The above graph accurately reflects the perception that security is less of an issue for the industry than at any time in the past 4 years. However, the ELN are not covered by any current agreements so in some parts of the country the situation is not so tranquil.
The final stretch is underway to close and approve via plebiscite the peace agreement reached between Farc and government negotiators. The date for the signing of the agreement and the critical plebiscite to pass it are now official as well.
Authorities have high hopes for oil companies that have weathered attacks and conflict, which they say now will be able to operate with less security concerns and in areas previously dominated by the armed conflict.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (ANH) and the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) said that their “Hydrocarbons Territorial Strategy” designed to address community conflicts has been consolidated in 2016 and that the second stage is already underway.
Government negotiators have reached a final agreement with the Farc this week, closing a three year long process to produce this final accord in talks in Havana. Now the agreement awaits an uncertain and critical plebiscite on October 2nd.
The Colombian Chamber of Oil Goods and Services (Campetrol) warned that recent attacks have targeted oil companies in Caquetá and Putumayo, departments where the Transition Zones of Normalization (ZVTN) are located, and will be used to concentrate the Farc, intensifying its tone against the presence of these camps near oil projects.
The president of the Colombian Petroleum Association Francisco José Lloreda has joined calls for the government to take special actions to guarantee that special Farc concentration zones do not put hydrocarbons projects at risk.
The Farc and government have agreed to the criteria and process that will be used to select the magistrates that will form the Special Peace Tribunal, the legal entity with jurisdiction over the process of demobilizing guerrilla members and matters of the post-conflict transition.
A wave of blockades in Putumayo, Caquetá and Huila add to the 45 registered this year in a growing trend which have some speculating in the national press that companies could start suspending or canceling projects.
Putumayo oil operators have denounced the presence of new blockades being carried out by unidentified individuals near one of the Farc concentration zones, raising fresh concerns that these areas could represent a threat to the oil industry.
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