The Ministry of the Interior (MinInterior) launched a free, self-managed virtual course on the right to prior consultation, available to Indigenous, Rom, Afro-Colombian, Raizal, and Palenquera communities, as well as the public.
The recent government announcement about “planned gas rationing” in Colombia sparked concern, yet officials are clarifying the situation.
A Colombian tribunal revived the drilling of Uchuva 2, a critical natural gas well, while mandating consultation with Indigenous communities in Taganga, Magdalena, who may be affected by the project.
The Colombian Chamber of Petroleum, Gas, and Energy Services (Campetrol) has highlighted a key issue stalling the country’s oil production growth: blockades and public order disruptions.
In a recent address at the OAS Inter-American Conference of Labor Ministers, Colombian President Gustavo Petro reiterated his stance against new oil and gas exploration contracts.
A coalition of lawmakers from the Global Parliamentarians for a Fossil Fuel-Free Future (PFFF) is actively participating in the United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP16) in Cali, Colombia.
While writing this past Monday’s article on finding more gas from existing sources, imported gas was always in the background. As domestic production falls and lack of rainfall restricts hydro power generation, imported gas kept, or rather keeps, thermogenerators running and Colombians’ lights on.
Colombian miners are challenging a government decree before the State Council, arguing that the legislation threatens the country’s mining sector.
The Colombian government announced a scheduled rationing of natural gas in the Caribbean region, a temporary measure aimed at ensuring the continuity of electricity supply during maintenance work at a regasification plant.
Colombia’s energy sector spotlighted a pressing issue: a looming gas shortage. However, President Gustavo Petro’s response, where he mistakenly attributed maintenance at the country’s only regasification facility, SPEC LNG, to routine operations at a thermoelectric plant, underscored a disconnect in understanding critical infrastructure and so a crisis management gap.
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