Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
Cerro Matoso, the Córdoba nickel producer, says reduced gas deliveries from Canacol Energy have forced it to run at about half capacity since early August, costing it roughly 2,400 tons of nickel output.
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.
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) warns that most of the industry’s largest producers face shrinking volumes over the next 15 years.
Citi has kept Ecopetrol at Neutral with an unchanged US$18 per ADR target, calling the appointment of Joaquín Gutiérrez as president a missed chance to signal independent governance.
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