El Universal reported that the Colombian state run oil company Ecopetrol, in partnership with Chevron Petroleum Company, agreed to extend a contract with Pdvsa Gas SA to export natural gas from Colombia to Venezuela.

The extension agreement for two and a half years will become effective from January 2012. It provides for exports of gas from La Guajira (Colombia) to Maracaibo (Venezuela) and other areas of western Venezuela.

Pdvsa officials said that "The infrastructure available for exports of natural gas includes a bi national gas pipeline of 225 kilometers, built and operated by Pdvsa Gas, as well as natural gas processing and compression facilities supplied and installed by Chevron Ecopetrol Association in La Guajira."

(Sourced from www.eluniversal.com)