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Colombia’s state controlled petroleum producer Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL, NYSE: EC) and Shell (AMS: RDSA, NYSE: RDS.A) through Shell subsidiary Shell EP Offshore Ventures Limited, signed a deal which will see Shell acquire a 50% stake in the Fuerte Sur, Purple Angel and...

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...

Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) has announced that it was awarded the Llanos-99 block in Colombia following the successful Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH) bid round. This is the first new round of exploration licenses in Colombia in the past five years. The...

After five years without any new signed hydrocarbons exploration and production contracts, Colombia’s ANH (National Hydrocarbons Agency) in charge of the allocation of oil fields for production, achieved a historic success rate of 55% of the areas offered. Two continental blocks,...

Colombia’s house of representatives approved as part of its National Development Plan last week, authorization for the Ministry of Mines & Energy to study the possibility of introducing Hydraulic Fracturing, nicknamed “Fracking,” in Colombia. The unconventional petroleum and...

Arrow Exploration will bring in $5 million USD by selling a 46.9% interest in what it refers to as the the "deeper section" of the block and a 20% interest in the "shallow section."

MKMS Enerji Anonim Sirketi is a fully owned subsidiary of Canadian oil and gas company PentaNova Energy.

“We cannot afford to lose this industry...I think we can save this marriage," said Orlando Velandia, president of the ANH.