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Bottom Line: Reactions by industry leaders to the killing of 5 Ecopetrol contractors in Putumayo this week.

Bottom Line: The Colombian domestic market is unbalanced with respect to supply so the government – and Pacific Rubiales –  are looking to export.

Bottom Line: Expanding the domestic demand for gas and bring the presence of the state to some often forgotten regions.

Bottom Line: This is taken from a Pacific Rubiales press release so it has the expected positive tone. Still given the industry’s reputation for stealing the “black gold” and leaving behind nothing but an environmental mess, any publicity with a positive spin has to be celebrated.

Bottom Line: MinMinas “propaganda” to encourage vehicle conversion to gas.

Bottom Line: The changes are logical, permitting a company to take advantage of conventional opportunities discovered in a unconventional block and vice versa, obviously with some adjustments in the case where the cheaper and less stringent unconventional blocks.