To date the government’s Special Programs for Peace Fund of the executive branch has spent CoP$14.5B (US$7.3) on facilitating the necessary conditions for the peace process in Havana, Cuba.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) has suspended its NFE Backland project, involving a new well in the Cupiagua field, after it received ‘undue pressure’ from the community over local hiring and its social investment, which the NOC says exceeded expectations.
There was lots of speculation leading up to the Ecopetrol (NYSE:ECP) Special Assembly today. However it was anticlimactic in the final result.
The coordinator of environmentalist NGO El Mastranto Manuel Peña has accused eight oil companies, led by Pacific Rubiales (TSX:PRE) of extracting water from pools designated for livestock and the Guachiría river, which local authorities say may or may not be illegal.
MinMinas resently opened negotiations with various truckers’ associations and representatives of other large domestic users on the stabilization formula for gasoline and especially diesel prices.
An open hearing on the pending public referendum to approve or reject oil production near the municipality of Monterrey has been postponed after Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) filed a motion to delay the hearing, which will determine its constitutionality.