Although the government has been promoting the diversification of Colombia’s economy since last year, the new president of the Colombian Chamber of Petroleum Goods and Services (Campetrol), Germán Espinosa, said the country should not stop investing in the industry because it has considerably boosted its economy.
The National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) released data on industrial production growth in 2016 compared to 2015. The fuel and refining sector reported the largest increase.
The International Gas Transport Company (TGI) celebrated its 25th anniversary and announced through a press statement that its plan for 2017 includes investments in infrastructure.
We normally look at “Top 10 Oil producers” and “Top 10 gas producers” separately so this time we thought we would combine the list.
Colombia is not an oil-country but has the potential to be self-sustaining in the medium and long term, according to a study of the Geo Sciences Department of the National University. Carlos Alberto Vargas Jiménez led this research.
President Juan Manuel Santos said the High Councilor for the Regions, Carlos Correa, proposed making the General System of Royalties (SGR) more flexible and with this, allow infrastructure projects that are being developed in the regions be done with more agility.
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