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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.

In his most recent Op-ed, Francisco José Lloreda, President of the Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP), spoke about why Colombia needs to make up its mind on fracking.

This is what President Duque had to say about the video where Farc leaders confirmed they will continue with the armed conflict, despite signing the Peace Agreements in 2016.

The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia) announced fuel prices for August 2019, highlighting the performance of this metric during this year. However, these remain high compared to figures of last year.