Colombia

Africa Oil & Gas: Colombia Ecopetrol abandons oil production in Angola

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Mozambique Resources Post

Colombian oil company Ecopetrol has ceded to Statoil, Norway, its stake in two oil production blocks in the Angolan offshore three years after it bought it from the Norwegians. The information is contained in two executive decrees, dated May 4 and 9, both signed by the Angolan Oil Minister, Botelho de Vasconcelos, authorizing Ecopetrol, through its subsidiary in Germany (Ecopetrol Germany GmbH), to acquire stakes in both blocks.(Source: Lusa)

Mining vs Environment: Colombia bans mining in country’s vast moorlands

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Mozambique Resources Post

Colombia has officially banned all mining activities in its paramo regions (moorlands) after the country’s Constitutional Court revoked Monday a regulation that had allowed mineral exploitation in the area.