The joint Ecopetrol-Frontera Energy regasification project at Puerto Bahía in Cartagena is advancing ahead of schedule, representing Colombia’s first concrete progress in gas imports from a second regasification facility.
Colombia’s plans to import Venezuelan natural gas face regulatory and infrastructure obstacles following talks in Caracas between Minister of Mines and Energy Edwin Palma and Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodríguez. While Venezuela’s side of the Antonio Ricaurte pipeline—enabled in 2007—is ready, Colombia’s segment remains non-operational and Ecopetrol cannot lead the project.
Promigas announced December 23, 2025, it brought online 20 mmcfd additional natural gas transport capacity ahead of schedule, increasing total capacity from 100 mmcfd to 120 mmcfd on the Barranquilla-Ballena Bidirectionality Project in a widely reported news item.
Colombia’s main Pacific port faces a complex logistics crisis requiring sustained coordination between government and private operators, according to contrasting assessments from port management and government authorities released mid-February 2026.
Amazónica LNG will commission Colombia’s first land-based liquefied natural gas regasification terminal in the second half of 2027, following a US$190 million capitalization that includes US$150 million in debt financing from Mitsubishi Financial Group and US$40 million in equity from project partners.
Colombia’s industrial natural gas demand reached its lowest level in a decade during December 2025, triggering increased consumption of more polluting fuels as companies abandon gas for coal, diesel, fuel oil, and liquefied petroleum gas.
Colombia’s utility industry association Andesco and energy think tank CREE published a study in late January warning of mounting structural risks to the country’s natural gas supply, with all three articles covering the same report released on January 28.
Colombia’s natural gas production averaged 1,265 million cubic feet daily between January and November 2025, representing an 11.7% decline compared to the same period in 2024.
Colombia has identified 14 regasification projects to address its natural gas deficit, spanning both Caribbean and Pacific regions.
Naturgas president Luz Stella Murgas warned that any disruption to operations at the Sociedad Portuaria El Cayao (Spec) regasification plant would jeopardize Colombia’s electricity supply, responding to President Gustavo Petro’s recent order to recover the facility’s property over alleged monopoly concerns.
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