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Colombia’s association of large energy users, Asoenergía, reiterated its request for the country to define a comprehensive gas policy.

Hocol’s Rafael Guzman spoke about energy security and the role of natural gas in this issue.

Technical Vice-President of the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), José Miguel de Armas, spoke about the government’s plan to boost gas E&P in the country.

Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) put into operation a new gas-fired power plant.

Colombia is making progress in expanding the coverage of natural gas, propane and energy public services, but there are still a large number of people who use firewood as their main cooking fuel.

Colombia continues to report new natural gas users.

While rising oil prices have brought smiles to the faces of oil producers and MinHacienda, rising global natural gas prices must be keeping the CREG up at night. It should also be disturbing advocates of the regas strategy.

The Minister of Finance (MinHacienda), José Manuel Restrepo, spoke about the economic reactivation and the sectors that will be key in this process.

Colombia is developing several projects to guarantee the reliability of natural gas supply in the medium and long term.

The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia) reported natural gas production figures for August 2021.