The union’s president, Edwin Palma, rejected the statements of the Minister of Finance (MinHacienda), Alberto Carrasquilla, regarding selling more of Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) shares.
We try to stay away from share price-related issues. There are lots of commentators better suited for that activity. But we do look at share prices in aggregate as an indicator of investor faith in Colombia. Doing that means we need to ‘unpack’ the influence of various performance drivers including oil prices, other broad industry factors, company-specific factors and to get, finally, the influence of Colombia itself.
A suicide car bomb exploded in Bogotá’s police training academy last Thursday morning. Casualties stand at 21 dead and 68 injured (these may change). The Attorney General attributed the attack to the ELN and on Friday night, President Duque terminated discussions with the guerrilla group.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinMinas) reported oil and gas production figures for December and the total average for 2018. Crude and natural gas production grew in the last month last year.
The industry keeps reporting positive results from its operations in the Llanos Orientales region, this time in Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) and Parex’s (TSX:PXT) Capachos block.
Geopark Limited (NYSE: GPRK) announced fourth quarter and annual 2018 operational update. The firm reported record annual oil and gas production and a key change in investors.
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