Colombia’s mining vice minister Natalia Gutiérrez said that the government has decided to implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), joining Peru as the second nation in South America to do so.
The implementation of new technologies for exploration, the consolidation of off shore drilling projects and shale oil and gas projects sit squarely as priorities for the future of Colombia’s hydrocarbon industry, according to German Arce, president of the National Hydrocarbons Agency (AHN).
Infrastructure investments in projects such as highways or added port facilities are required in order for Colombia to continue growing from mining and hydrocarbon production, according to Colombia’s Petroleum Association (ACP).
The USO said that it has received more death threats last week directed towards union leaders in the Magdalena Medio region in a letter it says is signed by the Paramilitary group Los Rastrojos.
The peace delegations of Colombia’s government and the Farc have produced the first major agreement –on land reforms- to come out of peace talks held in Havana, Cuba.
Counts were down to 32 below recent and long-term averages. This was an above average week for guerrilla-initiated incidents and there were some very serious events that were outside our definition of hydrocarbons-related. Our 4-week Moving Average incident count was down slightly to 36.3 incidents and the 52 week average was up slightly 37.8 incidents per week.
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