As newly reelected President Juan Manuel Santos finishes celebrating, the hangover is probably starting to settle in. He may not even remember all the promises he made as the campaign got tougher but he soon will and voters will certainly remind him.
With US$6B in 2013 sales, gasoline retailer Terpel is the second largest company in Colombia by sales after Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC). It is in the middle of a transformation both of its gas stations and its corporate structure.
With the title “Fracking vs clean development mechanisms” a Llanos Internet news site tries to cover all the sides of the water issue but ends in a predictable conclusion.
In separate press articles, the leader of the natural gas industry association (Naturgas), Eduardo Pizano and the head of the electrical generation industry association (ANDEG), Alejandro Castañeda look to reassure consumers that supply will not be affected in the coming dry season.
In the run up to the 2014 Round auctions in late July, the head of the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), Javier Betancourt, and the Vice-minister of Mines and Energy, Orlando Cabrales, have been talking to the press.
The General Manager of Llanopetrol, Ricardo Rodríguez Henao, sees a rapid timetable for the Meta micro-refinery project.