In order to evaluate the size of the discovery made at its offshore Kronos-1 well, Anadarko (NYSE:APC) will start drilling its Purple Angel-1 well at the end of December.
Repsol’s (MSE:REP) Colombian director Gabino Lalinde talked about the company’s consolidation following its acquisition of Talisman last year, and said that it aims to grow its production in Colombia by 57% over five years to reach 40,000boed.
Equion has reached an agreement with the presidents of 18 Community Action Committees of the El Morro settlement and created a “manual of coexistence” in order to form a set of rules and guidelines to build a more constructive relationship. This and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.
The USO said that it has started a review of its collective bargaining agreement with Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC), two years after signing the latest labor accord with the NOC, but made no mention of its plans to hold a company-wide strike.
Oil prices for the critical fourth quarter started on the right foot in October with Brent at its highest average since August of 2015. But sentiment turned last week and the indicators are not good for November.
The Senate’s Fifth Commission held a debate to discuss “the war between foreign companies and retailers of the fuel market”, which touched upon issues like market consolidation and how fuel prices are determined.