PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Jul.2022) — Colombia’s Mines and Energy Minister Diego Mesa visited the Gorgon-2 exploration well offshore the South America country and boasted results to come. “We expect positive results in the coming months,” Mesa said 20 July 2022 in a LinkedIn post, adding […]
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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 Launches Green Taxonomy at NYSE
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Apr.2022) — Colombian officials including President Iván Duque, Mines and Energy Minister Diego Mesa Puyo, and Finance and Public Credit Minister JosĂ© Manuel Restrepo Abondano visited the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to launch the South American country’s green taxonomy, an instrument designed to mobilize resources from […]
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NRGBriefs: Colombia Commences Two Green Hydrogen Pilots [PDF Download]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including Colombia commencing operations at the first of two green hydrogen pilots in Cartagena; Ecopetrol announcing plans to be producing 1 million tons of hydrogen by 2040; former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva saying that in the eight yrs of his […]
Colombia’s Mines and Energy Minister Gives Presser During CERAWeek
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Mar.2022) — Colombia’s Mines and Energy Minister Diego Mesa held a media press conference during CERAWeek by S&P Global. Excerpts from that 9 Mar. 2022 discussion follow. HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION — Colombia closed 2021 with an average production rate of about 730,000 b/d, the lowest rate one in […]
Colombia in Talks with Coal Producers for Exporting Extra Supplies
(Reuters, 8.Mar.2022) — Colombia’s government has begun talks with the nation’s coal producers to increase exports after requests for extra supplies by European, Central American and Caribbean countries, the minister of Mines and Energy Diego Mesa told Reuters on Tuesday, as global energy flows are disrupted by the crisis in […]
Q&A with Colombia’s Mines and Energy Minister Diego Mesa
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Mar.2022) — Colombia’s head at the Mines and Energy Ministry, Diego Mesa Puyo, spoke briefly with Energy Analytics Institute (EAI) during CERAWeek by S&P Global in Houston about the South American country’s most important achievements during his tenure with the ministry, which winds […]
Colombia Launches Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap
(Colombian Mines and Energy Ministry, 8.Mar.2022) — The Minister of Mines and Energy, Diego Mesa, launched this Tuesday the Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap in the margins of CERAWeek 2022, the most important event in the energy sector that takes place in Houston, Texas. Highlights: “Today represents a milestone for Colombia […]
NRGBriefs: Maduro Says No Presidential Elections Until At Least 2025
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including Colombia signing a MOU w/ The Netherlands to create a hydrogen export channel; Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro saying there will be no presidential elections in 2024; and more. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Colombia — Colombia signed a MOU w/ The Netherlands […]
Colombia inaugurates Isagen’s Guajira I project
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Jan.2022) — Colombia’s President Iván Duque and the country’s Mines and Energy Minister Diego Mesa finally inaugurated Isagen‘s Guajira I project. Guajira I is the largest wind farm in Colombia and the first built in more than 17 years in the country after JepĂrachi […]
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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, […]
NRGBriefs: EP PetroEcuador Awards Export Deals
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including the IMF advising Argentina to lower its deficit and estimating Venezuela’s inflation at 2,700% this yr, Colombia’s mines and energy minister Diego Mesa saying the country is committed to advancing its decarbonization goals; EP PetroEcuador awarding export deals to Shell Western Supply […]
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: Colombia Eyes Hydrogen
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Sep.2021) — Energy briefs including revelation of Colombia’s hydrogen roadmap, Xodus conducting a study of Suriname’s gas resources and TotalEnergies CEO Patrick PouyannĂ© presenting the co.’s strategy outlook presentation. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Colombia — Colombia’s oil and mines minister Diego Mesa revealed 29 Sep. 2021 […]
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 […]
Colombia Loses Gas Supply After Glitch
(Argus, 2.Sep.2021) — Colombia is working to restore natural gas supply after an outage at state-controlled Ecopetrol‘s Cusiana field, the country’s second supply hiccup in a week. Ecopetrol said the outage was caused by a faulty valve but provided no further details. Cusiana normally produces 270mn cf/d of gas and […]
Colombia Anticipates New Offshore Oil Exploration
(Bloomberg, 1.Jul.2021) — Oil majors are gearing up to explore off the coast of Colombia, offering hope to a country struggling to reverse declines in reserves and output of its biggest export. Royal Dutch Shell Plc is planning to drill this year in the Caribbean, while Exxon Mobil Corp., Repsol […]
Colombia To Launch Hydrogen Road Map
(Reuters, 29.Jun.2021) — Colombia will launch plans in September to develop the production and use of hydrogen as a long-term clean energy source, the Minister of Mines and Energy said on Tuesday, while voicing hope this year’s oil and gas auction will be successful. The South American country will publish […]
Life Expectancy For Colombia’s Proven Oil Reserves Closed 2020 Stable At 6.3 Years
(Reuters, 1.Jun.2021) — Colombia’s proven oil reserves at the end of 2020 were equivalent to 6.3 years’ worth, stable versus 2019, despite declining 11% to 1.82 billion barrels as lower oil prices caused exploration activity to slump, the government said Tuesday. Proven reserves – also known as 1P reserves – […]
Colombia Production Falls Below 700,000 B/D On Protests, Road Blockages
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.May.2021) — Ongoing protests and road blockades in Colombia have caused more than 560,000 barrels of oil to stop being produced in the first two weeks of May 2021, the worst decline in terms of hydrocarbon production since 2009, the country’s Mines and Energy Minister Diego Mesa […]
Colombia Production Down 2% On National Strike, Protests, Road Blockages
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.May.2021) — An ongoing national strike, peaceful protests, social unrest and road blockages in Colombia have taken a toll on the country’s petroleum sector, including crude oil production and fuel consumption, in the first week on May 2021. Eleven Colombian departments are at high risk of gasoline […]
Ivan Duque Officially Opens Trina Solar Plant
(Trina, 27.Jan.2021) — The second phase of the Los Llanos photovoltaic power plant project developed and managed by Trina Solar in Colombia has been connected to the grid and the start of its commercial operations officially declared. The President of Colombia, Iván Duque Márquez, cut the ribbon at the delivery […]
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 […]