The USO held its annual election of its board of directors during its national assembly of delegates on November 26 and 27 and is in the process of validating the results.
A signature in Havana will presumably mean the end of terrorist threats against economic infrastructure by the Farc (and soon afterward maybe the ELN). But that does not mean that the post-conflict will be without challenges.
Well that could not last. After two straight months of increasing, prices fell again and we are now at a new low for past half-decade.
Through the Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP), companies are calling on the government’s customs and taxes agency DIAN to fulfill tax returns on fiscal income prepaid to the authorities which was based on oil prices of US$80-90/barrel.
A mixed system for block auctions which includes a greater frequency of two a year and more flexibility in their rules is being drawn up the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH). Its board of directors is reviewing the plan.
A magistrate in Putumayo has filed a case with the Constitutional Court which alleges that an indigenous community (Awá) in the department has not received their due rights and called for E&P activities to be halted.
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