MinMinas is usually pretty economical with its press releases (unfortunately for those of us who need to publish content on the Colombian hydrocarbons industry). Here they use one to announce an internal committee. From a MinMinas press release, translated and with commentary by Hydrocarbons Colombia.
As reported by El Tiempo, about a thousand plants among anthurium, cacti, ferns, orchids and bromeliads that were at risk because Bicentennial (OBC) pipeline construction, were transferred to the ecological reserve La Marteja (Casanare) and the natural park Los Libertadores (Arauca). The plants were collected along 230 km thanks to the initiative of the “Fotosíntesis” organization, the Sicim Colombia Company and OBC.
Pacific Rubiales has hooked up with Colombian pop singer Shakira to contribute to the construction of a school in Cartagena. Subsidiary Pacific Infrastructure is constructing a new crude export port in the Caribbean coastal city. From a Pacific Rubiales press release, translated and with commentary by Hydrocarbons Colombia.
In an interview with Portafolio, Fernando Gutierrez, Bicentennial pipeline manager, said that after two years of construction, the pipeline will be operational in July this year and will be filled with 1.2M oil barrels; according to Gutierrez: “This is more than the production of a day. It is the largest pipe that has been made in the country.”
Counts were up again to 35 which 10% above the recent average and just slightly below the long term average. Our 4-week Moving Average incident count was steady at 33.8 incidents and essentially so was the 52 week average at 36.9 incidents per week.
El Nuevo Siglo published an article about the consequences of fuel theft in the country. According to the article, this phenomenon generates economic, human and environmental losses.
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