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Colombia’s Petroleum Producers & Labor Union United In Decrying Oil Transport Rate Inflexibility

Both the Colombian petroleum producers' industry group ACP and the petroleum workers' union UTIPEC are in agreement in their calls for flexibility in petroleum transportation prices in Colombia's indirectly government controlled transportation network, and decry CENIT's financing...

Posted On May 5, 2020

, By Loren Moss

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Colombian Petroleum Industry Calls On Urgent Government Action To Mitigate Petroleum Crisis

The collapse in oil prices has led ACP, Colombia's petroleum industry association to call on the country's government to allow flexibility in the regulated pipeline transportation costs, that now make up almost half the cost of a barrel of oil, says the trade group.

Posted On April 22, 2020

, By Loren Moss

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Frontera Energy Halts Block 192 Production After Pipeline Disruption in Peru

Frontera Energy had been producing an average of roughly 8,950 barrels of oil per day from Block 192.

Posted On December 4, 2018

, By Jared Wade

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Ecopetrol Starts Construction on 55-Kilometer Caldas Pipeline in Central Colombia

The 55-kilometer pipeline, with an 8-inch diameter, will span the distance from the town of Chinchiná in Caldas to Pereira.

Posted On May 11, 2018

, By Jared Wade

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ELN Guerrillas Allegedly Kidnap Ecopetrol Contractor in Arauca

The abduction reportedly occurred around 7:30 am on the day that the UN head arrived in Colombia to discuss the nation’s peace process.

Posted On January 14, 2018

, By Jared Wade

Multiple attacks on the Caño Limón-Coveñas pipeline attributed to ELN have jeopardized the future of Colombia's peace talks with the guerrilla faction. (Credit: Ecopetrol)

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Peace Talks with ELN at Risk After Multiple Attacks on Oil Pipeline in Colombia

President Santos recalled the nation's peace negotiator from Ecuador and told the military to "act with force and respond to this ELN aggression."

Posted On January 10, 2018

, By Jared Wade

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Caño Limon-Coveñas Pipeline in Colombia Suffers 46th Attack of the Year

Ecopetrol said that it “rejects these illegal actions” that endanger people, damage the environment, and harm neighboring communities.

Posted On September 29, 2017

, By Jared Wade

Guamalito disruption of the Caño Limón-Coveñas pipeline that cut oil production for Ecopetrol and damaged the environment. (Credit: Ecopetrol)

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Ongoing Attacks Have Paralyzed Colombia’s Caño Limón-Coveñas Oil Pipeline Since May 30

Repairs have not been completed due to “continued harassment by firing helicopters” and “anti-personnel mines,” said Ecopetrol.

Posted On July 25, 2017

, By Jared Wade

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Attack on Caño Limón-Coveñas Pipeline Causes Oil Spill and ‘Environmental Emergency’ in Norte de Santander, Says Ecopetrol

The oil spill has threatened a nearby stream that feeds into an aqueduct relied upon by some 3,500 locals in Guamalito.

Posted On April 27, 2017

, By Jared Wade

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Attacks Have Disrupted Colombia’s Caño Limón-Coveñas Pipeline for 38 Days in 2017

The prolonged shutdown has cost Colombia some 893,000 barrels of production, according to Ecopetrol.

Posted On March 22, 2017

, By Jared Wade

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