(GeoPark, 8.Jun.2021) — GeoPark Limited announced the appointment of an independent chair and the nomination of a new independent member of the Board for election at the upcoming Annual General Meeting, to be held on 15 July 2021. These changes further strengthen the company’s governance profile and create a majority […]
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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 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 […]
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 María Fernanda […]
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 […]
The Atlantic Is Key To Colombia’s Energy Needs
(FT.com, Gideon Long, 28.Oct.2019) — Colombia’s proven oil reserves will run out within the next seven years and its gas reserves within 10. Faced with that bleak prospect, it needs to develop alternative sources of energy quickly and the Caribbean coast is set to play a significant role in this […]
Low Coal Prices To Impact Colombia’s Wallet
(Reuters, Julia Symmes Cobb, Nelson Bocanegra, 26.Sep.2019) — Colombia, the world’s fourth-largest exporter of coal, faces a potential spending crunch in 2020 as royalties from the fuel decline amid a supply glut and slowing economic growth in China. The fuel provides some 80% of the Andean country’s mining royalties, totaling […]
LatAm Pledges 70% Renewable Energy
(Reuters, Valerie Volcovici, 25.Sep.2019) — Latin American countries have set a collective target of 70% renewable energy use by 2030, more than double what the European Union is planning, Colombia’s energy minister said, ahead of her country’s October renewables tender. Colombia presented the target at the United Nations Climate Action […]
Heard On The Street Colombia: Fracking, Budget Price, Shale, Gas Supply
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 9.Jun.2019) — Heard on the street related to the Colombian upstream, midstream, downstream and renewable energies sectors. — Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol plans to spend $500 million between 2019-2021 on an unconventional project that includes drilling 20 wells to gauge community interest and potential […]
LatAmNRG Colombia Briefs: Caño Limón-Coveña Pipeline, Ecopetrol Data Room
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.May.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to another oil spill along the Caño Limón-Coveña pipeline and this time in La Gloria in the Department of Cesar, Colombia needing to advance existing and new gas exploration projects, and state oil and gas […]
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, production and reserves paid dividends for the Andean country. At 2018 production levels the reserves are equivalent to 6.2 years of output, the Energy Ministry […]
US Secretary Perry Attends 2019 Concordia Americas Summit
(US DOE, 10.May.2019) — On Monday, May 13, 2019, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry will travel to Bogotá, Colombia to participate in the 2019 Concordia Americas Summit. He is also scheduled to participate in bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit. The Americas Summit is Concordia’s flagship regional […]
Enel Green Power Switches On 86-MW Solar Plant In Colombia
(Renewables Now, 8.Apr.2019) — Italian energy major Enel SpA inaugurated on Friday an 86.2-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) farm in Colombia’s Cesar department. The company’s local renewables subsidiary, Enel Green Power Colombia (EGPC), has invested nearly USD 70 million (EUR 62.3m) in the El Paso PV farm, the local energy ministry […]
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 solar park in Cesar and the Colombian government seeking investors and/or operators for Electricaribe. Colombia Inaugurates 86.2 MW El Paso Solar Park In Cesar (Energy […]
Solar Array Will Make Bogota Airport the Greenest in Latin America
(Efe, 21.Sep.2018) — El Dorado International Airport will become the greenest terminal in Latin America when an array of 10,369 solar panels enters operation next year, Colombian officials said Friday. The installation of the panels began on Friday during an event headed by Energy Minister Maria Fernanda Suarez and executives […]
Ecopetrol Reports Resignation of María Fernanda Suárez
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 6.Aug.2018) – María Fernanda Suárez has resigned from Ecopetrol. The state oil company announced in an official statement that the resignation was due to her appointment as the Republic of Colombia’s Minister of Mines and Energy, effective August 6, 2018. ***
Duque Names Maria Fernanda Suarez Energy Minister
(Reuters, 18.Jul.2018) – Colombia’s President-elect Ivan Duque on Wednesday named Maria Fernanda Suarez as mining and energy minister when he takes office in August, a role that will require her to bolster oil production to help weak economic growth and settle messy mining disputes. Suarez, 44, is currently executive vice […]
Colombia Names New Mining Minister
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 18.Jul.2018) – Colombia’s President elect Iván Duque named Ecopetrol Executive Vice President María Fernanda Suárez as the country’s new mining minister, according to reports in the daily newspaper La Republica. ***