Casanare’s Chamber of Commerce held a seminar to assess progress over the last year and the executive director Carlos Rojas said that local businesses cannot continue letting opportunities in the oil industry “pass by their noses”.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos made it clear that a congressional visit with the Farc in Habana when and if the government deemed it necessary as the Farc push for a meeting with party and congressional leaders.
GasColombia’s gas reserves are sufficient to cover internal demand for the next 14 years says the president of Promigas Antonio Celia.
Colombians might be paying at the pump, but Colombia’s Mines and Energy Minister Amylkar Acosta says the country cannot afford to put Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) financial stability at risk, and that as long as crude prices remain high, gas will follow.
Colombia scored high marks for the competitiveness of its energy sector according to two international studies which also took into account access to energy and how compatible energy policies are with environmental challenges.
Raven Pipeline Colombia, which operates small diameter pipelines, says it has advanced in socialization of its environmental plan, part of the process to obtain a license for its first Project in Colombia in the Paz de Ariporo municipality.