March 11 (Reuters) – Colombia and Venezuela have agreed to repair a damaged section of a binational pipeline that will allow Bogota to import natural gas from its neighbor, Colombia’s energy ministry said on Wednesday.
The Antonio Ricaurte gas pipeline has been inactive for years. A roadmap for re-establishing operations was outlined in a meeting of Colombia’s mining and energy ministries, environmental licensing authority and Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA.
The announcement comes two days before Colombian President Gustavo Petro is slated to meet with Venezuelan Interim President Delcy Rodriguez.
PDVSA will carry out the repairs in compliance with environmental regulations and will follow the pipeline’s original route, Colombia’s energy ministry said in a statement.
The pipeline stretches 225 kilometers (140 mi) between both countries and has a transport capacity of 500 million cubic feet of gas.
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