Thursday, November 27th, 2025
The import of fuels in Colombia has increased nearly tenfold in the last decade, according to an alert issued by the Comptroller General, Carlos Hernán Rodríguez.
Colombia’s announcement at COP30 that it would declare the entire Amazon biome a Renewable Natural Resources Reserve, effectively banning new large-scale mining and hydrocarbons activity, was intended as a bold environmental milestone.
Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: EC) third-quarter results for 2025 confirmed a year marked by financial pressure, but with one standout exception: its Permian operations in the United States.
Colombia’s long-awaited offshore gas project, Sirius, is steadily moving through its licensing stages, yet the country’s widening supply gap is prompting experts to call for an interim solution: using fracking to regain self-sufficiency while the offshore field comes online.
Colombia’s hydrocarbon sector is entering a decisive phase, and without a rapid rebound in exploration, the country risks losing production capacity, fiscal stability and long-term energy security. That was the warning delivered by Frank Pearl, president of the Colombian Oil and Gas Association (ACP), at the VIII Petroleum, Gas and Energy Summit.
Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) secured a key milestone in its gas-supply strategy after Colombia’s environmental licensing agency, ANLA, approved the company’s plan to import natural gas through Cenit’s infrastructure in Coveñas.
The Colombian Chamber of Goods and Services (Campetrol) reported rig information for October 2025.
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