Colombia

Colombian oil production is rising and could hit 570,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2008, according to Armando Zamora, head of the country's Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH).... 2008-03-27

The second-biggest Spanish oil company Compañía Española de Petróleos SA (Cepsa), which is owned largely by Paris-based Total, has agreed to pay approximately US$900mn for... 2008-03-25

Colombia should remain self-sufficient in energy until 2014, three years longer than estimated previously, according to a statement by mining and energy minister Hernan Martinez Torres.... 2007-08-23

Canada's Gran Tierra Energy has received approval from Colombia's National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) for two technical evaluation areas (TEAs) in the country's southern Putumayo... 2007-07-24

The 230km long gas pipeline from Colombia to Venezuela, which was agreed in 2005, is to be completed by August this year, according to Venezuela's Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez.... 2007-04-17

Colombia will hold an exploration licensing round for 8-10 blocks in the south-eastern province of Meta before the end of 2007, according to the president of the National Association... 2007-03-29

Lukoil , Russia's largest private oil company, has announced that it has discovered 100mn barrels of oil in Colombia, although it has not stated whether these are proven or not.... 2007-02-08

The Colombian government expects that foreign investment will remain at around US$1.2bn in 2007, welcome news as it struggles to delay the date at which the country will become a... 2007-01-25

Ecopetrol is tasked with stemming the decline in Colombia's oil production and restoring the growth trend seen in the 1990s. The company's own licence interests and those it shares... 2006-11-30

Colombia's national energy firm Ecopetrol is one step closer to partial privatisation after a governmental committee approved the flotation of a 20% stake in the company. The proposal... 2006-11-23