Some 56 villages in the Putumayo corridor from Puerto Vega-Teteyé have been protesting a plan to expand drilling in the area, arguing that they do not want oil infrastructure that will become a target of the Farc near their communities.
The head of the Farc, Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri, alias ‘Timochenko’ says that he does not anticipate an agreement in 2014, and maybe not in 2015, while negotiators in Havana prepare to start receiving groups of victims.
Pacific Rubiales Energy (TSX:PRE) said that its second quarter 2014 total production grew 17% year-over-year to reach a new record, as the firm added more barrels of light oil and tripled profits, when compared to last year. Company executives also assured that its dependence on Rubiales has fallen as other fields and sources kick in.
The Municipality of Yopal is promoting a change in tax laws that would allow it (and others) to levy a municipal industry and commerce tax on oil operator revenues. Currently they are exempt from the tax since they are already paying royalties based on their production.
A report issued last week by Colombia’s General Controller placing the responsibility for a drought earlier this year on the shoulders of the oil industry in Casanare has brought the issue back to the front pages, as critics call for greater restrictions on seismic exploration while oil authorities push back.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) says that contracts managed by the firm in the first half of 2014 reached CoP$10T (US$5.22B), putting it in line with contracting during 2013, when the NOC’s total contract pool valued COP$20B. The NOC said that 92% was performed with national suppliers.
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