(Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Jan.2025) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance, economics, politics, and projects during Jan. 2025 including Venezuela [more…]
Tag: ANH
Idea of Colombia Importing Gas from Venezuela ‘Big Distraction,’ Ex-minister Says
(Reuters, 2.Oct.2024) — Debate in Colombia over the possibility of importing gas from Venezuela “has been a big distraction” amid concerns about Colombia’s future energy [more…]
ANH Updates on Offshore Wind Competitive Process [Spanish PDF Download]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Feb.2024) — Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) announced that during the offshore wind qualification stage from 21 Dec. 2023 to 21 Jun. [more…]
Ecopetrol Says to Conduct Further Tests at Arauca 8 Well
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Jan.2024) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) said that in order to determine the materiality of the Arauca 8 well discovery, [more…]
EAI’s NRGBriefs: Nov. 2023
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Nov.2023) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and projects during November 2023 including PDVSA and the French co. [more…]
Colombia Eyes Country’s First Offshore Wind Auction
(Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Oct.2023) — Colombia government expects to reveal detail about the first offshore wind energy auction in Colombia and Latin America. The Colombian [more…]
Colombia Needs New Oil Drilling, Former Finance Chief Says
(Bloomberg, 27.May.2023) — Colombia needs new oil exploration after a drop in the nation’s proven reserves as the government seeks to accelerate its energy transition, [more…]
Sintana Updates on VMM-37 Joint Contract with ExxonMobil
(Sintana Energy, 18.Apr.2023) — Sintana Energy Inc. (TSXV: SEI OTCQB: SEUSF) reports that ExxonMobil sent Patriot Energy Oil and Gas Inc., a subsidiary of the [more…]
Clara Liliana Guatame Aponte Takes the Helm at Colombia’s ANH
(Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Dec.2022) — Colombia’s Minister of Mines and Energy Irene Vélez Torres welcomed Clara Liliana Guatame Aponte as the new president of the [more…]
NRGBriefs: Colombia Boosts Reserves; Trinidad’s Young Talks Gas on CNN
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.May.2022) — Energy briefs including Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) President Armando Zamora Reyes and Colombia’s Mines and Energy Minister Diego Mesa [more…]
Colombia’s ANH Imposes $4,550 Sanction on Ecopetrol
(Ecopetrol, 29.Apr.2022) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) it received notification in the Resolution No. 315 of 26 April 2022 that it was being sanctioned [more…]
Day 1 of AAPG ICE: ANH Head Armando Zamora
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Apr.2022) — Highlights from ANH Colombia head Armando Zamora during his presentation in Cartagena, Colombia on day 1 of the AAPG International [more…]
Q&A with Colombia’s ANH Head Armando Zamora
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Mar.2022) — Colombia’s head at the National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH by its Spanish acronym), Armando Zamora, spoke briefly with Energy Analytics Institute [more…]
Arrow Exploration Eyes Drilling the RCE-2 Well in Colombia’s Tapir Block
(Arrow Exploration, 22.Feb.2022) — Arrow Exploration Corp. (AIM: AXL) (TSXV: AXL) shared an operational update in connection with the drilling of the next well, the [more…]
Colombia Reports YE:21 Gas and Oil Production
(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Feb.2022) — In December 2021, Colombia reported a 2.49% sequential rise in its natural gas production while its crude oil production fell [more…]
Frontera to Acquire Colombian Producer PetroSud
(Frontera, 20.Dec.2021) — Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding shares in Petroleos Sud Americanos [more…]
No Counter-offers in ANH, 30 Contracts to be Signed
(Reuters, 16.Dec.2021) — There were no counter-offers for oil and gas blocs in Colombia’s latest licensing round, but contracts for 30 blocs which received bids [more…]
LatAm Oil Auctions Kick Off After Two-year Lull
(Reuters, 16.Dec.2021) – Latin America’s oil frontiers are back in the spotlight with auctions coming up in Brazil, Guyana and the Andean region that are [more…]
ANH’s Ronda Colombia 2021 [Photo Roundup]
(ANH, 1.Dec.2021) — The ANH reports success in the Colombia Round 2021: 30 bids for areas were received in order to continue the reactivation of [more…]
ANH Awards 30 Areas In Colombia Round 2021 [PDF Download]
(ANH, 1.Dec.2021) — During the Deposit of Proposals Hearing for the fourth cycle of the Permanent Process of Area Assignment (PPAA) Colombia Round 2021, 7 [more…]
ANH To Hold Hearing For Colombia Round 2021 Proposals
(ANH, 30.Nov.2021) — The National Hydrocarbons Agency – ANH will hold tomorrow 1 December 2021, the Presentation of Proposals Hearing of the Colombia Round 2021 [more…]
ANH Inks Contracts With Anadarko Colombia
(ANH, 8.Oct.2021) — The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) and Anadarko Colombia Company signed 4 contracts for the exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the Colombian [more…]
NRGBriefs: ANH’s Bid Round, Venezuela’s Declining GDP
(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Sep.2021) — Energy briefs including Colombia’s ANH pushing back bid round deadlines, Colombia’s plans to reveal its hydrogen roadmap, and Trinidad and [more…]
ANH Approves Deal Between Ecopetrol And Shell
(ANH, 24.Dec.2020) — The ANH approved the entry of Shell EP Offshore Ventures Limited, Colombian branch as operating partner of three Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production [more…]
Facing An Economic Crisis, Colombia Turns To Fracking
(Sierra Club, 17.Dec.2020) — San Martín is full of oil men. This small, no-nonsense Colombian town in the department of Cesar, is hot, chaotic, and [more…]
ANH Inks Three Deals In Third Cycle Nomination
(ANH, 1.Dec.2020) — Colombia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency – ANH signed 4 new contracts as a conclusion of the third cycle of the Continuous Area Nomination [more…]
Colombia Bid Round To Investigate Fracking Projects
(Reuters, 11.Nov.2020) — Colombia will hold a second bidding round to potentially grant contracts to companies interested in exploring non-conventional oil and gas deposits, using [more…]
ANH Says 16 Companies Qualified For 3rd PPAA
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Oct.2020) — Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency or ANH published a definitive list of 16 companies qualified for the third cycle of its [more…]
Petrobras On Expressing Interest In Colombian Assets
(Petrobras, 11.Aug.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 27 July 2020, regarding the sale of its entire stake in the exploratory portion [more…]
YPFB Continues With LPG Production Efforts
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Aug.2020) — Bolivia’s state oil and gas entity Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) continues with efforts to keep the cities of La [more…]
Petrobras To Sale Tayrona Block Offshore Colombia
(Petrobras, 27.Jul.2020) — Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), regarding the sale of its entire stake in the exploratory portion [more…]
ANH Receives Five Expressions Of Interest
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Jul.2020) — With the five expressions of interest and/or requests for the incorporation of areas presented by two companies, Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon [more…]
Diego Mesa Named As Colombia’s New Mines, Energy Minister
(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Jun.2020) — Colombia’s president Ivan Duque announced his naming of Diego Mesa as the country’s new Mines and Energy Minister, replacing María [more…]
Colombia Eyes Intervention In Oil Pipeline Tariffs
(Reuters, 20.May.2020) — Colombia’s government could make an unprecedented intervention in oil pipeline tariffs, which private producers have criticized as too high, the president of [more…]
Armando Zamora To Head Colombia ANH
(ANH, 12.Mar.2020) — Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency or ANH announced appointment of Armando Zamora Reyes as its new president, replacing Luis Miguel Morelli. Zamora, a [more…]
Ecopetrol And Shell To Develop Caribbean Gas
(Ecopetrol, 7.Feb.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. and Shell, through its subsidiary Shell EP Offshore Ventures Limited, signed an agreement whereby Shell will acquire a 50% stake [more…]
Colombia Inks $2.7bn In Investment Commitments
(ANH, 20.Dec.2019) — With 31 exploration and production (E&P) contracts subscribed and investment commitments of more than $2,714 million in 2019, the government of Colombia’s [more…]
Parex, Ecopetrol Winners In Colombia Round
(Reuters, Oliver Griffin, 5.Dec.2019) — Companies including Canada’s Parex Resources and Ecopetrol SA won contracts to operate oil blocks in Colombia’s auction round on Thursday, [more…]
Cos. Bid On 15 Colombian Blocks
(Reuters, 26.Nov.2019) — Oil companies placed bids for just 15 of 59 blocks in Colombia’s ongoing oil auction, the national hydrocarbons agency (ANH) said on [more…]
LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Fuel Prices, New YPFB Head
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 19.Nov.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to Bolivia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) establishing maximum fuel prices [more…]
Colombia Eyes Oil Round
(Reuters, Julia Symmes Cobb and Luis Jaime Acosta, 26.Sep.2019) — Colombia hopes to sign 20 contracts for oil exploration and production rights in its coming [more…]
Frontera Energy Announces Strong 2Q:19 Results
(Frontera, 1.Aug.2019) — Frontera Energy Corporation announces release of its Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the second quarter of 2019, together with its Management, [more…]
Amerisur Reports Completion Of Sol-1 Well
(Amerisur, 29.Jul.2019) — Amerisur Resources Plc announced completion of testing operations at the Sol-1 exploration well in Colombia. CPO-5 (WI 30%): Sol-1 Exploration Well Update [more…]
Frontera Expands Colombian Exploration Acreage
(Frontera, 16.Jul.2019) — Frontera Energy Corporation announces the award of the VIM-22 block in addition to LLA-99 block which was previously announced on June 27, [more…]
Ecopetrol Finds Oil At Boranda-2 ST Well
(Ecopetrol, 11.Jul.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. reports that the Boranda-2 ST well, located in Rionegro (Santander), has discovered the presence of crude in the Eoceno basal [more…]
ANH Signs PPAA Deals Worth $158mn With Geopark, Hocol
(ANH, 11.Jul.2019) — After more than five years without offers or rounds of new blocks for Exploration and Production of hydrocarbons in Colombia, the new [more…]
ANH Approves Occidental Farm Out with Amerisur
(Amerisur, 11.Jun.2019) — Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) granted approval of the farm-out agreement with Occidental announced 23 November 2018. The deal relates to four [more…]
Seven Companies Bid For 11 Contracts In Colombia Oil Auction
(Reuters, 4.Jun.2019) — Seven companies have put in bids for 11 oil exploration contracts in Colombia, the government said on Tuesday, as the Andean country [more…]
ANH Says 22 Companies Qualified To Bid On 20 Oil Areas In Colombia
(ANH Colombia, 30.May.2019) — After having been validated by the firm ‘Gestión y Auditoría Especializada S.A.S., independent auditor, the National Hydrocarbons Agency of Colombia published [more…]
Colombia Oil Auction Attracts 22 Qualified Bidders
(Reuters, 30.May.2019) — At least twenty-two companies are qualified to bid for new exploration contracts for 20 oil blocks in Colombia, the government said on [more…]
LatAmNRG Q&A With ANH Colombia: Exploratory Drilling To Start In 2H:20
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 24.May.2019) — As part of Energy Analytics Institute’s ongoing coverage of the Latin America and Caribbean energy sectors from conventionals, [more…]
Colombia’s Ecopetrol Says Exports To U.S. Up On Venezuela, Higher Output
(Reuters, 22.May.2019) — Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol said on Wednesday its crude exports to the United States rose nearly 25% in the first quarter [more…]
Colombia Oil Reserves Up 9.9% In 2018; Gas Reserves Decline
(Reuters, 13.May.2019) — Colombia’s crude oil reserves were up 9.9% to 1.96 billion barrels at the end of last year, as efforts to increase exploration, [more…]
ANH President Discusses Projects At Colombia’s Escuela Superior de Guerra
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 26.Apr.2019) — Colombia National Hydrocarbon Agency President Luis Miguel Morelli presented “Offshore Exploration and Production Projects” during a discussion at [more…]
LatAmNRG Colombia Briefs: El Paso Solar Park, Seeking Electricaribe Investors
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 5.Apr.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to Colombia an inauguration of the 86.2 megawatt El Paso [more…]
Repsol, Exxon and Ecopetrol Enter Into Colombian Exploration Contracts
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 3.Apr.2019) — Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) announced that Ecopetrol, Repsol Exploración Colombia S.A., and ExxonMobil Exploration Colombia Ltd signed [more…]
Frontera Energy Announces 3Q:18 Ops, Financial Results
(Frontera Energy, 7.Nov.2018) — Frontera Energy Corporation released its Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the third quarter of 2018, together with its Management, Discussion [more…]
Santa Cruz Reports Sale of 200,000 Liters of Ethanol 92 In Four Days
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 5.Nov.2018) — Commercialization of Bolivia’s new ‘Super Ethanol 92’ gasoline reached nearly 200,000 liters in the first four days after [more…]
Frontera Energy Announces Exploration Discovery in Colombia
(Frontera Energy, 10.Oct.2018) — Frontera Energy Corporation announced a light oil discovery from its Acorazado-1 exploration well on the 100% owned and operated Llanos-25 block [more…]
PentaNova Energy Updates on SINU-9 Farm Out
(PentaNova Energy Corp., 17.Aug.2018) — PentaNova Energy Corp. announced the SINU-9 Farm Out Agreement with Panacol Oil & Gas, a wholly owned subsidiary of LATAM [more…]
Colombia Could Create New Oil Bid System
(Reuters, Luis Jaime Acosta, 24.Jul.2018) – Colombia is preparing changes to its bidding process for oil areas in an effort to increase investment and find [more…]
Colombia Boosts Exploration Drilling 77% During 2010-2017
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 22.Jun.2018) – Colombia boosted the number of exploration wells drilled by 77% during the most recent seven years compared to [more…]
Colombia’s ANH Approves New Contract Model
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 15.Jun.2018) – Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH by its Spanish acronym) approved the new oil and gas exploration and exploitation [more…]
Frontera Plows Forward in Colombia
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Jun.2018) – Canada’s Frontera Energy Corporation continues its active drilling program in Colombia. The company had six (6) drilling rigs [more…]
Colombia’s ANH Denies Fracking Plans in Boyacá
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 8.Jun.2018) – Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH by its Spanish acronym) says it has no plans to carry out fracking [more…]
Gran Tierra Announces Chaza Arbitration Resolution
(Gran Tierra Energy Inc., 8.Jun.2016) – Gran Tierra Energy Inc. announced the receipt of a positive decision from the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá Center [more…]
Ecopetrol Oks Creation of New Subsidiary
(Ecopetrol S.A., 19.Aug.2015) – The Board of Directors of Ecopetrol S.A., in its meeting held on 14.Aug.2015, authorized the creation of a Colombian company indirectly [more…]
LatAmNRG: Heard On The Street 3Q:13
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Sep.2013) – Information in this section, provided by Energy Analytics Institute editors and reporters, is hearsay and thus should be treated as [more…]
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