Colombia’s leading gas distributor, Vanti, raised alarms over the country’s dwindling domestic gas supply and the growing dependence on imports to meet the needs of households, commerce, and industry.
At the 2025 Gas Forum in Bogotá, the President of the Colombian Mercantile Exchange (BMC), María Inés Agudelo Valencia, addressed the growing concerns about the natural gas supply deficit facing Colombia.
At the 2025 Gas Forum hosted by the Colombian Mercantile Exchange, Julián Flórez, president of the National Gas Operation Council (CON-Gas) and Director of Hydrocarbons at the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia), placed responsibility for Colombia’s current gas supply issues on past administrations, citing a decade of inaction and poor planning.
The Colombian Natural Gas Market Operator, managed by the Bolsa Mercantil de Colombia (BMC), released its monthly report detailing the behavior of gas demand, supply, and transportation for June 2025. The figures show a slight yet consistent drop in national gas consumption.
Ecopetrol is set to take another major step toward strengthening Colombia’s energy security with the potential approval of a third natural gas import terminal, this time in Coveñas, Sucre.
As Colombia faces growing concerns over its natural gas supply, the president of Grupo de Energía de Bogotá (GEB), Juan Ricardo Ortega, is calling for urgent reforms in pricing, regulation, and long-term contracting.
Gas prices are going up as we have said many times recently but how far, how fast, and how will this process affect what domestic producers can hope to charge?
As tensions rise over Colombia’s natural gas supply, industries and citizens alike are seeking clarity on whether the country faces a real risk of gas shortages.
Colombia’s natural gas supply is facing a growing crisis, with a projected shortfall of 20% by 2026, according to the Gas Market Operator (GMO) under the Bolsa Mercantil de Colombia.
In April 2025, Colombia recorded its lowest commercial gas production since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent report by the Colombian Chamber of Oil, Gas, and Energy Goods and Services (Campetrol).
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