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President Juan Manuel Santos speech at the ceasefire agreement ceremony

Agree or disagree with the peace process, Thursday’s signing of a bilateral ceasefire is a watershed point in Colombian history.

Monday, June 27th, 2016
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Shut-in fields peaked in February

Shut-in fields peaked in February

The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) published detailed crude oil production results for March and April and that allowed us to update our analysis of shut-in fields.

Monday, June 20th, 2016
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Mexico will not be heaven

After a week in Mexico City and another week at the Global Petroleum Show in Calgary, Mexico’s ‘belle of the ball’ status is clear.

Monday, June 20th, 2016
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Is peace possible with the ELN?

At the end of March of this year, the government announced the start of formal talks with the ELN guerrilla group. The talks are to move in parallel to the process with the Farc, which is in its final stages after nearly four years.

Monday, June 13th, 2016
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Coca and conflict

Coca and conflict

We found these maps that show areas of high intensity coca growing and many of these areas just ‘happen’ to coincide with zones of anti-oil fervor.

Monday, June 13th, 2016
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CIH letter to the Fifth Commission Congress: correcting the myths

Editor’s Note: This was sent to us because we are on ACIPET’s press release distribution. When we started to read it, we thought it was tutorial material, a kind of Petroleum 101.

Monday, June 6th, 2016
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The rally continues

The rally continues

The rally in oil prices continues. Prices have risen now for three successive months in the case of WTI and four in the case of Brent. It has been difficult to break US$50 but we think traders are beginning to believe in this number.

Monday, June 6th, 2016
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Colombia’s reserves performance 2015

Colombia’s reserves performance 2015

Last week, MinMinas finally published 2015 reserve data. Accentuating the positive, the press release talked mostly about probable and possible reserves, dismissing the decline in proven reserves as a temporary statistical phenomenon.

Monday, May 30th, 2016
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Give Peace a Chance – How Natural Resource companies can help change the world for the better.

Editor’s Note: Warren Levy has been around Colombia and around the oil and gas industry for a long time. With an extensive history in the services industry, he has direct knowledge of the impact it can have on the countryside.

Monday, May 30th, 2016
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Michael Porter: The worst thing that can happen to Colombia is to continue finding oil

When I read this title in a Portafolio article, I feared the worst. So much so that I took weeks to work up the courage to read it.

Monday, May 23rd, 2016
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