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Global renewable energy operator Renovatio Group has had a presence in Colombia since 2013, trading and marketing green energy and related services to environmentally conscious business customers. Now, it is launching the first private renewable energy auction November 4, 10am,...

Both the Colombian petroleum producers' industry group ACP and the petroleum workers' union UTIPEC are in agreement in their calls for flexibility in petroleum transportation prices in Colombia's indirectly government controlled transportation network, and decry CENIT's financing...

Retail gas stations and wholesale distributors in La Guajira, Colombia’s Atlantic coastal department bordering Venezuela, have closed in protest of the national government’s subsidized gasoline quotas established by MinMinas, Colombia’s ministry of Mines & Energy. La Guajira,...

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...

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...

This represents a 1.6% increase over the production in May 2017 and a 0.1% increase from last month.

Production was also up 4.1% over February of this year due to the reopening of several oilfields.

Cardona Delgado is a mechanical engineer by trade who served as Colombia’s national energy director from 2012 to 2013.

Despite the year-over-year drop, the actual output did exceed Ministry of Mines and Energy's estimate of 840,000 barrels of oil per day.

The coming years could be crucial for renewables. If current conditions persist, Colombia could continue to lag behind.