Total incidents near oil and gas infrastructure were up sharply last month (from 22 to 32) but that was mostly due to Armed Forces activity.
The Union said that Attorney General Nestor Humberto Martinez’s findings in the Reficar case are only a part of what it was actually lost in the refinery’s construction.
Last year was a difficult one for the industry in general. The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinMinas) will announce the country’s reserves in coming days but the outlook is not positive.
Senators Maritza Martínez (U party) and Jorge Robledo (Polo Democrático) called a debate to discuss the impacts of the extraction of non-conventional resources through fracking.
The sector is looking for options to increase oil production in the country and unconventional techniques are attractive for many companies. However, the government position about this issue is not clear.