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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-24-110078
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20241021
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20241021

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:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34175
		FILM NUMBER:		241381995

	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: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></p>

<p style="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</b></p>

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<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES</b></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE</b></p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</b></p>

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<p style="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>ECOPETROL S.A.</b></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 0.8pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">(State of Incorporation or Organization)</p></td>
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    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</p></td></tr>
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    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">Carrera 13 No. 36-24</p>
    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">Bogota &ndash; Colombia</p></td>
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    <td style="width: 50%; border: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</font></td>
    <td style="width: 50%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>Title of Each Class</b></p>
    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b><u>to be so Registered</u></b></p></td>
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    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>Name of Each Exchange on Which</b></p>
    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b><u>Each Class is to be Registered</u></b></p></td></tr>
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    <td style="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">New York Stock Exchange</font></td></tr>
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to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. <font style="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</font></p>

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<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">If this form relates to the registration of a
class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check
the following box. <font style="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</font></p>

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class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. <font style="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</font></p>

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    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 45%; padding-right: 0.8pt; padding-left: 9pt; font-size: 10pt">333-278823</td></tr>
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<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><b>Item 1:&nbsp;&nbsp; Description of Registrant&rsquo;s Securities
to be Registered</b></p>

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<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The description of the securities to be registered
is incorporated by reference to the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on F-3ASR filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
on April 19, 2024 (File No. 333-278823) relating to such securities.</p>

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<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><b>Item 2:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits</b></p>

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<td style="width: 0.5in"></td><td style="width: 0.5in"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1444406/000110465924110053/tm2426521d1_ex99-1.htm">4.1</a></td><td style="text-align: justify"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1444406/000110465924110053/tm2426521d1_ex99-1.htm">Form of 7.750% Notes due 2032 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 21, 2024
(File No.&nbsp;001-34175).</a></td></tr></table>

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<td style="width: 0.5in"></td><td style="width: 0.5in"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1444406/000114420409039887/v155493_ex4-2.htm" style="-sec-extract: exhibit">4.2</a></td><td style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1444406/000114420409039887/v155493_ex4-2.htm" style="-sec-extract: exhibit">Indenture, dated as of July 23, 2009, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.2 to the Company&rsquo;s Form F-4 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2009 (File No. 333-160965)).</a></td></tr></table>

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<td style="width: 0.5in"></td><td style="width: 0.5in"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1444406/000114420415038960/v413716_ex4-10.htm" style="-sec-extract: exhibit">4.10</a></td><td><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1444406/000114420415038960/v413716_ex4-10.htm" style="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form of Amendment No. 1 to the Indenture (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to the Company&rsquo;s&nbsp;Form 6-K&nbsp;filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 25, 2015 (File No. 001-34175)).</a></td></tr></table>

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<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>SIGNATURE</b></p>

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<p style="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereto duly authorized.</p>

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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2" style="padding-right: 2.8pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>Ecopetrol S.A.</b></font></td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2" style="padding-right: 2.8pt">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td style="width: 3%; padding-right: 0.8pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">By:</font></td>
    <td style="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 47%; padding-right: 1.8pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Alfonso
    Camilo Barco Mu&ntilde;oz</font></font></td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="padding-right: 1.8pt">Name: Alfonso Camilo Barco Mu&ntilde;oz</td></tr>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="padding-right: 1.8pt">Title: Chief Financial Officer</td></tr>
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<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: October 21, 2024</p>

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<p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><b>EXHIBIT INDEX</b></p>

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    <p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><b><u>Description</u></b></p></td></tr>
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<td style="width: 0.5in"></td><td style="width: 0.5in"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1444406/000110465924110053/tm2426521d1_ex99-1.htm">4.1</a></td><td style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1444406/000110465924110053/tm2426521d1_ex99-1.htm">Form of 7.750% Notes due 2032 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Form 6-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 21, 2024
(File No.&nbsp;001-34175).</a></td></tr></table>

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<td style="width: 0.5in"></td><td style="width: 0.5in"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1444406/000114420409039887/v155493_ex4-2.htm" style="-sec-extract: exhibit">4.2</a></td><td><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1444406/000114420409039887/v155493_ex4-2.htm" style="-sec-extract: exhibit">Indenture, dated as of July 23, 2009, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company&rsquo;s Form F-4 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2009 (File No. 333-160965)).</a></td></tr></table>

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<td style="width: 0.5in"></td><td style="width: 0.5in"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1444406/000114420415038960/v413716_ex4-10.htm" style="-sec-extract: exhibit">4.10</a></td><td><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1444406/000114420415038960/v413716_ex4-10.htm" style="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form of Amendment No. 1 to the Indenture (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to the Company&rsquo;s&nbsp;Form 6-K&nbsp;filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 25, 2015 (File No. 001-34175)).</a></td></tr></table>

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