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Exhibit 1 - Consolidated subsidiaries, associates, and joint ventures - Consolidated subsidiary companies (Details) - COP ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 49.00% | 49.00% |  |
Equity | $ 100,252,480 | $ 113,903,089 | $ 90,583,772 | $ 53,499,363
Net profit | 25,383,071 | 35,199,480 | $ 17,630,554 |
Total assets | 280,141,090 | 302,792,431 |  |
Total liabilities | $ 179,888,610 | $ 188,889,342 |  |
Refineria de Cartagena S.A.S. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | US Dollar |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Refining of hydrocarbons, commercialization and distribution of products |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Colombia |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Colombia |  |  |
Equity | $ 22,507,372 |  |  |
Net profit | 4,867,094 |  |  |
Total assets | 35,151,210 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 12,643,838 |  |  |
Cenit Transporte y Logistica S.A.S. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | Colombian Peso |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Storage and transport by pipelines of hydrocarbons |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Colombia |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Colombia |  |  |
Equity | $ 16,184,340 |  |  |
Net profit | 4,918,027 |  |  |
Total assets | 19,165,246 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 2,980,906 |  |  |
Ecopetrol Global Energy S.L.U. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | US Dollar |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Investment Vehicle |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Spain |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Spain |  |  |
Equity | $ 13,936,493 |  |  |
Net profit | 779,372 |  |  |
Total assets | 13,936,782 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 289 |  |  |
Oleoducto Central S. A. - Ocensa |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | US Dollar |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 72.65% |  |  |
Activity | Transportation by crude oil pipelines |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Colombia |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Colombia |  |  |
Equity | $ 3,339,065 |  |  |
Net profit | 3,262,352 |  |  |
Total assets | 7,014,139 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 3,675,074 |  |  |
Hocol Petroleum Limited. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | US Dollar |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Investment Vehicle |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Bermuda |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Bermuda |  |  |
Equity | $ 3,900,278 |  |  |
Net profit | 334,443 |  |  |
Total assets | 3,900,348 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 70 |  |  |
Ecopetrol America LLC. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | US Dollar |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons |  |  |
Country/Domicile | United States |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | United States |  |  |
Equity | $ 1,565,618 |  |  |
Net profit | (136,483) |  |  |
Total assets | 3,216,891 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 1,651,273 |  |  |
Hocol S.A. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | US Dollar |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Cayman Islands |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Colombia |  |  |
Equity | $ 3,397,978 |  |  |
Net profit | 314,192 |  |  |
Total assets | 5,247,665 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 1,849,687 |  |  |
Esenttia S.A. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | US Dollar |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Production and commercialization of polypropylene resin |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Colombia |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Colombia |  |  |
Equity | $ 2,483,261 |  |  |
Net profit | 291,877 |  |  |
Total assets | 2,949,288 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 466,027 |  |  |
Ecopetrol Capital AG |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | US Dollar |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Collection of surpluses from, and providing funds to, companies of Ecopetrol Business Group |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Switzerland |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Switzerland |  |  |
Equity | $ 2,662,417 |  |  |
Net profit | 140,961 |  |  |
Total assets | 9,893,302 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 7,230,885 |  |  |
Oleoducto de Colombia S.A. - ODC |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | Colombian Peso |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 73.00% |  |  |
Activity | Transportation by crude oil pipelines |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Colombia |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Colombia |  |  |
Equity | $ 416,079 |  |  |
Net profit | 404,994 |  |  |
Total assets | 845,948 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 429,869 |  |  |
Black Gold Re Ltd. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | US Dollar |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Reinsurer for companies of Ecopetrol Business Group |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Bermuda |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Bermuda |  |  |
Equity | $ 1,074,772 |  |  |
Net profit | 103,061 |  |  |
Total assets | 1,349,418 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 274,646 |  |  |
Andean Chemicals Ltd. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | US Dollar |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Investment Vehicle |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Bermuda |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Bermuda |  |  |
Equity | $ 1,817,910 |  |  |
Net profit | 194,151 |  |  |
Total assets | 1,822,429 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 4,519 |  |  |
Oleoducto de los Llanos Orientales S.A |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | Colombian Peso |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 65.00% |  |  |
Activity | Transportation by crude oil pipelines |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Panama |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Colombia |  |  |
Equity | $ 904,438 |  |  |
Net profit | 697,496 |  |  |
Total assets | 1,567,561 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 663,123 |  |  |
Interconexion Electrica S.A. E.S.P. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | Colombian Peso |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 51.41% |  |  |
Activity | Public transmission service of electric power, the development of infrastructure projects and their commercial exploitation and the development of information technology systems, activities and services and telecommunications. |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Colombia |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Latin-America |  |  |
Equity | $ 26,366,394 |  |  |
Net profit | 2,466,453 |  |  |
Total assets | 71,217,176 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 44,850,782 |  |  |
Inversiones de Gases de Colombia S.A. Invercolsa S.A. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | Colombian Peso |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 51.88% |  |  |
Activity | Holding with investments in natural gas and LPG transportation and distribution companies in Colombia |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Colombia |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Colombia |  |  |
Equity | $ 654,544 |  |  |
Net profit | 341,249 |  |  |
Total assets | 658,602 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 4,058 |  |  |
Alcanos de Colombia S.A. E.S.P. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | Colombian Peso |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 29.61% |  |  |
Activity | Residential public fuel gas service, construction and operation of gas pipelines, distribution networks, regulation, measurement, and compression stations. |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Colombia |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Colombia |  |  |
Equity | $ 330,460 |  |  |
Net profit | 141,650 |  |  |
Total assets | 820,122 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 489,662 |  |  |
Metrogas de Colombia S.A E.S.P. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | Colombian Peso |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 33.49% |  |  |
Activity | Public service of commercialization and distribution of fuel gas; the exploration, exploitation, storage, use, transportation, refining, purchase, sale and distribution of hydrocarbons and their derivatives. |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Colombia |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Colombia |  |  |
Equity | $ 57,091 |  |  |
Net profit | 20,559 |  |  |
Total assets | 141,006 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 83,915 |  |  |
Gases del Oriente S.A. E.S.P. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | Colombian Peso |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 48.50% |  |  |
Activity | Home public service of distribution of fuel gas and the development of all complementary activities to the supplying of said service. |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Colombia |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Colombia |  |  |
Equity | $ 90,681 |  |  |
Net profit | 60,588 |  |  |
Total assets | 203,703 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 113,022 |  |  |
Promotora de Gases del Sur S.A. E.S.P. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | Colombian Peso |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 31.44% |  |  |
Activity | Promote the linking of national or foreign capital, public or private, to achieve the gas massification project. |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Colombia |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Colombia |  |  |
Equity | $ 55,250 |  |  |
Net profit | 40,433 |  |  |
Total assets | 85,986 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 30,736 |  |  |
Combustibles Lquidos de Colombia S.A E.S.P. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | Colombian Peso |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 41.61% |  |  |
Activity | Wholesale marketing of fuel gas, the supplying of the residential public service of LPG distribution and the development of complementary activities to supply the service. |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Colombia |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Colombia |  |  |
Equity | $ 61,759 |  |  |
Net profit | 1,351 |  |  |
Total assets | 79,823 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 18,064 |  |  |
Ecopetrol USA Inc. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | US Dollar |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons |  |  |
Country/Domicile | United States |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | United States |  |  |
Equity | $ 11,898,257 |  |  |
Net profit | 985,030 |  |  |
Total assets | 11,914,539 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 16,282 |  |  |
Ecopetrol Permian LLC. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | US Dollar |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons |  |  |
Country/Domicile | United States |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | United States |  |  |
Equity | $ 8,414,625 |  |  |
Net profit | 1,028,492 |  |  |
Total assets | 11,422,720 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 3,008,095 |  |  |
Ecopetrol Oleo e Gas do Brasil Ltda. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | Real |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Brazil |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Brazil |  |  |
Equity | $ 1,937,309 |  |  |
Net profit | (203,243) |  |  |
Total assets | 1,977,106 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 39,797 |  |  |
Esenttia Masterbatch Ltda |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | Colombian Peso |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Manufacture of polypropylene compounds and masterbatches |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Colombia |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Colombia |  |  |
Equity | $ 357,206 |  |  |
Net profit | 203,097 |  |  |
Total assets | 469,328 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 112,122 |  |  |
Ecopetrol del Peru S. A. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | US Dollar |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Peru |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Peru |  |  |
Equity | $ 57,570 |  |  |
Net profit | 872 |  |  |
Total assets | 60,894 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 3,324 |  |  |
ECP Hidrocarburos de Mexico S.A. de C.V. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | US Dollar |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Offshore exploration |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Mexico |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Mexico |  |  |
Equity | $ 43,393 |  |  |
Net profit | (1,811) |  |  |
Total assets | 45,380 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 1,987 |  |  |
Ecopetrol Costa Afuera S.A.S. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | Colombian Peso |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Offshore exploration |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Colombia |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Colombia |  |  |
Equity | $ 13,395 |  |  |
Net profit | 431 |  |  |
Total assets | 13,609 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 214 |  |  |
Esenttia Resinas del Peru SAC |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | US Dollar |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Commercialization polypropylene resins and masterbatches |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Peru |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Peru |  |  |
Equity | $ 14,579 |  |  |
Net profit | 809 |  |  |
Total assets | 37,141 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 22,562 |  |  |
Topili Servicios Administrativos S de RL de CV. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | Mexican Peso |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Specialized management services |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Mexico |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Mexico |  |  |
Equity | $ (271) |  |  |
Net profit | (303) |  |  |
Total assets | 134 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 405 |  |  |
Kalixpan Servicios Tecnicos S de RL de CV. |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | Mexican Peso |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Specialized services related to oil and gas industry |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Mexico |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Mexico |  |  |
Equity | $ 86 |  |  |
Net profit | (87) |  |  |
Total assets | 91 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 5 |  |  |
Ecopetrol US Trading LLC |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | US Dollar |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | International trading of crude oil and refined products |  |  |
Country/Domicile | United States |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | United States |  |  |
Equity | $ 58,927 |  |  |
Net profit | 61,252 |  |  |
Total assets | 1,330,201 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 1,271,274 |  |  |
Ecopetrol Singapore PTE. LTD |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | Singapore dollar |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | Holding company with investment in an international trading company for crude oil and refined products |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Singapore |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Asia |  |  |
Equity | $ 653,065 |  |  |
Net profit | 661,672 |  |  |
Total assets | 653,174 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 109 |  |  |
Ecopetrol Trading Asia PTE. LTD |  |  |  |
Disclosure of consolidated subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures |  |  |  |
Functional Currency | Singapore dollar |  |  |
Ownership Interest | 100.00% |  |  |
Activity | International trading of crude oil and refined products |  |  |
Country/Domicile | Singapore |  |  |
Geographic area of operations | Asia |  |  |
Equity | $ 653,095 |  |  |
Net profit | 661,951 |  |  |
Total assets | 3,558,012 |  |  |
Total liabilities | $ 2,904,917 |  |  |

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