Although the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia) said that the administrative acts to develop PPII should be ready in two months, the process might only start in the last quarter of 2021. This is why.
The National Federation of Fuel and Energy Distributors (Fendipetróleo) warned about the “critical scenario” that fuel distributors are currently facing in Colombia.
This is what the Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet) thinks about the Bill of Law that aims to eliminate the professional registration certificate from most professions in the country.
The Minister of Energy (MinEnergia), Diego Mesa, spoke about the role of the mining-energy sector in Colombia’s economic reactivation process.
Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) announced a successful work completion on its Prime G plant in the Barrancabermeja Refinery.
The director of the National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA), Rodrigo Suárez, spoke about the entity’s response times to environmental requests.
The NOC announced positive results from its most recent social projects, aimed at helping vulnerable families in Barrancabermeja and Barranquilla, among others. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.
At least that is my – perhaps naïve – hope. The ACIPET’s plea to not sell even 8% of Ecopetrol and recent events at Pemex and PDVSA have me thinking again about politicians’ love of state-owned-enterprises (SOEs) at least in some countries like Colombia.
Once again, the International Energy Agency (IEA) changed its oil production estimates for Colombia.
Vice Minister of Energy, Miguel Lotero, spoke about the industry’s relevance for Colombia’s economy and about the government’s plans to boost the sector.