Six Colombian hydrocarbon industry associations — ACGGP, ACIEM, ACIPET, the ACP, CAMPETROL, and NATURGAS — jointly published a technical policy document on May 14 titled Hydrocarbons for the Development of Colombia, timed deliberately to land on the desk of whoever wins the presidential election on May 31.
With Colombia’s FDI down 16% in 2025 to US$11.5B — and 33% over four years — the May 31 first-round election has intensified scrutiny of what each leading candidate would actually mean for foreign investment.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has published a draft decree that would overhaul the rules governing Colombia’s natural gas market, targeting what the government characterizes as speculative behavior in secondary trading that is driving up costs for households, industry, and commerce.
I had dinner this week with some industry members and, unsurprisingly, the election and what comes next – the topic of last week’s long article – was top of mind.
The Colombian oil equipment and services industry association Campetrol released its 2025 Oil Sector Balance, covering second-half 2025 performance, full-year close data, and early 2026 figures, with a supplementary analysis of Venezuela’s hydrocarbons industry drawn from a sectoral outreach mission Campetrol conducted in the neighboring country.
Colombia’s Energy and Gas Regulatory Commission (CREG) has launched what it describes as the first regulatory sandbox in its history, targeting the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market.
President Gustavo Petro used the closing ceremony of the Macrorrueda de las Américas 2026 — a trade fair that drew more than 1,500 businesspeople from 60 countries to Corferias in Bogotá — to claim that his government had achieved a structural transformation of Colombia’s export base, reducing the country’s trade deficit by one-third compared to the figure inherited in 2022.
With the poll results from the end of April and with less than a month to the first round of the presidential elections in Colombia, it looks increasingly probable that Iván Cepeda, the candidate of the current administration’s political movement, will be the next president of Colombia.
Colombia’s energy regulator CREG has issued Resolution 102 023 of 2026, enabling the conversion of existing hydrocarbon infrastructure into natural gas pipelines and establishing a framework for remuneration of the associated investments.
Colombia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) has announced what it describes as landmark reductions in gas flaring and methane emissions across the hydrocarbons sector, framing the results as a signature environmental legacy of the current administration.
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