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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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
NEWS
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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Mexico’s Round 2.1 bidding a success
NEWS
Mexico - June 19, 2017

Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission held the first tender of the country’s Round 2 E&P bidding process on Monday, awarding 10 of the 15 shallow-water blocks on…

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Ecopetrol to drill in Meta
NEWS
Colombia - June 19, 2017

Colombia’s Ecopetrol said on Friday that it was planning to drill two exploration wells, Lorito-1 and Trogón-1, in the CPO-9 Block in Meta province in the next few…

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Public vote in Colombia ruffles industry
NEWS
Colombia - June 06, 2017

The Colombian Petroleum Association (ACP) on Monday called upon the government to take steps to create legal certainty for exploration activity in the face of mounting…

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Interview
Colombia - May 08, 2017

TOGY talks to Ian Gollop, CEO of PetroSantander Colombia, about developing Colombia’s brownfield projects to maximise the energy industry’s contribution to…

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Fresh attack on Colombia pipeline
NEWS
Colombia - April 28, 2017

Colombia’s Caño Limón-Coveñas pipeline was bombed early Thursday morning by an as-yet unnamed rebel group. Ecopetrol says an emergency operation has begun to halt…

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Interview
Colombia - April 27, 2017

TOGY talks to Jorge Neher, partner at international law firm Norton Rose Fulbright’s Colombia office, about the state of the oil and gas industry in Latin America and…

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