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This is how the private sector plans to boost the Colombian economy in 2021.

The Senate and the House of Representatives approved the royalties’ budget for the next two years.

The Andean Community (CAN) adopted the Andean Environmental Charter. Colombia hosted the virtual event.

Through a letter, 50 Congressmen asked to halt contracting processes for the development of fracking pilot projects (PPII), days after authorities announced that Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) signed the first contract.

When we started Hydrocarbons Colombia, we wrote a lot about roads. Roads were one of the main flashpoints between the industry and communities as heavy tanker-trucks and drill rigs tore up poorly maintained so-called ‘highways’ and too-frequent accidents created environmental and human suffering. Thankfully, that conflict seems to be largely behind us. Now Ismael Arenas, former head of Ecopetrol and current chairman of the Colombian Association of Engineers (ACIEM) reminds us that roads are still an issue needing coordinated action.

In his most recent Op-ed, Carlos Leal, President of the Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet), called on the government to include industry Associations in the discussion around fracking pilot projects (PPIIs).

The State Council announced that Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) will not have to pay the Industry and Commerce Tax (ICA) to the municipality of Puerto Nare (Antioquia). Here are the details.

The goal of reducing sulfur levels in Colombian fuels could be delayed. This is why.

President Iván Duque closed this year’s Oil & Gas Summit with a message of optimism, highlighting the sector’s relevance for the economic reactivation process.

Industry experts spoke about their forecasts for 2021, including challenges and opportunities that authorities and the industry have ahead.