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Energy sector experts talked about how the energy transition process should be evolve in Colombia, and the role of natural gas in this process.

The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) reported oil production figures for June 2022.

It is dressed up in fancier, greener language and other countries well known for their prudent economic management like Angola and Argentina (ahem!) are quoted as examples, but MinHacienda Juan Antonio Ocampo’s proposed oil export tax is really just a windfall tax on oil revenues which will be more burdensome for foreign companies than for Ecopetrol.

Through his social networks, President Gustavo Petro announced the new Minister of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia).

Former Minister of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia), Diego Mesa, warned about the need to continue with natural gas exploration in the country.

Parex (TSX: PXT) announced its financial and operating results for the second quarter 2022. Here are the details.

The new government of Gustavo Petro proposes a “traffic light of initiatives” in which those located in the red color will not be maintained in the next four-year term. Among these are the fracking pilots (PPII). Former President Ivan Duque talked about this issue.

A group of experts from the Department of Mining and Energy Law of the Universidad Externado and the Institute of Political Science Hernán Echavarría Olózaga (ICP) analyzed the opportunities and challenges to guarantee energy security in Colombia.

Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) reported the number of jobs generated through contractors in the first half of 2022.

This date had been (virtually) red-circled in our Long Form Report planning calendar as the week to respond to whatever President Gustavo Petro said in his inaugural speech about energy. Frankly, he said almost nothing that he had not already said. But he did name his MinEnergia and that was news with implications for the industry.