200 soldiers sent to protect civilians after ‘FARC attacks’ in southwest Colombia
A fleet of special forces soldiers are being sent into the southwest state of Putumayo to protect...
Tag: Oil spill
‘FARC’ forced truck drivers to spill 5K barrels of crude oil in southwest Colombia
Twenty-three truck drivers were allegedly forced by Colombia’s largest rebel group, the...
2nd guerrilla attack this week on oil pipeline in northeast Colombia
Authorities have determined that guerrillas attacked an oil pipeline in northeastern Colombia,...
Colombia failed to export 2M barrels of oil due to ongoing indigenous protests
Colombia’s mining minister on Tuesday threatened to declare a state of emergency in the...
Oil spill in waters off Colombia’s Cartagena coastline is second in a week
An oil slick off Cartagena on Colombia’s Carribbean coast was spotted on Wednesday, only a...
‘Gasoline thieves’ cause an environmental disaster in Colombia wetlands
An unidentified group spilled 200 barrels of gasoline across Santander wetlands while attempting...
Ecopetrol’s 2013 environmental investments in Colombia reach $630M
Colombia’s state-run petroleum company invested $630 million across a number of...
‘FARC’ attacks northern Colombian oil pipeline on 8 locations
Suspected rebels of the FARC severely an oil pipeline on at least eight different locations in the...
‘FARC attack’ stops oil production in northeastern Colombia
An alleged FARC attack in northern Colombia caused a stop in oil production and left thousands of people without clean water, reported local media Sunday. The explosives attack, which took place at the Caño Limon-Coveñas...
Colombian state will pay medical expenses from oil explosion (photos)
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has announced the state will cover all medical expenses resulting from the explosion of an oil pipe in the central Colombian department of Risaralda on Friday morning. President Santos...
8 dead, 60 injured in pipeline explosion in central Colombia
Eight people have been killed and 60 injured after a pipe exploded early Friday morning in the central Colombian department of Risaralda, reports Radio Caracol. Witnesses reported hearing the blast at 4:45AM as the pipeline...
Attack on Trans-Andean oil pipeline
Fresh attacks on a Trans-Andean oil pipeline have occurred in the southwest Colombian department of Nariño, RCN Radio reported Monday. Authorities are yet to confirm who is responsible for the attack. The pipeline, which runs...
