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President Ivan Duque spoke about the alternatives that the government is analyzing to boost investment and development.

The Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet) spoke about Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) performance during the crisis. Here are the details.

One of my favorite – and most useful – things to do is catch up with people in the industry over coffee, or, at the end of the day, over something stronger – like vintage soda water. This habit, like many, has been transformed by the current crisis.

The Minister of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia), Diego Mesa, spoke about the reform to the General Royalty System (SGR).

Here is a commentary by Acipet, published a month or so ago, but since it concerns the use of royalties and the government has just filed an extensive royalty reform, we thought it worth translating and publishing.

The Colombian Chamber of Oil, Gas and Energy (Campetrol) made a call to support the oil sector as the leader of the economic reactivation process.

Chamber Representative, León Muñoz, filed a Bill of Law that seeks to reduce working hours in Colombia.

The union said that the Decree 811 of 2020 goes against the Rule of Law. Here are the details.

Local authorities called on the government to use the diesel surcharge and release resources from the Territorial Entities Pension Fund (Fonpet) to support rural economic reactivation.

The government spoke about its “Moving Forward with Confidence” strategy, aimed at boosting the commerce, industry and tourism sectors.