Colombia’s new Minister of Environment (MinAmbiente), Ricardo Lozano, and new Minister of Mines and Energy (MinMinas), Maria Fernanda Suarez, openly spoke about the controversial topic of fracking.
The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) spoke about what must be done to assure the success of the industry in Colombia.
Environmental compensation of the oil sector has been a difficult issue to develop in the country, but it seems like this topic is thriving, and the environment will be the main beneficiary. Parex announced an important environmental compensation project in the department of Casanare.
Orlando Cabrales, President of Naturgas, wrote an article, in the business newspaper La República, about the proposal to subsidize the purchase of propane cylinders throughout the country.
Ricardo José Lozano was appointed as the new Minister of Environment (MinAmbiente).
The bottom-line for a company are its profits and/or stock market performance. But we try to take a policy perspective so our bottom-line is production and reserves. Both were rather naturally affected by the oil-price crisis and so, maybe, “nobody’s fault”. The current industry question is how fast things have reacted to upward price signals and whether policy plays a role in that. Call it the U-curve.
I promised this three weeks ago now but, fortunately, we received a couple of important expert contributions on Ecuador and the new ‘permanent’ assignment process. Now that we are officially out of the Santos era and into the Duque era, it seems less important to do this. But a promise is a promise…
The development of unconventional projects is one of the main alternatives to resolve concerns about oil self-sufficiency in the long term in Colombia. However, this has generated much controversy over the use of techniques such as fracking and Colombian politicians are discussing this issue.
President Ivan Duque swore in María Fernanda Suárez as Colombia’s new Minister of Mines and Energy (MinMinas).
The Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (ACIPE) talked on the possibility of implementing fracking in Colombia. Julio Cesar Vera, President of ACIPET, spoke on this subject in an event about heavy crude in Bogotá.
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