Gases del Caribe, a major player in Colombia’s energy sector, has been recognized in the Digital Transformation category of the 2025 Portafolio Awards for its innovative platform called Helious. This proprietary technology was developed to fundamentally transform the management of natural gas supply and transportation across the country.
Colombia’s long-awaited offshore gas project, Sirius, is steadily moving through its licensing stages, yet the country’s widening supply gap is prompting experts to call for an interim solution: using fracking to regain self-sufficiency while the offshore field comes online.
Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) secured a key milestone in its gas-supply strategy after Colombia’s environmental licensing agency, ANLA, approved the company’s plan to import natural gas through Cenit’s infrastructure in Coveñas.
Colombia’s vehicular natural gas (VNG) market is heading toward one of its most turbulent moments in decades. Beginning December 1, prices are set to rise sharply, between 30% and 40% according to industry estimates, marking a turning point for drivers, transport companies, and fuel distributors across the country.
Colombian households are feeling the strain of rising gas prices after a sharp 13.28% increase over the last year, making gas the second-fastest rising item in the national consumer basket, surpassed only by coffee.
Colombia’s natural gas sector is at a crossroads, and the obstacle, according to Naturgas president Luz Stella Murgas, is not geological scarcity but political indecision.
Colombia’s natural gas supply gap is widening faster than expected, driven by falling production and delays in new import infrastructure.
The world’s appetite for natural gas is set to rise again, and Colombia is watching from the sidelines.
Petrobras’ (NYSE: PBR) entrance into Colombia’s offshore energy landscape could mark a turning point for the country’s energy security. Together with Ecopetrol (NYSE: ECP), the Brazilian company is leading the Sirius gas project, a deepwater discovery that could restore Colombia’s self-sufficiency in natural gas for at least a decade.
The Colombian government is reaffirming its commitment to energy security through the planned regasification plant in Ballenas, La Guajira, a cornerstone project expected to strengthen the country’s natural gas supply over the next decade.
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