• Colombia designated rehabilitation of the Antonio Ricaurte gas pipeline a strategic national project on Nov. 4, 2026.
• Ecopetrol seeks to restore the pipeline, idle for more than 10 years, to import Venezuelan gas into Colombia.
• The pipeline can transport up to 450 million cubic feet daily, equivalent to nearly half Colombia’s consumption.
• Initial imports are planned at 50 million cubic feet daily, approximately 5% of national consumption.
• Operations depend on infrastructure rehabilitation and a license from the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

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