Mexican investment group Alfa and Harbour Energy have terminated an agreement to purchase all of the remaining shares of Pacific Rubiales Energy (TSX:PRE), setting off a flurry of speculation and a deep dive in the share price of Colombia’s largest private oil operator.
The fall in oil prices and resulting drop in investment has led to more competition between Colombian citizens and foreign oil professionals, thus making the country less attractive for these expat workers, a recent report found.
The General controller Edgardo Maya Villazón said that royalty projects should face tighter time-frames due to the large quantity of projects that have been approved but not implemented. This and other royalty-related stories in our periodic summary.
A local paper dedicated a full feature article to explain the hope generated by the El Alcaraván sugar cane ethanol plant announced in 2010 by Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) Bioenergy, and the impact its mismanagement left on the municipality of Puerto López, Meta.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) has withdrawn its participation in a consortium formed to bid on offshore blocks in the Mexico Round 1 just days ahead of the presentation of bids.
Parex Resources (TSX:PXT) and Cepcolsa are working with local suppliers in Aguazul in an initiative led by a Casanare assembly representative, while Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) also signs four agreements for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects in Casanare. These and other stories in our periodic summary.