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.
The two voices from the Valencia-Oviedo presidential ticket used separate April platforms to make the same argument: Colombia’s fiscal and energy crises both have the same solution, and the next government must be willing to say so plainly.
Colombia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy is developing a formal roadmap to cut methane emissions from the hydrocarbons and coal sectors, in partnership with the Latin American and Caribbean Energy Organization (OLACDE).
Last night, while watching the news on TV, my wife asked me if I supported fracking. Given that her interests are in other fields, I knew the debate has become mainstream.
Speaking at the Naturgas industry association congress in Cartagena, Energy Minister Edwin Palma used a wide-ranging address to defend the government’s record on gas supply, reaffirm its no-new-exploration pledge, and signal an upcoming bilateral energy meeting with Venezuela – while acknowledging that past infrastructure decisions have left Colombia dangerously exposed on gas imports.
Colombia’s Attorney General’s Office has moved to implicate the outgoing Petro administration in a major corruption scandal centered on the Asociación Regional de Municipios del Caribe (Aremca), after the arrests of nine of the organization’s directors on charges related to the alleged diversion of more than CoP$496B in royalties funding through 101 inter-administrative agreements with twelve departments, most never fully executed.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has issued Resolution 40164 of 2026, a new regulatory framework governing the closure and abandonment of oil wells in Colombia that simultaneously tightens environmental safeguards and opens the door to repurposing subsurface infrastructure for clean energy applications.
The Colombian government will co-host the First International Conference on Transition Beyond Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta from April 23 to 29, organized jointly with the Netherlands.
Colombia’s energy and gas regulator CREG has opened a regulatory sandbox pilot to test potential changes to the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market before committing to permanent regulatory amendments.
Colombia’s March 2026 inflation reading came in at 5.56%, marking the second consecutive monthly increase since February, but the energy components of the basket told a contrasting story of deceleration rather than acceleration.
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