CHAPTER 1 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: THE OIL & GAS SECTOR IN COLOMBIA: DEVELOPMENT, POTENTIAL, AND CHALLENGES

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International Mining and Oil & Gas Law, Development, and Investment
(Apr 2013)
CHAPTER 1
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: THE OIL & GAS SECTOR IN COLOMBIA: DEVELOPMENT, POTENTIAL, AND CHALLENGES
Orlando Cabrales Segovia
Deputy Minister for Energy, Colombian Ministry of Mines and Energy
Bogotá

ORLANDO CABRALES SEGOVIA has a law degree from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and MA in philosophy from Boston College. He worked for 16 years at BP, the last six years as vice president for Latin America legal. Between 2001 and 2005, he was general counsel of the company, and in prior years served as senior lawyer, executive assistant to the president, and political analyst at BP. In Ecopetrol SA, he served as assistant director between 1988 and 1990. He served on the boards of Malterías de Colombia SA, Reynolds Aluminum SA, Vikings Shipyards SA, BP Gas Colombia ESP, Central Pipeline (Ocensa). He also served on the boards of Corporation Excellence to Justice and Casa Editorial El Tiempo. In the National Hydrocarbons Agency, ANH served as...