The Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet) spoke about the letter that 50 Congressmen sent to the President, asking to halt contracting processes for the development of fracking pilot projects (PPII).
Ramiro Guerrero, Dean of economics at the Icesi University, spoke about where is Colombia’s economy today, and how far is it from returning to ‘pre-Covid-19’ levels.
The Minister of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia), Diego Mesa, explained how royalties’ resources will help different departments of the country start their economic reactivation process. These and other stories in our periodic Royalties summary.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia) spoke about the distribution of the 2021-2022 royalties’ budget in the regions.
The Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet) announced the members of its new Board of Directors.
This is how the private sector plans to boost the Colombian economy in 2021.
The Senate and the House of Representatives approved the royalties’ budget for the next two years.
The Andean Community (CAN) adopted the Andean Environmental Charter. Colombia hosted the virtual event.
Through a letter, 50 Congressmen asked to halt contracting processes for the development of fracking pilot projects (PPII), days after authorities announced that Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) signed the first contract.
When we started Hydrocarbons Colombia, we wrote a lot about roads. Roads were one of the main flashpoints between the industry and communities as heavy tanker-trucks and drill rigs tore up poorly maintained so-called ‘highways’ and too-frequent accidents created environmental and human suffering. Thankfully, that conflict seems to be largely behind us. Now Ismael Arenas, former head of Ecopetrol and current chairman of the Colombian Association of Engineers (ACIEM) reminds us that roads are still an issue needing coordinated action.
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