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Canacol Energy Ltd. (TSX: CNE; OTCQX: CNNEF; BVC:CNEC) has commenced the production and sale of liquified natural gas (“LNG”), the first such operation in Colombia.  Canacol Energy is also in negotiation with Galileo Technologies to form a joint venture which will install...

Quibdó is the capital of Chocó, Colombia’s largest Pacific-Coast department that is too often neglected by Colombia’s central government when it comes to investment, security and development. Though poverty-stricken and lacking development, Chocó is known for its natural beauty,...

Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) last week announced its full year 2020 capital plan and guidance information. According to the company, the 2020 plan and guidance has been developed with the following four key objectives: Delivering sustainable levels of production and...

Chicago based Invenergy, a privately held company that develops and operates sustainable energy solutions, Monday announced that it has executed a strategic partnership agreement with Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM) to develop, build, and operate large-scale wind and solar...

At the instruction of the Colombian President Ivan Duque’s finance ministry, Colombia’s state-controlled petroleum company, Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC, BVC: ECOPETROL) has called for an extraordinary meeting of shareholders for December 16th at 7:30am in Bogotá’s Corferias...

The Colombian government announced last week a reduction on the import duty against heavy trucks from 15% to 5%. The decree 2051 of November 13, 2019 was enacted, also setting the tariff as zero for the importation of electric vehicles. This rate will expire in 2027 and is...

US based petroleum supergiant Chevron-Texaco (NYSE: CVX) and Colombia’s state controlled Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC, BVC: ECO) Subsidiary Hocol have announced the inking of a deal for Hocol to acquire Chevron’s 43% stake and operational responsibility in the Asociación Guajira project,...

Colombian state-controlled petroleum company Ecopetrol (BVC: ECOPETROL, NYSE: EC) has announced the successful closing of a transaction announced July 31, where Ecopetrol entered a joint venture with Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) to develop 97,000 acres of unconventional...

Colombian state-controlled petroleum producer Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: EC, BVC: ECO) US subsidiary Ecopetrol America has reached an agreement with US petroleum supergiant Chevron Texaco (NYSE:CVX) to buy into the Mississippi Canyon Block 726 oil field located in US waters in the Gulf...

On Bogotá’s famous Avenida Séptima (7th Avenue) in Colombia, about where it connects with 76th street near the Russian Embassy, a large mural was painted on a wall. The mural, since painted over, was graffiti art in opposition to “Fracking,” or Hydraulic Fracturing. Known within...