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Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) confirmed that it will resume some of its activities at the Tibú field and in the Sardinata Plant, after 42 days of protests.

Natural gas reserves have raised concerns about the possibility of losing energy self-sufficiency in the medium term. Maria Fernanda Suarez, Minister of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia), spoke on this issue and the government’s efforts to solve the problem.

The union spoke about the legal controversy over workers of propane distributor, Chilco S.A.S, joining the USO.

Last week, the Externado University held a half-day conference on how Colombia was dealing with its climate change commitments under the Paris Accords. I went because I was interested, because I wanted to see how the oil and gas industry was treated and because I knew Ed Caldwell of Gran Tierra was going to speak.

Colombia continues to analyze and discuss the possibility of developing unconventional deposits. Promigas made an analysis about shale gas and the country’s offshore potential.

Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: EC) CEO, Felipe Bayón, spoke about the ongoing legal process to give fracking the ‘green light’. Here are the details.

Former Paramilitary leader, Óscar Montealegre, denounced the alleged complicity of Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) employees to let them steal crude from its pipelines, among other irregularities.

The United Nations (UN) recently held a conference on trade and economic development. There experts talked about Colombia’s exports and their dependence on certain products.

Recently, the Colombian government announced the National Electric Mobility Strategy. Maria Fernanda Suarez, Minister of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia), participated in this event and spoke about the pillars of this strategy and fuel quality.

Giovanni E. Reyes, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh / Harvard and Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Management at the Universidad del Rosario made an analysis of the extractive industry in the country.