Ricardo ROA BARRAGÁN

President and CEO

ECOPETROL GROUP

Natural gas represents a huge opportunity for Ecopetrol and for Colombia. If volumes are economically viable and significant, we will be able to not only cover our national demand but also export gas.
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Ecopetrol In Figures

Planned yearly spending over 2020-2040:USD 5 billion-6 billion

Share of 2020-2040 investments targeting the energy transition:42%

Ecopetrol is the largest company in Colombia, responsible for 60% of hydrocarbons production in the country, and one of the leading integrated energy groups in the Americas, with operations in at least eight countries. Its operations span the hydrocarbons value chain (upstream, midstream and downstream), gas distribution, energy transmission, management of real-time systems, road concessions and telecommunications.

Ecopetrol also owns the two largest refineries in Colombia (Barrancabermeja and Cartagena) and the majority of the infrastructure in the transportation segment.

On the international front, Ecopetrol’s strategic focus is on the basins of the Americas. It operates and participates in exploration and production projects in the USA (Permian Basin and Gulf of Mexico), Brazil and Mexico.

As part of its technology, environmental, social and governance (TESG) agenda, the company is leading several initiatives for diversification and decarbonisation through – among other approaches – renewables, electrification, natural climate solutions and hydrogen.

Under to Ecopetrol’s 2020-2040 strategy, the company aims to keep investing in traditional oil and gas while also betting on a swift energy transition.

 

Ecopetrol News and Interviews

Parex closes deal to become Colombia’s largest independent
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Colombia - June 03, 2026

Parex Resources has closed its acquisition of Frontera Energy’s E&P assets in Colombia to become the country’s largest…

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Parex grows footprint in Colombia’s Magdalena Basin
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Colombia - May 05, 2026

Parex Resources has agreed to acquire a 50% stake in Ecopetrol’s upstream assets in Colombia’s Magdalena Basin.

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Ecopetrol takes 26% in Brava Energia, seeks majority control
NEWS
Brazil - April 24, 2026

Ecopetrol has agreed to buy 26% of Brava Energia and is planning a tender offer to obtain a controlling stake in the company.

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Petrobras confirms new gas discovery offshore Colombia
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Colombia - March 18, 2026

Petrobras has confirmed a new gas discovery in Colombia’s deepwater offshore, strengthening the country’s gas potential and…

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Shell strikes gas offshore Colombia
NEWS
Colombia - August 12, 2022

Ecopetrol and American super-major Shell have struck gas at the Gorgon-2 appraisal well on the ultra-deepwater COL-5 block in the Colombian Caribbean, the NOC announced…

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Jorge-NEHER A specialist in Colombian energy and mining law
Interview
Abu Dhabi - March 28, 2019

Jorge Neher, a partner at Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas, talks to TOGY about the need for further flexibility from National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), why the government…

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Interview
Colombia - March 05, 2019

Federico Echavarria, the general manager of AES Colombia, talks to TOGY about how renewables will reduce energy costs, how Colombia’s people are becoming more…

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Nicolas Daguerre of Trafigura in Colombia
Interview
Colombia - February 14, 2019

Nicolás Daguerre, general manager of Trafigura Colombia, talks to TOGY about why the company is focusing on smaller producers, the Magdalena River’s logistics…

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