Orlando Cabrales, President of Naturgas, wrote an article, in the business newspaper La República, about the proposal to subsidize the purchase of propane cylinders throughout the country.
Ricardo José Lozano was appointed as the new Minister of Environment (MinAmbiente).
The list, which was already delivered to Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) directives, will be discussed this month.
The bottom-line for a company are its profits and/or stock market performance. But we try to take a policy perspective so our bottom-line is production and reserves. Both were rather naturally affected by the oil-price crisis and so, maybe, “nobody’s fault”. The current industry question is how fast things have reacted to upward price signals and whether policy plays a role in that. Call it the U-curve.
I promised this three weeks ago now but, fortunately, we received a couple of important expert contributions on Ecuador and the new ‘permanent’ assignment process. Now that we are officially out of the Santos era and into the Duque era, it seems less important to do this. But a promise is a promise…
Parex (TSX: PXT) announced its financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2018. The firm reported oil production growth and good financial performance. Parex is optimistic about its performance in coming quarters.