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This article is informational and is not legal advice. Rules are cited with their source and consultation date; always confirm the current text in the system and with your adviser.
What SICOM is
SICOM is the Ministry of Mines and Energy's Liquid Fuels Information System (Sistema de Información de Combustibles Líquidos). Its operating framework is Resolution 31348 of 2015, which sets the system's procedures and operating conditions. According to its recitals, SICOM is the official source of information that administrative authorities must consult. The resolution was later modified, among others by Resolutions 31100 of 2020 and 87 of 2023 (concerning agent authorization and operator changes).
What a station must do (as of October 2026)
According to article 11 of Resolution 31348 of 2015, in the text consulted:
- Monthly volumetric balance. Chain agents must register, within the first seven calendar days of each month, the volumetric balance of the immediately preceding month through SICOM's information declaration module. If not, no transactions can be made in SICOM until compliance.
- Public selling price. Retail distributors operating through automotive and river service stations must register in SICOM the current public selling price of the fuels they distribute, with the same consequence if they do not.
- Orders and dispatches. Transactions between agents are made through the order module (article 10).
The volumetric balance (defined in article 3) is an equation to determine a product's movements and stocks from the actual receipts and deliveries of the period. That is why good tank measurement and good sales records help sustain the figure (see inventory and sales reconciliation).
Why it deserves attention
The Ministry has publicly announced concrete consequences:
- According to a Ministry news item of 1 February 2026, a circular on the reduction of the gasoline price said stations had to reflect it immediately on boards, pumps, invoicing and SICOM reports, and that non-compliance may lead to a SICOM block, fines and suspension or cancellation of the authorization.
- In a statement of 2 December 2025 about inspections, it reported stations to be blocked in SICOM for imminent risk and sanction proceedings.
A SICOM block prevents buying, receiving and selling fuel; that is, it stops the business.
A routine that helps
- Close the month with measured and reconciled inventories.
- Calculate the volumetric balance from actual receipts and deliveries.
- Register it within the first seven days.
- Check that the registered price matches your pumps.
- Keep the supporting records.
What Orbion does and does not do here
Today Orbion provides the raw material of the report: tank measurement with history and export (Orbion Tank), sales by product and shift, and reconciliation, so that the figures you register are backed up. Your station remains responsible for the declaration.
Automatic SICOM integration is planned; it is not available yet. Orbion will use the web service that SICOM exposes for two things: to report, and to check whether a dispensing device is active. Orbion's operating rule is that a device that is not active in SICOM does not dispense, so the check will run at every station. This article does not claim that a specific resolution imposes that check; it is the rule Orbion will operate by.
SICOM also offers a daily download of its database. When the web service does not answer, Orbion will be able to use it as a fallback for at most 24 hours.
Frequently asked questions
What is the SICOM code?
The identifier under which a station is registered and authorized in the system. Changes of owner, operator or wholesale distributor require specific procedures with the Ministry.
When must I report the volumetric balance?
Within the first seven calendar days of each month, with the previous month's information, according to article 11 of Resolution 31348 of 2015.
What happens if I do not report?
Under that same rule, no transactions can be made in SICOM until compliance. Other consequences are determined by the authority in each case.
Can the software report to SICOM for me?
Today Orbion provides the data and the reconciliation that support the report, and your station files it. Automatic SICOM integration (reporting and checking whether a dispensing device is active) is planned, not yet available. With other providers, ask which data they export and who files the report.
Is this article up to date?
It was written with the texts consulted on 29 October 2026. Resolutions can be modified; check the current text.
Take the next step
Talk to us to see how to organise the measurement and sales that support your report.