The fall in oil prices has had dire consequences for the oil services industry, and regional leaders are looking at how services firms of different countries can band together to weather the current price scenario.
The USO said that Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) policies, which include farm-out agreements for the NOC’s smaller fields, have already negatively affected the Casanare department.
In a country full of spectacular beauty, La Macarena takes the word ‘spectacular’ to another level. Caño Cristales has to be one of the wonders of the natural world and its remote location in Colombia’s Serranía La Macarena National Park keeps it protected from commercial development.
Whatever one’s view of last Thursday’s historic handshake between Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Farc leader alias ‘Timochenko’, peace – at least with the Farc – looks closer today than it has for decades.
The process to clear the way for Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) to start commercial production work for its CPO-09 block is slowly moving forward, while challenges persist for heavy crude production and its potential in Colombia.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) environment chief for Middle Magdalena and Catatumbo Julia Celina Angulo Díaz said that the NOC will be recognized by the United Nations Development Program in December for its social work in the region.