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Oil price benefits

Oil price benefits

Oil prices and dollar exchange rates are two of the most-watched metrics in the country. These two have had a variable behavior in recent months. Mauricio Cárdenas, Minister of Finance, spoke on this issue and the benefits of an increase in oil prices.

 

Thursday, April 19th, 2018
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Oil sector’ social investment

Oil companies have allocated significant resources to social investment in recent years, despite Colombia’s social and security issues. The oil boom helped to increase this metric, but investments continued despite the oil crisis.

 

Thursday, April 19th, 2018
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Would clean energy affect prices?

Industry experts took the stage of the International Congress of Clean Energy to talk about the impact that these resources would have on energy tariffs in Colombia, among other topics.

 

Thursday, April 19th, 2018
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Colombia is about to ratify the Paris Agreement

The Ministry of the Environment (MinAmbiente) announced that the country is satisfactorily progressing in this process that will bring it a step closer to taking actions to face climate change.

 

Tuesday, April 17th, 2018
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Arce on energy matrix

German Arce, MinMinas, participated in the International Congress of Renewable Energies, organized by the World Energy Council Colombia and the Association of Renewable Energies (SER). He talked about the energy matrix of Colombia and natural phenomena that affect the costs in the system.

 

Wednesday, April 11th, 2018
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Royalties for peace?

The Constitutional Court endorsed a reform to the General System of Royalties (SGR) that seeks to allocate economic resources to finance projects related to the post-conflict process. These and other stories in our periodic Royalties summary.

 

Wednesday, April 11th, 2018
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Environmentalists want to ban fracking in Colombia

The Colombian Fracking-Free Alliance (ACLF) spoke on recent measures by the National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA) on unconventional techniques.

 

Tuesday, April 10th, 2018
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Cajamarca regrets saying ‘No’ to mining?

A year ago, inhabitants of Cajamarca voted ‘no’ to the development of mining activities in their territory. Here are their opinions on the matter, today.

 

Tuesday, April 10th, 2018
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ANH postpones SSJ Round again

ANH postpones SSJ Round again

Colombia’s oil regulator, the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) announced a new date for the Sinu-San Jacinto (SSJ) bid round. The agency gave an explanation for this decision.

 

Monday, April 9th, 2018
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Fracking pilot going ahead, for now

The National Environmental Licensing Authority (ANLA) made a decision on Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: ECP) proposal to carry out a fracking pilot in Colombia.

 

Monday, April 9th, 2018
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