# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001444406
**File Stem:** 0001104659-25-093382
**Filing Date:** 2025-9
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-25-093382.hdr.sgml**: 20250925

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-25-093382

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: SD

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250925

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250925

**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
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** F8
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** SD
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-34175
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251344133

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** KR 13 36-24, BOGOTA
- **CITY:** BOGOTA
- **NON US STATE TERRITORY:** BOGOTA
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** F8
- **ZIP:** 110311
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 5712345000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** KR 13 36-24, BOGOTA
- **CITY:** BOGOTA
- **NON US STATE TERRITORY:** BOGOTA
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** F8
- **ZIP:** 110311

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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**FORM SD**

**Specialized Disclosure Report**

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**ECOPETROL S.A.**

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA<br>(State or other jurisdiction of<br>incorporation or organization)** | **001-34175<br>(Commission File Number)** | **Not Applicable<br>(IRS Employer Identification No.)** |

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Carrera 13 No. 36 – 24

BOGOTA – COLOMBIA

(Address of principal executive offices)

Tel. (57) 310 315 8600

Maria Fernanda Moreno

Investor Relations Officer

investors@ecopetrol.com.co

Tel. (57) 310 315 8600

Carrera 13 No.36 - 24

Bogotá, Colombia

**(Name, Telephone, E-Mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)**

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Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in the form applies:

☐ Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2024.

☒ Rule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2024.

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**SECTION 2.** **RESOURCE EXTRACTION ISSUER DISCLOSURE**

**Item 2.01 Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure and Report** 

**Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers**

The specified payment disclosure required by this Form is included as Exhibit 2.01 to this Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD.

**SECTION 3.** **EXHIBITS**

**Item 3.01 Exhibit**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.01 - [Resource Extraction Payment Report as required by Item 2.01 of this Form.](ec-20241231xex2d01.htm) <br>

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**Signatures**

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Specialized Disclosure Report on its behalf.

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| ECOPETROL S.A. | ECOPETROL S.A. |
| By: |  |
|  | /s/ Camilo Barco  |
|  | Camilo Barco |
|  | *Chief Financial Officer* |

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## Exhibit 2.01

?xml version='1.0' encoding='ASCII'? ECOPETROL S.A._2024-12-31

**EXHIBIT 2.01**

**PAYMENTS BY SEGMENT**

**Upstream:**

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| | | | | | | | | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***Subsidiary /Vicepresidency*** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***Country of jurisdiction*** | ***Project / Field*** | ***Resource (Oil / Natural Gas)*** | ***Method of Extraction (if applicable)*** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***Concept*** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***Government receiving payment*** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***Type of Payment*** | ***Currency of payment*** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***Value in USD Millions (Exchange rate: COP 4,071/ USD 1.00)*** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***Fiscal Year*** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upstream vice-presidency | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | CPO-9 | Oil | Conventional | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;5.98 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upstream vice-presidency | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | CPO-9 | Oil | Conventional | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash | USD | &nbsp;&nbsp;1.07 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upstream vice-presidency | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | E&P GUA OFF | Oil | Conventional | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.42 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upstream vice-presidency | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | E&P GUA OFF 10 | Oil | Conventional | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.11 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upstream vice-presidency | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | LLA-121 | Oil | Conventional | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.16 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upstream vice-presidency | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | VMM 14-1 | Oil | Conventional | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.11 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upstream vice-presidency | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | VMM-65 | Oil | Conventional | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.14 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upstream vice-presidency | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Caño Sur | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash | USD | &nbsp;&nbsp;2.13 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upstream vice-presidency | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Casabe | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.16 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upstream vice-presidency | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Cupiagua | Oil and Natural Gas | Conventional | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.40 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upstream vice-presidency | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Cusiana | Oil and Natural Gas | Conventional | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.55 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upstream vice-presidency | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Floreña | Oil and Natural Gas | Conventional | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.12 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upstream vice-presidency | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Santiago | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.19 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upstream vice-presidency | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Tauramena | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.15 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |

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**Upstream Subsidiaries:**

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| ***Subsidiary /Vicepresidency*** | ***Country of jurisdiction*** | ***Project / Field*** | ***Resource (Oil / Natural Gas)*** | ***Method of Extraction (if applicable)*** | ***Concept*** | ***Government receiving payment*** | ***Type of Payment*** | ***Currency of payment*** | ***Value in USD Millions (Exchange rate: COP 4,071/ USD 1.00)*** | ***Fiscal Year*** |
| Ecopetrol America LLC | United States | Dalmatian | Natural Gas | Enhanced Recovery | Royalties | United States | Cash | USD | 0.11 | 2024 |

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| Ecopetrol America LLC | United States | Dalmatian | Oil | Enhanced Recovery | Royalties | United States | Cash | USD | 8.64 | 2024 |
| Ecopetrol America LLC | United States | Esox | Natural Gas | Enhanced Recovery | Royalties | United States | Cash | USD | 0.06 | 2024 |
| Ecopetrol America LLC | United States | Esox | Oil | Enhanced Recovery | Royalties | United States | Cash | USD | 0.92 | 2024 |
| Ecopetrol America LLC | United States | Gunflint | Natural Gas | Enhanced Recovery | Royalties | United States | Cash | USD | 0.02 | 2024 |
| Ecopetrol America LLC | United States | Gunflint | Oil | Enhanced Recovery | Royalties | United States | Cash | USD | 3.38 | 2024 |
| Ecopetrol America LLC | United States | K2 | Natural Gas | Enhanced Recovery | Royalties | United States | Cash | USD | 0.25 | 2024 |
| Ecopetrol America LLC | United States | K2 | Oil | Enhanced Recovery | Royalties | United States | Cash | USD | 7.13 | 2024 |
| Ecopetrol USA Inc | United States | N/A | N/A | N/A | Taxes | United States | Cash | USD | 42.25 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. S.A. | Colombia | Arjona | Natural Gas | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.28 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Cicuco | Oil | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Kind | COP | 1.71 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Espinal | Oil | N/A | Fees | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.12 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Espinal | Oil | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.14 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Guajira | Natural Gas | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 15.93 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Guarrojo | Oil | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 2.07 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Guarrojo | Oil | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Kind | COP | 0.55 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Hocol S.A. | Natural Gas | N/A | Fees | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.12 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | La Cañada | Oil | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Kind | COP | 0.80 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | La Hocha | Oil | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Kind | COP | 0.81 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Matachin Norte | Oil | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Kind | COP | 4.21 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Matachin Sur | Oil | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Kind | COP | 0.69 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | N/A | Oil and Natural Gas | N/A | Taxes | Colombia | Cash | COP | 5.22 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Ocelote | Oil | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.40 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Ocelote | Oil | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Kind | COP | 10.47 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Ortega | Oil | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 1.24 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Pintado | Oil | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Kind | COP | 1.45 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Rio Saldaña | Oil | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 3.42 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Saman | Natural Gas | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 3.95 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Santiago | Oil | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Kind | COP | 2.75 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | SSJN1 | Natural Gas | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 2.60 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Toldado | Oil | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 1.09 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Toqui Toqui | Natural Gas | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.19 | 2024 |

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Toqui Toqui | Oil | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Kind | COP | 1.34 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Totare | Oil | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.65 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | Toy | Oil | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.36 | 2024 |
| Hocol S.A. | Colombia | VIM8 | Natural Gas | N/A | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 1.13 | 2024 |

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**Transition Energies Vice-presidency (VEE):**

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| ***Subsidiary /Vicepresidency*** | ***Country of jurisdiction*** | ***Project / Field*** | ***Resource (Oil / Natural Gas)*** | ***Method of Extraction (if applicable)*** | ***Concept*** | ***Government receiving payment*** | ***Type of Payment*** | ***Currency of payment*** | ***Value in USD Millions (Exchange rate: COP 4,071/ USD 1.00)*** | ***Fiscal Year*** |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Andina | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.16 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Ballena | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 2.68 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Bonanza | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.15 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Caipal | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.47 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Caño Limón | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.25 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Chichimene | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.49 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Chuchupa | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 14.29 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Corazón | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.11 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Cupiagua | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 19.03 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Cupiagua Liria | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 18.75 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Cupiagua Sur | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 40.82 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Cusiana | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 38.63 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Cusiana Norte | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 24.64 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Dina Cretáceos | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.16 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Dina Terciarios | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.42 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Floreña | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 1.04 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Gibraltar | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 4.03 | 2024 |

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Infantas | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.10 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | La Cira | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.31 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Lisama | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.57 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Llanito Unificado | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.31 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Moriche | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.12 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | N/A | LPG | N/A | Fees | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.14 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | N/A | Natural Gas | N/A | Fees | Colombia | Cash | COP | 1.93 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | N/A | Natural Gas and LPG | N/A | Fees | Colombia | Cash | COP | 1.33 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Nutria | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.78 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Oripaya | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.54 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Orito | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.33 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Palagua | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.86 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Palermo - Santa Clara Unificado | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.13 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Pauto Sur | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 40.68 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Payoa | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.93 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Peñas Blancas | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.15 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Provincia | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 2.54 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Recetor West | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.35 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Salina | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.10 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | San Roque | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.13 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Suria | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.12 | 2024 |

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Tello | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.33 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Tenay | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.23 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Tesoro | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.26 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Tisquirama | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.12 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Unificado Palogrande | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.14 | 2024 |
| Transition Energies Vice-presidency | Colombia | Yariguí-Cantagallo | Natural Gas | Conventional | Royalties | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.23 | 2024 |

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**Transportation Segment:**

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| ***Subsidiary /Vicepresidency*** | ***Country of jurisdiction*** | ***Project / Field*** | ***Resource (Oil / Natural Gas)*** | ***Method of Extraction (if applicable)*** | ***Concept*** | ***Government receiving payment*** | ***Type of Payment*** | ***Currency of payment*** | ***Value in USD Millions (Exchange rate: COP 4,071/ USD 1.00)*** | ***Fiscal Year*** |
| Cenit Transporte y Logística de Hidrocarburos S.A.S. Transporte y Logística de Hidrocarburos S.A.S. | Colombia | N/A | Oil | N/A | Fees | Colombia | Cash | COP | 1.66 | 2024 |
| Cenit Transporte y Logística de Hidrocarburos S.A.S. Transporte y Logística de Hidrocarburos S.A.S. | Colombia | N/A | Oil | N/A | Taxes | Colombia | Cash | COP | 325.76 | 2024 |
| Ecopetrol | Colombia | Morro - Araguaney | Oil | N/A | Taxes | Colombia | Cash | COP | 0.11 | 2024 |
| Oleoducto Central S.A. | Colombia | N/A | Oil | N/A | Fees | Colombia | Cash | COP | 3.42 | 2024 |
| Oleoducto Central S.A. | Colombia | N/A | Oil | N/A | Taxes | Colombia | Cash | COP | 475.94 | 2024 |
| Oleoducto de Colombia S.A. | Colombia | N/A | Oil | N/A | Taxes | Colombia | Cash | COP | 50.76 | 2024 |
| Oleoducto de los Llanos S.A. | Colombia | N/A | Oil | N/A | Taxes | Colombia | Cash | COP | 106.86 | 2024 |

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**Corporate:**

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| ***Subsidiary /Vicepresidency*** | ***Country of jurisdiction*** | ***Project / Field*** | ***Resource (Oil / Natural Gas)*** | ***Method of Extraction (if applicable)*** | ***Concept*** | ***Government receiving payment*** | ***Type of Payment*** | ***Currency of payment*** | ***Value in USD Millions (Exchange rate: COP 4,071/ USD 1.00)*** | ***Fiscal Year*** |
| Ecopetrol S.A. | Colombia | N/A | N/A | N/A | Taxes | Colombia | Cash | COP | 1481.22 | 2024 |

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**Commercial and Marketing Vice-presidency (VCM):**

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| | | | | | | | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***Subsidiary /Vicepresidency*** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***Country of jurisdiction*** | ***Project / Field*** | ***Resource (Oil / Natural Gas)*** | ***Method of Extraction (if applicable)*** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***Concept*** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***Government receiving payment*** | ***Currency of payment*** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***Value in USD Millions (Exchange rate: COP 4,071/ USD 1.00)*** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;***Fiscal Year*** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | ABANICO | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.35 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | ABARCO | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;6.87 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | ACAE SAN MIGUEL | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;2.15 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | AKACIAS | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;84.38 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | ALQAMARI | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.76 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | APIAY | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;3.45 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | APIAY ESTE | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;1.50 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | AREA TECA-COCORNA | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;5.03 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | ARRAYÁN | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.48 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | AULLADOR | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.69 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | AUSTRAL | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.29 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | BALCÓN | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;4.60 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Bonanza | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;3.43 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | BRISAS | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.73 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Caipal | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;2.43 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | CAÑO SUR ESTE | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;84.85 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | CARIBE | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;3.17 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Casabe | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;22.20 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | CASABE SUR | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;3.85 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | CASTILLA | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;106.87 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | CASTILLA ESTE | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.36 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | CASTILLA NORTE | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;65.88 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Chichimene | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;57.36 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | CHICHIMENE SW | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;26.71 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | CRISTALINA | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.74 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Cupiagua | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;24.28 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Cupiagua Sur | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;2.28 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Cusiana | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;6.55 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Dina Cretáceos | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;1.72 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | DINA NORTE | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.53 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Dina Terciarios | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;16.00 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |

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| | | | | | | | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | FLAMENCOS | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;1.47 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Floreña | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;8.27 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | GARZAS | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;1.69 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | GAVAN | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;2.00 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Gibraltar | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;1.50 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | GIGANTE | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.48 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | GIRASOL | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;6.83 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | GUATIQUIA | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;1.69 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | HORMIGA | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.11 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Infantas | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;16.46 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | JAZMIN | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;18.09 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | La Cira | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;52.43 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | LA JAGUA | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.71 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | LIBERTAD | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.27 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | LIBERTAD NORTE | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.43 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Lisama | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;3.34 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | LLANITO | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;15.07 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | LOMA LARGA | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.57 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | LORITO | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;2.08 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | LORO | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;1.22 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | MANSOYA | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.83 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Moriche | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;22.43 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | NARE SUR | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;1.42 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Nutria | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;3.69 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Orito | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;8.11 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | PACHAQUIARO | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.74 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Palagua | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;17.85 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | PALOGRANDE | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;7.78 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Pauto Sur | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;47.40 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Peñas Blancas | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;3.46 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | POMPEYA | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.22 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Provincia | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;9.00 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | QURIYANA | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;1.02 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Recetor West | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.43 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | RIO CEIBAS | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;4.39 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | RUBIALES | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;266.69 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | SAN ANTONIO | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.45 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |

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| | | | | | | | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | SAN FRANCISCO | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;20.99 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | San Roque | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;2.55 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | SANTA CLARA | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;3.31 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | SARDINATA | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.69 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | SAURIO | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.34 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | SUCIO | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.40 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | SUCUMBIOS | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.67 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Suria | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;4.74 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | SURIA SUR | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;1.11 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Tello | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;43.66 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | TEMPRANILLO | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.62 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Tenay | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.49 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Tesoro | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;0.93 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | TIBÚ | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;4.19 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | TINAMU | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;2.71 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Tisquirama | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;3.65 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | UNDERRIVER | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;4.88 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | YAGUARA | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;8.49 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;VCM | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia | Yariguí-Cantagallo | Oil | N/A | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Royalties | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Colombia<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind | COP | &nbsp;&nbsp;29.95 | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2024 |

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**Commercial Subsidiaries:**

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| ***Subsidiary /Vicepresidency*** | ***Country of jurisdiction*** | ***Project / Field*** | ***Resource (Oil / Natural Gas)*** | ***Method of Extraction (if applicable)*** | ***Concept*** | ***Government receiving payment*** | ***Type of Payment*** | ***Currency of payment*** | ***Value in USD Millions (Exchange rate: COP 4,071/ USD 1.00)*** | ***Fiscal Year*** |
| Ecopetrol Trading Asia Pte Ltd. | Singapur | N/A | Oil | N/A | Taxes | Singapore | Cash | COP | 16.12 | 2024 |

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## Exhibit 2.01

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          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_Lla121ProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_Lla121ProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_Lla121ProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This member stands for LLA-121.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_Lla121ProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LLA-121 Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_Lla121ProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LLA-121</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_Vmm141ProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_Vmm141ProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_Vmm141ProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_Vmm141ProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_Vmm141ProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for VMM 14-1 project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_Vmm141ProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">VMM 14-1, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_Vmm141ProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">VMM 14-1</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_Vmm65ProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_Vmm65ProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_Vmm65ProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_Vmm65ProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_Vmm65ProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for VMM 65 project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_Vmm65ProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">VMM 65, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_Vmm65ProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">VMM-65</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_CanoSurProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_CanoSurProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_CanoSurProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_CanoSurProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_CanoSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for CaNo Sur project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_CanoSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CaNo Sur, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_CanoSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Cano Sur</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_CasabeProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_CasabeProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_CasabeProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_CasabeProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_CasabeProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for CASABE project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_CasabeProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CASABE, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_CasabeProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Casabe</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_CupiaguaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_CupiaguaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_CupiaguaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_CupiaguaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_CupiaguaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for CUPIAGUA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_CupiaguaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CUPIAGUA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_CupiaguaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Cupiagua</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_CusianaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_CusianaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_CusianaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_CusianaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_CusianaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for CUSIANA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_CusianaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CUSIANA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_CusianaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Cusiana</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_FlorenaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_FlorenaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_FlorenaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_FlorenaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_FlorenaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for FLORENA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_FlorenaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">FLORENA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_FlorenaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Florena</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_SantiagoProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_SantiagoProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_SantiagoProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_SantiagoProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_SantiagoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for  Santiago project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_SantiagoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Santiago, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_SantiagoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Santiago</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_TauramenaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_TauramenaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_TauramenaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_TauramenaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_TauramenaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This member stands for  Tauramena.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_TauramenaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Tauramena Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_TauramenaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Tauramena</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_AbarcoProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_AbarcoProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_AbarcoProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_AbarcoProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_AbarcoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for ABARCO project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_AbarcoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">ABARCO, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_AbarcoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">ABARCO</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_AbanicoProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_AbanicoProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_AbanicoProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_AbanicoProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_AbanicoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for ABANICO project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_AbanicoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">ABANICO, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_AbanicoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">ABANICO</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_AcaeSanMiguelProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_AcaeSanMiguelProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_AcaeSanMiguelProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_AcaeSanMiguelProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_AcaeSanMiguelProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for ACAE SAN MIGUEL project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_AcaeSanMiguelProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">ACAE SAN MIGUEL, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_AcaeSanMiguelProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">ACAE SAN MIGUEL</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_AkaciasProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_AkaciasProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_AkaciasProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_AkaciasProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_AkaciasProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for AKACIAS project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_AkaciasProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">AKACIAS, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_AkaciasProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">AKACIAS</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_AlqamariProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_AlqamariProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_AlqamariProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_AlqamariProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_AlqamariProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for ALQAMARI project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_AlqamariProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">ALQAMARI , Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/verboseLabel" xlink:label="ec_AlqamariProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">ALQAMARI</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_ApiayProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_ApiayProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_ApiayProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_ApiayProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_ApiayProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for APIAY project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_ApiayProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">APIAY, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_ApiayProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">APIAY</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_ApiayEsteProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_ApiayEsteProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_ApiayEsteProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_ApiayEsteProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_ApiayEsteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for APIAY ESTE project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_ApiayEsteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">APIAY ESTE, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_ApiayEsteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">APIAY ESTE</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_AreaTecaCocornaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_AreaTecaCocornaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_AreaTecaCocornaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_AreaTecaCocornaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_AreaTecaCocornaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for AREA TECA-COCORNA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_AreaTecaCocornaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">AREA TECA-COCORNA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_AreaTecaCocornaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">AREA TECA-COCORNA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_ArrayanProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_ArrayanProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_ArrayanProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_ArrayanProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_ArrayanProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for ARRAYAN project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_ArrayanProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">ARRAYAN, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_ArrayanProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">ARRAYAN</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_AulladorProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_AulladorProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_AulladorProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_AulladorProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_AulladorProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for AULLADOR project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_AulladorProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">AULLADOR, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_AulladorProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">AULLADOR</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_AustralProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_AustralProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_AustralProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_AustralProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_AustralProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for AUSTRAL project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_AustralProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">AUSTRAL, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_AustralProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">AUSTRAL</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_BalconProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_BalconProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_BalconProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_BalconProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_BalconProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for BALCON project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_BalconProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">BALCON, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_BalconProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">BALCON</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_BonanzaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_BonanzaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_BonanzaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_BonanzaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_BonanzaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for BONANZA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_BonanzaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">BONANZA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_BonanzaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">BONANZA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_BrisasProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_BrisasProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_BrisasProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_BrisasProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_BrisasProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for BRISAS project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_BrisasProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">BRISAS, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_BrisasProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">BRISAS</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_CaipalProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_CaipalProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_CaipalProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_CaipalProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_CaipalProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for CAIPAL project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_CaipalProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CAIPAL, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_CaipalProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CAIPAL</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_CanoSurEsteProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_CanoSurEsteProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_CanoSurEsteProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_CanoSurEsteProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_CanoSurEsteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for CANO SUR ESTE project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_CanoSurEsteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CANO SUR ESTE, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_CanoSurEsteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CANO SUR ESTE</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_CaribeProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_CaribeProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_CaribeProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_CaribeProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_CaribeProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for CARIBE project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_CaribeProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CARIBE, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_CaribeProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CARIBE</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_CasabeSurProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_CasabeSurProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_CasabeSurProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_CasabeSurProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_CasabeSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for CASABE SUR project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_CasabeSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CASABE SUR, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_CasabeSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CASABE SUR</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_CastillaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_CastillaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_CastillaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_CastillaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_CastillaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for CASTILLA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_CastillaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CASTILLA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_CastillaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CASTILLA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_CastillaEsteProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_CastillaEsteProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_CastillaEsteProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_CastillaEsteProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_CastillaEsteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for CASTILLA ESTE project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_CastillaEsteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CASTILLA ESTE, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_CastillaEsteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CASTILLA ESTE</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_CastillaNorteProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_CastillaNorteProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_CastillaNorteProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_CastillaNorteProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_CastillaNorteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for CASTILLA NORTE project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_CastillaNorteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CASTILLA NORTE, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_CastillaNorteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CASTILLA NORTE</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_ChichimeneProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_ChichimeneProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_ChichimeneProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_ChichimeneProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_ChichimeneProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for CHICHIMENE project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_ChichimeneProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CHICHIMENE, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_ChichimeneProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CHICHIMENE</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_ChichimeneSwProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_ChichimeneSwProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_ChichimeneSwProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_ChichimeneSwProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_ChichimeneSwProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for CHICHIMENE SW project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_ChichimeneSwProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CHICHIMENE SW, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_ChichimeneSwProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CHICHIMENE SW</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_CristalinaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_CristalinaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_CristalinaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_CristalinaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_CristalinaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for CRISTALINA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_CristalinaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CRISTALINA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_CristalinaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CRISTALINA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_CupiaguaLiriaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_CupiaguaLiriaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_CupiaguaLiriaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_CupiaguaLiriaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_CupiaguaLiriaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for CUPIAGUA LIRIA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_CupiaguaLiriaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CUPIAGUA LIRIA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_CupiaguaLiriaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CUPIAGUA LIRIA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_CupiaguaSurProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_CupiaguaSurProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_CupiaguaSurProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_CupiaguaSurProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_CupiaguaSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for CUPIAGUA SUR project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_CupiaguaSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CUPIAGUA SUR, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_CupiaguaSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CUPIAGUA SUR</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_CusianaNorteProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_CusianaNorteProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_CusianaNorteProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_CusianaNorteProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_CusianaNorteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for CUSIANA NORTE project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_CusianaNorteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CUSIANA NORTE, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_CusianaNorteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CUSIANA NORTE</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_DinaCretaceosProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_DinaCretaceosProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_DinaCretaceosProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_DinaCretaceosProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_DinaCretaceosProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for DINA CRETACEOS project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_DinaCretaceosProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">DINA CRETACEOS, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_DinaCretaceosProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">DINA CRETACEOS</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_DinaNorteProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_DinaNorteProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_DinaNorteProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_DinaNorteProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_DinaNorteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for DINA NORTE project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_DinaNorteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">DINA NORTE, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_DinaNorteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">DINA NORTE</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_DinaTerciariosProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_DinaTerciariosProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_DinaTerciariosProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_DinaTerciariosProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_DinaTerciariosProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for DINA TERCIARIOS project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_DinaTerciariosProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">DINA TERCIARIOS, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_DinaTerciariosProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">DINA TERCIARIOS</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_FlamencosProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_FlamencosProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_FlamencosProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_FlamencosProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_FlamencosProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for FLAMENCOS project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_FlamencosProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">FLAMENCOS, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_FlamencosProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">FLAMENCOS</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_GarzasProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_GarzasProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_GarzasProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_GarzasProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_GarzasProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for GARZAS project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_GarzasProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">GARZAS, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_GarzasProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">GARZAS</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_GavanProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_GavanProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_GavanProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_GavanProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_GavanProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for GAVAN project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_GavanProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">GAVAN, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_GavanProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">GAVAN</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_GibraltarProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_GibraltarProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_GibraltarProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_GibraltarProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_GibraltarProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for GIBRALTAR project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_GibraltarProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">GIBRALTAR, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_GibraltarProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">GIBRALTAR</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_GiganteProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_GiganteProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_GiganteProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_GiganteProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_GiganteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This member stands for GIGANTE
 project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_GiganteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">GIGANTE, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_GiganteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">GIGANTE</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_GirasolProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_GirasolProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_GirasolProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_GirasolProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_GirasolProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for GIRASOL project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_GirasolProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">GIRASOL, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_GirasolProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">GIRASOL</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_GuatiquiaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_GuatiquiaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_GuatiquiaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_GuatiquiaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_GuatiquiaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for GUATIQUIA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_GuatiquiaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">GUATIQUIA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_GuatiquiaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">GUATIQUIA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_HormigaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_HormigaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_HormigaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_HormigaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_HormigaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for HORMIGAproject.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_HormigaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">HORMIGA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_HormigaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">HORMIGA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_InfantasProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_InfantasProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_InfantasProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_InfantasProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_InfantasProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for INFANTAS project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_InfantasProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">INFANTAS, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_InfantasProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">INFANTAS</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_JazminProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_JazminProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_JazminProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_JazminProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_JazminProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for JAZMIN project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_JazminProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">JAZMIN, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_JazminProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">JAZMIN</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_LaCiraProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_LaCiraProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_LaCiraProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_LaCiraProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_LaCiraProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for LA CIRA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_LaCiraProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LA CIRA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_LaCiraProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LA CIRA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_LaJaguaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_LaJaguaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_LaJaguaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_LaJaguaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_LaJaguaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for LA JAGUA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_LaJaguaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LA JAGUA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_LaJaguaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LA JAGUA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_LibertadProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_LibertadProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_LibertadProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_LibertadProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_LibertadProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for LIBERTAD project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_LibertadProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LIBERTAD, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_LibertadProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LIBERTAD</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_LibertadNorteProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_LibertadNorteProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_LibertadNorteProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_LibertadNorteProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_LibertadNorteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for LIBERTAD NORTE project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_LibertadNorteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LIBERTAD NORTE, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_LibertadNorteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LIBERTAD NORTE</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_LisamaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_LisamaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_LisamaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_LisamaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_LisamaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for LISAMA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_LisamaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LISAMA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_LisamaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LISAMA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_LlanitoProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_LlanitoProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_LlanitoProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_LlanitoProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_LlanitoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for LLANITO
 project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_LlanitoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LLANITO, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_LlanitoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LLANITO</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_LlanitoUnificadoProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_LlanitoUnificadoProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_LlanitoUnificadoProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_LlanitoUnificadoProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_LlanitoUnificadoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for LLANITO UNIFICADO project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_LlanitoUnificadoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LLANITO UNIFICADO, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_LlanitoUnificadoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LLANITO UNIFICADO</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_LomaLargaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_LomaLargaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_LomaLargaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_LomaLargaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_LomaLargaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for LOMA LARGA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_LomaLargaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LOMA LARGA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_LomaLargaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LOMA LARGA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_LoritoProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_LoritoProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_LoritoProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_LoritoProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_LoritoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for Lorito project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_LoritoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Lorito, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_LoritoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Lorito</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_LoroProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_LoroProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_LoroProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_LoroProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_LoroProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for LORO project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_LoroProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LORO, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_LoroProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">LORO</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_MansoyaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_MansoyaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_MansoyaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_MansoyaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_MansoyaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for MANSOYA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_MansoyaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">MANSOYA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_MansoyaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">MANSOYA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_MorroAraguaneyProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_MorroAraguaneyProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_MorroAraguaneyProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_MorroAraguaneyProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_MorroAraguaneyProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This member stands for Morro - Araguaney project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_MorroAraguaneyProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Morro - Araguaney, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_MorroAraguaneyProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Morro - Araguaney</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_MoricheProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_MoricheProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_MoricheProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_MoricheProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_MoricheProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for MORICHE project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_MoricheProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">MORICHE, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_MoricheProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">MORICHE</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_NareSurProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_NareSurProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_NareSurProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_NareSurProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_NareSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for NARE SUR project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_NareSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">NARE SUR, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_NareSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">NARE SUR</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_NutriaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_NutriaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_NutriaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_NutriaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_NutriaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for NUTRIA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_NutriaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">NUTRIA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_NutriaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">NUTRIA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_OritoProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_OritoProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_OritoProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_OritoProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_OritoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for ORITO project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_OritoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">ORITO, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_OritoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">ORITO</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_PachaquiaroProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_PachaquiaroProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_PachaquiaroProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_PachaquiaroProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_PachaquiaroProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for PACHAQUIARO project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_PachaquiaroProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">PACHAQUIARO, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_PachaquiaroProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">PACHAQUIARO</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_PalaguaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_PalaguaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_PalaguaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_PalaguaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_PalaguaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for PALAGUA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_PalaguaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">PALAGUA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_PalaguaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">PALAGUA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_PalermoSantaClaraUnificadoProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_PalermoSantaClaraUnificadoProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_PalermoSantaClaraUnificadoProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_PalermoSantaClaraUnificadoProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_PalermoSantaClaraUnificadoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for PALERMO - SANTA CLARA UNIFICADO project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_PalermoSantaClaraUnificadoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">PALERMO - SANTA CLARA UNIFICADO, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_PalermoSantaClaraUnificadoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">PALERMO - SANTA CLARA UNIFICADO</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_PalograndeProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_PalograndeProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_PalograndeProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_PalograndeProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_PalograndeProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for PALOGRANDE project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_PalograndeProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">PALOGRANDE, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_PalograndeProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">PALOGRANDE</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_PautoSurProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_PautoSurProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_PautoSurProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_PautoSurProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_PautoSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for PAUTO SUR project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_PautoSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">PAUTO SUR, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_PautoSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">PAUTO SUR</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_PenasBlancasProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_PenasBlancasProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_PenasBlancasProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_PenasBlancasProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_PenasBlancasProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for PENAS BLANCAS project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_PenasBlancasProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">PENAS BLANCAS, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_PenasBlancasProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">PENAS BLANCAS</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_PompeyaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_PompeyaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_PompeyaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_PompeyaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_PompeyaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for POMPEYA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_PompeyaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">POMPEYA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_PompeyaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">POMPEYA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_ProvinciaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_ProvinciaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_ProvinciaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_ProvinciaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_ProvinciaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for PROVINCIA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_ProvinciaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">PROVINCIA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_ProvinciaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">PROVINCIA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_QuriyanaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_QuriyanaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_QuriyanaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_QuriyanaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_QuriyanaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for QURIYANA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_QuriyanaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">QURIYANA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_QuriyanaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">QURIYANA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_RecetorWestProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_RecetorWestProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_RecetorWestProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_RecetorWestProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_RecetorWestProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for RECETOR WEST project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_RecetorWestProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">RECETOR WEST, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_RecetorWestProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">RECETOR WEST</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_RioCeibasProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_RioCeibasProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_RioCeibasProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_RioCeibasProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_RioCeibasProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for RIO CEIBAS project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_RioCeibasProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">RIO CEIBAS, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_RioCeibasProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">RIO CEIBAS</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_RubialesProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_RubialesProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_RubialesProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_RubialesProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_RubialesProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for RUBIALES project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_RubialesProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">RUBIALES, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_RubialesProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">RUBIALES</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_SanAntonioProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_SanAntonioProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_SanAntonioProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_SanAntonioProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_SanAntonioProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for SAN ANTONIO project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_SanAntonioProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SAN ANTONIO, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_SanAntonioProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SAN ANTONIO</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_SanFranciscoProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_SanFranciscoProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_SanFranciscoProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_SanFranciscoProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_SanFranciscoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for SAN FRANCISCO project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_SanFranciscoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SAN FRANCISCO, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_SanFranciscoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SAN FRANCISCO</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_SanRoqueProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_SanRoqueProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_SanRoqueProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_SanRoqueProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_SanRoqueProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for SAN ROQUE project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_SanRoqueProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SAN ROQUE, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_SanRoqueProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SAN ROQUE</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_SantaClaraProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_SantaClaraProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_SantaClaraProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_SantaClaraProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_SantaClaraProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for SANTA CLARA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_SantaClaraProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SANTA CLARA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/verboseLabel" xlink:label="ec_SantaClaraProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SANTA CLARA,</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_SardinataProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_SardinataProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_SardinataProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_SardinataProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_SardinataProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for SARDINATA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_SardinataProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SARDINATA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_SardinataProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SARDINATA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_SaurioProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_SaurioProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_SaurioProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_SaurioProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_SaurioProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for SAURIO project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_SaurioProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SAURIO, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_SaurioProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SAURIO</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_SucioProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_SucioProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_SucioProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_SucioProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_SucioProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for SUCIO project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_SucioProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SUCIO, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_SucioProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SUCIO</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_SucumbiosProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_SucumbiosProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_SucumbiosProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_SucumbiosProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_SucumbiosProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for SUCUMBIOS project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_SucumbiosProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SUCUMBIOS, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_SucumbiosProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SUCUMBIOS</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_SuriaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_SuriaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_SuriaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_SuriaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_SuriaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for SURIA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_SuriaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SURIA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_SuriaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SURIA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_SuriaSurProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_SuriaSurProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_SuriaSurProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_SuriaSurProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_SuriaSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for SURIA SUR project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_SuriaSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SURIA SUR, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_SuriaSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SURIA SUR</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_TelloProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_TelloProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_TelloProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_TelloProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_TelloProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for TELLO project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_TelloProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">TELLO, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_TelloProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">TELLO</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_TempranilloProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_TempranilloProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_TempranilloProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_TempranilloProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_TempranilloProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for TEMPRANILLO
 project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_TempranilloProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">TEMPRANILLO, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/verboseLabel" xlink:label="ec_TempranilloProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">TEMPRANILLO</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_TenayProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_TenayProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_TenayProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_TenayProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_TenayProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for TENAY project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_TenayProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">TENAY, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_TenayProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">TENAY</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_TesoroProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_TesoroProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_TesoroProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_TesoroProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_TesoroProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for TESORO project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_TesoroProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">TESORO, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_TesoroProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">TESORO</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_TibuProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_TibuProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_TibuProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_TibuProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_TibuProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for TIBU project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_TibuProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">TIBU, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_TibuProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">TIBU</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_TinamuProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_TinamuProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_TinamuProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_TinamuProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_TinamuProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for TINAMU project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_TinamuProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">TINAMU, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_TinamuProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">TINAMU</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_TisquiramaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_TisquiramaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_TisquiramaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_TisquiramaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_TisquiramaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for TISQUIRAMA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_TisquiramaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">TISQUIRAMA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_TisquiramaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">TISQUIRAMA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_UnderriverProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_UnderriverProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_UnderriverProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_UnderriverProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_UnderriverProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for UNDERRIVER project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_UnderriverProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">UNDERRIVER, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_UnderriverProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">UNDERRIVER</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_UnificadoPalograndeProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_UnificadoPalograndeProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_UnificadoPalograndeProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_UnificadoPalograndeProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_UnificadoPalograndeProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for UNIFICADO PALOGRANDE project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_UnificadoPalograndeProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">UNIFICADO PALOGRANDE, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_UnificadoPalograndeProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">UNIFICADO PALOGRANDE</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_YaguaraProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_YaguaraProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_YaguaraProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_YaguaraProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_YaguaraProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for YAGUARA project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_YaguaraProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">YAGUARA, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_YaguaraProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">YAGUARA</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_YariguiCantagalloProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_YariguiCantagalloProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_YariguiCantagalloProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_YariguiCantagalloProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_YariguiCantagalloProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for YARIGUI-CANTAGALLO project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_YariguiCantagalloProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">YARIGUI-CANTAGALLO, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_YariguiCantagalloProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">YARIGUI-CANTAGALLO</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_HocolProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_HocolProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_HocolProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_HocolProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_HocolProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for Hocol project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_HocolProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Hocol, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_HocolProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Hocol</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_EspinalProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_EspinalProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_EspinalProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_EspinalProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_EspinalProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for Espinal project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_EspinalProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Espinal, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_EspinalProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Espinal</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_OrtegaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_OrtegaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_OrtegaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_OrtegaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_OrtegaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for Ortega project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_OrtegaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Ortega, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_OrtegaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Ortega</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_ToldadoProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_ToldadoProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_ToldadoProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_ToldadoProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_ToldadoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for Toldado project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_ToldadoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Toldado, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_ToldadoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Toldado</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_TotareProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_TotareProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_TotareProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_TotareProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_TotareProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for Totare project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_TotareProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Totare, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_TotareProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Totare</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_ToyProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_ToyProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_ToyProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_ToyProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_ToyProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for Toy project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_ToyProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Toy, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_ToyProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Toy</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_RioSaldanaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_RioSaldanaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_RioSaldanaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_RioSaldanaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_RioSaldanaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for Rio SaldaNa project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_RioSaldanaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Rio SaldaNa, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_RioSaldanaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Rio Saldana</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_MatachinNorteProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_MatachinNorteProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_MatachinNorteProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_MatachinNorteProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_MatachinNorteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for Matachin Norte project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_MatachinNorteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Matachin Norte, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_MatachinNorteProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Matachin Norte</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_MatachinSurProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_MatachinSurProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_MatachinSurProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_MatachinSurProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_MatachinSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for Matachin Sur project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_MatachinSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Matachin Sur, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_MatachinSurProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Matachin Sur</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_LaCanadaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_LaCanadaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_LaCanadaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_LaCanadaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_LaCanadaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for La CaNada project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_LaCanadaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">La CaNada, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_LaCanadaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">La Canada</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_LaHochaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_LaHochaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_LaHochaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_LaHochaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_LaHochaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for La Hocha project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_LaHochaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">La Hocha, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_LaHochaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">La Hocha</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_CicucoProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_CicucoProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_CicucoProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_CicucoProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_CicucoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for Cicuco project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_CicucoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Cicuco, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_CicucoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Cicuco</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_PintadoProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_PintadoProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_PintadoProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_PintadoProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_PintadoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for Pintado project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_PintadoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Pintado, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_PintadoProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Pintado</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_ArjonaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_ArjonaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_ArjonaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_ArjonaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_ArjonaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for Arjona project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_ArjonaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Arjona, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_ArjonaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Arjona</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_GuajiraProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_GuajiraProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_GuajiraProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_GuajiraProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_GuajiraProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for Guajira project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_GuajiraProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Guajira, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_GuajiraProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Guajira</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_SamanProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_SamanProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_SamanProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_SamanProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_SamanProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for Saman project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_SamanProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Saman, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_SamanProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Saman</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_Ssjn1ProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_Ssjn1ProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_Ssjn1ProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_Ssjn1ProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_Ssjn1ProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for SSJN1 project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_Ssjn1ProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SSJN1, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_Ssjn1ProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SSJN1</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_Vim8ProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_Vim8ProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_Vim8ProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_Vim8ProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_Vim8ProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for VIM8 project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_Vim8ProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">VIM8, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_Vim8ProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">VIM8</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_BallenaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_BallenaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_BallenaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_BallenaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_BallenaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for Ballena project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_BallenaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Ballena, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_BallenaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Ballena</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_CanoLimonProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_CanoLimonProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_CanoLimonProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_CanoLimonProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_CanoLimonProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for CaNo LimOn project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_CanoLimonProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">CaNo LimOn, Project [Member]</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel" xlink:label="ec_CanoLimonProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Cano Limon</label>
          <loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="#ec_OripayaProjectMember" xlink:label="ec_OripayaProjectMember" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="ec_OripayaProjectMember" xlink:to="ec_OripayaProjectMember_lbl" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" />
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_OripayaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This members stands for Oripaya project.</label>
          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="ec_OripayaProjectMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">Oripaya, Project [Member]</label>
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          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label" xlink:label="country_SG_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">SINGAPORE</label>
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          <label xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/documentation" xlink:label="ec_GovernmentOfSingapurMember_lbl" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase">This member stands for Government of Singapur.</label>
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