Chinese-Indian oil firm Mansarovar has received new found attention after a small number of its USO affiliated workers announced a strike, which the company rejects as unnecessary. The conflict has caused the firm to talk to the local press, giving us a rare glimpse.
Rumors swirl that formal talks between the ELN guerrilla and the government are getting closer, but the group still lashed out this week and killed two soldiers. Ecuador says it can host these discussions.
Delegates from the Interior Ministry (MinInterior) left the comforts of Bogotá behind to meet with local authorities and members of the oil industry in Middle Magadalena as part of a plan to develop a strategy to confront social conflict, and also gave attention to contraband fuel on the border with Venezuela.
Rumors swirl that formal talks between the ELN guerrilla and the government are getting closer, but the group still lashed out this week and killed two soldiers. Ecuador says it can host these discussions.
In Monterrey, commitments to build a new hospital go unfulfilled, meanwhile Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) supports small farmers in Villavicencio. These and other stories on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in our periodic summary.
Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) proven reserves could feel the impact of the fall in oil prices when they are updated next year, since some of its projects and gains from more costly secondary recovery techniques could be discounted as they would no longer be profitable.