Oil prices and dollar exchange rates are two of the most-watched metrics in the country. These two have had a variable behavior in recent months. Mauricio Cárdenas, Minister of Finance, spoke on this issue and the benefits of an increase in oil prices.
Oil companies have allocated significant resources to social investment in recent years, despite Colombia’s social and security issues. The oil boom helped to increase this metric, but investments continued despite the oil crisis.
Industry experts took the stage of the International Congress of Clean Energy to talk about the impact that these resources would have on energy tariffs in Colombia, among other topics.
The Ministry of the Environment (MinAmbiente) announced that the country is satisfactorily progressing in this process that will bring it a step closer to taking actions to face climate change.
German Arce, MinMinas, participated in the International Congress of Renewable Energies, organized by the World Energy Council Colombia and the Association of Renewable Energies (SER). He talked about the energy matrix of Colombia and natural phenomena that affect the costs in the system.
The Constitutional Court endorsed a reform to the General System of Royalties (SGR) that seeks to allocate economic resources to finance projects related to the post-conflict process. These and other stories in our periodic Royalties summary.
The Colombian Fracking-Free Alliance (ACLF) spoke on recent measures by the National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA) on unconventional techniques.
A year ago, inhabitants of Cajamarca voted ‘no’ to the development of mining activities in their territory. Here are their opinions on the matter, today.
Colombia’s oil regulator, the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) announced a new date for the Sinu-San Jacinto (SSJ) bid round. The agency gave an explanation for this decision.
The National Environmental Licensing Authority (ANLA) made a decision on Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: ECP) proposal to carry out a fracking pilot in Colombia.