Colombia's currency and bellwether stocks Avianca & Ecopetrol all took a plunge this week s double whammies of coronavirus panic and petroleum trade wars between Saudi Arabia & Russia impact the global economy. How will things play out?
Colombian state-controlled petroleum company Ecopetrol (BVC: ECOPETROL, NYSE: EC) has announced the successful closing of a transaction announced July 31, where Ecopetrol entered a joint venture with Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) to develop 97,000 acres of unconventional...
On Bogotá’s famous Avenida Séptima (7th Avenue) in Colombia, about where it connects with 76th street near the Russian Embassy, a large mural was painted on a wall. The mural, since painted over, was graffiti art in opposition to “Fracking,” or Hydraulic Fracturing. Known within...
Colombia’s house of representatives approved as part of its National Development Plan last week, authorization for the Ministry of Mines & Energy to study the possibility of introducing Hydraulic Fracturing, nicknamed “Fracking,” in Colombia. The unconventional petroleum and...