The first phase of direct negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement between Ecopetrol (NYSE:ECP) and three of its unions, led by the USO, has come to an end with no agreement. The union says the direct talks will be extended, and looks to organize workers to exert more pressure.
All the things we do not want to see went badly this week as incidents went up to 42, above recent and long-term averages.
The Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development (MinAmbiente) Luz Helena Sarmiento has broken her silence and addressed the damage resulting from guerrilla attacks on oil infrastructure and tanker convoys.
A long planned privately owned refinery appears ready to set foot in Puerto Olaya, Santander, after the investment bank managing the project says it has found a specialized fund in Canada that will make an initial investment in the US$3B project.
The 2014 Round of bid auctions and the associated VI Colombia Oil and Gas Investment Conference in Cartagena was the most anticipated event in the industry calendar so we devote a number of articles to that, including our unofficial, unsanctioned analysis of who won what and the translation (with our commentary) of MinMinas Amylkar Acosta’s defense of the outcome.
We have low expectations of ‘rendering of accounts’ sessions because they are typically well orchestrated to avoid controversy and minimize the risk of criticism spiraling out of control. However we were presently surprised by the recent MinMinas session which essentially closed out the first Santos government’s management of the area.
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