With the poll results from the end of April and with less than a month to the first round of the presidential elections in Colombia, it looks increasingly probable that Iván Cepeda, the candidate of the current administration’s political movement, will be the next president of Colombia.
Colombia’s energy regulator CREG has issued Resolution 102 023 of 2026, enabling the conversion of existing hydrocarbon infrastructure into natural gas pipelines and establishing a framework for remuneration of the associated investments.
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.
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