Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos visited the city of Villavicencio in the Meta Department and called for a balance between oil production and the environmental and social needs of the community.
Colombia’s Unidad Nacional political party has put assistance to community mayors in obtaining funds from the General Royalty System (SGR) on the agenda, with a senior member suggesting changes might be needed at a congressional level.
The Banco de Bogotá has been one of the lead banks to finance the US$5B needed for all three phases of the Bicentennial Pipeline and bank executives expect this role to continue as the pipeline becomes operational.
We have not one but three interviews this month.
We calculate that Petroamerica is the 8th largest company by market capitalization listed on the TSX or TSX-V exchanges with operations in Colombia and the largest non-operating company of the Canadian group.
Castilla Crude Refining Economics
In the last two months heavy grades have remained strong in the Gulf of Mexico market. Margins have been positive, at least in the higher end Gulf of Mexico conversion refineries.