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Seismic reflections: what happened in 2010?

Editor’s Note: Jaime Checa is one of Colombia’s most respected geophysicists. When he speaks the industry listens. Here he reflects on the sorry state of onshore seismic in 2015, looking beyond the easy excuse of low oil prices.

Monday, November 16th, 2015
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The gas debate rages on

The gas debate rages on

The arrival of El Niño has added a whole new dynamic to an ongoing debate raging along the Caribbean coast over the price of natural gas, as questions on the long term rates and short term supply alike fill the press.

Monday, November 16th, 2015
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Gas giving MinMinas González indigestion

In early 2013, Naturgas’ Eduardo Pizano and the ANDI’s then VP of Mining, Oil and Energy, Santiago Angel Urdinola staged a very public battle over whether Colombia had or did not have sufficient gas reserves to last into the next decade.

Monday, November 9th, 2015
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Fuel prices continue to cry out for radical redesign

Fuel prices continue to cry out for radical redesign

MinMinas announced gasoline and diesel prices this past week and as expected they went down. Also as expected, the truckers association and other groups thought they should have gone down further.

Monday, November 9th, 2015
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Getting our hopes up

Getting our hopes up

Positive momentum in September carried through to October and we have now had two straight months of increasing month-end crude oil prices. October ended on a positive note.

Monday, November 2nd, 2015
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Business associations give their opinions on the peace process with the Farc

The National Council of Industry Associations and the 21 industry representatives which form it have signed off on an articulate and thorough document which addresses the concerns of these business sectors about the peace process in Havana, and more importantly, its impact on Colombia. With a diplomatic tone, it both justifies the fundamentals of the talks against its critics, but it is not a blank check for the government to push an agreement through on any terms.

Monday, November 2nd, 2015
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On the eve of peace: Guerrilla and paramilitary terrorism in hydrocarbon sector Part II

This is the second and final part of an article we published last week with the same title (1). Peace certainly looks closer now than it has for decades. That does not diminish the challenge as this article from Intelligence Petrolera’s Carlos Goedder points out.

Monday, October 26th, 2015
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Pipeline security and the peace process

Pipeline security and the peace process

At the ACP conference in mid-October, Ecopetrol President Juan Carlos Echeverry said peace was the most important success factor for the oil and gas industry.

Monday, October 26th, 2015
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Why truckers are not happy about ‘going green’

Why truckers are not happy about ‘going green’

Last week we commented on the biofuel association’s attempt to win friends and influence people over rising – or at least not falling very fast – fuel prices, blamed by MinMinas on the association’s products: ethanol and biodiesel.

Monday, October 19th, 2015
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On the eve of peace: Guerrilla and paramilitary terrorism in hydrocarbon sector Part I

Editor’s Note: If the news from Havana is to be believed, we are less than six months away from the signing of a peace accord with the Farc.

Monday, October 19th, 2015
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