(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 26.Mar.2015) – External issues deprived Ecopetrol of the ability to produce 64,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2014 as follows:
An estimated 28,000 b/d was not produced due to community protests; 13,000 b/d was not produced due to terrorist acts on oil installations while 9,000 b/d was not produced due lack of or delays obtaining environmental permits, reported the daily newspaper El Espectador.
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