Colombia says oil companies stole and exported $80M in crude
Colombia’s authorities seized assets of 17 businessmen who allegedly stole and exported $80...
Tag: oil
NGO’s urge Colombia to sink investor protection treaties
Multinational NGO’s are visiting Colombia to urge the country’s leaders to abandon...
Colombia arrests protest leaders days after receiving $1 million from Canadian oil company
Days after Canadian oil firm Frontera Energy paid the military $1 million, authorities in eastern...
State Council upholds Colombia’s ban on fracking while government is granting licenses
Colombia’s state council upheld a ban on fracking on Tuesday and proceeded to investigate...
Colombia’s Ecopetrol to start fracking in US
Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol said Wednesday that it will begin fracking...
How disputed oil deals push native Colombian peoples closer to extinction
The Colombian government’s granting of oil titles in Colombia’s Amazon region...
Comptroller warns Colombia is not ready for fracking
Colombia is not prepared to begin fracking and should at least temporarily ban the controversial...
Colombia suspends Ecopetrol executives, investigates CEO over oil spill
Colombia’s Inspector General said Thursday that he will investigate the CEO of state-run oil...
Colombia peso boosted by weak dollar and rising oil prices
The US dollar has lost more than 5% of its value against Colombia’s peso over the past...
President of Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol resigns
The CEO of Ecopetrol has resigned two and a half years after assuming that...
US oil company sues Colombia for exploration ban near Caño Cristales
US oil company Hupecol Operating has sued Colombia for banning fracking near one of the...
Colombia discovers ‘biggest natural gas deposit in national history’
Colombia state-run oil company Ecopetrol said that it has found the country’s largest...
