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Bonilla said the switch to renewable energy would be a lengthy process.
"The energy transition is going to take 15 to 20 years and we are going to continue exporting oil and coal for much longer," Bonilla told Reuters.
The minister was fresh off a meeting in New York with investors, whose main concern was assurances around fossil fuel revenues.
"The most important issue is how we closed the discussion on oil exploration and exploitation, which was to show the map of where the exploration fields are in Colombia, (and) the current contracts," added the official, who was appointed in late April as Petro's second finance minister in less
Bonilla specified that the country currently has 202 hydrocarbon exploration contracts in an area of about 17 million hectares in places where oil or gas has traditionally been found.
He added that Colombia has proven reserves of seven years, "but with some contingencies that oil could go up to 10 years and gas up to 20 years."
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