The Ministry of Environment (MinAmbiente) announced changes to the Manual of Environmental Compensation for large projects. This document is vital for the extractive sector, as it is the guide to compensation in environmental and ecological issues.
The General Maritime Directorate organized a workshop for those who will be inspecting offshore platforms. ANH President Orlando Velandia was invited to talk about the offshore oil and gas opportunity.
The Ministry implements its Territorial Strategy, Geopark (NYSE:GPRK) participates in a workshop on conflict resolution and Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) reaches out to La Lizama-affected communities. These and other stories in our periodic CSR summary.
We looked at how the top oil producing departments voted and, if it had been just their decision, the second round would have been Duque-Fajardo not Duque-Petro.
German Arce, Minister of Mines and Energy (MinMinas), wrote an article about the goals and plans of the government in the oil sector in the newspaper El Espectador. He highlighted the relevance of the Caribbean region for the future of the sector.
The demobilization process with the FARC began a year ago, but not all the members of this group took part or have stayed in civil society. Some dissidents’ groups are looking to retain control of areas where the FARC operated; these areas have the presence of several oil projects.