SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
May 2011
Commission File Number: 333-153452
ECOPETROL S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)
Carrera 7 No. 37 – 69
BOGOTA – COLOMBIA
(Address of registrant’s principal executive offices)
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Unofficial English Translation:
Bogota, May 10 of 2011
Mr.
JAVIER GENARO GUTIERREZ PEMBERTHY
President
Ecopetrol S.A.
Re: Request for withdrawal of Senate Bill 207 of 2010
Dear Sir:
I would like to bring to your attention and that of the market the request submitted by this Ministry to the Honorable Congress of the Republic of Colombia for the withdrawal of Senate Bill 207 of 2010 “ regarding the sale of a share of the interest held by the Nation in Ecopetrol S.A.”
Sincerely,
Signed by Dr. Juan Carlos Echeverry Garzon,
Minister of Finance and Public Credit
HACIA UN MINISTERIO AGIL, ACERTADO Y CONFIABLE Carrera 8 No 6 – 64 Bogotá D.C PBX 381 1700 www.minhacienda.gov.co |  |
Date: May 10, 2011
| Ecopetrol S.A. | |||
| By: | /s/ Adriana M. Echeverri | ||
| Name: | Adriana M. Echeverri | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||