ACP as a source of information
Source: Portafolio – National
Date: September 30
Headline: They present the II Oil and Gas Summit
In the photo, from left to right, Ismael Arenas, national president of ACIEM; Carlos Leal, president of Acipet; Francisco José Lloreda, president of the ACP; Germán Espinosa, president of Campetrol, and Víctor Ramírez, president of the ACGGP.
Source: El Colombiano – Regional
Date: September 30
Headline: Fracking: a debate with much depth to explore
Colombia continues in the debate that pits those who defend and attack the use of unconventional practices, such as fracking, to ensure the supply of oil and gas for national and international demand. (…) There are no impacts… According to the Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP), there is no damage since unconventional reservoirs are located at a depth greater than nine Colpatria towers, “so they are separated from surface water sources. Aquifers are protected with cement and steel pipes.” (…) It is not the only way… One of these relates to offshore exploration, that is, in the sea. Several companies are already involved in that plan, including Shell, ExxonMobile, Ecopetrol, among others. In fact, on September 18, the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) presented the 59 conventional areas available for bidding in the second auction of the Permanent Process for Area Assignment (PPAA) of 2019. In that initiative, 70 companies were present expressing interest in being part of the awarding process. It was reported in: elcolombiano.com (September 30).
Source: El País – Regional
Author: Francisco José Lloreda
Date: September 29
Headline: Protest and autonomy
In the same week, students from several universities in Bogotá were calling for the end of Esmad, and a group of hooded individuals attacked the offices of Icetex. In the first case, voices against the alleged abuses of the police proliferated, while in the second, silence prevailed in the face of the excesses against the educational finance institution. Two isolated but linked events that force us to think about the regulation of social protest. In the case of the protest in front of Javeriana, Bogotá campus, they report that there were abuses by Esmad: physical aggression and tear gas against those who were peacefully protesting. It was reported in: elpais.com.co (September 29).
Source: paisminero.com – National
Author: Francisco José Lloreda
Date: September 29
Headline: Opinion: ‘Jet-Set, fossil fuels and climate change
Last August, the tech giant Google held its seventh camp in which the “Club of 0.001” participates, a select group of celebrities, world leaders, and entrepreneurs who are invited each year to a European hotel to discuss global issues. (…) That is to say: they live in high-income societies with basic needs met, and are able to pay for expensive energy; while other countries, like Colombia, finance the bulk of their investment, the energy transition, productive diversification, and especially social development, with hydrocarbon revenue. (…) In the particular case of the hydrocarbon industry in Colombia, the Comprehensive Climate Change Management Plan of the energy sector (issued by the Ministry of Mines and Energy) is the first sectoral program that has a series of activities and goals to combat the effects of climate change. *President of the Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP).
Source: inteligenciapetrolera.com.co – National
Author: Francisco José Lloreda
Date: September 29
Headline: Opinion Jet-Set, fossil fuels and climate change
Last August, the tech giant Google held its seventh camp in which the “Club of 0.001” participates, a select group of celebrities, world leaders, and entrepreneurs who are invited each year to a European hotel to discuss global issues. (…) That is to say: they live in high-income societies with basic needs met, and are able to pay for expensive energy; while other countries, like Colombia, finance the bulk of their investment, the energy transition, productive diversification, and especially social development, with hydrocarbon revenue. (…) In the particular case of the hydrocarbon industry in Colombia, the Comprehensive Climate Change Management Plan of the energy sector (issued by the Ministry of Mines and Energy) is the first sectoral program that has a series of activities and goals to combat the effects of climate change. *President of the Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP).
Source: diariolaeconomia.com – National
Author: Francisco José Lloreda
Date: September 27
Headline: Jet-Set, fossil fuels, and climate change
Last August, the tech giant Google held its seventh camp in which the “Club of 0.001” participates, a select group of celebrities, world leaders, and entrepreneurs who are invited each year to a European hotel to discuss global issues. (…) That is to say: they live in high-income societies with basic needs met, and are able to pay for expensive energy; while other countries, like Colombia, finance the bulk of their investment, the energy transition, productive diversification, and especially social development, with hydrocarbon revenue. (…) In the particular case of the hydrocarbon industry in Colombia, the Comprehensive Climate Change Management Plan of the energy sector (issued by the Ministry of Mines and Energy) is the first sectoral program that has a series of activities and goals to combat the effects of climate change. *President of the Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP).
Hydrocarbons Sector
Source: El Tiempo
Date: September 30
Headline: Climate change at the UN: Just talk?
The Minister of Environment, Ricardo Lozano, talks about the country's goals. What did the United Nations Assembly do for climate change? Was it just talk and romantic commitments? 77 countries, many of them industrialized, committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. More than 100 leaders in the private sector committed to accelerating their movement towards a green economy. (…) Replacing everything that burns gas, coal, or oil, recycling or replacing plastic, and transforming farms are goals that we will have to start meeting sooner or later. How far is Colombia? We are on the right track. Last year we also launched the National Circular Economy Strategy, the first in Latin America, which seeks to transform traditional production processes and consumer habits to generate environmental, economic, and social benefits,
Source: El Tiempo
Date: September 30
Headline: Time to refuel. By: Gabriel Silva Luján
Until recently, analysts reassured themselves, to calm down, that the erratic and volatile behavior of the exchange rate was a manifestation of global instability. The situation was attributed to the uncertainty generated by the multiple ongoing economic wars and a series of factors beyond borders. (…) The growing concern has more to do with the question of whether the external sector has a structural weakness that is not simply resolved with better oil prices or with the gradual adjustment of external accounts via a greater devaluation. The indicators tend to support those of us who are anxious that a currency crisis might be simmering, almost imperceptibly.
Source: El Espectador
Date: September 30
Headline: Hydrocarbons and sustainable development
Projects, research, initiatives, and alliances of the regulatory entities of the hydrocarbon activity that, by combining efforts in search of common interests, contribute to the sustainability of the country. These are some initiatives. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2016 it was estimated that, globally, «one in eight deaths was attributable to the effects of air pollution, resulting in a total of 7 million deaths.» (…) For example, since 2006, the National Hydrocarbons Agency has worked with the regulatory entities of the hydrocarbon activity, combining efforts in search of common interests such as the various agreements developed with the National Authority of Environmental Licenses (Anla), the Ministry of Environment, the Institute of Marine and Coastal Research «Benito Vives de Andréis» (Invernar), the Ministry of the Interior, the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History of Colombia (Icanh), National Natural Parks, among others.
Source: El Espectador
Date: September 30
Headline: Ruling on popular consultations
The ruling concludes that the exploration and exploitation of non-renewable natural resources in the subsoil must be adopted by national authorities in coordination and concurrence with territorial authorities. What did the ruling order? The ruling urged the Congress of the Republic to define one or more mechanisms for citizen participation and one or more instruments for national/territorial coordination and concurrence. Additionally, it ordered the ANH to implement a procedure that allows for coordination and concurrence with territorial entities for the definition and determination of areas for the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons. The ruling concluded that “the exploration and exploitation of non-renewable natural resources in the subsoil must be adopted by national authorities in coordination and concurrence with territorial authorities” and that “territorial entities do not have absolute competence over subsoil resources nor do they have veto power regarding the execution of activities for the exploitation of the subsoil and RNNR.”.
Source: La República
Date: September 30
Headline: Diversify, Diversify. By María Claudia Lacouture
Hydrocarbons and other minerals continue to be the main and determining export products of Colombia despite the efforts of recent governments to diversify, and the goodwill of some entrepreneurs to improve their productivity, although, nevertheless, we continue at a pace that is too slow, almost at a point of inertia, although with a landscape that allows us to assume that we will take off as an exporting country. And we tend to reflect on this in times of lean cows, when international processes of oil, coal, and other raw materials we export fall, but in the booms, no matter how small they are, we forget about the issue, we become blinded, when what we are obliged to do is reinforce productive bets, save, and invest strategically.
Source: La República
Date: September 30
Headline: The dollar would decrease to $3.440 this week
After closing with an average price of $3.462.1 on Friday, analysts consulted by LR estimate that, on average, this week the price of the dollar will drop to $3.439. (…) “Both the price of oil, at levels above US$55, along with the debt operations being carried out by the Ministry improve the country's risk outlook, which could act defensively for the exchange rate and could slow the pace of increases,” he said.
Source: Portafolio
Date: September 30
Headline: IEA would lower its oil demand estimate
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday that it could cut its demand growth estimates for this year and next if the global economy weakens further. The Paris-based entity reduced its estimates for global oil demand growth for 2019 and 2020 to 1.1 million and 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd), respectively, due to the impact of the trade war on global consumption, which caused demand to grow at its slowest pace since the financial crisis of 2008.
Source: Portafolio
Date: September 30
Headline: They present the II Oil and Gas Summit
In the photo, from left to right, Ismael Arenas, national president of ACIEM; Carlos Leal, president of Acipet; Francisco José Lloreda, president of the ACP; Germán Espinosa, president of Campetrol, and Víctor Ramírez, president of the ACGGP.
Source: El Nuevo Siglo
Date: September 30
Headline: Questioning the role of the ANLA
The representative for Quindío of the Liberal Party, Luciano Grisales, criticized the role of the National Environmental Licensing Agency (ANLA) in matters as important for the country as fracking, small hydroelectric projects, and the impact of agricultural exploitations such as Hass avocado and timber in the high mountains. «It shouldn't even be Congress or the courts that are responsible for providing opinions or ruling on such a delicate issue as fracking. It should be the ANLA that guides the making of those decisions and it must do so from scientific rigor,» said Grisales, noting that he sees the ANLA as «removed, distant, as if implying that this is not its concern.».
Source: Diario del Huila
Date: September 30
Headline: Deadline extended for the second oil exploration auction
The national government decided to extend the deadline for companies interested in oil well exploration to submit their bids to the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH). The date was moved from October 31 to November 7. The main argument for extending the deadline was the request from several companies to better study the fields. The ANH indicates that the new auction will be released to the market with 59 available areas. Of this total, nine are from the first round, 23 new from the ANH, and 27 blocks presented to the companies qualified for this new bidding. (…) «In secondary and tertiary recovery, we have 8 projects in execution, 9 in the maturation stage, and 16 pilots. Notable projects and pilots include water injection in fields such as Castilla, Nutria, Tiscruirama, and Chichimene; enhanced water injection in Dina K, Yariguí, Casabe, and Chichimene; steam injection in Teca and Nare; and air injection in Chichimene,» said Bayón.
Regional News
Source: eldiariodelllano.com
Date: September 27
Headline: Oil companies met with authorities to discuss security issues
At the facilities of the Air Group of Casanare, GACAS, a meeting was held with the oil companies in the region to discuss issues concerning security and the care of all critical infrastructure located here. There, some representatives of these entities spoke about their operations, the personnel working in them, and the important contribution they make to the country's economy. Colonel Ricardo Alfonso Jaramillo, Commander of the Air Group of Casanare, emphasized the importance of joint, coordinated, and inter-institutional work to continue strengthening security in all road corridors and economic and oil infrastructure.
Source: lavozdelcinaruco.com
Date: September 27
Headline: Ecopetrol and the Humboldt Institute sign alliance for sustainable development of Magdalena Medio and Orinoquía
The agreement aims to combine efforts for the social and ecological planning of Ecopetrol's areas of interest, as a contribution to a sustainable transition in the hydrocarbons sector. (…) Ecopetrol and the Alexander Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute signed an agreement to promote the sustainable transition of the hydrocarbons sector in the areas of interest and influence for the company, where intervention, social, and ecological planning projects will be developed. (…) Among the expected results, the aim is to promote coordinated work between Ecopetrol, the Humboldt Institute, regional autonomous corporations and sustainable development (CAR), departments, districts, municipalities, academia, and other territorial entities.
Colombian Association of Oil and Gas