A report looks at testimony from residents near the exploration block COR 33, which was awarded to Alange Energy, now Pacific Rubiales (TSX:PRE), but has seen activity halted as environmentalists claim a natural reserve coincides with its position.
Pacific Rubiales (TSX:PRE) is taking a successful suppliers development program from Meta to put it to work with local companies in Casanare, while Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) strengthens cacao producers and continues the Iguana roadshow to rural schools. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) related news.
The Colombian Chamber of Oil Goods & Services (Campetrol) has led an agreement signed between its 191 members that looks to denounce and prevent cases of corruption in the oil industry.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinMinas) will meet this week with representatives of coal miners Cerrejón and Drummond, as well as Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) to discuss Coal Bed Methane (CBM) that has been the center of conflict between the two coal miners over an unclear concession.
The USO says that a strike of contracted workers last week has “changed the dynamics” of negotiations to reach a new collective bargaining agreement with Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC), but warned that much work is still pending to reach the final accord.
In his inaugural speech of his second term, President Juan Manuel Santos told the Farc that Colombians had their limits. However, incidents went up to 48, well above recent and long-term averages.