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.
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 has identified 14 regasification projects to address its natural gas deficit, spanning both Caribbean and Pacific regions.
Transportadora de Gas Internacional’s (TGI) regasification plant in La Guajira will be operational by early 2027.
Transportadora de Gas Internacional (TGI), a subsidiary of Grupo Energía Bogotá, and Hocol, a Grupo Ecopetrol subsidiary operating the Guajira Association, signed a Connection Agreement enabling TGI’s La Guajira Regasification Plant project to supply up to 250 million cubic feet per day (MPCD) of natural gas to Colombia’s national system
Colombia’s main Pacific port Buenaventura faces operational collapse threatening national competitiveness, according to urgent warnings from the Colombian Federation of International Trade Logistics Agents (Fitac).
Ecuador announced plans to increase tariffs for transporting Colombian crude oil through its OCP pipeline, escalating commercial tensions between the neighboring Andean nations. E&Ps operating in the Putumayo use the OCP to get their crude to export.
Promigas announced on December 23 a new advance in the Barranquilla-Ballena Bidirectionality Project by placing into operation, ahead of schedule, 20 mmcfd of additional natural gas transport capacity between the Caribbean coast and Colombia’s interior.
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