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The environmental harm is ongoing, and Ecopetrol’s response to the catastrophe has drawn widespread criticism.

Though the 57 billion pesos allotted for 2018 are substantially below the 161 billion pesos invested last year, Colombia's commerce ministry stressed that the investment is critical.

"We want Barranquilla to be known in the future as the capital of windows in the world," said Christian Daes.

As with the nation at large, most areas of Colombia are struggling to achieve growth. But certain segments and indicators are showing positive signs.

Ecopetrol’s Oleoducto (Pipeline) Caño Limón Coveñas has reached 30 years of operation, reported Ecopetrol this month. Over that time, the pipeline has transported 1.5 billion barrels of crude oil, contributing $148 billion pesos to the economies of the surrounding areas. Such...

The terrorist actions in recent months against the infrastructure of Ecopetrol, has been compounded by another recent menace: theft of copper cables that supply electrical power to oil wells. So far in 2015, Ecopetrol has reported 393 thefts of copper wire in three production...

Colombia’s largest company, state controlled Ecopetrol released video showing the unauthorized entry of USO (Union Sindical Obrera de la Industria del Petrolero) activists last Tuesday at the oil producer’s Pozos Colorados facility, on the Atlantic coast, south of...

Empresa Energía de Bogotá (EEB), parent company of Grupo Energía de Bogotá, was awarded the UPME STR 07-2014 Río Córdoba 220/110 kV tender offer, by Colombia’s Mining and Energy Planning Unit (UPME) last Thursday. The project consists of the construction, operation and...