HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Aug.2026) — PETROBRAS and ECOPETROL S.A. confirmed a new natural gas discovery with drilling of the SandĂa-1 exploratory well, located in the GUA-OFF-O block in deep waters off the Colombian coast. RELATED: ANH SAYS 3P GAS RESERVES OFFSHORE REACHED 7.408 TCF AT […]
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ANH says 3P gas reserves offshore reached 7.408 Tcf at YE:24 [PDF download]
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 27.May.2025, Words: 440) — Data released by Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH by its Spanish acronym), revealed 3P (proven + probable + possible) natural gas potential offshore reached 7.408 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) at year-end 2024. These offshore reserves, when coupled with 3P gas potential […]
Ecopetrol reaches agreement to end blockages in Colombia’s Meta department
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Apr.2025) — Colombia’s Ecopetrol reached an agreement with the Unuma Indigenous Association to end road blockades near its Rubiales and Caño Sur fields in the municipality of the Port of Gaitan (Meta department). The blockades commenced on 31 Mar. 2025 for reasons unrelated […]
Bolivia private sector only imported 1.3% of authorized volumes in Mar. 2025
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Mar.2025, Words: 118) — The private sector in Bolivia imported just 600,000 liters of fuel in Mar. 2025, which represented a little less than 1.3% of the 45 million liters per month authorized through 3 government decrees. Bolivia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) […]
Ecopetrol Closes Purchase of Repsol’s 45% Interest in Block CPO-09 for $452mn
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Feb.2025) — Ecopetrol S.A. successfully completed the transaction with Repsol Colombia Oil & Gas Limited to purchase the remaining 45% of its participation in the CPO-09 Block. The total consideration was for $452mn, making Ecopetrol an 100% holder of the participation interest in the […]
Colombian Gov’t Eager for Post-fossil Fuels Economy. But Costs are a Barrier
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (AP, 14.Nov.2024) — Colombia’s fiery left-wing President Gustavo Petro is one of the biggest opponents of fossil fuels on the world stage today, with speeches that lump oil and coal with cocaine as his country’s “three poisons.” He’s set a goal of weaning Colombia off those fossil fuels, […]
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 self sufficiency, former minister of mines and energy Tomas Gonzalez said on Wednesday. Colombia’s government and majority state-owned energy company Ecopetrol have repeatedly floated importing […]
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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. 2024 that interested parties lookin to participate in the competitive process needed to present qualification documents to the administrator. After receipt, the administrator will study […]
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, it would be necessary to complete the analysis and evaluation tests of said well. The Arauca 8 well is located in the Municipality of Saravena […]
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. Maurel & Prom inking a first framework agreement; Venezuela to hold referendum related to the Essequibo disputed region between Venezuela and Guyana; Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon […]
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 Ministry of Mines and Energy, the Maritime Authority (Dimar) and the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) invite all those interested in the first seabed allocation competitive […]
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, according to former Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. The Andean nation had proven crude reserves equivalent to 7.5 years of output as of the end […]
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 company, a notice stating that, based on the terms of the Joint Operating Agreement between ExxonMobil and Patriot (the “JOA”), it had decided to withdraw […]
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 VĂ©lez Torres welcomed Clara Liliana Guatame Aponte as the new president of the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH). The act took place in Bogotá on 7 December 2022, the ANH announced on a statement on its website. ____________________ By […]
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 Puyo announcing during a joint press conference in Bogotá details of slight rises in the country’s crude oil and natural gas reserves; Trinidad and Tobago […]
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 for an amount equivalent to four thousand five hundred and fifty dollars (US$4,550) by the Agencia Nacional de Hridorcarburos (ANH by its Spanish acronym). The sanction is […]
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 Conference & Exhibition (ICE) taking place between 19-22 April 2022. Comments from ANH Colombia head Armando Zamora: — Colombia’s 2040 plan (base case scenario) envisions […]
EAI Q&A with Colombia’s ANH head Armando Zamora
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Mar.2022, Words: 1,270) — Colombia’s head at the National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH by its Spanish acronym), Armando Zamora, spoke briefly with Energy Analytics Institute (EAI) during CERAWeek by S&P Global in Houston about the South American country’s plans for its next bid round […]
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 RCE-2 well, at the Rio Cravo Este Field (Tapir Block) in Colombia. The company continues to quickly advance towards drilling the RCE-2 well. — The […]
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 0.33%, according to Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH). Colombia’s best opportunities to significantly boost both oil and gas production relate to exploratory wells planned offshore […]
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 S.A. (PetroSud) with operations in Colombia in El Dificil (a 65% working interest), Entrerrios and Rio Meta Blocks. Assets to be acquired in the PetroSud and VIM-46 […]
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 will be signed in the coming days, the government said on Thursday. The oil and gas industry is a major source of income and foreign […]
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 expected to attract bids from major oil firms despite a global call to end fossil fuel development. Brazil is set to receive bids on Friday […]
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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 the hydrocarbon sector. The top photos from the event follow.
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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 companies submitted bids for 30 blocks, thus consolidating the reactivation of the hydrocarbons sector that the Ministry of Mines and Energy and the National Hydrocarbons […]
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 to continue advancing in the reactivation of the hydrocarbons sector. In the Colombia Round 2021, 17 companies were qualified, a new contractual framework was structured, […]
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 Caribbean, with investment commitments of approximately $1.4bn. Highlights: — Contracts COL-1, COL-2, COL-6 and COL-7 are located in contiguous areas off the coasts of Magdalena, […]
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 Tobago’s government commenting on a subsidy to Lake Asphalt Trinidad and Tobago Ltd. (LATT), among other updates. LATIN AMERICA Colombia — Colombia’s Minister of Mines […]
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 contracts in the deep waters of the Colombian Caribbean, through the assignment of 50% interest in each of those contracts, held solely by the Colombian […]
Facing An Economic Crisis, Colombia Turns To Fracking
(Sierra Club, 17.Dec.2020) — San MartĂn is full of oil men. This small, no-nonsense Colombian town in the department of Cesar, is hot, chaotic, and long accustomed to the presence of the petroleum industry. Ecopetrol, the state-owned oil company, is everywhere. Standing in the town center it is impossible not […]
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 Process, PPAA. Parex Resources and CNE Oil & Gas were awarded four areas, with associated investments estimated at approximately $40mn. COMPANY AREA NAME MUNICIPALITY Parex Resources (Colombia) LTD LLA […]
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 techniques like fracking, the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) said. Majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol, Exxonmobil, and Drummond already have contracts for investigative projects and may […]
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 Permanent Area Assignment Process (PPAA). The ANH received 19 requests from companies interesting in qualifying, but settled on 16 that will be able to present […]
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 of the Tayrona Block, located in the Guajira Basin, Colombia, informs that it has extended until 21 August the deadline for companies to express their […]
YPFB Continues With LPG Production Efforts
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Aug.2020) — Bolivia’s state oil and gas entity Yacimientos PetrolĂferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) continues with efforts to keep the cities of La Paz and El Alto supplied with liquefied petroleum gas or LPG, despite the existence of blockades in some areas, and called in force by some […]
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 of the Tayrona Block, located in the Guajira Basin, Colombia. The teaser, which includes key information about the opportunity, as well as the eligibility criteria […]
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 Agency (ANH) will firmly begin the third cycle of the Permanent Allocation of Areas Process (PPAA by its Spanish acronym). The third cycle contemplates the […]
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 MarĂa Fernanda Suárez, who resigned for personal reasons. Mesa, aged 38, most recently served as Colombia’s Deputy Oil Minister, and holds a master’s degree from the […]
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 the country’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) said on Wednesday. Private oil companies in the Andean country have been hit hard by falling prices amid a […]
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 mechanical engineer and specialist in high government at the University of Los Andes, was sworn in by Colombia’s Minister of Mines and Energy MarĂa Fernanda […]
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 in Fuerte Sur, Purple Angel and COL-5 blocks, located in the Colombian Caribbean deep-water, where a new gas province was discovered including the Kronos (2015), […]
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 President Ivan Duque fulfills the country and continues the sector reactivation, according to Colombia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH). In a long contract subscription day, held […]
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, as the Andean nation seeks to reinvigorate its petroleum sector. Ecopetrol and its subsidiary Hocol SA, Frontera Energy Corp and Amerisur Resources Plc were all […]
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 Tuesday, below the ANH’s hoped-for number of offers. The ANH had said it wanted to sign 20 contracts as a result of the round, bringing […]
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 and appointment by Bolivia’s Interim President Jeanine Añez of JosĂ© Luis Rivero as the new president of the country’s state oil and gas company Yacimientos […]
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 auction, the head of the national hydrocarbons agency said on Thursday, as it looks to possible offshore success over the next 18 months. The country […]
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, Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”). These documents will be posted on the Company’s website at www.fronteraenergy.ca and SEDAR at www.sedar.com. All values in this news release […]
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 Testing operations on the Sol-1 exploration well are complete. As previously announced, the well was drilled to a final depth of 9,986ft. Following initial analysis, […]
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, 2019 under the successful Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (“ANH”) bid round. Definitive award documentation will be entered into later this month. Block Gross Acres Operator […]
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 sands. The well was drilled from the same platform as the Boranda-1 discovery well (finding reported in 2017 in the PlayĂłn block, now known as […]