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The Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP) reported on investment prospects in the oil in 2020, highlighting new projects in the Caribbean region.

This report in Dinero Magazine talks about the political panorama that will surround fracking in 2020.

Carlos Leal, Head of the Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet), published his comments on the Minister of Mines and Energy’s (MinEnergia) Fracking Draft Decree.

The Minister of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia), María Fernanda Suárez, participated in the ‘Governors Meeting: Oil and Gas Policy’ panel, at the World Economic Forum. This is what she said.

The Minister of Environment (MinAmbiente), Ricardo Lozano, spoke about the advances of Colombia’s environmental commitments during the World Economic Forum, in Davos (Switzerland).

Or even in Latin America. The headline might have upset your board members or institutional investors when it appeared a few weeks ago but it was false. Colombia is not exactly a shining example of public service morality but not the most corrupt in the world or even the region.

The Inspector General’s Office made decisions regarding the investigation for alleged cost overruns in Cartagena’s Refinery (Reficar).

The National Association of Financial Institutions (ANIF) published a report explaining that one of the main causes of high unemployment levels in Colombia are “business overruns.”

This is how resources from the General Royalties System (SGR) will finance infrastructure projects in what the government catalogued as the Most-Affected Areas by the Conflict (Zomac). These and other stories in our periodic Royalties summary.

Industry experts spoke about what is at stake, if the State Council does not approve the development of fracking pilot projects (PPII) this year.