Thursday, June 19th, 2025
A recent ruling by the Administrative Court of Cundinamarca has ordered the Colombian government, under President Gustavo Petro, to allocate and execute the necessary funds to pay energy and gas subsidies owed to low-income households across the country.
At the IV Sustainability Forum of the Colombian Association of Oil and Gas (ACP), a critical panel titled “Rethinking the Environment: New Competencies in Territorial Planning” addressed the complex and often ambiguous roles of Indigenous communities in environmental regulation.
Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) successfully exported its first shipment of a new marine fuel derived from fuel oil, marking a key milestone in its efforts to diversify its energy portfolio.
With the arrival of 530,000 barrels of regular gasoline imported from the US Gulf Coast, the Pozos Colorados Maritime Terminal in Santa Marta, Magdalena, officially launched a major expansion of its operations.
At the IV Forum on Sustainability Milestones, Andrés Bitar, Vice President of Strategy and Regulatory Affairs at the Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP), emphasized the scale of the challenge facing Colombia in decarbonizing its transportation sector, a critical step toward meeting national and global climate targets.
At the closing session of the IV Sustainability Forum hosted by the Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP), a political panel of presidential pre-candidates spotlighted the future of Colombia’s energy sector, with a unified message: the country must reactivate hydrocarbon exploration to ensure energy security and economic stability.
Colombia’s Office of the Comptroller General (CGR) identified fiscal irregularities totaling more than CoP$2.1T (approximately US$550M) in projects funded by the General System of Royalties (SGR) between 2023 and 2025.
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