Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
GeoPark’s average oil and gas production rose 2.6% from 2Q26 to 27,973 boepd in 3Q26, and the company says its Venezuela expansion is advancing.
Ecopetrol has declared void the offers it received to import LNG on five-year terms, saying they did not meet minimum commercial conditions, and says it will strengthen domestic gas output and accelerate Sirius.
Colombia’s vice minister of energy, Armando Cuello, has resigned, and press reports say his next stop is Ecopetrol’s gas business.
The new head of Barranquilla’s chamber of commerce has put offshore oil and gas on his list of Caribbean resources to be explored and developed, though he named no block, volume or timeline.
Last week, Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella signed Directive 06, by which his government hopes to expedite the prior consultation process especially for high-priority energy projects like Sirius. Here we go deeper into the detail. Somehow, this all sounds terribly familiar.
Colombia’s Mines and Energy Minister María Nohemí Arboleda says gas supply could fall short from February 2027 as domestic reserves shrink and imports grow.
President Abelardo de la Espriella has issued a directive that reshapes how Colombia handles prior consultation with ethnic communities, replacing three earlier presidential directives.
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