Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) officially opened the contracting process for the logistics and regasification services associated with its new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Coveñas, Sucre, one of the country’s most strategic energy hubs on the Caribbean coast.
Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) has suspended operations at its Norte Station in the troubled Catatumbo region of Norte de Santander, citing ongoing security threats from illegal armed groups.
The Colombian government has reignited one of the country’s most divisive environmental debates with a proposal to ban all oil, gas, and mining activities across the entire Amazon biome, a region that covers more than 43% of national territory.
After several days of maintenance and a brief technical setback, Sociedad Portuaria El Cayao (SPEC LNG) announced the full restoration of regasification operations at its Cartagena terminal, confirming that natural gas supply to the National Transportation System (SNT) has returned to normal.
Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) is once again navigating turbulent leadership waters following the resignation of board chair and independent member Mónica de Greiff, effective October 15, 2025.
The resignation of Mónica de Greiff from Ecopetrol’s (NYSE: EC) Board of Directors on October 14 has set off a chain of events that could lead to an Extraordinary Shareholders’ Assembly, as the company moves to restore full board compliance and maintain its gender representation quota.
Lately, Ecopetrol has talked about a third regas facility at Coveñas which makes (somewhat) more sense than its comical Buenaventura plans. Why would anyone but Rube Goldberg propose such a scheme? On second thought, maybe we don’t want to know why the NOC came up with them.
Colombia’s looming natural gas shortage has reignited debate over where to build the country’s next regasification terminal, or whether it should, in fact, build two.
On Colombia’s Caribbean coast, the Coveñas maritime terminal serves as the beating heart of the country’s oil exports, a complex that moves between 90% and 95% of all crude shipped abroad.
Colombia’s industrial sector is bracing for a challenging energy outlook. Following recent maintenance work at the Cartagena regasification terminal, which nearly led to rationing in the Caribbean region, industrial leaders are now warning of a 50% increase in natural gas prices by 2026, alongside growing uncertainty about supply.
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