{"id":"colombia-anh-json-production-well-downtime-standard-2026","canonicalSlug":"colombia-anh-json-production-well-downtime-standard-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/colombia-anh-json-production-well-downtime-standard-2026","language":"en","title":"Colombia’s ANH updates production reporting and well downtime codes","summary":"Circular 024 introduces a unified JSON format and a structured method for classifying interruptions at wells.","body":["Colombia’s Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos issued Circular 024 on September 9, setting technical specifications for daily production reporting through JSON version 3.1. The unified Type U format replaces the previous separation between high-frequency telemetry files and manual or lower-frequency files.","Operational variables use three positions for value, origin and unit. The origin identifies automatic, manual or calculated data. The circular also sets a six-step hierarchy for well stoppages, covering responsibility, the affected production-system component, production impact, planning status and two levels of cause. Its first cause level has 20 standardized codes.","The document states that a stoppage alone does not demonstrate deferred or lost production; the impact needs technical support. It sets December 1, 2026 for mandatory use of the new format and structured stoppage matrix. The publication page lists a version 3.2 data dictionary alongside the version 3.1 schema, so the annex labels should be preserved separately. This is a reporting specification, rather than a release of measured well production results."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Colombia’s ANH updates production reporting and well downtime codes\n\nCircular 024 introduces a unified JSON format and a structured method for classifying interruptions at wells.\n\nColombia’s Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos issued Circular 024 on September 9, setting technical specifications for daily production reporting through JSON version 3.1. The unified Type U format replaces the previous separation between high-frequency telemetry files and manual or lower-frequency files.\n\nOperational variables use three positions for value, origin and unit. The origin identifies automatic, manual or calculated data. The circular also sets a six-step hierarchy for well stoppages, covering responsibility, the affected production-system component, production impact, planning status and two levels of cause. Its first cause level has 20 standardized codes.\n\nThe document states that a stoppage alone does not demonstrate deferred or lost production; the impact needs technical support. It sets December 1, 2026 for mandatory use of the new format and structured stoppage matrix. The publication page lists a version 3.2 data dictionary alongside the version 3.1 schema, so the annex labels should be preserved separately. 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