Wednesday, July 29th, 2026
The first months of Abelardo de la Espriella’s government will be evaluated against five quantifiable indicators, according to economists assembled by Bloomberg Línea: financial market behavior, fiscal discipline, inflation, investment, and economic activity and confidence.
According to persons close to president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella, Valora Analitik reported on July 25, Joaquín Gutiérrez Caballero is the leading candidate to assume the presidency of Ecopetrol.
Naturgas president Luz Stella Murgas publicly rejected statements made by Colgas’s chief executive – who had told media that natural gas prices would increase – describing the claims as “imprecise and without technical basis” that create unnecessary confusion and misinform users.
Ecopetrol and Petrobras marked a milestone in their pre-production social commitments for the Sirius offshore project on July 23, formally delivering piped natural gas connections to 1,500 families in Riohacha, Manaure, and Dibulla, alongside 1,500 new stoves distributed free of charge to guarantee immediate use of the service.
Ecopetrol filed three simultaneous material information disclosures on July 23rd, mapping the governance changes that will carry the state oil company through the remaining days of the Petro administration and position it for the incoming de la Espriella government.
Colombia’s most consequential gas supply event of 2026 begins Thursday. SPEC confirmed its maintenance window runs July 30th to August 3rd, with the coordination process for the five-day closure having involved thermal generators, non-thermal terminal users, the FSRU operator, and energy sector authorities.
The Foro del Gas 2026, organized by the Bolsa Mercantil de Colombia (BMC) and the Consejo Nacional de Operación de Gas Natural (CNO-Gas), takes starts Thursday July 30th at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Bogotá, the same day SPEC’s scheduled maintenance begins, making the timing unusually pointed.
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