Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) five year “Business Fabric” program has received national attention for its impact in 21 municipalities, credited with contributing to the development of local entrepreneurs and making the local economy more dynamic.
Some of the changes are detailed in the supply plan of the Energy Mining Planning Unit (UPME), which has identified the priority projects that it will tender directly, so that they are executed more quickly and not bottlenecked by market issues.
The Chamber of Oil Goods and Services (Campetrol) said that benefits offered by authorities to encourage exploration activity and make contracts more flexible are not having their desired effect, and more should be done to ensure exploration is restarted.
Canacol Energy (TSX:CNE) saw a drop in revenues and widened loss, as well as a fall in production, and confirmed that its management team is squarely focused on the opportunities for natural gas in 2016.
Chevron (NYSE:CVX) unveils a well and delivers food in La Guajira, in a campaign that benefits local indigenous communities and also includes its employees to gather the funds. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.
Colombia’s first regasification plant, located in the Cartagena, is 70% finished and should be ready in December 2016. The general manager of the facilities explained why the project has taken so long and the process still needed to get it up and running.