Energy

Key Facts

—The ruling. A court in Alberta, Canada, granted Canacol Energy permission on June 24 to cancel its Colombian gas supply and transport contracts.

—The reach. The decision touches nineteen contracts with twelve companies, from gas distributors to one of Latin America’s largest nickel mines.

—The weight. Canacol supplies close to a third of the gas on Colombia’s Caribbean coast and about 7.5 percent of national demand.