In a matter of a few days, a blizzard of controversy over an environmental license to proceed with an E&P project near a natural reserve in La Macarena, Meta forced explanations from authorities and an eventual suspension announced by President Juan Manuel Santos.
The Delegate Controller for the Environment insists that the Cartagena Refinery (Reficar) only has an environmental license for “internal” transport of industrial coke which does not include shipping it in trucks to the port, and said it must request a new license.
Following on his order to study tax breaks for the oil industry, President Juan Manuel Santos has now called on sector entities to study a reduction in pipeline rates to boost the industry’s financial standing.
The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) is defining the final terms of its “Permanent and Dynamic Area Assignment” plan and then will send it for review to the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC), so that the parameters will be ready by the end of the month. The first “mini-round” would then occur at the end of May or latest by June.
Government officials from Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia and Mexico met to discuss cooperation and craft a common message ahead of an OPEC meeting on April 17. Colombia was represented by the Minister of Mines and Energy Lorena Gutiérrez.
The Llanos Orientales and the Meta Department in particular lead the country in royalty irregularities according to an audit performed by the General Controller (CGR) in the second half of 2015.
The Energy and Mining Planning Unit (UPME) has been moving forward with plans to tender the expansion of gas pipelines to improve the supply of the gas, and now details on the organization of the eventual network have emerged as well.
The president of the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) Mauricio de la Mora abruptly resigned last week, saying officially that his work at the ANH has been accomplished.
The USO argues that health and environmental issues associated with fracking should move authorities to ban the practice in Colombia.
The conference topic was offshore but our Managing Editor, Wally Swain moderated a panel on the onshore industry that allowed ex-Vice Minister of Energy, Orlando Cabrales, and ex-ANH head, Javier Betancourt to give their uncensored opinions about the current state of the industry.
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