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Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) warned that blockades by Indigenous communities at the Rubiales and Caño Sur fields in the Meta department have disrupted crude oil production by approximately 80,000bd.

A potential deal to import hydrocarbons from Venezuela sparked alarm in Colombia’s Congress, where lawmakers and trade officials warned it could lead to dire economic consequences, including the loss of thousands of jobs and billions in exports.

Ecopetrol Óleo e Gás do Brasil Ltda. (ECP Brasil), a subsidiary of the Ecopetrol Group, approved the Final Investment Decision (FID) for Gato do Mato, its first development project in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin, Brazil.

Juan Manuel Rojas, President of Promigas, has been re-elected to continue as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Colombian Natural Gas Association (Naturgas) for a second consecutive year.

Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) is evaluating a potential acquisition of SierraCol Energy Ltd., the country’s largest independent oil producer, currently owned by private equity firm Carlyle Group.

Canacol Energy (TSX: CNE) reported that its operations at the Sucre Norte project, located in the municipality of San Marcos in the department of Sucre, Colombia, have been seriously disrupted due to an illegal blockade.

While the urgency of securing long-term gas supply is undeniable, some recent proposals, like the idea of importing gas from Qatar, may have more negative consequences than benefits.

Colombia’s new Finance Minister (MinHacienda), Germán Ávila, outlined a bold economic recovery plan aimed at stabilizing the country’s finances in the remaining months of President Gustavo Petro’s term.

Earlier this year, León Valencia and his Peace and Reconciliation Foundation (Pares) published an evaluation of President Gustavo Petro’s “Total Peace” initiative, supposedly at the two-year mark of his mandate. Much of the study, ¿Plomo es lo que viene? was completely out of date by the time it hit the bookstores. (For those with the patience to make it to the end of the article, a question for our readers.)

Investment bank Citi has outlined the factors influencing Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: EC) investment potential, setting a target price of US$14 per ADR on the New York Stock Exchange with a recommendation to buy, albeit with high risk.