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Part III: Transforming the sector

Here is the third installment of Norton Rose Fulbright’s analysis of the ANH’s draft accord. We believe this could transform the regulatory framework for the industry significantly.

Monday, September 26th, 2016
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Shifting balance of power in gas

Shifting balance of power in gas

The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) has not published detailed 2Q16 results for gas so we are unable to do a similar analysis to that we did last week for crude oil. But we can look at trends and the principal one is shown in the graph.

Monday, September 26th, 2016
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Caquetá rep calls for department wide vote on oil

Caquetá congressional representative Harry González said that public order problems which have arisen following the start of hydrocarbons exploration activities show that a departmental popular referendum is necessary to see if the residents want to accept the activity.

Thursday, September 22nd, 2016
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Enercol looks at gas

Our previous report on Enercol 2016 was mainly about crude but in this part, we will focus on gas.

Thursday, September 22nd, 2016
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Peace Process: “yes” holds a lead in recent poll

As President Juan Manuel Santos addressed the UN general assembly saying “there is one less war on this planet”, a recent survey found that the “yes” votes are leading, but there is still plenty of skepticism on the process.

Thursday, September 22nd, 2016
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The Pareto effect

The Pareto effect

Another reader question inspired an interesting graph to share. Here is the distribution of crude oil production by field from 2Q16.

Thursday, September 22nd, 2016
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By 2040, 50% of fuel could be imported

By 2040, 50% of fuel could be imported

The Cartagena Refinery (Reficar) expansion is not enough, warns the Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP), and if refining capacity is not expanded, by 2040 Colombia could be importing half of its fuel and gasoline.

Wednesday, September 21st, 2016
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Royalty Summary: 2017-18 royalty budget in the works

The legal limit for the government to present its biannual royalty budget for 2017 and 2018 is approaching fast and due on October 3rd, the day following the plebiscite on the peace agreements. This and other royalty related stories in our periodic summary.

Wednesday, September 21st, 2016
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Industry heavyweights speak at Enercol 2016

HCC attended the XXXIII Colombian Energy Conference (Enercol), organized by the Colombian Engineers’ Association (ACIEM), Cundinamarca chapter, at Club El Nogal in Bogotá.

Wednesday, September 21st, 2016
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Ecopetrol adds 3 new board members

Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) board of directors have added three new members which have been designated to replace Roberto Steiner, Jorge Pinzón and Gustavo Carvajal.

Tuesday, September 20th, 2016
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