Thursday, July 2nd, 2026
Colombia’s energy regulator CREG released an infographic guide explaining how it will manage the continuity of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) public distribution service under its PERP/PC regulatory project framework, a process designed to ensure that LPG infrastructure remains operational when existing operators cannot or will not continue executing a project.
regasification terminal in Cartagena shuts down for scheduled maintenance.
The five-day window may sound manageable in isolation, but El Tiempo’s energy sector analysis places it inside a set of compounding vulnerabilities that make it anything but routine.
The Port of Tumaco on Colombia’s Pacific coast received a shipment of 103,000 barrels of fuel from the Cartagena refinery on June 20, in what Minister of Mines and Energy Edwin Palma framed as the reactivation of a strategic logistics node that will diversify fuel supply routes for Nariño and the country’s southwestern departments.
As we write this article, on Tuesday, June 30th, Brent is US$72.99 a barrel on FT.com. Who knows where it may be when you read this, likely some time on Wednesday, July 1st?
El Heraldo assembled four energy sector voices to assess the fallout from the Alberta court’s ruling authorizing Canacol Energy to suspend its Colombian gas supply contracts — a decision affecting twelve counterparties including Cerro Matoso, Promigas, Gases del Caribe, and Surtigas.
With Rodrigo Lara Restrepo confirmed as Interior Minister on June 26 – the first official appointment of Abelardo de la Espriella’s incoming government – attention turns to the portfolios that matter most for energy investors, where the picture remains considerably less settled. Two names have surfaced specifically for Mines and Energy.
Ecopetrol has delivered 52,300 school kits to children, youth, and teachers in 31 municipalities across nine departments, as part of the company’s Education and Sports investment line aimed at strengthening school retention and easing the back-to-school financial burden for families in the company’s areas of operation.
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