Company executives of the Cartagena Refinery say that striking construction workers are not affecting the current production in the plant, although it is pushing the expansion costs higher.
The Autonomous Corporation of Alto Magdalena (CAM) says that none of the 12 hydrocarbons transport firms operating in the department have a contingency plan approved by the regional authority.
Colombia’s National Learning Institute (SENA) has made a public call for bids to build a new training center that will specialize in hydrocarbons in Puerto Gaitan.
Colombia’s national government will look to improve the efficiency of logistics and transportation by “rehabilitating” its rail infrastructure through stimulus packages that encourage investments in trains in the center of the country.
The Pacific Pipeline project took a step towards reality after the firm leading the project, Canada’s Enbridge, presented a document that detailed two possible routes that would take it from San Martin in Meta to the Buenaventura port.
Llanos Orientales (ODL) socialized the construction of a Carmentea-Araguaney pipeline in the Yopal municipality, which will connect a well in Tauramena with Cenit’s Araguaney station in Yopal, and community leaders are wary of its effect on urban growth and alleged lack of local hires.
Representatives of companies that operate in Casanare and Arauca met with armed forces and police officials to discuss actions following incidents that affected public order and the Caño Limon pipeline.
The construction of the Bicentennial Pipeline (OBC) is on its final stretch and is now only 1500 meters from completion as the announced launch in August approaches.
The economic crisis and growth in unconventional oil production are putting pressure on European oil firms Cepsa (Spain) and Total (France) to sell their share in the Ocensa Pipeline in Colombia.
The Transport Minister Cecilia Álvarez Correa-Glen announced that the ministry will form a technical committee to come up with solution to mitigate some of the problems stemming from oil trucks on public highways.