From public safety campaigns to debates on who will foot the bill of heavy vehicular traffic, Casanare was home to a number of road related issues and reports, which we detail in our latest summary of road related articles.
To keep up with demand for asphalt destined for highway improvements, a firm has proposed a modernization of Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) aging Apiay Refinery in Meta, which the NOC had consider shuttering.
The Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development (MinAmbiente) Luz Helena Sarmiento has broken her silence and addressed the damage resulting from guerrilla attacks on oil infrastructure and tanker convoys.
A long planned privately owned refinery appears ready to set foot in Puerto Olaya, Santander, after the investment bank managing the project says it has found a specialized fund in Canada that will make an initial investment in the US$3B project.
There is progress to expand and modernize the Cartagena Refinery (Reficar), and the company says that nine of the 15 plants that must be ready to finish this long delayed project have now been completed.
Local hiring, road maintenance and safety standards were all discussed at departmental meetings in Casanare, where local authorities have been working to facilitate a smoother relationship between oil companies and local communities. This and other stories regarding Colombia’s roads.
The Coveñas/Caño Limon pipeline has become the prime target of guerrilla attacks on oil infrastructure, with the latest a week ago forcing another stop in service while authorities repair the damage.
In Meta a tribunal laments the lack of action or interest on road issues from the national government while logistics firm Impala has taken a new, more aggressive strategy to ensuring that transportation contractors comply with routes and regulations. These and other stories involving Colombia’s contested roadways.
The Oleoducto de los Llanos Orientales (ODL) pipeline was conceived in 2007, predating the success of the Rubiales field, and today it is one of the few pipeline projects that is exceeding expectations, cashing in on production in Meta.
Multiple projects for new hydrocarbons ports are planned for Cartagena and Buenaventura. The Buenaventura projects are additional to the plans that the Pacific Pipeline has for connecting the Llanos to Asia Pacific markets.
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