Even though the Farc has backed off and not attacked any pipelines since the start of its July 20 truce, the Coveñas/Caño Limón Pipeline (CCL) has suffered in the month of August due to the attacks over the last two months.
An ambitious project underway to make the Magdalena River navigable for large cargo convoys has the government promoting it for its general economic benefit. But the project does have its naysayers, who point to the long term environmental impact and question how much it will improve life in villages along Colombia’s longest river.
The transportation of crude in 2014 suffered a number of high profile attacks but the business remains solid, with Cenit and Ocensa leading the market in terms of sales
The National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) signed a port concession that will kick off the construction of Colombia’s first regasification plant, addressing a potential deficit of natural gas supply starting in 2016.
The Magdalena River Autonomous Regional Corporation (Cormagdalena) has celebrated the first successful cargo convey on the Magdalena River, from Barranquilla to Barrancabermeja, the first step in recovering the important waterway for logistical use, including transporting hydrocarbons.
The Comptroller General has told the Meta government that its statistics on royalty distribution show a discrepancy in departmental data, meanwhile the Comptroller has moved ahead with an audit of the Tolima Government. These and other stories in our periodic roundup.
Odin Petroil, which owns a biofuels refinery in Santa Marta, Magdalena is going through a restructuring process, and now has two competing offers to consider for use of the refinery including a recent one from Brazilian NOC Petrobras (NYSE:PBR).
The expansion of the Sincelejo to Cartagena gas pipeline being planned by distributor Promigas has received its environmental license, allowing it to grow its capacity from 60mmcfpd to 165mmcfpd
A local paper dedicated a full feature article to explain the hope generated by the El Alcaraván sugar cane ethanol plant announced in 2010 by Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) Bioenergy, and the impact its mismanagement left on the municipality of Puerto López, Meta.
The Transport Ministry’s Intermodal Master Transport Plan looks to consolidate the transport and logistical infrastructure in Colombia, and held its third socialization ahead of its next national meeting in August of this year.