The Petro administration has revived its push for a revised tax reform, now scaled down to CoP16.3T, roughly CoP$10T less than the original proposal. But the path through Congress remains uncertain.
Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: ECP) official stance on the future of its Permian asset lasted only a few days before being publicly contradicted by Colombia’s Ministry of Finance (MinHacienda).
That depends on whether we are talking about demand or supply. The Petro government is obsessed with both peak demand and peak supply, insisting that Colombia’s energy system be reconfigured to deal with a declining oil sector in the 2030s. As a lead up to the COP30 meetings in Brazil, the International Energy Agency (IEA) gave its latest view.
Colombia’s most powerful oil workers’ union, the Unión Sindical Obrera (USO), has formally distanced itself from President Gustavo Petro’s vision of the country’s energy transition, accusing his policies of endangering Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC), the state-controlled oil giant.
The Colombian government is reaffirming its commitment to energy security through the planned regasification plant in Ballenas, La Guajira, a cornerstone project expected to strengthen the country’s natural gas supply over the next decade.
Recently, we published an article that showed what happened when the country’s only regas facility, SPEC, closed for scheduled maintenance. One might have expected that since SPEC programmed the maintenance well in advance, some planning might have avoided any stress about shortages. We look for evidence of that planning. (UPDATE: Technical difficulties overcome and graphs and full text now loaded.)
Colombia’s economy is now receiving more money from its citizens abroad than from its traditional export giants.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia) requested the resignation of five top directors across Colombia’s energy sector, signaling what insiders describe as a significant institutional reshuffle.
At the Smart Energy Forum, held on October 23, 2025, at Bogotá’s Universidad EAN, experts and industry leaders converged to discuss Colombia’s growing energy deficit and the path toward a sustainable transition.
Colombia’s Inspector General Office has opened an investigation into the possible sale of Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: EC) stake in the Permian Basin, the state oil company’s most profitable foreign asset.
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