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The oil sector has proposed the development of unconventional projects to increase the country’s oil reserves and ensure self-sufficiency in the long term. However, this has generated much controversy and many Colombians have expressed their rejection of this possibility.

Dinero, one of the most important business newspapers in Colombia, spoke with Julio Cesar Vera, president of the Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet), about issues that have been considered ‘controversial.’

In addition to the popular actions recently filed to try and stop the implementation of fracking in Colombia, now a group of lawyers filed a bill that seeks its prohibition.

General Comptroller, Edgardo Maya, warned about the risks of implementing fracking in Colombia, reopening the controversy on the subject.

Ten years ago, Colombia decided to establish a policy that promotes the sustainable production of eco-friendly fuels. Today, the capacity to produce biofuels has grown at a steady and sustainable rate.

This graffiti adorns a 20-meter wall on Bogotá’s busy Septima (Carrera 7 / 7^Th Avenue) in the heart of the capital’s elite neighborhood. It is virtually impossible that politicians, media types and other opinion leaders have not seen it or will not see it over the coming weeks. The inauguration of President Iván Duque has certainly reignited the debate over unconventional technologies.

The government announced that the savannas of Cinaruco (Arauca) are now part of the list of protected areas in Colombia. The development of these and more stories in our periodic Eco summary.

The firm won the Latinoamerica Verde (literally: ‘Green Latin America’) Award, for its successful environmental compensation project in Casanare.

Maria Fernanda Suarez, Minister of Mines and Energy (MinMinas), created a debate about the possibility of implementing unconventional techniques such as fracking in Colombia. Experts talked about this alternative.

There is no hotter political topic in the industry at this time than unconventionals with both the Ministers of Environment and Mines and Energy making declarations recently indicating a more open approach than that of the previous government. As might be expected, this has ‘unleashed the hounds of war’ from the anti-fracking side. Here well-known geophysicist and frequent contributor Jaime Checa gives his view, rational and balanced as always, scarce attributes in today’s world.