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15 Mar 2020

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Peace Brigades International - Canada

Colombia: Growing concerns about fracking in Puerto Patiño, Cesar, according to social leader

Colombian social leader concerned about Canadian company fracking near Puerto Patiño, Cesar – March 16, 2020

… “[Social leader Javier Vega] fears that the project that the Canadian oil company ConocoPhillips plans in the area will dry up the Doña María swamp, from which the fishing village has been feeding for more than fifty years and is vital to its traditions.”…While ConocoPhillips is an American-based transnational, it does have an office in Calgary and has partnered with Bogota-based CNE Oil and Gas, a subsidiary of Calgary-based Canacol Energy Ltd., to frack the VMM-3 block in northern Cesar province… Additionally, on March 8, 2019, Reuters had reported that Colombian Mines and Energy Minister Maria Fernanda Suarez named Parex Resources as one of the companies interested in the fracking pilot projects… Reuters adds, “[In March the government] published regulations for pilot projects that permit the drilling, fracking and measuring of non-conventional deposits… Further rules for developing the pilot projects depend on several government ministries…”…Some news articles have reported that the pilot projects could begin in the second half of 2020, while NBC recently reported, “The industry expects regulation for fracking to be defined this year, so permits and licenses can be granted for work to start in 2021.”…