Stopping receiving royalties and suspension of home gas service, among the effects.
After knowing Ecopetrol’s decision to suspend operations in the northern area of the Tibú field Due to constant public order situations, it has generated widespread concern in the department.
This after Ecopetrol reported that, given the repeated criminal acts carried outby gangs dedicated to the seizure of hydrocarbons that put the safety of workers at risk, Operations were suspended in the northern area of Campo Tibú and its permanence in the Catatumbo region is being evaluated.
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This decision by the oil company would generate multiple effects in the municipality of Tibúin terms of investment, allocation of royalties, loss of direct and indirect jobs and the indefinite suspension of the provision of home gas service for thousands of homes, in a large part of the department.
The representative for the Peace Seats, Diógenes Quintero, in dialogue with La FM, urged the Government to guarantee the safety of companies and their jobs, for the operation in Campo Tibú.
“We have urged the National Government, the Ministry of Defense, which did not even show its face again in the departmentso that they generate security conditions so that Ecopetrol continues in the area, that it does not leave and remains in the department, that there is a permanent dialogue between the authorities and the company and that investment continues in the municipalities,” said the representative of the peace seats.
Likewise, he indicated that The impacts would be harmful to the department’s economyin case the company’s operation in Catatumbo is suspended.
“Since August of last year, the Caño Limón pipeline that crosses the Catatumbo has not been pumping crude oil, the pipe has not been operating for a year, and The announcement made today by Ecopetrol is very serious, this is going to represent a very negative impactin royalties in the department, and in the municipalities of Catatumbo, this also impacts employment, which depends directly and indirectly on the region, and on a mechanism of works for taxes, due to the work that Ecopetrol and Cenit do in the region,” he said.
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Quintero added that Ecopetrol is one of the companies that has invested the most in the department, and it is essential that the oil company’s operation in this area of the country is maintained.
For its part, the Mayor’s Office of the municipality of Tibú, through a statement, referred to the suspension of Ecopetrol operations for reasons of public order, and warns about the serious consequences for the local economy, the gas service, and calls for action for the security and well-being of the region.
Source: Integrated Information System
