The government engaged a multi-pronged push back against a public referendum that looks to reject oil production near municipal water sources in Tauramena, Casanare which included ministers and Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) president Javier Gutiérrez.
If it feels like the guerrilla have been more active (despite the Farc’s recent announcement of a truce) that is the reality. The graph shows our proxy for guerrilla activity: incidents not reported by the Armed Forces.
Just a day after a devastating attack on a police station in Inzá, Cauca that left eight dead, the Farc announced in Havana, Cuba a unilateral ceasefire for 30 days starting December 15, but said that more attacks could come before it goes into effect.
A national newspaper has published alarming findings that accuse the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) of allegedly of losing 60% of the technical and geographical data gleaned over the last 13 years due to problems in the migration of database that housed the information.
A selection of statements and stories on different oil companies’ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs that made local press during November/December.
Nearly two months after it was first detected, the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and the National Environmental Licensing Authority (ANLA) have declared an environmental emergency at the Cartagena location of Carman International due to oil leakage.