A joint study by six industry trade associations argues that decisions Colombia makes today on oil and gas exploration will determine how much fiscal capacity the country has to fund earthquake reconstruction, poverty reduction, and social priorities through 2050.
Promigas added more than 122,000 new natural gas users during the second quarter of 2026, bringing the company to 7.6 million clients across its business lines.
Colombia’s Minister of the Interior, Rodrigo Lara, announced changes to his ministry’s Dirección de Consulta Previa, on President Abelardo De la Espriella’s instruction, aimed at speeding up investment and infrastructure projects the government considers priorities.
Colombia’s State Council issued a ruling delimiting the right to protest and establishing civil liability for those who paralyze productive economic activity through violent means, overturning a Meta administrative tribunal’s earlier dismissal of an Ecopetrol claim.
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ANH president Ernesto Forero visited Canacol Energy’s Estación Jobo in Sahagún, Córdoba, on August 27 to see the company’s gas operations firsthand and identify concrete sector needs for formulating actions to recover production.
Arrow Exploration reported Q2 2026 revenue of US$34.2 million, up 116% year-on-year, with production averaging 4,902 boe/d (+30%), Adjusted EBITDA of US$25.1 million (+300%), and net income of US$10.4 million, reversing a US$0.9 million loss in Q2 2025.
Sirius, the offshore Caribbean gas project Colombia is counting on to restore natural gas self-sufficiency, faces a bottleneck from a single unresolved prior consultation with Taganga, an artisanal fishing community near Santa Marta, financial demands Ecopetrol has characterized in stark terms.
The Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (SIC) granted Universidad del Norte and Promigas a patent for their jointly developed “Active System for Pipe Defect Repair” via Resolución 32010 of April 29, 2026.
Gasoline and diesel prices held flat in 13 of Colombia’s principal cities, including Bogotá, Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Montería, and Villavicencio, when comparing rates from August 1 and August 26, 2026, though the national average edged slightly lower over that window.
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