Colombian gas reserves are pegged at 4 trillion cubic feet, much of which has been under-exploited in the Llanos basin.
The government has been taking measures to increase output, and automotive consumption has started to accelerate, along with plans to increase gas-fired power generation.
However, the emergence of an export market has provided the biggest fillip for the gas industry.
Construction is under way on a 225-kilometre pipeline that will export up to 150 million cubic feet of gas to the Maracaibo region of Venezuela.
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