The Colombian country manager of Gas Natural Fenosa, González Santos, said that the supply of natural gas is assured and the matter is “not so complicated”, but the country must be ready to import gas when the hydro-electric grid is short on water.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) president Juan Carlos Echeverry said in a recent interview that the NOC’s cost cutting measures have been effective and its profits have fallen less than the global average due to the fall in oil prices. Even if the price of crude falls to US$30/barrel, and he says he will pray it does not, the company would remain profitable.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinMinas) announced fuel prices for December, and diesel registered a bigger drop than gasoline, which the ministry says is at its lowest level in five years.
The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) held another event designed to better the relationship between industry and communities, highlighting functioning projects that different stakeholders can participate in.
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.