Most of the debate surrounding fracking and unconventional production has centered on the extraction of crude, but the Colombian Association of Natural Gas (Naturgas) Eduardo Pizano says its just as important for the future of the gas industry as well.
A one-sided report in a national newspaper looks at another area where opposition to mining and hydrocarbons activities is increasing, Bogotá’s own Sumapaz.
The union has been aggressively promoting an alliance it has formed to pressure the government to revert the Rubiales field back to Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC), presenting the field’s production as a remedy to a tighter government budget.
Strange messages coming in and out of the email account of the government’s lead negotiator Humberto de la Calle tipped authorities off to electronic eavesdropping of his account. De la Calle charges that forces are at work to sabotage the peace talks.
The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) says it held a meeting with the Ministry of Defense, Interior ministry, police and military forces and industry representatives to improve the scenario in the areas of influence of hydrocarbons projects.
Both global benchmark oil prices, WTI and Brent, slid all through the third quarter finishing 13.5% and 16.5% (respectively) below where they were at the end of the second quarter.
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