August 17, 2012 Mayors of Tame and Puerto Rondon in Arauca suspended three months without pay pending investigations into contracting. Auditor General and 19 Villavicencio (Meta) city councils declared unfit for public office for 10 years.
See original press release in English here. Colombia’s Ecopetrol is a 30% partner in Parmer Prospect.
August 16, 2012 From our weekly security summary and accompanying webpage, it should be obvious that the Putumayo is a war zone.
August 16, 2012 Ministry of Mines and Energy English Press Release
August 15, 2012 Colombian state-owned oil company announced this morning that it had a 12-month contract with an un-named Indian refinery for 12 million barrels of Castilla crude.