The Ministry of Mines and Energy has published a draft decree that would overhaul the rules governing Colombia’s natural gas market, targeting what the government characterizes as speculative behavior in secondary trading that is driving up costs for households, industry, and commerce.
The Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Petrolera y Energética de Colombia (UTIPEC) has filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), alleging that Ecopetrol is undergoing a process of decapitalization driven by governance failures and politically motivated energy policy decisions.
Colombia’s poultry industry is warning that a potential gas supply shortage would hit production costs and operational viability, adding an agricultural dimension to a crisis already well understood in power generation circles.
I had dinner this week with some industry members and, unsurprisingly, the election and what comes next – the topic of last week’s long article – was top of mind.
The Colombian oil equipment and services industry association Campetrol released its 2025 Oil Sector Balance, covering second-half 2025 performance, full-year close data, and early 2026 figures, with a supplementary analysis of Venezuela’s hydrocarbons industry drawn from a sectoral outreach mission Campetrol conducted in the neighboring country.
Óscar Bravo, chief executive of Terpel — Colombia’s dominant fuel distributor with roughly 43% of the service station market – used an interview with Valora Analitik to lay out a decade-long growth plan that is as much about surviving the energy transition as it is about selling more gasoline.
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