A high-level Colombian delegation traveled to the Palacio de Miraflores in Caracas on March 14 after a planned border summit between President Gustavo Petro and Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodríguez was cancelled for force majeure.
Colombia’s Superintendent of Public Services (SuperServicios) has launched an investigation into “pure commercializers” of natural gas—intermediaries who purchase and resell gas in the secondary market without serving end users—amid concerns that excessive intermediation is driving up residential and commercial tariffs.
The Colombian government ordered the refund of over CoP$150B to natural gas users for overcharges in the transport component of tariffs. Gas transporters TGI, Promigas, and three other companies immediately rejected the order, denying any improper charges and threatening legal action.
Colombia’s natural gas shortage is driving an environmental reversal in the industrial sector, forcing companies to switch from cleaner fuels to more polluting alternatives. Between January 2025 and January 2026, Colombian industry substituted 38.6 Giga BTU per day of natural gas – equivalent to 16% of non-regulated industrial demand – with higher-emission fuels.
The ANH reports that commercialized natural gas production in December 2025 stood at 692.91 million cubic feet per day (mcfd). This monthly variation does not compromise the country’s energy security nor is it due to public policy decisions by the national government.
Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional (FDN) and BTG Pactual announced financial close for Ecopetrol’s Regasificadora del Pacífico project designed to import natural gas through Buenaventura.
Energy Minister Edwin Palma announced Santander’s largest historical natural gas expansion with CoP$51.675 billion investment across 15 projects delivering natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas networks, and eco-efficient cooking solutions to 19,246 households, particularly benefiting women who traditionally perform cooking tasks.
Natural gas market manager BMC published its January report and updated its online databases. Both demand and supply continue to decline.
Empresas Públicas de Medellín will enter the imported gas market through a new regasification facility in Copacabana, north of Medellín, marking Antioquia’s principal public company’s strategic entry into the regasification business.
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.
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