The propane sector has been through a process of formalization that started in 2010, and a new regulatory framework underway could enhance this transition and bring more growth for the fuel, says Nicolás Botero-Páramo Gaviria president of the propane association Gasnova.
The constant decline of existing gas fields like those in La Guajira, and a lack of new sources has spelled the end to an expansion of thermal generation plants designed to back up the general electrical grid.
The General Controller (CGR) Edgardo Maya Villazón has issued yet another report which found multiple ‘white elephant’ projects in 16 departments. Exactly the problems the General Royalty System and the overall of the royalty scheme were supposed to prevent.
The director of the Energy and Gas Regulation Commission (CREG) Jorge Pinto Nolla said the entity’s main strategy to supply the market with natural gas is based on regasification plants, and clarified that natural gas appears, it does not just result from a plan.
The Minister of Labor Clara Lopez was again on the trail in Colombia’s regions denouncing the labor losses of the oil industry and effects for local economies, while an issue in Huila on disabled workers has received greater attention after a Senator intervenes.
In light of the reopening of the Venezuela-Colombia border, the Minister of Finance (MinHacienda) Mauricio Cárdenas said that more must be done in Venezuela to prevent the entry of contraband fuel, which brings negative social consequences.
Putumayo oil operators have denounced the presence of new blockades being carried out by unidentified individuals near one of the Farc concentration zones, raising fresh concerns that these areas could represent a threat to the oil industry.
The outgoing president of the Colombian Natural Gas Association (Naturgas) Eduardo Pizano warned that a series of changes that the Energy and Gas Regulation Commission (CREG) has made to distrubtion regulation will halt investment. He also gave details on the reasons for his departure from the entity.
The Colombian Chamber of Oil Goods and Services (Campetrol) expressed its concerns that concentration zones designed to house Farc members include a number of oil producing municipalities, even though the government has said it would avoid parks, mining operations, borders or indigenous zones.
The government and Farc have announced the protocols to be used to implement the bilateral and definitive ceasefire and the laying down of arms. But a recent poll shows an alarming increase in pessimism regarding the process and that if held today, a “no” vote would win in a plebiscite.
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