Ecopetrol warns of possible restrictions due to blockades and attacks

This Ecopetrol press release was translated from Spanish by an automated system

Ecopetrol reports that, due to the attacks on the Caño Limón Coveñas and Bicentenario oil pipelines, the blockades caused by the strike of transporters and the seizure of the Gibraltar gas plant, its operations are beginning to be affected by the impossibility of evacuating hydrocarbons.

In its commitment to maintain the country's fuel supply, the company has launched a special work plan in coordination with the authorities to address the operational restrictions arising from the disruption of public order that has occurred in recent days.

The unavailability of the aforementioned oil pipelines due to the attacks, coupled with the difficulty in moving tanker trucks with hydrocarbons and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), may impact in the coming days the production of crude oil and gas, compliance with the diets of the Barrancabermeja and Cartagena refineries, as well as the supply of fuel in different parts of the country.

Added to this is the blockade of the Gibraltar field by the Uwa community, which has caused the shutdown of the gas plant, which supplies an area in the northeast of the country.

Ecopetrol's contingency plan has focused on maintaining crude oil and gas production levels, refinery loads, and the dispatch of fuels and industrial and petrochemical products, in line with the operational plan.