The government and Farc have announced the protocols to be used to implement the bilateral and definitive ceasefire and the laying down of arms. But a recent poll shows an alarming increase in pessimism regarding the process and that if held today, a “no” vote would win in a plebiscite.
Parex Resources (TSX:PXT) saw a slight sequential increase in oil production during the second quarter of 2016, and shrunk its loss, nearing the breakeven point.
A project being carried by Equion and the Colombian Agency for Reintegration (ACR) was recognized in the Latinoamérica Verde awards, and the Ministry of Environment will investigate the impact of oil spills in Tumaco. These and other environmental stories in our periodic summary.
Colombia’s central bank updated its official numbers for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the petroleum sector and there is good news and bad news.
The Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP) offered up its most detailed defense of fracking in Colombia as one of the important strategies for growth in production in the near future, saying “it is nothing new and can be done safely”.
The Labor Minister Clara López has warned that a profound labor crisis is affecting the departments of Meta, Casanare and Vichada, as 50% of the 120,000 jobs with the oil industry have been lost during 2015 and 2016 thus far.
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