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MinMinas issues policy statement on unconventional resources

The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinMinas) issued a policy statement in which it has promised technical and procedural details on how it will regulate the exploration and production of unconventional resources over the next six months.

Monday, January 13th, 2014
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Army back from vacation; Farc still out

Army back from vacation; Farc still out

Incidents near areas of interest to the oil and gas industry were up this week at 31 above recent and but below long-term averages. We found no non-Armed Forces reported events. This is our indicator of increased guerrilla-initiated activity. Our 4-week Moving Average incident count was up at 25.5 and the 52 week average was unchanged at 32.7 incidents per week.

Sunday, January 12th, 2014
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Everyone on good behavior

Everyone on good behavior

Although the Farc continues to threaten that they will break their unilateral truce if the Armed Forces keep harassing them, this was a quiet week. The overall count decreased to 20 this week, below recent and long-term averages.

Sunday, January 12th, 2014
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PRE looks to convince in 2014 outlook

Canada’s Pacific Rubiales Energy (TSX:PRE) looked to convince the market that it has a bright future past the looming decline of its flagship and namesake field, Rubiales, and has a plan to cash in on its mid-stream assets to convince a skeptical equity market.

Thursday, January 9th, 2014
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The unilateral Farc truce holds

The unilateral Farc truce holds

Security and Public OrderIncidents near areas of interest to the oil and gas industry were up this week at 21 still well below recent and long-term averages.

Sunday, January 5th, 2014
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Glass half full or glass half empty: Crude oil production 2013

Glass half full or glass half empty: Crude oil production 2013

MinMinas released December crude oil production and natural gas consumption figures which allowed the quarterly and annual results to be calculated.

Sunday, January 5th, 2014
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