Putumayo oil operators have denounced the presence of new blockades being carried out by unidentified individuals near one of the Farc concentration zones, raising fresh concerns that these areas could represent a threat to the oil industry.
Pacific E&P published its second quarter 2016 results, which saw a decrease in production and revenues as the firm’s future awaits its ongoing restructuring process. These results marked its last quarterly report that will include the Rubiales field.
The outgoing president of the Colombian Natural Gas Association (Naturgas) Eduardo Pizano warned that a series of changes that the Energy and Gas Regulation Commission (CREG) has made to distrubtion regulation will halt investment. He also gave details on the reasons for his departure from the entity.
The Colombian Chamber of Oil Goods and Services (Campetrol) expressed its concerns that concentration zones designed to house Farc members include a number of oil producing municipalities, even though the government has said it would avoid parks, mining operations, borders or indigenous zones.
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.
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