With social investment and corporate social responsibility budgets cut tight with the fall in oil prices, a document filed with the National Department of Planning (DNP) outlines which priorities the government considers the most urgent.
An oil spill in Tibú pollutes the local potable water source while authorities assess potential contamination in Yopal. These and other environmental stories in our periodic wrap up.
Estimates from the Casanare Chamber of Commerce show that the market for contractor firms has been halved due to the fall in oil prices, and could be greater when considering the indirect industries which have been affected.
The government is advancing with a plan to establish free trade zones for offshore exploration blocks, and also approved extensions to concession contracts awarded in the Colombia Round 2014.
The Colombian Association of Natural Gas (Naturgas) president Eduardo Pizano insists that the country’s gas supply is solid, and that the sector needs advances on certain regulatory fronts more than anything.
Incident counts went up again this week to 20 and non-Armed Forces reported incidents rose for the third straight week. More importantly, President Juan Manuel Santos reversed the decision to stop bombardments.
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