Ecopetrol has temporarily suspended the contracting process for shutdown and maintenance services at its Barrancabermeja and Cartagena refineries — a procurement worth approximately US$700M — following a corruption scandal that combined an anonymous bribery complaint sent to board members in May with two internal memos from senior refinery officials demanding the process be frozen before the government handover.
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