After a delay of at least a year for the sale of the 57.6% share that the government has in electrical energy generator Isagén, the idea of floating more of its control of Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) on the public market to pay for infrastructure investments has resurfaced.
After 26 months of the General Royalty System (SGR) authorities have celebrated the successful finish of 1,060 projects, while 2,811 remain in the execution phase.
After more than a month of protests, blockades and clashes the mayor of Puerto Asís has called on the Interior Minister Juan Fernando Cristo to attend to the indigenous communities concerns to end the deadlock.
Vice Minister of Energy Orland Cabrales says that the technical and environmental norms are in place and at least one contract has started to move forward with mapping work, while plans to start drilling are also in order for others. The main issue is now environmental licensing to see more activity.
From public safety campaigns to debates on who will foot the bill of heavy vehicular traffic, Casanare was home to a number of road related issues and reports, which we detail in our latest summary of road related articles.
Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) Chichimene field has reached a new production record of 66,029bd, and the firm expects water injection and secondary recovery programs to grow that number to 100,000bd by the end of 2015.
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