Led by the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinMinas) and the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) the central government has presented a plan to keep Colombia’s hydrocarbons sector competitive, overhaul how it promotes new blocks, and aims to receive US$20B in investment by 2030 with production reaching 1.3Mboed.
The fall in oil prices has had dire consequences for the oil services industry, and regional leaders are looking at how services firms of different countries can band together to weather the current price scenario.
More than three years after the implementation of the General Royalty System (SGR) complaints persist and observers say that the new system puts small municipalities at a disadvantage, even if it has brought about more transparency and control.
The president of the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) Mauricio de la Mora now says that the entity is planning a ‘mini-round’ where it will offer three blocks in December of this year, an abrupt shift from recent comments he made on how the entity will promote investment.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy is preparing a decree which it says is necessary to stimulate the construction of gas pipelines through direct state intervention and tenders. But private industry says the problem is in the regulations.
The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) president Mauricio de la Mora said that the agency is preparing another series of measures that will help improve the conditions for the industry to remain competitive, with a focus on how it will assign new blocks.
A study from an energy consultancy found that the Colombian thermoelectric sector only has 34% of the natural gas it needs to purchase to produce the country’s energy during the El Niño weather phenomenon.
“This government does not believe in the agriculture sector as a motor of development” said that executive president of the Colombian Association of Oil Goods and Services (Campetrol) Rubén Darío Lizarralde, an area where the association is looking to lessen the economic dependence on the oil industry.
The Meta governor Alan Jara says he has told the national government that the OCAD controlling bodies which approve royalty projects “continue to be a disaster and a centralist and inefficient model”.
Delegates from the Interior Ministry (MinInterior) left the comforts of Bogotá behind to meet with local authorities and members of the oil industry in Middle Magadalena as part of a plan to develop a strategy to confront social conflict, and also gave attention to contraband fuel on the border with Venezuela.
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