Unassociated Document

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

August 2009

Commission File Number: 333-153452

ECOPETROL S.A.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)

Carrera 7 No. 37 – 69

BOGOTA – COLOMBIA

(Address of registrant’s principal executive offices)

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PRESS RELEASE

Ecopetrol S.A. provides further information on the collateral for the syndicated loan with local banks

Ecopetrol S.A. supplemented the information published on August 12, 2009 relating to the pledges it granted for the COP$2.2 trillion syndicated loan it entered into with a syndicate of local banks on May 26, 2009, as follows:

Company	Commercial value of Ecopetrol´s share (1)	% of the pledged asset group	Determined value (1)
	(COP$ million)		(COP$ million)
OLEODUCTO CENTRAL S.A.	$ 1.110.035	13,19%	$ 1.110.035
REFINERIA DE CARTAGENA S.A.	$ 1.274.796	15,14%	$ 1.274.796
POLIPROPILENO DEL CARIBE S.A.	$ 279.412	3,32%	$ 279.412
TOTAL	$ 2.664.243	31,65%	$ 2.664.243

Non-current Investments, based on the unaudited Financial Statements of ECOPETROL S.A. at June 30, 2009			$ 8.417.755

(1)

Shares of Oleoducto Central S.A., Refinería de Cartagena S.A. and Polipropileno del Caribe S.A. are not listed in any stock exchange. Therefore, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article Four of Decree 2360 of 1993, the value of the collateral related to these companies was determined based on the audited financial statements of the company as of December 31, 2008.

Bogota, Colombia, August 21, 2009

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Ecopetrol is Colombia’s largest integrated oil company and is among the top 40 oil companies in the world and the four largest oil companies in Latin America. Besides Colombia, where it accounts for 60% of total production, the Company is involved in exploration and production activities in Brazil, Peru and the United States (Gulf of Mexico). Ecopetrol has the principal refinery in Colombia, most of the network of oil and multiple purpose pipelines in the country, and it is considerably increasing its participation in biofuels.

This release contains forward-looking statements relating to the prospects of the business, estimates for operating and financial results, and those related to growth prospects of Ecopetrol. These are merely projections and, as such, are based exclusively on the expectations of management concerning the future of the business and its continued access to capital to fund the Company’s business plan. Such forward-looking statements depend, substantially, on changes in market conditions, government regulations, competitive pressures, the performance of the Colombian economy and the industry, among other factors; therefore, they are subject to change without prior notice.

Investor Relations

Alejandro Giraldo

Phone: +571-234-5190

Email: investors@ecopetrol.com.co

Media Relations (Colombia)

Mauricio Téllez

Phone: + 571-2345377

Fax: +571-2344480

Email: mtellez@ecopetrol.com.co

Website: www.ecopetrol.com.co

Dirección de Relacionamiento con el Inversionista Tel: 2345190 – Fax: 2345648 investors@ecopetrol.com.co

	Ecopetrol S.A.


	By:	/s/ Adriana M. Echeverri
	Name:	Adriana M. Echeverri
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer