Cartagena Refinery pilot plant
Cartagena Refinery pilot plant is a planned sustainable aviation fuel project in Cartagena, Colombia, owned by Ecopetrol. Its announced capacity is 1 thousand tonnes a year (1 million litres, 0 million US gallons), by the Power-to-liquid pathway. It is due to start in 2028. The record was read from the news by the reader (ColombiaOne.com, July 23, 2026) and settled by rule; it has not been checked by a person.
The record
- Owner
- Ecopetrol
- Place
- Cartagena, Colombia
- Pathway
- Power-to-liquid
- Fuel
- sustainable aviation fuel
- Status
- planned
- Announced capacity
- 0.8 thousand tonnes a year · 1 million litres · 0.3 million US gallons
- Due to start
- 2028
- Where the record came from
- Read from the news by the reader: Colombia Joins Germany to Produce Sustainable Jet Fuel in Cartagena (ColombiaOne.com, 2026-07-23); settled by rule, not yet checked by a person.
- Notes
- read from the news on 2026-10-17; not yet checked; start_year from article 10195 (2024-11-08)
Other plants and projects recorded with Ecopetrol
| Plant | Where | Status | Capacity, thousand tonnes a year | Starts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecopetrol (Barrancabermeja) | Barrancabermeja, Colombia | planned | 279 | 2030 |
| Cartagena Refinery pilot plant | Cartagena, Colombia | planned | 1 | 2028 |
In the news latest items naming Ecopetrol
- 2026-07-23 Colombia Joins Germany to Produce Sustainable Jet Fuel in Cartagena ColombiaOne.com
- 2026-06-24 Ecopetrol - Partnership with Germany's GIZ to produce sustainable aviation fuels from green hydrogen Hydrogen Central
- 2026-06-23 Ecopetrol, GIZ partner on e-SAF study at Colombian refinery Renewables Now
- 2026-06-22 Germany backs Ecopetrol studies for Colombian green hydrogen e-SAF pilot gasworld
- 2026-06-22 Ecopetrol and GIZ Partner for Green Hydrogen SAF Fuel Cells Works
- 2025-06-20 Palantir (PLTR Stock): AI for Carbon Neutrality – A Software Giant's Sustainable Footprint in 2025 CarbonCredits.com
- 2025-04-07 Ecopetrol and LATAM Airlines Strengthen Sustainable Aviation in Colombia Latam Mobility
- 2025-04-02 Colombia's Ecopetrol to invest up to $700 million in SAF production plant Reuters
- 2025-01-08 COLOMBIA Site Selection Magazine
- 2024-11-08 Ecopetrol wraps testing for SAF production at Cartagena refinery Oil & Gas Journal
- 2024-03-26 Oil Market Trends and Sustainable Aviation Fuel Challenges oilprice.com
- 2023-10-01 Ecopetrol to Invest in New Sustainable Aviation Fuel Plant in Colombia chemanalyst.com
- 2023-08-12 Ecopetrol S.A. (NYSE:EC) Q2 2023 Earnings Call Transcript finance.yahoo.com
- 2023-08-08 Brazil Poised to Become Major Player in Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Boeing Executive reuters.com
Capacity is as announced, a year, with tonnes counted at 0.8 kilograms per litre; a plant's own figure may differ. A record "settled by rule" was read from an article by the reader and checked only against the site's rules (a plausible size, a real owner, no duplicate), not by a person. Cite as: eFlight SAFxCHANGE, Cartagena Refinery pilot plant: sustainable aviation fuel plant record, https://eflight.com/saf/plant/cartagena-refinery-pilot-plant-colombia, retrieved 2026-10-18. Terms. To correct the record, write to [email protected].