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The Colombian Chamber of Goods and Services (Campetrol) reported rig information for July 2025.

Natural gas imports have become a major business opportunity in Colombia since the country lost energy self-sufficiency in December 2024. With limited resources to meet household demand, the government is now tracking six projects aimed at expanding import capacity, beyond the Cartagena regasification terminal that has been operating since 2016.

Colombia’s propane sector is moving to expand import capacity from the Caribbean as the country faces a tightening energy supply, revealed the Colombian Propane Association (Gasnova).

Colombia’s State Council ruled against Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) and Oleoducto de los Llanos Orientales S.A. (ODL), confirming their responsibility for damage to a rice crop during the construction of an oil pipeline in Casanare in 2009.

Ecopetrol’s deteriorating Net Income continues to consume (virtual) column inches in the Colombian business press. Our perhaps counter-to-the-current view has been that short-term financial performance is the wrong place to look for what might be wrong with the NOC. This week we dive deeper into the qualitative comments we made last time.

NG Energy International Corp. (TSXV: GASX) released its financial and operational results for the second quarter of 2025, highlighting both strong reserve growth and ambitious plans to expand production capacity in Colombia.

Colombia’s state-owned oil company Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) and natural gas producer Canacol Energy (TSX: CNE) are advancing discussions that could lead to a potential acquisition.

Colombian households could see another hike in their gas bills by December, as the country becomes increasingly reliant on imports to secure supply, warned Luz Stella Murgas, president of the Colombian Natural Gas Association (Naturgas).

The Unión Sindical Obrera (USO), one of Colombia’s most powerful oil workers’ unions, is facing mounting internal tensions after its president, César Loza, openly suggested that Colombia should resume fracking to safeguard energy self-sufficiency.

Colombia’s economy could lose CoP$11.2T over the next eight years due to rising natural gas prices and dwindling domestic supply, according to a new report from Fedesarrollo.