Security and Public OrderIncidents near areas of interest to the oil and gas industry were up this week at 30 above recent but below long-term averages.
The government engaged a multi-pronged push back against a public referendum that looks to reject oil production near municipal water sources in Tauramena, Casanare which included ministers and Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) president Javier Gutiérrez.
If it feels like the guerrilla have been more active (despite the Farc’s recent announcement of a truce) that is the reality. The graph shows our proxy for guerrilla activity: incidents not reported by the Armed Forces.
Just a day after a devastating attack on a police station in Inzá, Cauca that left eight dead, the Farc announced in Havana, Cuba a unilateral ceasefire for 30 days starting December 15, but said that more attacks could come before it goes into effect.
A national newspaper has published alarming findings that accuse the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) of allegedly of losing 60% of the technical and geographical data gleaned over the last 13 years due to problems in the migration of database that housed the information.
A selection of statements and stories on different oil companies’ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs that made local press during November/December.