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.
The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) reported natural gas production during September this year.
Colombia was set to initiate natural gas rationing from October 31 to November 4 due to annual maintenance at the SPEC Caribbean regasification plant, which has imported gas for the nation’s thermal plants since 2016. However, Minister of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia) Andres Camacho sent a message of reassurance.
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.
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