Colombia has restarted talks to import natural gas from neighboring Venezuela as the country faces a growing shortage of the fuel.
As part of the negotiations, officials are exploring whether state run Petróleos de Venezuela SA can repair a badly damaged section of the 224 kilometer (139 mile) gas pipeline connecting the two nations without running afoul of US sanctions, Mines and Energy Minister Edwin Palma said in an interview Friday.
Colombian Energy Minister Edwin Palma during an interview in Bogota on Sept. 5.
Photographer: Fernanda Pineda/Bloomberg
While the governments of the two South American nations had previously announced plans for exports to start at the end of last year, Venezuela now has availability to ...