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Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) announced its full year 2023 capital and production guidance and its estimated fourth quarter and 2022 full year average daily production.

The Minister of Energy (MinEnergia), Irene Vélez, has been involved in controversies ever since she took control of the entity. This is what she had to say on the matter.

The government’s decision not to award new oil contracts continues to generate discussions in the country due to its negative implications for the national economy. Experts spoke about the need to keep exploring.

The father of the Minister of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia), Irene Vélez, has great influence in the new Colombian political environment. This is why.

Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (TSX: GTE) announced its 2022 year-end reserves as evaluated by the Company’s independent qualified reserves evaluator, McDaniel & Associates Consultants Ltd. (McDaniel).

Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC), Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC), Hocol, Tecpetrol and Cepsa issued a public statement regarding blockades in the department of Meta.

Sociedad Portuaria El Cayao (SPEC LNG) initiated a process to analyze a possible expansion of the regasification terminal.

Frontera Energy (TSE: FEC)  and Geopark (NYSE: GPRK) were included in the 2023 Bloomberg Gender Equality Index (GEI).

During the FARC peace process, we wrote weekly updates. If I had been doing that for the current ELN process, this month I would have written literally thousands of words “full of sound and fury / signifying nothing”.

We do not get into financial analysis of individual companies nor are we your source for stock market advice. But we do keep track of how Colombia-focused stocks as a group are doing relative to global indexes because we believe this reflects government policy not individual performance. And we watch what is happening with Ecopetrol (NYSE:ECP) because, although individual performance plays a role, much movement reflects how its principal owner, the Colombian government, views the industry.