The Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet) hosted the ‘Can we Achieve a Sustainable Industry?’ forum, together with environmental expert, Brigitte Baptiste.
Promigas wrote a report on the natural gas sector in Colombia, explaining how key issues such as coverage, local distribution rates and transportation costs can affect prices for Colombia’s different economic strata.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) confirmed that it will resume some of its activities at the Tibú field and in the Sardinata Plant, after 42 days of protests.
Natural gas reserves have raised concerns about the possibility of losing energy self-sufficiency in the medium term. Maria Fernanda Suarez, Minister of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia), spoke on this issue and the government’s efforts to solve the problem.
The union spoke about the legal controversy over workers of propane distributor, Chilco S.A.S, joining the USO.
Last week, the Externado University held a half-day conference on how Colombia was dealing with its climate change commitments under the Paris Accords. I went because I was interested, because I wanted to see how the oil and gas industry was treated and because I knew Ed Caldwell of Gran Tierra was going to speak.