Despite Colombia’s significant natural resources, it has had a gas deficit for at least eight years. According to official data, in 2022 Colombia had 2.81 trillion cubic feet of confirmed gas reserves, which were anticipated to last 7.2 years. These figures are lower than those collected a year earlier, when reserves were at 3.1 trillion cubic feet and anticipated to last eight years. In the last 15 years, Colombia’s gas reserves have decreased by 55 percent