The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) is going through a transformation process with the goal of improving its services and operational metrics.
The Colombian oil sector continues to face several social and legal challenges to operate in the country, despite the change of government and its attitude in favor of the extractive industries. A new controversy has been generated with an oil license in the department of Putumayo.
The Colombian Oil Association (ACP) and the Chamber of Goods and Services (Campetrol) hosted the “Regional Encounters: united for a sustainable development” event, where they discussed industry issues.
National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) new director, Luis Miguel Morelli, spoke about the process that the entity is developing to set clear rules for the use of fracking.
The boom of the popular referendums created uncertainty in the Colombian extractive sector and authorities have pronounced on these mechanisms of popular participation. Last week, the Constitutional Court revoked a popular consultation, but the State Council made a different decision in another municipality.
The union will soon vote to choose its new directors at a national and local level. Here are the details.
Oil prices slipped slightly this week on continued fear of a global economic slowdown but Colombia’s policy makers cannot seem to decide if this is a good thing or a bad thing. I would have thought this was a straightforward question with a straightforward answer.
The debate over gas subsidies continues. Here is what Colombia’s Propane Association (Gasnova) and the Association of Natural Gas (Naturgas) have to say.
The extractive sector has to face many challenges to operate in Colombia, but the lack of legal security has become one of the main problems for this industry.
Colombia continues talking about the possibility of developing unconventional projects via the hydraulic fracturing technique (fracking). The Colombian petroleum workers (USO) spoke about this alternative and its potential in some municipalities of the country.