Colombia’s coal federation, Fenalcarbón, expects the sector to reach 90 million tons of production by 2030, close to its peaks in earlier years, from 51 million tons in 2025.
Minister of Mines and Energy María Nohemí Arboleda says it could take three to four years to normalize Colombia’s natural gas supply because of accumulated delays in exploring and developing new projects.
Imports now cover 61% of Colombia’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) demand and would exceed 70% early next year if growth continues at the first-half 2026 pace, according to Alejandro Martínez V., president of the industry association Gasnova.
Frank Pearl, president of the oil and gas association ACP, says a revived sector would add about CoP$20 trillion a year to the state, and some CoP$695 trillion through 2050 at today’s prices.
Colombia’s Mines and Energy Minister María Nohemí Arboleda says gas supply could fall short from February 2027 as domestic reserves shrink and imports grow.
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) warns that most of the industry’s largest producers face shrinking volumes over the next 15 years.
The mining and energy sector’s share of Colombia’s corporate income tax fell from 36.2% in 2012 to 6.3% in 2025, according to figures presented at an ANIF–CREE seminar titled “Energy to return to growth.”
Colombia’s environmental licensing authority (ANLA) has granted Ecopetrol an environmental license for the Bucare development area in Acacías, Meta, moving the project toward its production stage.
Colombia’s natural gas industry posted across-the-board declines in August, according to figures from industry group Campetrol.
Óscar Rincón, president of the Asociación Colombiana de Ingenieros de Petróleos (Acipet), projected gas imports could reach 35-40% of national consumption by the end of 2026 as El Niño pushes thermal plants toward near-full dispatch capacity.
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