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Ariel Daniels De Andréis, governor of Taganga’s indigenous cabildo, directly disputed Ecopetrol’s characterization of the community’s prior-consultation demands for the Sirius gas project.

Ecopetrol shipped its first 2,100 tons of bulk solid sulfur from Reficar to international markets, marking the start of a monthly export cycle.

Ecopetrol and the UK Embassy awarded four Colombians — one from Cartagena, one from Barranquilla, and two from Bogotá — Chevening-Ecopetrol scholarships to pursue master’s degrees in energy transition, sustainability, and climate change at UK universities.

Arrow Exploration reported record total corporate production exceeding 6,000 boe/d — including newly acquired Thorsby field output in Alberta — driven by recent drilling successes, workover results, and the Thorsby acquisition.

GeoPark announced its strategic entry into Venezuela through the Bare Block, a large-scale heavy-oil brownfield asset in the Orinoco Belt with roughly 15.7 billion barrels of original oil in place, over 700 million barrels of historical production, and about 1,100 existing wells.

ACP president Frank Pearl argues in this opinion column that Colombia’s fiscal crisis makes reactivating hydrocarbons investment not just an energy question but a fiscal necessity.