ACP as a source of information
Headline: «Gas reserves would grow with ‘Fracking'»
Felipe Bayón, president of Ecopetrol, estimates that self-sufficiency would last for 70 years. Caribbean Coast, the potential. With the exploitation of unconventional deposits, through hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking’, Colombia could secure gas reserves for up to 70 years, said Ecopetrol president Felipe Bayón during a seminar held yesterday in Cesar. (…) Ecopetrol's insistence on advancing the exploitation of conventional deposits occurs amid the decreasing lifespan of current gas reserves in Colombia, according to the Ministry of Mines and Energy itself.
Source: Diario del Huila
Date: July 17
Headline: Huila was one of the first crude oil producers in the country
Luis Miguel Morelli, president of the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), was recently in Neiva participating in a Regional Committee for the Sustainable Management of the Hydrocarbons Sector. After the session, he spoke about the details discussed and also about the push that President Duque wants to give to the sector. (…) Which companies were interested in offshore exploration? We were able to bring in world-class companies, the most important in the world in offshore exploration. These investments are very substantial. In the five contracts, 900 million dollars are committed in investment. That is only for offshore and only five contracts. So it is a very high amount and the risk is also very high. Companies like Exxon Mobil, Shell, Repsol, and Ecopetrol signed the contracts, and those companies will now begin making investments in exploration, which are very important.
Source: La Libertad
Date: July 17
Headline: Cesar between royalties or environmental impact
For more than 30 years, Cesar has adorned the graphs of the mining sector in Colombia. This prominence is thanks to coal, the black gold that contributes 88% of the royalties for the department. For this concept, in 2019 Cesar received around $1.07 billion from the General Participation System. (…) With less prominence, gas is extracted in eight municipalities in Cesar, mainly in the south of the department. Companies like Ecopetrol S. A. and Canacol Energy Colombia SAS are producing an average of 261,000 cubic feet of gas per day, according to the National Hydrocarbons Agency. (…) Environment-Fracking. In Cesar, it has been proven that several municipalities have potential presence of deposits in generating rock. In 2012, Ecopetrol announced the discovery of hydrocarbons in an exploratory well in the municipality of San Martin.
Source: Diario del Sur
Date: July 17
Headline: Attacks affect the oil sector
In light of the intensification of attacks that the oil industry has suffered in the past year, sector unions expressed their rejection and concern over the escalation of violent acts that ultimately generate significant impacts, both economically and environmentally. The Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet) called on the authorities and the country in general to speak out against the multiple attacks that have been hitting the oil industry, due to the millions in losses recorded in the last 18 months.
Source: Blu Radio
Date: July 17
Source: Blu Radio
Date: July 17
Source: Caracol Radio
Date: July 17
Source: Caracol Radio
Date: July 17
Source: La W Radio
Date: July 17
Source: RCN Radio.
Date: July 17
Source: Radio Red
Date: July 17
Source: Caracol TV
Date: July 17
Source: Canal Tro
Date: July 17
ACP as a source of information
Source: Portafolio
Date: July 17
Headline: Circular economy: from discourse to action. By Francisco José Lloreda*
Environmental discourse often remains just that, discourse. Especially in a country where it is difficult to reach an agreement among the government, the private sector, and environmentalists. The exception seems to be the Circular Economy Strategy, led by the Ministries of Environment and Commerce, which makes Colombia the first country in Latin America to implement such a plan, and the hydrocarbon industry the first sector to adopt it. (…) These are some examples of what the hydrocarbon industry is doing in environmental matters that fit into the National Circular Economy Strategy, to which Ecopetrol and the Colombian Petroleum Association have joined to promote new circular business models in the sector and in companies, through sustainable operations, innovation, efficient use of water and energy, and the reuse of raw materials and waste. *President of the Colombian Petroleum Association. Replicated in:portafolio.co (July 17).
Source: Boyacá 7 Días
Date: July 18
Headline: Working table to preserve ecosystems
Corpochivor met with Ecopetrol and the Colombian Petroleum Association to coordinate actions that allow for the protection of natural resources.
Source: ADN Bucaramanga
Date: July 17
Headline: Oil sector, more sustainable
Ecopetrol and the Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP) announced yesterday their adherence to the National Circular Economy Strategy that seeks to promote new sustainable business models that innovate and make efficient use of water, energy, and materials, in addition to reusing raw materials and waste. The First Circular Economy Day of the hydrocarbons sector defined the working tables and action fronts, in order to identify opportunities and barriers that must be overcome to project the country as an example to follow in its implementation. The Colombian Petroleum Association, through the Used Lubricating Oils Fund (FAU), has made progress in aspects related to the reuse of water resources, the management of sludge, and the utilization of waste in the case of used lubricating oils. It replicated in: abceconomia.co (July 17), lavozdelcinaruco.com (July 17), ADN Cali (July 17), ADN Medellín (July 17), ADN Barranquilla (July 17), The Truth (July 18).
Source: Javeriana Estéreo
Date: July 17
Source: Radio Red
Date: July 17
Source: Radio Red
Date: July 17
Source: Cadena Melodía
Date: July 17
Source: Cadena Melodía
Date: July 17
Source: lafm.com.co
Date: July 17
Headline: Fracking, the solution to a potential gas shortage in Colombia, proposes Minminas.
During the Energy Development Forum of Cesar, organized by the newspaper La República, in Valledupar, the Minister of Mines and Energy María Fernanda Suárez referred to urgent measures to avoid a crisis in the event of a gas shortage in the country. «Today, we depend very little on gas, so in the future, this could be a problem,» she assured. (…) Other panelists who also attended this event were Alex Martínez, president of Conoco Phillips Colombia; Miguel Enrique Villazón Blay, manager of Camacol regional Cesar; Jaime Alfredo Bonet-Morón, director of the Regional Economic Studies Center of the Banco de la República; and Alexandra Hernández, vice president of Economic and Regulatory Affairs of the Colombian Petroleum Association.
Hydrocarbons Sector
Source: La República
Date: July 18
Headline: Gasoline consumption at the border has increased 181%.
The closure of border areas between Colombia and Venezuela has caused the supply and demand for gasoline to exhibit atypical behavior in the last six months. In this last semester, the lack of fuel smuggling has led gasoline consumption to reach 39.8 million gallons, a figure that represents an increase of 181% considering that in January the average demand was at 34.9 million. (…) This phenomenon experienced in the six border departments (Arauca, Cesar, Guainía, La Guajira, Nariño, and Norte de Santander) has forced the National Government to increase the supply of gasoline to avoid shortages. According to figures from the Ministry of Mines and Energy, special measures have been taken since the beginning of this year, increasing fuel quotas by more than 7.2 million.
Source: Portafolio
Date: July 18
Headline: Canacol announced gas discovery
Southern Córdoba is confirmed as the country's premier gas region with the new discovery of natural gas in block VIM 5, operated by the Canadian company Canacol Energy. (…) «This is good news regarding the incorporation of gas reserves in the country, which for the first time in 2018 fell to a useful life of less than 10 years,» said Luis Miguel Morelli, president of the ANH. This well will be connected to the production facilities of Jobo, through the flow lines of the Pandereta field and will enter permanent production by the end of July 2019.
Source: Portafolio
Date: July 18
Headline: Fiscal Framework, a mix of good and bad for the oil sector
The projections adopted in the recent Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MFMP), regarding oil activity in the country, would allow this industry to grow in its operations, especially during the ongoing reactivation process. This was conveyed by several industry associations, stating that the measures adopted in the aforementioned roadmap will improve the macroeconomic and fiscal outlook for this industry. According to the ‘Radar Petrolero’ bulletin from the Chamber of Oil Goods and Services (Campetrol), the upward modification in crude oil prices in the MFMP, from US$66 to US$70 per barrel, will allow oil operations to carry out their tasks amid the “high volatility recorded in the pricing.”.
Source: El Nuevo Siglo
Date: July 18
Headline: Eight projects that will be revived in Congress
Following the disappointment left by the sinking of some initiatives in Congress at the end of the last legislative session, some parties decided to reintroduce eight of them. (…).
Source: Vanguardia Liberal
Date: July 18
Headline: Fracking. The Green Alliance will insist on the initiative that seeks to prohibit the exploitation of unconventional deposits in Colombian territory through the technique known as fracking. Senator Antonio Sanguino stated that "we will reintroduce the project to prohibit this technique in the territory. As it is sufficiently documented, it poses a serious risk to health and water sources."
Pilot tests.
Source: El Meridiano de Sucre
Date: July 18
Headline: The president of Ecopetrol, Felipe Bayón, stated that the state oil company has US$500 million ready to invest in fracking pilots, and assured that the exploration of unconventional deposits is an opportunity that the country cannot ignore as it would mean energy self-sufficiency and better economic performance for the country.‘
US$500 million for «fracking».
Source: El Heraldo
Date: July 18
Headline: Canacol announces another gas discovery in Córdoba
The Canadian oil company Canacol Energy reported a new gas find in the exploratory well Ocarina 1 located in block VIM5 in Córdoba. Once the tests of the exploratory well were completed, a final production rate of 30.4 million cubic feet per day (mpcd) was determined. The gas was found in the Ciénaga de Oro sandstone reservoir and adds to the find recorded in June of this year in the same reservoir with the exploration well Acordeón 1 (33 mpcd). (…) “This is good news for the incorporation of gas reserves in the country, which in 2018 for the first time fell to a useful life of less than 10 years,” said Luis Miguel Morelli, president of the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH).
Source: Vanguardia Liberal
Date: July 18
Headline: Gas discovery
The oil company Canacol Energy reported the discovery of gas located in the Ciénaga de Oro sandstone reservoir, CDO, upon concluding the tests of the exploratory well Ocarina 1 with a final production rate of 30.4 million cubic feet per day, MMscfpd.
Source: La Libertad
Date: July 18
Headline: The country's energy future is in the Caribbean region
The Caribbean Region is a fertile territory for energy source projects, having the possibility of becoming a producer, which will create new income that must be used in an orderly manner to generate true economic and social progress. «The future energy sources of the country will be in the Caribbean Region, we have great potential for solar and wind projects, several of which are already underway. And we have received information from the National Hydrocarbons Agency about the possibility of having gas deposits in the department of Atlántico.».
Source: El País
Date: July 17
Headline: «Gas reserves would grow with ‘Fracking'»
Felipe Bayón, president of Ecopetrol, estimates that self-sufficiency would last for 70 years. Caribbean Coast, the potential. With the exploitation of unconventional deposits, through hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking’, Colombia could secure gas reserves for up to 70 years, said Ecopetrol president Felipe Bayón during a seminar held yesterday in Cesar. (…) Ecopetrol's insistence on advancing the exploitation of conventional deposits occurs amid the decreasing lifespan of current gas reserves in Colombia, according to the Ministry of Mines and Energy itself.
Source: Diario del Huila
Date: July 17
Headline: Huila was one of the first crude oil producers in the country
Luis Miguel Morelli, president of the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), was recently in Neiva participating in a Regional Committee for the Sustainable Management of the Hydrocarbons Sector. After the session, he spoke about the details discussed and also about the push that President Duque wants to give to the sector. (…) Which companies were interested in offshore exploration? We were able to bring in world-class companies, the most important in the world in offshore exploration. These investments are very substantial. In the five contracts, 900 million dollars are committed in investment. That is only for offshore and only five contracts. So it is a very high amount and the risk is also very high. Companies like Exxon Mobil, Shell, Repsol, and Ecopetrol signed the contracts, and those companies will now begin making investments in exploration, which are very important.
Source: La Libertad
Date: July 17
Headline: Cesar between royalties or environmental impact
For more than 30 years, Cesar has adorned the graphs of the mining sector in Colombia. This prominence is thanks to coal, the black gold that contributes 88% of the royalties for the department. For this concept, in 2019 Cesar received around $1.07 billion from the General Participation System. (…) With less prominence, gas is extracted in eight municipalities in Cesar, mainly in the south of the department. Companies like Ecopetrol S. A. and Canacol Energy Colombia SAS are producing an average of 261,000 cubic feet of gas per day, according to the National Hydrocarbons Agency. (…) Environment-Fracking. In Cesar, it has been proven that several municipalities have potential presence of deposits in generating rock. In 2012, Ecopetrol announced the discovery of hydrocarbons in an exploratory well in the municipality of San Martin.
Source: Diario del Sur
Date: July 17
Headline: Attacks affect the oil sector
In light of the intensification of attacks that the oil industry has suffered in the past year, sector unions expressed their rejection and concern over the escalation of violent acts that ultimately generate significant impacts, both economically and environmentally. The Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet) called on the authorities and the country in general to speak out against the multiple attacks that have been hitting the oil industry, due to the millions in losses recorded in the last 18 months.
Source: Blu Radio
Date: July 17
Source: Blu Radio
Date: July 17
Source: Caracol Radio
Date: July 17
Source: Caracol Radio
Date: July 17
Source: La W Radio
Date: July 17
Source: RCN Radio.
Date: July 17
Source: Radio Red
Date: July 17
Source: Caracol TV
Date: July 17
Source: Canal Tro
Date: July 17
Source: vanguardia.com
Date: July 17
Headline: New oil spill recorded in Santander due to illegal drilling
Last Tuesday, the community of the corregimiento of Puente Sogamoso alerted the authorities about an oil spill in this sector of Puerto Wilches, Santander. According to information provided by Ecopetrol, it was the residents who detected the oil spill in the Ayacucho – Galán line, which affected the ecosystem of a floodplain. After receiving the complaint, the oil company sent a technical team to address the contingency, caused by illegal drilling. The pipe was found with a wooden plug. Apparently, criminals seeking refined products are responsible for this incident. (…) Throughout the year, in the Magdalena Medio region, the transportation infrastructure of Ecopetrol and Cenit has been the subject of 27 illegal drillings, a 36% increase compared to those recorded in 2018.
Source: kienyke.com
Date: July 17
Headline: Ecopetrol expects to start fracking in Cesar and La Guajira
During the forum “Energy Development of Cesar,” held in Valledupar, the president of Ecopetrol, Felipe Bayón, spoke about the investment the company has to carry out fracking pilots in the country. According to the businessman, there are 500 million dollars ready for the exploration of unconventional deposits. In his speech, Bayón highlighted the issue of oil and gas reserves in the country, which according to him, could increase to 70 years if access to the deposits that have not yet been explored is achieved. (…) Currently, the fracking pilots in these regions are halted; regarding this, Bayón assured that Ecopetrol respects the decision of the Council of State that suspended the regulations governing hydraulic stimulation.
Source: wradio.com.co
Date: July 17
Headline: The National Hydrocarbons Agency confirmed a new gas discovery in Colombia
The new gas discovery was made in the Department of Córdoba by the company Canacol Energy Ltd. According to reports, the oil company Canacol Energy Ltd., operator and contractor with a 100% stake in block VIM 5, reported a new gas discovery located in the Ciénaga de Oro (CDO) sandstone reservoir in the department of Córdoba, upon concluding tests of the exploratory well Ocarina 1 with a final production rate of 30.4 million cubic feet per day (MMscfpd).
Source: rcnradio.com
Date: July 17
Headline: Yes or no to fracking? Experts will clear doubts before the Council of State
The Council of State summoned the second public hearing to collect evidence on the viability of hydraulic fracturing. A series of experts in hydraulics, exploitation, and exploration of hydrocarbons will address the questions and doubts regarding the use of hydraulic fracturing technique in the exploitation of deposits or the use of fracking before the Council of State on July 19. RCN Radio learned the list of experts who will attend the hearing. Among the most notable is Alejandro Cabezas, a member of the Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers; there is also Alejandra Rodríguez, a specialist in hydrocarbon geology.
Source: rcnradio.com
Date: July 17
Headline: New gas discovery in the department of Córdoba
During the initial tests, it was reported that the well produced 30.4 million cubic feet per day. The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) reported a new gas discovery in the Ciénaga de Oro (CDO) sandstone reservoir in the department of Córdoba. This finding belongs to the company Canacol Energy, and according to the agency, it was discovered upon concluding tests of the exploratory well Ocarina 1. The ANH noted that during the initial tests, the well produced 30.4 million cubic feet per day, a significant amount, considering that during the previous year, the Ministry of Mines and Energy reported that gas reserves in the country had fallen.
Source: barrancabermejavirtual.com
Date: July 17
Headline: In Barrancabermeja, the Association of Engineers prepares a forum to socialize ‘fracking’
The Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet) is organizing the National Forum on Reservoirs in Generating Rock: “Comprehensive Research Pilot Projects” (PPII), which will take place next Friday, August 2, 2019, starting at 7:00 a.m. at the San Silvestre Hotel in the city of Barrancabermeja. (…) «These dialogue spaces are very important, so that communities can understand based on serious arguments, the benefits that hydraulic fracturing technique would bring to the regions of the country, especially in Barrancabermeja and areas of the department of Cesar, which have good resource prospecting,» warned the oil executive. BARRANCABERMEJA VIRTUAL was able to establish that the event is sponsored by the National Hydrocarbons Agency, Ecopetrol, and ConocoPhillips and organized by the Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet).
Source: laventanadecordoba.com
Date: July 17
Headline: New gas discovery in Córdoba
The oil company Canacol Energy Ltd., operator and contractor with a 100% stake in block VIM 5, reported a new gas discovery located in the Ciénaga de Oro (CDO) sandstone reservoir, (…) According to Luis Miguel Morelli, president of the ANH, “This is good news regarding the incorporation of gas reserves in the country, which in 2018 for the first time fell to a useful life of less than 10 years. We hope that with the incentives granted by President Duque's administration to reactivate the oil sector in Colombia, and the incorporation of new gas-prone blocks into the Permanent Area Allocation Process, exploratory activity will intensify and new findings, like the one reported by Canacol, will dispel the ghost of energy scarcity.”.
Source: canaltropical.co
Date: July 17
Headline: «The Atlantic and Caribbean Region will impact the country's energy basket»: Verano
During a conversation in Valledupar about national energy security, Governor Eduardo Verano announced that there is a possibility of having gas deposits in the Atlantic department. “The future energy sources of the country will be in the Caribbean Region, we have great potential for solar and wind projects, several of which are already underway. And we have received information from the National Hydrocarbons Agency about the possibility of having gas deposits in the Atlantic department.” (…) Verano also stated that information has been received, albeit slowly and concretely, about the possibility of gas reserves existing in the Atlantic department, both offshore and onshore.
Source: miputumayo.com.co
Date: July 17
The Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet) organizes the great National Forum on Reservoirs in Generating Rock: “Comprehensive Research Pilot Projects” (PPII), which will take place on August 2, 2019, starting at 7:00 a.m. at the San Silvestre Hotel in the city of Barrancabermeja, Santander. (…) These dialogue spaces are very important for communities to understand based on serious arguments the benefits that hydraulic fracturing technique would bring to the regions of the country, especially in Barrancabermeja and areas of the Cesar department. This event is sponsored by the National Hydrocarbons Agency, Ecopetrol, and ConocoPhillips and organized by the Colombian Association of Petroleum Engineers (Acipet).
Regional News
Source: caracol.com.co
Date: July 18
Headline: Two soldiers injured in verification of the Caño Limón pipeline in Arauquita.
The professional soldiers assigned to the Special Energy and Road Battalion No.1 were carrying out security work on a dynamited section of the Caño Limón pipeline in the Las Bancas village, kilometer 17 when the explosive charge was activated, injuring the two soldiers. “A patrol from our National Army that was conducting patrol duties was attacked by the activation of an explosive device at the moment it was verifying an area in the rural zone of this municipality, and I have information that there are two injured soldiers,” said the Commander of the Arauca Police Department, Colonel Darío Enrique López Mosquera.
Source: Blu Radio
Date: July 17
Source: eltiempo.com
Date: July 17
Headline: Two injured soldiers left by criminal action in Arauquita.
The uniformed personnel were conducting a verification process on the Caño Limón pipeline when they were attacked. Two soldiers were injured after insurgents activated an improvised explosive device in the rural area of the border municipality of Arauquita, in Arauca. The professional soldiers assigned to the Special Energy and Road Battalion No.1 were carrying out security work on a dynamited section of the Caño Limón pipeline in the Las Bancas village, kilometer 17, when the explosive charge was activated, causing injuries to the two uniformed personnel. (…) it could be attributed to the Eln guerrilla, which in recent days has maintained a violent onslaught against the public force, attacks on military and police facilities, the transportation sector with the obstruction of road corridors, and attacks on the region's oil infrastructure.
Source: diariodecasanare.com
Date: July 17
Headline: Improvement of road rings in Aguazul has begun.
The Department's Secretary of Works informed the community about the start of the improvement works on the Cupiagua-Cusiana and Cupiagua-Charte road rings in Aguazul for $10 million 744 thousand. For the execution of this work, a tripartite agreement was made, where the Casanare Governor's Office contributed $6 million; Ecopetrol $3.644 million and the Aguazul Mayor's Office $1.100 million. The communities in the area thanked the investment efforts of Governor Josué Alirio Barrera in a management that originated from the communities; who had been requesting the improvement of these road corridors for several years and were heard by the Mandatary.
Colombian Association of Oil and Gas