The Energy Mining Planning Unit (UPME) presented its report on the natural gas sector in the recent Colombian Natural Gas Association (Naturgas) and said that reforming the transportation system is a top priority, along with improving reliability and building a regasification plant on the Pacific coast.
The 19th Congress of the Colombian Natural Gas Association (Naturgas) provided the venue for a debate on the future of the natural gas industry and gas supply, with Naturgas assuring current problems are not a larger trend, while the Colombian Petroleum Association brought up concerns on Colombia’s self-sufficiency.
A high Cartagena court has halted the construction of a strategic section of a natural gas pipeline which would help supply thermal generators in Cartagena with the fuel.
GasThe president of the Association of Natural Gas (Naturgas) insisted that the supply of natural gas is just fine, and that the “feeling” of scarcity is just due to El Niño.
GasThe graph shows that, despite all the attention focused on natural gas, production continues to fall. Hard for prices to go down (as politicians would like them to) if supply is lower and demand is steady or growing.
While the decrees and studies on how to lower the costs of natural gas in the Caribbean region continue, other regions are now clamoring for a discount in their gas prices as well.
Gas Natural Fenosa country manager for Colombia, Alberto González, said that the supply of natural gas is solid and that the firm will look to growth by introducing more gas-powered appliances in homes, and invest in infrastructure.
The Association of Large Energy Consumers (Asoenergia) says a planned regasification plant for Cartagena does little to address the energy issues, and called on the government to follow through with a reform of the distribution of the “reliability charge”.
The Minister of Mines and Energy (MinMinas) Tomás González sent a letter to the mayors and governors of the Caribbean coast detailing a resolution from the ministry that he says will help expand existing infrastructure and deal with the region’s natural gas supply issues
The December MinMinas ‘accentuate the positive’ production press release only mentioned the slight month-over-month increase in December gas production, failing to mention that 2015 finished 5.6% below 2014. Or that, as the graph shows, the trend is decidedly negative.
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