Felipe Bayón, former president of Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC), raised serious concerns about the financial health of Colombia’s state-owned oil company.
Recently, Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: EC) President, Ricardo Roa Barragán, announced the company’s potential plan to import gas produced through fracking in the Permian Basin (Texas, USA) as a strategy to mitigate Colombia’s projected gas deficit in 2025.
On August 26, Bogotá will host the first-ever Regional Methane Summit for Latin America and the Caribbean, a landmark event aimed at addressing the significant impact of methane—a potent greenhouse gas—on climate change.
Just as Colombia’s National Environmental Licensing Authority (ANLA) was about to issue a decision on granting an environmental license for one of Ecopetrol’s most significant offshore hydrocarbon exploration projects, a new obstacle emerged from the Ministry of Environment (MinAmbiente).
Ricardo Roa Barragán, President of Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC), provided new insights into the collapsed negotiations with Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) that aimed to acquire a significant stake in CrownRock, a company engaged in fracking in the US.
Colombia is set to see a significant increase in its natural gas transport capacity following recent decisions by the Energy and Gas Regulatory Commission (CREG).
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