Monday, May 25th, 2026
Juan Camilo Restrepo, a former minister in various portfolios under various governments, has warned that Colombia’s converging gas supply and electricity challenges could require the government to invoke a constitutional economic emergency — a measure last used in the 1990s to bail out the country’s struggling power companies during the Gaviria-era rationing crisis.
We found an article about hydrocarbons imports but that was only updated to February and didn’t say much about why things were the way they were. We were inspired to go back to the source data in DANE, Colombia’s statistical institute and update our trade balance chart.
President Gustavo Petro launched a wide-ranging attack on Ecopetrol, political opponents, and business sectors in an extended post on X, centering his fire on what he described as the state oil company’s refusal to reduce its gas demand in the face of an accelerating climate crisis.
The first physical components of Colombia’s Pacific Regasification Plant are now in transit, marking a concrete step forward for one of the country’s important gas infrastructure projects.
Juan Gonzalo Castaño Valderrama has resigned from Ecopetrol’s board of directors after just over three months in the role, the latest disruption to the state oil company’s already turbulent governance.
NG Energy International Corp. (“NGE” or the “Company”) announced that it had filed its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2026.
Arrow Exploration Corp. reported encouraging results from two separate wells on its Tapir Block in Colombia’s Llanos Basin in back-to-back press releases issued May 8 and May 13, 2026, covering an appraisal well at Mateguafa and an exploration well at the newly drilled Icaco prospect.
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