April has been a difficult month when it comes to environmental matters, and communities let the industry know how they feel about environmental damage in their territories. The development of these and more stories in our periodic Eco summary.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinMinas) reported oil and gas production figures for March 2018. Crude increased compared to the same period of last year, and gas showed a positive behavior as well.
The NOC spoke about the changes it made in its infrastructure, after the criticism it received for the environmental emergency at La Lizama.
The offshore industry development has generated high expectations, especially in the Caribbean region. Eduardo Verano, Governor of Atlántico, and Orlando Velandia, President of the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), met to discuss this process.
The Ministry of the Environment (MinAmbiente) announced that the country is satisfactorily progressing in this process that will bring it a step closer to taking actions to face climate change.
Colombia has few years of oil reserves remaining and concerns about loss of self-sufficiency have increased in recently. However, the country has several regions with great potential. The Llanos Orientales is one of them.