The National Association of Financial Institutions projects that once the modernization project of the Cartagena Refinery (Reficar) is finished, it could translate into 3.9% annual growth for oil refining between 2015-2020 and lead growth in the production of petrochemicals and plastics.
The government’s formula to fix gasoline prices aims for stability despite changes in the international price of oil, for better or worse. But some are questioning who is benefiting when oil prices have dropped over 20% in the last six months, but fuel prices less than 2%.
Now two years into the General Royalty System (SGR) the flaws and needed adjustments are clear, and the system must be tweaked to meet the intentions that it had during its conception says Senator Marítza Martínez
The Casanare Government Secretary Marlene Gutiérrez Oropeza said that the Interior Ministry has agreed to a “working road map” to deal with the controversial issue of Community Action Committees and their role in the hiring of local labor.
The Senate’s fifth commission held a debate on oil production, energy self-sufficiency and general oil policy, bringing in officials led by the Minister of Mines and Energy (MinMinas) Tomás González and Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) president Javier Gutiérrez.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) has inaugurated a new water treatment facilities in Acacías, Meta, which the NOC says will allow it to quickly increase production in the Castilla field by an additional 30,000bd.
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