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Luz Stella Murgas, President of the Colombian Association of Natural Gas (Naturgas), has once again raised concerns over Colombia’s natural gas deficit.

The Colombian government, under President Gustavo Petro, reassured the public about the country’s natural gas supply, projecting no shortages for 2025.

Alejandro Castañeda, President of the National Association of Power Generators (Andeg), talked about the role of the private sector in averting gas rationing.

EPM raised alarms about a critical gas supply shortage projected for 2025, with only 70% of its gas needs secured, leaving a 30% gap in its contractual coverage.

Ecopetrol’s president, Ricardo Roa Barragán, provided a comprehensive update on Colombia’s energy security and exploration activities.

The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) reported natural gas production during September this year.

Colombia was set to initiate natural gas rationing from October 31 to November 4 due to annual maintenance at the SPEC Caribbean regasification plant, which has imported gas for the nation’s thermal plants since 2016. However, Minister of Mines and Energy (MinEnergia) Andres Camacho sent a message of reassurance.

While writing this past Monday’s article on finding more gas from existing sources, imported gas was always in the background. As domestic production falls and lack of rainfall restricts hydro power generation, imported gas kept, or rather keeps, thermogenerators running and Colombians’ lights on.

Colombia’s energy sector spotlighted a pressing issue: a looming gas shortage. However, President Gustavo Petro’s response, where he mistakenly attributed maintenance at the country’s only regasification facility, SPEC LNG, to routine operations at a thermoelectric plant, underscored a disconnect in understanding critical infrastructure and so a crisis management gap.

And would it make a difference? MinEnergia Andres Camacho said that all gas produced should go to an end consumer suggesting they would audit fields to ensure no gas was “wasted” and thereby address the national shortfall. Is this really a solution? We looked at the data.