The University of Los Andes and the Law-Firm Palacios Abogados organized a seminar about legal security and community conflict in the mining industry. Some topics discussed at the event are like those in the hydrocarbons sector; we bring a brief summary of the meeting.
The Gazprom Group arrived last year in Colombia and by 2017 hopes to increase its presence in the country, expanding to eight cities.
The political magazine Semana organized a forum called “Restitution transforms lives and builds peace” in Bogotá. HCC was present at the event; we bring a brief summary of the meeting.
Canacol Energy (TSX:CNE) said that it hit record production and revenues not seen since before the fall of oil prices, but relinquished fields combined for a non-cash impairment charge which brought its first quarterly loss in 2016.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) has reported a considerable rise in robberies from its installations and oil infrastructure in Casanare, including the theft of cables, batteries, piping and metallic items, with the incident count up by 200% in 2016.
The president of Colombia’s Congress, Senator Mauricio Lizcano has an ambitious and tight schedule ahead for the remainder of the 2016 legislative season, with several big items on their way including the pending tax reform and the peace agreements between the government and the Farc.
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