The Casanare wing of the Colombian Air Force is leading a joint public service campaign with the Army’s 8th Division and oil producer Equion to combat abuses and attacks of pipelines, focusing on the area near the Bicentennial and Caño Limón- Coveñas infrastructure.
President Juan Manuel Santos has a thin line to walk, saying on one hand that a cease fire with the Farc is out of the question and that the government will not let down its offensive posture, but at the same time saying he “would think twice” before ordering an attack on a Farc leader.
As we have reported previously, the mayor of Monterrey, Casanare had the population whipped up to vote in an anti-oil referendum this coming Sunday. Now Ecopetrol has succeeded in having the vote blocked while judges consider the constitutionality of such a referendum.
GasThe Energy and Gas Regulation Commission (CREG) presented its efforts and the changing face of the gas industry during a recent conference, pointing out how new regulatory policies are helping promote the industry’s effectiveness.
The Colombia-Canada Chamber of Commerce held a session for the oil and gas industry with the ANH’s Javier Betancourt Valle. He was accompanied by vice presidents Nicolas Mejia Mejia (Promotion and Assignment of Areas) and Carlos Mantilla McCormick (Hydrocarbons Contracts).
The U’WA indigenous group, who has been blocking access of repair crews to damaged sections of the Caño Limón – Coveñas pipeline, skipped a meeting scheduled for April 18th with the national government and say they will only meet for a previously established roundtable on the 25th. Meanwhile, the pipeline remains out of service.
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