Colombia,
Latin
America's
number-four
oil
producer,
is
ramping
up
petroleum
output,
hoping
to
hit
1
million
bpd
this
year.
But
a
series
of
attacks
on
oil
installations
have
prevented
the
country
from
reaching
its
goal,
Reuters
reported.
There
were
67
attacks
on
pipelines
in
the
first
half
of
the
year,
more
than
three
times
the
number
in
the
same
period
last
year,
according
to
Defence
Ministry
data.
Ecopetrol
President
Javier
Gutierrez
told
Reuters
in
the
coastal
city
of
Cartagena
that
the
company
lost
10,700
bpd
on
average
between
January
and
June
due
to
bombings.
He
said,
however,
that
increased
military
protection
recently…
