{"id":25461,"date":"2023-08-04T14:50:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T19:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mascolombia.com\/colombia-will-become-a-net-importer-of-natural-gas-by-2026-governments-energy-transition-plan-described-as-energy-rendition\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T14:50:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T19:50:11","slug":"colombia-will-become-a-net-importer-of-natural-gas-by-2026-governments-energy-transition-plan-described-as-energy-rendition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mascolombia.com\/en\/colombia-will-become-a-net-importer-of-natural-gas-by-2026-governments-energy-transition-plan-described-as-energy-rendition\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia will become a net importer of natural gas by 2026: government\u2019s energy transition plan described as \u201cenergy rendition\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After the national government published the Fair Energy Transition Roadmap for citizen participation, industrial engineer and energy expert Sergio Cabrales revealed that the document for Colombia\u2019s energy transition estimates that the country will significantly increase gas and oil imports in the coming years.<\/p>\n\n<p>You may be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/mascolombia.com\/en\/colombias-competitiveness-fell-government-inefficiency-and-poor-business-infrastructure-among-main-reasons\/\"><strong>Colombia\u2019s competitiveness fell: government inefficiency and poor business infrastructure among main reasons<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>According to Cabrales, <strong>in 2026, the last year of the current administration, Colombia will become a net importer of natural gas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>This situation is estimated due to the decrease in gas reserves in the coming years, the increase in demand and the national government\u2019s decision to stop the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons, a fundamental commitment of its energy transition policy.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Energy Transition Roadmap also foresees an increase in imports of this hydrocarbon to the country, which currently enters through Buenaventura, but which in 2025 will also begin to arrive through Cartagena.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Seg\u00fan la Hoja de Ruta de la Transici\u00f3n Energ\u00e9tica Justa de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petrogustavo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@petrogustavo<\/a>, se prev\u00e9 que Colombia se convierta en un importador neto de gas natural despu\u00e9s de 2026, ya que las reservas dom\u00e9sticas comenzar\u00e1n a declinar fuertemente, mientras que la demanda continuar\u00e1 aumentando <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iGYjYR0Zvj\">pic.twitter.com\/iGYjYR0Zvj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sergio Cabrales (@SergioCabrales) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SergioCabrales\/status\/1686859490279211008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n<p>According to estimates in the government document, by 2026 Colombia will have a similar level of natural gas reserves to what it had in 2022, when they were close to 1,100 million cubic feet per day (mpcd).<\/p>\n\n<p>From that year, reserves will begin to decrease and, parallel to this, gas imports will increase, which will enter through Buenaventura and, from 2025, through the port of Cartagena. With this, the country will become a net importer.<\/p>\n\n<p>Likewise, Sergio Cabrales warned that our country is at risk of becoming a net oil importer in 2028:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Seg\u00fan la Hoja de Ruta de la Transici\u00f3n Energ\u00e9tica Justa de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petrogustavo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@petrogustavo<\/a>, se prev\u00e9 que Colombia se convierta en un importador neto de crudo despu\u00e9s del 2028 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kubVWh56Vu\">pic.twitter.com\/kubVWh56Vu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sergio Cabrales (@SergioCabrales) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SergioCabrales\/status\/1686859942236463104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n<p>These warnings, which point to a loss of national energy sovereignty, are not insignificant, especially after seeing what has happened in Europe. Indeed, the energy security of the Old Continent has been affected by the war in Ukraine, since it relies, to a large extent, on the supply of natural gas from Russia.<\/p>\n\n<p>Colombia\u2019s energy future is also of concern in light of the Roadmap estimates, according to which, by 2050, global oil demand will be between 30 and 100 million barrels per day.<\/p>\n\n<p>You may be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/mascolombia.com\/en\/colombia-will-be-able-to-export-chicken-to-japan-again-exports-suspended-due-to-avian-influenza\/\"><strong>Colombia will be able to export chicken to Japan again: exports suspended due to avian influenza<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Energy Transition: Stirring over the risk of increasing gas imports in Colombia<\/h2>\n\n<p>Cabrales\u2019 warning caused a great stir in the national public opinion, given the risk that the Colombian energy matrix will have a strong dependence on hydrocarbons from other countries.<\/p>\n\n<p>This strong dependence means that the country will no longer be able to produce the energy it needs for the functioning of the economy and households. In turn, gas and oil imports will increase energy supply costs, which will be reflected in energy bills and higher production costs.<\/p>\n\n<p>The prospect of Colombia increasing gas and oil imports as a result of the energy transition policy has raised concerns among academics and Colombian political personalities.<\/p>\n\n<p>Marelen Castillo, Representative to the Chamber of Deputies and former Vice-Presidential candidate in the last elections, asked the President of the Republic, Gustavo Petro, if the energy transition means losing energy sovereignty, despite having available resources to explore and exploit hydrocarbons.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Se\u00f1or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petrogustavo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@petrogustavo<\/a>, \u00bfla transici\u00f3n consiste en perder nuestra soberan\u00eda energ\u00e9tica, a pesar de tener recursos para explorar y explotar a nuestra disposici\u00f3n? Cu\u00e9ntenos, \u00bfa qu\u00e9 pa\u00eds le comprar\u00e1 el gas para suplir la demanda? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A552zkeMD9\">https:\/\/t.co\/A552zkeMD9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Marelen Castillo (@CastilloMarelen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CastilloMarelen\/status\/1687087445609676800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 3, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n<p>To this message was added the harsh statement of the former Minister of Agriculture, Juan Camilo Restrepo, who assured that there would be no \u201cenergy transition\u201d but <strong>\u201cenergy rendition\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Eso no es transici\u00f3n energ\u00e9tica; es rendici\u00f3n energ\u00e9tica. Costosa para el pa\u00eds <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aaERd6YECD\">https:\/\/t.co\/aaERd6YECD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Juan Camilo Restrepo (@RestrepoJCamilo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RestrepoJCamilo\/status\/1686869595573878786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n<p>For his part, the former Minister of Finance and former rector of the Universidad del Rosario, Jos\u00e9 Manuel Restrepo, stated that \u201cit is urgent to reconsider the decision not to sign new oil and gas exploration contracts\u201d.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Este no puede ser el camino !! Urge reconsiderar la decisi\u00f3n de no firmar nuevos contratos de exploraci\u00f3n de gas y de petr\u00f3leo. Es a la luz de estos datos cualquier decisi\u00f3n distinta una muy desatinada. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UupAactfkg\">https:\/\/t.co\/UupAactfkg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jos\u00e9 Manuel Restrepo Abondano (@jrestrp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jrestrp\/status\/1686871480192155648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n<p>To read the Energy Transition Roadmap, please click on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minenergia.gov.co\/es\/servicio-al-ciudadano\/foros\/documentos-de-la-hoja-de-ruta-de-la-transici%C3%B3n-energ%C3%A9tica-justa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Keep reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/mascolombia.com\/en\/unions-announce-teachers-strike-over-upcoming-fomag-contract-decision\/\"><strong>Unions announce teachers\u2019 strike over upcoming FOMAG contract decision<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the publication of the Roadmap for a Just Energy Transition by the Ministry of Mines, experts warned that the government is about to make a serious mistake by turning Colombia into a net importer of gas and oil in a few years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_focus_keyword":"energy transition","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[764],"tags":[776],"mc_distribution":[688],"class_list":["post-25461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry","tag-article","mc_distribution-ninguna"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mascolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mascolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mascolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mascolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mascolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mascolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mascolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mascolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mascolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mascolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25461"},{"taxonomy":"mc_distribution","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mascolombia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mc_distribution?post=25461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}