Representatives from multiple oil operators, the Interior Ministry and the National Hydrocarbons Agency met with the mayor of San Luís Palenque and local village spokespeople to sign an agreement related to local hiring and road maintenance.
The Secretary of Transit and Transport of the Municipality of Yopal has launched a public service campaign to alert drivers of heavy vehicles to the traffic signs and rules, as the authority says it has received community complaints that these drivers are causing problems on the public roadways.
Colombia’s Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MinAmbiente) responded to the doubts of President Juan Manuel Santos on environmental licensing and the management of the Autonomous Regional Corporation (CAR) in an accountability session and published a summary of its message on its webpage.
The Casanare Comptroller has issued findings from an audit for the fiscal year 2013 and found irregularities across a wide swath of the departmental government’s spending which adds up to some CoP$40.91B (US$22.18M).
In the transition from a state operated monopoly to a mixed scenario with private players Mexico must find ways to be competitive globally and encourage sustained private investment in exploration says Germán Arce, president of Colombia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH).
Pacfic Rubiales says it is fully behind the work of the Tracking Committee of Royalty Investment (CSIR) as it works to audit and identify the use of royalties generated by oil producers.