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This is how the union celebrated “97 years of representing industry workers” in Colombia.

This is what happened, after the guerrilla announced “an armed strike throughout Colombia during 72 hours.”

The UPME recently released its forecasts of natural gas supply and demand. It concludes a second regasification plant is required and it has to be in Buenaventura. Surprise! Wow! Amazing! Did not see that coming! Thank goodness Colombian taxpayers can count on an impartial agency like the UPME to objectively study these important issues.

We are planning a major article on the UPME’s latest forecasts for gas next Monday. This chart was interesting but not entirely on topic so we thought we would publish it separately.

The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) has been working on modifications to Agreement 02,  aimed at promoting the sector’s reactivation. The entity could issue a new Agreement soon.

Oil prices have been affected by tensions between the US and China, and the expansion of the coronavirus. Will this situation affect Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: EC) finances?

Greenpeace and the Energy and Clean Air Research Center (CREA), conducted a study analyzing fossil fuel pollution.

Industry representatives spoke about Colombia’s self-sufficiency and upcoming investments in the natural gas sector.

XM, operator of the National Interconnected System (SIN) and administrator of the Wholesale Energy Market (MEM), reported the behavior of energy generation during the first month of 2020.

Through an official statement, the guerrilla announced that it will develop “an armed strike throughout Colombia” during 72 hours, starting February 14^th this year.