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CSR Summary: Ecopetrol awards innovation

Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) announced a national campaign which looks to recognize projects which are leading the way in innovation and competitiveness in issues that directly affect oil producing regions. This and other stories related to Corporate Social Responsibility in our periodic summary.

Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
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So much for expedited licenses

In the first major regulatory act of the new Minister of Environment Luis Gilberto Murillo, a new council will review the process to award environmental licenses and will no longer look to meet established timeframes for “expedited”, or “express” environmental licenses. The measure could affect licenses which have already been granted.

Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
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Constitutional Court suspends another project over prior consultation

The Constitutional Court has suspended another project after it ordered the immediate suspension of the construction of a gas pipeline in the Pascacaballos settlement near Cartagena, and ordered the project to hold a prior consultation process with several local groups.

Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
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USO unloads against Barrancabermeja Refinery manager

The USO unloaded against the manager of the Barrancabermeja Refinery Orlando Díaz Montoya and alleged that the refinery has lost a large sum of investment due to poor planning, the hiring of foreign workers, and other costly errors.

Monday, May 23rd, 2016
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Michael Porter: The worst thing that can happen to Colombia is to continue finding oil

When I read this title in a Portafolio article, I feared the worst. So much so that I took weeks to work up the courage to read it.

Monday, May 23rd, 2016
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Lower prices brought lower profits in 1Q16

Lower prices brought lower profits in 1Q16

We predicted 1Q16 would be complicated for some companies based on our calculations of what Brent needed to be for them to break even.  Still all the companies in our study reported positive EBITDA, at least after adjusting for impairment charges.

Monday, May 23rd, 2016
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