This month we start with a commentary by industry consultant Warren Levy on a healthier relationship between E&P and services companies.
This week laid bare one of the truths of policy in Colombia, (and plenty of other places of course): 9 times out of 10, politics will trump economics.
A report from the Peace & Reconciliation NGO found that the Farc’s “armed actions” dropped by 40% in 2014, which it says saved hundreds of lives. But attacks on oil infrastructure, extortion and the increase in ELN attacks are still a worry.
Government and Farc negotiators were back at the table this week to return to the issue of victims, and received former UN chief Kofi Annan as part of an effort from the Nobel Peace Prize winner to move the process along, followed by a visit from a US special envoy.
Political pressure to nix a regulatory change to let the market set prices for the natural gas market has prompted the government to promise that rates on the Caribbean coast will only go up by a maximum of 4%, compared to the 25% rate increase planned under the new system.
The think-tank of the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinMinas), the Mining Energy Planning Unit (UPME), has a new director. Jorge Valencia comes from the electrical energy sector and took the role early this week.
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