Ricardo Sierra, President of Celsia, raised concerns over a potential gas shortage in Colombia starting in 2025, citing various challenges that have affected the sector in recent years.
The Colombian government recently announced Resolution 00895 of 2024, which implements changes concerning the tariff update mechanism for oil pipeline transportation, previously addressed in Resolution 00279 of March 30, 2023.
The Colombian Association of Oil and Gas (ACP) and the Colombian Association of Natural Gas (Naturgas) expressed their concern about the Santa Marta Court decision that orders the suspension of natural gas exploration activities in the Uchuva-2 well.
In a recent report on Colombia, J.P. Morgan noted that August’s inflation figures came in lower than expected, despite higher fuel prices.
The Fourth Labor Court of Santa Marta issued a ruling mandating Ecopetrol, the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia), Petrobras (NYSE: PBR), and the National Environmental Licensing Authority (ANLA) to halt all gas exploration and extraction activities at the Uchuva 2 well in the Tayrona block.
The Colombian government, alongside natural gas companies, has established a Unified Command Post (PMU) to guarantee a steady supply of gas across the country.
A political control debate, scheduled for Ecopetrol’s President Ricardo Roa and the company’s board of directors to discuss the current state of the oil company, was notably missing its key participants.
An oil storage tank belonging to Ocensa, a subsidiary of Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC), exploded in the town of Tauramena, Casanare, Colombia.
A few weeks ago, we attended a meeting of the Colombo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Mining and Energy Committee, which was held in the offices of Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas. The topic concerned changes to Colombia’s environmental sanctioning law and while the industry hopes never to have to confront a sanctionable situation, it is important to understand the penalties and how they might be assessed. We asked Maria Margarita Lorduy, Head of the Environmental Law Department at Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas to provide our readers with a brief overview.
Colombia faces a potential surge in gas prices as domestic reserves dwindle, and the government remains opposed to new hydrocarbon exploration projects.
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