Until 2024, the football club of Barrancabermeja, a medium-sized city in central Colombia, was called Alianza Petrolera FC. Its nicknames included the Oilmen and the Refiners. The club rebranded to Alianza FC that year, dropping references to oil. Barrancabermeja, however, retains its deep connection to black gold. For more than 100 years it has been home to the biggest oil refinery in the country, where as much as 65% of Colombia’s fuel is proc…
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