Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) president Juan Carlos Echeverry made his first official visit to the Barrancabermeja Refinery, where he said the NOC lacks the money for a modernization, but instead said it would take place in stages.
In a change of strategy the USO says it has direct workers with Pacific Rubiales (TSE:PRE) that have decided to affiliate themselves with the USO, and the union has submitted a list of demands.
In light of the recent escalation of violence, Senator Alvaro Uribe has presented a proposal to be considered in the dialogue that would allow the guerrilla group to keep arms and reduce their penalties. The former president issued documents stating all of his proposals to the peace negotiators in Havana.
The Minister of Mines and Energy Tomás González made a visit to Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) offshore operations as part of the central government’s recent prioritization of the sector.
While industrial sectors call for an open bilateral negotiations of gas rates, electrical energy generators say that their needs are being cast aside to accommodate other sectors.
A mix of social organizations, municipal governments, the departmental government and control entities such as the Regional Controller met in Puerto Asís and signed a regional peace agreement in light of the human rights violations which have taken place in the conflict-ridden department of Putumayo.
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