Colombia July oil output rose 2.3% y/y

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BOGOTA — Colombia’s crude oil production

in July rose 2.3% versus the same month a year earlier, the

government said on Tuesday.

Oil output was up to an average of 748,096 barrels per day

(bpd) in the seventh month of this year, compared with

production of 731,256 bpd in July 2021, the Ministry of Mines

and Energy said in a statement.

Natural gas output in July was 1.12 billion cubic feet per

day (bcfd), the ministry said, down 0.17%, compared with the

same month in 2021.

State-run Ecopetrol produces the majority of the

country’s oil.

The following is a breakdown of Colombia’s average daily oil

output by month.

CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION (‘000 of bpd):

2022 2021

JAN 740 745

FEB 739 745

MAR 751 745

APR 751 745

MAY 746 703

JUNE 752 694

JULY 748 731

AUG 748

SEPT 744

OCT 740

NOV 746

DEC 745

(Note: Some figures may have been modified by the ministry since

they were initially released)

(Reporting by Bogota newsroom; Editing by Rashmi Aich)

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