Colombia

Country Analysis Brief Overview

Colombia has seen a dramatic increase in hydrocarbons production in recent years following a period of steady decline.
Colombia's oil production has increased since 2008 due to increasing exploration and development.
Colombia is self-sufficient in natural gas and recently began exporting to neighboring Venezuela.
Colombia was the fourth largest coal exporter in the world in 2010.

Analysis Last Updated: June 2012

Overview data for Colombia

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011				2012
		History	Colombia	Central & South America	World	Rank	Colombia
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	939.98	7,837	87,192	23
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	914.25	6,629	74,070	22
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	282.00	6,502	88,256	43	^FF
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	657.98	1,335	--	166	NA
Total Oil Exports to U.S.	Total crude oil and petroleum products.	Total Oil Exports to U.S. Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	NA			NA	NA
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	291	6,582	88,097	50	291
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1.90	237	NA	33	1.99
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010				2011
		History	Colombia	Central & South America	World	Rank	Colombia
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	398	5,517	111,333	39	387
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	321	5,106	113,321	48	312
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	77	415	--	68	75
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	4	267	6,669	48	4
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010				2011
		History	Colombia	Central & South America	World	Rank	Colombia
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	81.957	92	7,954	11	94.582
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	4.968	47	7,770	49	5.532
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	76.989	46	--	104	89.050
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009				2010
		History	Colombia	Central & South America	World	Rank	Colombia
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	55.85	1,044	19,071	44	55.27
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	46.38	878	17,360	45	45.35
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	13.54	253	4,843	46	13.54
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2009				2010
		History	Colombia	Central & South America	World	Rank	Colombia
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	4.195	29	487	26	4.506
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1.335	25	488	45	1.367
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	4,286	5,882	7,461	127	4,206
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2009				2010
		History	Colombia	Central & South America	World	Rank	Colombia
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	66.87	1,203	29,778	48	72.31