good-sized scandals, ones that have lasted more than a couple of days. The latest is the escape of oil from the La Lizama well. This one could have more profound impacts on the industry than any previous media circus.
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