Monday, October 5th, 2026
I don’t think I’m at much risk of being fired from my own business. If my clients don’t like what I’m writing they can stop reading me or if chronic, not renew. Maybe.
Colombia’s Environment Minister Fabio Arjona announced the government is revoking Decree 973 of 2026 and will build a new regulatory framework for the country’s carbon markets, a reversal he framed as necessary to salvage the market’s credibility.
President Abelardo de la Espriella used Joaquín Gutiérrez’s swearing-in as Ecopetrol’s new president to lay out his own energy policy framing, going further than Gutiérrez’s own fracking pledge from the same ceremony.
Investors are taking a cautious, wait-and-see stance on Joaquín Gutiérrez’s appointment as Ecopetrol’s new CEO, a notably cooler reception than the government’s own confidence in the pick.
Colombia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) used the XXIII ACIPET Petroleum, Gas and Energy Congress in Bucaramanga to lay out both the scale of the country’s exploration slowdown and its plan to reverse it.
Colombia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) convened operators on September 15th to review progress and challenges in implementing the telemetry mandate set out in Resolution 0651 of August 2025.
Vice Minister of Energy Armando Cuello said the government has not ruled out eventually raising diesel prices, arguing the current subsidy is unsustainable.
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