Las narrativas sobre la producción de petróleo y gas en Colombia y Nigeria después del Acuerdo de París

The document analyzes how Colombia and Nigeria use narratives of development, energy security, and energy transition to maintain dependence on fossil fuels. It argues that these narratives are often inaccurate or outdated, contributing to 'carbon lock-in'. The briefing suggests that civil society and researchers can counter these claims by demanding transparency, highlighting the benefits of renewables, and promoting science-based alternatives for a just transition.

• Between December 2015 and May 2022, Colombia and Nigeria employed similar narratives to justify oil and gas expansion, specifically focusing on development, energy security, and the energy transition. Nigeria additionally used a narrative regarding its international position and regional influence.
• The 'development' narrative in Colombia linked oil and gas revenues to the 2016 Final Peace Agreement with FARC-EP, COVID-19 economic recovery, and regional development. In Nigeria, this narrative focused on using gas production to accelerate national industrialization.
• The 'energy transition' narrative in both countries claims that oil and gas can be decarbonized through efficiency, carbon capture, and the use of gas as a 'bridge' fuel. In Colombia, sector revenues are also framed as necessary to fund green investments.
• The document argues that the 'national wealth' narrative is misleading because non-renewable resource abundance often fails to create inclusive prosperity due to poor management, unequal distribution, and market volatility.
• The claim that fossil fuels are necessary for energy security ignores the benefits of renewables, such as reduced import dependence, lower price volatility, and faster deployment in remote areas.
• The 'low-carbon' oil and gas narrative is described as deceptive because the majority of greenhouse gas emissions occur during the combustion phase, and limiting warming to 1.5°C would require reducing oil supply by 70% and gas by 84% by 2050.
• These narratives facilitate 'carbon lock-in' by justifying new infrastructure, such as LNG floating facilities in Nigeria, or policy changes like Colombia's 2020 General Royalty System review, which incentivized dependence by channeling more funds to extracting municipalities.
• Civil society can counter these narratives by demanding transparency in fossil fuel spending and emissions, challenging outdated technical assumptions, and promoting science-based visions of a prosperous future without fossil fuels.

APA

Strambo, C., Ivleva, D., & Arond, E. (2025). Las narrativas sobre la producción de petróleo y gas en Colombia y Nigeria después del Acuerdo de París. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/187304/narrativas-produccion-petroleo-gas-colombia-nigeria.pdf

Chicago

Strambo, Claudia, Daria Ivleva, and Elisa Arond. Las narrativas sobre la producción de petróleo y gas en Colombia y Nigeria después del Acuerdo de París. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2025. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/187304/narrativas-produccion-petroleo-gas-colombia-nigeria.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{strambo2025las, author = {Strambo, Claudia and Ivleva, Daria and Arond, Elisa}, title = {{Las narrativas sobre la producción de petróleo y gas en Colombia y Nigeria después del Acuerdo de París}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2025}, month = feb, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/187304/narrativas-produccion-petroleo-gas-colombia-nigeria.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }