OREANDA-NEWS. Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC; TSX: ECP) reports that the Board of Directors has approved the membership of its internal committees, which will be the following:

Audit Committee

Roberto Steiner Sampedro, President

Joaquнn Moreno Uribe

Jorge Pinzуn Sбnchez

Luis Fernando Ramнrez, (for the period 2014-2015 as financial-accounting expert in accordance with SOX Law requirements)

All of these are Independent members of the Board of Directors.

Corporate Government and Sustainability Committee

Minister of Finance and Public Credit

Director of the National Planning Department

Gonzalo Restrepo Lуpez

Roberto Steiner Sampedro

Horacio Ferreira Rueda

Jorge Pinzуn Sбnchez

Compensation and Nomination Committee

Minister of Finance and Public Credit

Minister of Mines and Energy

Gonzalo Restrepo Lуpez

Luis Fernando Ramнrez

Businesses Committee

Minister of Mines and Energy

Minister of Finance and Public Credit

Director of the National Planning Department

Gonzalo Restrepo Lуpez

Joaquнn Moreno Uribe

Horacio Ferreira Rueda

Ecopetrol is Colombia's largest integrated oil & gas company, where it accounts for more than 60% of total production. It is one of the top 50 oil companies in the world and the fourth largest oil company in Latin America. The Company is also involved in exploration and production activities in Brazil, Peru and the United States Gulf Coast and owns the main refinery in Colombia, most of the network of oil and multiple purpose pipelines in the country, petrochemical plants, and an increasing participation in biofuels.