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Colombian oil pipeline operator Cenit could use its existing infrastructure to transport clean hydrogen amid broader efforts to diversify its business model.

Vidal Ramírez, Cenit's head of operational planning, told BNamericas that the company is seeking ways to utilize its pipeline and polyduct network to transport hydrogen to Colombia's main consumer markets.

"We're currently carrying out specific studies on this possibility," Ramírez said in a telephone interview. "We have a competitive and important advantage: we have 6,650km of pipelines and 54 plants scattered throughout the country."

"Based on this, with the help of national and international experts, we’re reviewing the feasibility of being able to use this infrastructure for the transportation of other energy sources."

Cenit is not the only Colombian company looking to use existing pipelines to transport hydrogen blends.