Threats and recent attacks against tankers arriving to a river port in Puerto Asís on their way to Ecuador have forced the government to provide security escorts for the convoys. However it is able to guarantee the passage of one in every four barges, which has slowed down the transport of crude extracted in the area.
The Coveñas/Caño Limon pipeline has become the prime target of guerrilla attacks on oil infrastructure, with the latest a week ago forcing another stop in service while authorities repair the damage.
Incidents went down to 36, at recent and above long-term averages but the trend-line continued to head upwards.
The arrival of now Senator, once President Alvaro Uribe to the Colombian congress, along with his fellow Centro Democratico colleagues has given rise to a much more critical voice in the lawmaking body pointing straight at the peace process. And the new found opposition has come with its own backlash from those supporting the current administration.
The central government is preparing a plan to address what it considers the gravest problem affecting oil production in Colombia today: pipeline security. Officials say military presence is being increased, as are drone flights.
As former president Alvaro Uribe takes his seat in congress in opposition to the peace process, incidents went up to 39, above recent and long-term averages.
Russian president Vladmir Putin made his nation’s support for the peace process in Havana official this week during the sixth BRICS Summit held this week in Brazil’s capital of Brasilia. Putin’s support is thought to bring a symbolic counterweight to the table as a force that could have greater weight with the Farc guerrillas.
After a bad week in the previous period, incidents went down to 34, still above recent and long-term averages.
Recent surveys have found a substantial increase in optimism in Colombians towards the progress of the country. While some of this could be the fabled “World Cup Euphoria” the peace process was listed as a prime motivator for a better outlook.
After the recent pipeline attacks and simultaneous lowering of the government’s production target to 981mbd, MinMinas Amylkar Acosta and Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP) head Alejandro Martínez separately did the rounds of the national press. Both provided some interesting statistics and perspectives.
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