Representatives of companies that operate in Casanare and Arauca met with armed forces and police officials to discuss actions following incidents that affected public order and the Caño Limon pipeline.
Colombia’s Chamber for Petroleum Goods and Services, Campetrol, published a statement written by Pacific Rubiales which outlines the company’s case that it has been a model in terms of development and ideas for how the industry must move forward.
An international study found that despite Colombia’s status as the country with the second most biodiversity in the world, it is among the 40 countries that do the least to protect this rich variety.
After a substantial run-up in production in the later months of 2012, oil production and for that matter, total production has been just about flat.
The Colombian government says one million new users have been connected to the natural gas network Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos took office in August 2010.
The USO held in Puerto Gaitán the first of its “Oil Ethical and Political Public Hearing”, aimed at the “multinationals and companies that extract hydrocarbon in the region”. The union has been campaigning for these public gatherings for about three weeks now, and this week focused its statements on Pacific Rubiales in particular.