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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-24-108946
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20241016
FILED AS OF DATE:		20241016
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20241016

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ECOPETROL S.A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001444406
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			F8
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34175
		FILM NUMBER:		241373299

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CARRERA 7 NO 37-69
		CITY:			BOGOTA
		STATE:			F8
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5712345000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CARRERA 7 NO 37-69
		CITY:			BOGOTA
		STATE:			F8
		ZIP:			00000
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM&nbsp;6&#45;K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER<BR>
PURSUANT TO RULE&nbsp;13a&#45;16 OR 15d&#45;16 UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">For the month of October, 2024</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><BR>
Commission File Number 001&#45;34175</P>

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<P STYLE="border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid; font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt">ECOPETROL
S.A.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">N.A.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Translation of registrant&#8217;s name into English)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">COLOMBIA</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Carrera 13 No. 36 &#8211; 24</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">BOGOTA D.C. &#8211;
COLOMBIA</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form&nbsp;20&#45;F or Form&nbsp;40&#45;F.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form&nbsp;20&#45;F <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT> </FONT>Form&nbsp;40&#45;F <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Indicate by check mark if
the registrant is submitting the Form&nbsp;6&#45;K in paper as permitted by Regulation&nbsp;S&#45;T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(1)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Yes
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT> No <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Indicate by check mark if
the registrant is submitting the Form&nbsp;6&#45;K in paper as permitted by Regulation&nbsp;S&#45;T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(7)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Yes
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT> No <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form&nbsp;is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;12g3&#45;2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Yes
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT> No <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">If &#8220;Yes&#8221; is marked,
indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule&nbsp;12g3&#45;2(b): 82&#45; <U>N/A</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>Ecopetrol
S.A. hereby designates this report on Form&nbsp;6&#45;K as being incorporated by reference into its registration statement on Form&nbsp;F&#45;3,
as filed with the SEC on April 19, 2024 (File No. 333-278823)</I></FONT>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Ecopetrol
S.A. Announces Postponement of Price Determination Time and Extension of Expiration Time, Guaranteed Delivery Date and Settlement Date
of its Cash Tender Offer for Any and All of its Outstanding </B></FONT><B>5.375% Notes due 2026</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>BOGOT&Aacute;,
COLOMBIA, October 16, 2024</B></FONT><B> &#8211;</B>&nbsp;As a result of the postponement of the Notes Offering (as defined below), Ecopetrol
S.A. (&#8220;Ecopetrol&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) (NYSE: EC) hereby announces that it is postponing the Price Determination
Time and extending the Expiration Time, Guaranteed Delivery Date and Settlement Date of its previously announced cash tender offer (the
&#8220;Offer&#8221;), to purchase any and all of its outstanding 5.375% Notes due 2026 (the &#8220;Securities&#8221;), upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in Ecopetrol&#8217;s Offer to Purchase, dated October 8, 2024 (as the same may be amended or supplemented
hereby and from time to time, the &#8220;Offer to Purchase&#8221;) and in the related Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (as it may be amended
or supplemented from time to time, the &#8220;Notice of Guaranteed Delivery&#8221;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">Under the Offer, the
original Price Determination Time was at 10:00 a.m., New York City Time on October 15, 2024 (which did not occur as originally scheduled),
the original Expiration Time was at 5:00 p.m., New York City Time on October 15, 2024 (which did not occur as originally scheduled), the
Guaranteed Delivery Date was at 5:00 p.m., New York City Time on October 17, 2024, and the original Settlement Date was expected to be
October 18, 2024, in each case, unless extended by Ecopetrol in its sole discretion. The new Price Determination Time is at 10:00 a.m.,
New York City Time on October 16, 2024, the new Expiration Time is at 5:00 p.m., New York City Time on October 16, 2024, the new Guaranteed
Delivery Date is at 5:00 p.m., New York City Time on October 18, 2024, and the new Settlement Date is expected to be October 21, 2024.
Consequently, all references to the Price Determination Time, the Expiration Time, the Guaranteed Delivery Date, and the Settlement Date
in the Offer to Purchase shall be deemed to refer to the new Price Determination Time, the new Expiration Time, the new Guaranteed Delivery
Date and the new Settlement Date, as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings given to such terms in the Offer to Purchase.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">The table below shows
the following updated key dates in connection with the Offer:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 48%; padding-left: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Calendar Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 7.1pt; padding-right: 0.7pt; padding-left: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Launch
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 7.1pt; padding-left: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">October 8, 2024</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3.4pt; padding-right: 5.2pt; padding-left: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Price
Determination Time</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3.4pt; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">10:00 a.m., New York City time, on October 16, 2024, unless the Offer is extended or earlier terminated.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3.4pt; padding-right: 5.2pt; padding-left: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Expiration
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Time</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3.4pt; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 16, 2024, unless extended by Ecopetrol in its sole discretion.</FONT></TD></TR>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3.4pt; padding-right: 3.85pt; padding-left: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Guaranteed
Delivery Date</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3.4pt; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 18, 2024, unless extended by Ecopetrol in its sole discretion.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3.4pt; padding-right: 5.2pt; padding-left: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Settlement
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3.4pt; padding-left: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The expected Settlement Date is on or about October 21, 2024, unless the Expiration Time is extended by Ecopetrol in its sole discretion.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">Except as described in
this press release, the other terms of the Offer as set forth in the Offer to Purchase remain unchanged. Holders who have previously validly
tendered (and not withdrawn) their Securities will not need to re-tender their Securities to be eligible to receive the Total Consideration.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">Tenders of Securities
pursuant to the Offer may be validly withdrawn at or prior to the Expiration Time. If the Offer is further extended, tendered Securities
may be withdrawn at any time before the 10th business day after commencement of the Offer. Securities subject to the Offer may also be
validly withdrawn at any time after the 60th business day after commencement of the Offer if for any reason the Offer has not been consummated
within 60 business days after commencement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">The Offer is conditioned
upon the satisfaction or waiver by Ecopetrol of certain conditions described in the Offer to Purchase, including the Financing Condition
(as defined below), but is not conditioned upon any minimum principal amount of Securities being tendered. Subject to applicable law,
Ecopetrol may, at its sole discretion, waive any condition applicable to the Offer and may further extend the Offer. Under certain conditions
and as more fully described in the Offer to Purchase, Ecopetrol may terminate the Offer before the Expiration Time.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">The Offer is being made
in connection with a concurrent offering of notes (the &#8220;New Notes&#8221;) by the Company (the &#8220;Notes Offering&#8221;). The
&#8220;Financing Condition&#8221; means that the Company shall have priced and closed the Notes Offering on terms satisfactory to the
Company and resulting in net cash proceeds sufficient to fund the Total Consideration with respect to the Securities validly tendered
at or prior to the Expiration Time (regardless of actual amount of Securities tendered), plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Securities
from the last interest payment date to, but excluding, the Settlement Date. The Offer is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an
offer to buy the New Notes.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">The complete terms and
conditions of the Offer are set forth in the Offer to Purchase and in the related Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, which holders are urged
to read carefully before making any decision with respect to the Offer.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">The Offer is open to
all registered holders of Securities. A beneficial owner of Securities that are held of record by a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust
company, or other nominee (each, a &#8220;Custodian&#8221;) must instruct such Custodian to tender such Securities on the beneficial owner&#8217;s
behalf in a timely manner. Beneficial owners should be aware that a Custodian may establish its own earlier deadline for participation
in an Offer.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">Global Bondholder Services
Corporation is serving as the tender agent and information agent. Requests for documents may be directed to Global Bondholder Services
Corporation by telephone at +1 212-430-3774 (banks and brokers) or Toll-Free at +1 855-654-2014.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Copies
of the Offer to Purchase and related Notice of Guaranteed Delivery are available at the following web address:&nbsp;at </FONT><B><U>https://gbsc-usa.com/ecopetrol/</U></B>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">BBVA Securities Inc.,
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Santander US Capital Markets LLC are serving as Dealer Managers (the &#8220;Dealer Managers&#8221;) for
the Offer. Questions regarding the Offer may also be directed to the Dealer Managers as set forth below:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>BBVA Securities Inc.</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">1345 Avenue of the Americas,</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">44th Floor</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">New York, New York 10105</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">United States of America</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Attn: Liability Management</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Collect: +1 (212) 728-2446</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">U.S. Toll Free: +1 (800) 422-8692</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Email: <U>liabilitymanagement@bbva.com</U></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">383 Madison Avenue</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">New York, New York 10179</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">United States of America</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Attention: Latin America Debt Capital Markets</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Collect: (212) 834-7279</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">U.S. Toll Free: (866) 846-2874</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Santander US Capital Markets LLC</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">437 Madison Avenue</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">New York, New York 10022</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">United States of America</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Attn: Liability Management Group</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Collect: (212) 940-1442</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">U.S. Toll-Free: (855) 404-3636</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Email: <U>AmericasLM@santander.us</U></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">This press release is for informational purposes
only and does not constitute an offer to purchase nor the solicitation of an offer to sell any Securities. The Offer is being made only
pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and related Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><B>No Recommendation&#9;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">None
of Ecopetrol, </FONT>BBVA Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Santander US Capital Markets LLC, Global Bondholder Services Corporation,
or the trustee or security registrar with respect to the Securities, nor any affiliate of any of the foregoing, has made any recommendation
as to whether holders should tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of their Securities in response to the Offer or expressing
any opinion as to whether the terms of the Offer are fair to any holder. Holders must make their own decision as to whether to tender
any of their Securities and, if so, the purchase price of Securities to tender. Please refer to the Offer to Purchase for a description
of the offer terms, conditions, disclaimers and other information applicable to the Offer.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><B>About Ecopetrol</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">Ecopetrol is a mixed-economy
company, the largest company in Colombia and one of the main integrated energy companies in the American continent, with more than 19,000
employees. In Colombia, it is responsible for more than 60% of the hydrocarbon production of most transportation, logistics, and hydrocarbon
refining systems, and it holds leading positions in the petrochemicals and gas distribution segments. With the acquisition of 51.4% of
ISA&#8217;s shares, the company participates in energy transmission, the management of real-time systems (XM), and the Barranquilla -
Cartagena coastal highway concession. At the international level, Ecopetrol has a stake in strategic basins in the American continent,
with Drilling and Exploration operations in the United States (Permian basin and the Gulf of Mexico), Brazil, and Mexico, and, through
ISA and its subsidiaries, Ecopetrol holds leading positions in the power transmission business in Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia, toll
road concessions in Chile, and the telecommunications sector.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Disclaimer and Other Important Notices</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The Company expressly reserves
the absolute right, in its sole discretion, from time to time to purchase any Securities that remain outstanding after the Expiration
Date through open-market or privately negotiated transactions, one or more additional tender or exchange offers or otherwise, on terms
and at prices that may or may not be equal to the consideration offered in the Offer, or to exercise any of its rights, including redemption
rights, under the Indenture governing the Securities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">This press release and the Offer
to Purchase do not constitute an offer to purchase or the solicitation of an offer to sell Securities in any jurisdiction in which such
offer or solicitation would be unlawful. In those jurisdictions where the securities, blue sky or other laws require the Offer to be made
by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer shall be deemed to be made on behalf of Ecopetrol by the Dealer Managers or one or more registered
brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction. <B>If materials relating to the Offer come into a holder&#8217;s possession,
the holder is required by Ecopetrol to inform itself of and to observe all of these restrictions.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The Offer to Purchase has not
been filed with or reviewed by the SEC, any state securities commission or any other regulatory authority, nor has any such commission
or other regulatory authority passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Offer to Purchase or any of the accompanying ancillary documents
delivered thereunder. Any representation to the contrary is unlawful and may be a criminal offense.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The Offer to Purchase will not
be authorized by the Colombian Superintendency of Finance <I>(Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia</I> or the &#8220;SFC&#8221; by
its acronym in Spanish<I>)</I> and will not be registered under the Colombian National Registry of Securities and Issuers <I>(Registro
Nacional de Valores y Emisores)</I> or the Colombian Stock Exchange <I>(Bolsa de Valores de Colombia </I>or the &#8220;BVC&#8221; by its
acronym in Spanish<I>)</I>, and, accordingly, the Offer to Purchase may not constitute an offer to persons in Colombia except in circumstances
which do not result in a public offering under Colombian law and must be carried out in compliance with Part 4 of Decree 2555 of 2010.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">This press release may contain
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E
of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including those related to the Offer. Forward-looking information involves
important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect anticipated results in the future, and, accordingly, such results may
differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Ecopetrol is not under any obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such
obligation to) update forward- looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Investor Relations </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Lina Mar&iacute;a Contreras Mora</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Acting Head of Capital Markets</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Carrera 13 No. 36-24, Bogot&aacute;, Colombia</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">e-mail: investors@ecopetrol.com.co</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ecopetrol S.A.</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/Ricardo Roa Barrag&aacute;n</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 42%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ricardo Roa Barrag&aacute;n</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: October 16, 2024</P>

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