Nov 28 (Reuters) - Colombian state-run energy firm Ecopetrol will invest between 22 trillion and 27 trillion pesos ($5.88 billion-$7.21 billion) next year, it said late on Thursday, roughly in line with 2025 as it pledged "disciplined" capital allocation. Ecopetrol plans to drill between 380 and 430 development wells - 95% in Colombia and 5% in... Continue Reading →
Colombia’s Petro Claims Trump’s Venezuela Push Is Really About Oil
Nov. 26 (oilprice.com) The Trump administration is after Venezuela’s oil with its military campaign against the South American country, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, told CNN in an interview. “(Oil) is at the heart of the matter,” Petro told the U.S. news outlet. “So, that’s a negotiation about oil. I believe that is (US President... Continue Reading →
Latin America’s Clean Energy Moment
Nov. 21 (Oilprice.com) Latin America has all the necessary ingredients for a successful clean energy transition, but can it pull it off? The region has enormous clean energy production potential, and already sources an impressive 70% of its electricity from renewables. However, the necessary infrastructural and policy supports to ensure a secure, sustainable, and just transition are... Continue Reading →
Colombia’s Ecopetrol posts Q3 profit drop of 30%
Nov 13 (Reuters) - Colombia's state oil producer Ecopetrol on Thursday reported a 30% drop in net profit in the third quarter from a year earlier, citing weaker sales volumes and lower crude prices. Net profit landed at 2.56 trillion pesos ($689 million) from 3.65 trillion pesos in the year-ago period, while total sales also fell... Continue Reading →
South America to Anchor Non-OPEC+ Oil Supply Through 2030
Nov. 7 (oilprice.com) Oil production from offshore Brazil, Guyana and Suriname, as well as Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale is well-positioned to supply cost-competitive barrels until 2030. Global oil demand is expected to remain robust throughout the 2030s, putting pressure on currently producing assets to keep pace. Rystad Energy’s research forecasts global liquids demand to peak... Continue Reading →
Colombia gets offshore wind bid from Denmark’s CIP
Oct 16 (Reuters) - Colombia received a bid from a subsidiary of Denmark's Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), to develop a project in the South American country's first offshore wind energy round, the head of its hydrocarbons agency said on Thursday. Orlando Velandia, who heads Colombia's National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), said CIP subsidiary CI GMF Cooperatief... Continue Reading →
Colombia’s Sirius gas project advances consultations, nears contracting phase
Oct 16 (Reuters) - Colombia's Sirius project, developed off its Caribbean coast by state oil firm Ecopetrol and Brazil's Petrobras, has completed nearly half of consultations with local communities that could affected by the development, Petrobras' Colombia chief Alcindo Moritz said on Thursday. The companies said last December they had confirmed Colombia's largest ever gas discovery... Continue Reading →
Colombia’s Ecopetrol to launch bidding for Covenas regasification project
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Colombian state-run oil company Ecopetrol is set to launch the bidding process later this month for a regasification project at its Covenas maritime terminal in the north of the country, CEO Ricardo Roa said on Monday. Ecopetrol will begin accepting binding bids for the project on October 14, with a winner expected... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Ecopetrol to beat 2025 drilling goal, may best output target, executive says
Sept 18 (Reuters) - Colombian state-run energy company Ecopetrol is set to exceed its 2025 goal of drilling 10 oil wells by between 20% and 40%, the company's vice president for hydrocarbons, Rafael Guzman, said on Thursday. The company drilled six wells in the first half of the year, two of which were successful, it has said. "I think... Continue Reading →
Exmar Signs FSU Deal for Colombia’s LNG Import Project
Sept. 19 (OE) Exmar has signed contracts with Regasificadora Del Pacífico (RDP) for the deployment of a floating storage unit (FSU) on the west coast of Colombia. RDP is developing a fast-track LNG import solution in the inner bay of Buenaventura, under a term contract signed with Ecopetrol in February of 2025 to provide regasification... Continue Reading →