The Colombian government issued a new decree to enhance strategic fuel storage, focusing on liquid fuels and propane, particularly in border regions, to improve energy security and timely fuel availability.
This phrase of Clausewitz comes to mind this month as Mordisco gets more “stick” than in recent months while others, including the ELN, get offered “carrots”. Meanwhile, the Segunda Marquetalia’s alias Ivan Marquez has not returned anyone’s calls for month so the press speculated he was dead. High Peace Commissioner Otty Patiño assures us he’s just resting.
The Colombian Chamber of Goods and Services (Campetrol) reported rig information for September 2024.
Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) confirmed the suspension of drilling activities for its Komodo-1 well, located in Colombia’s deep-water Caribbean region, due to ongoing licensing issues.
Ecopetrol’s president, Ricardo Roa Barragán, provided a comprehensive update on Colombia’s energy security and exploration activities.
The Colombian Chamber of Petroleum, Gas, and Energy Services (Campetrol) has highlighted a key issue stalling the country’s oil production growth: blockades and public order disruptions.
The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) reported natural gas production during September this year.
Colombia was set to initiate natural gas rationing from October 31 to November 4 due to annual maintenance at the SPEC Caribbean regasification plant, which has imported gas for the nation’s thermal plants since 2016. However, Minister of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia) Andres Camacho sent a message of reassurance.
In a recent address at the OAS Inter-American Conference of Labor Ministers, Colombian President Gustavo Petro reiterated his stance against new oil and gas exploration contracts.
A coalition of lawmakers from the Global Parliamentarians for a Fossil Fuel-Free Future (PFFF) is actively participating in the United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP16) in Cali, Colombia.
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