Gran Tierra Energy (TSX:GTE) issued its results for the second quarter, the first full earnings period since a new management team took the helm of the firm and redirected its strategic focus to Colombia, posting steady but flat production and a narrowed net loss.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) grew its profit for the second straight quarter since its first loss as a listed company in the 4Q14, with refining posting a profit and adding a boost. Production has grown yearly, but fell off slightly compared to the previous quarter.
Parex Resources (TSX:PXT) saw its production grow slightly in the second quarter of 2015 when compared sequentially, and posted its first profit since the fall of oil prices early this year.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and Anadarko (NYSE:APC) have announced a hydrocarbons discovery at their Caribbean offshore exploratory well Kronos-1, a development which has the government hailing that its offshore strategy is working while other industry members urge caution as the fruits of the find are still years to come.
Pacific Rubiales (TSX:PRE) is worth only 11% of its value at its peak, and according to an analyst report must take quick decisive action to persevere into the future. But even with prompt action, looming obstacles remain.
While it might not receive the attention as dramatic explosive attacks on pipelines, cable robberies are enough for Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) to lose nearly 25,000 barrels of oil in 2015 alone. The number of incidents doubled in the last year.
Another account has emerged of an oil services company that has had to file for bankruptcy reorganization, a trend which continues to flog the local industry.
Ecoperol’s (NYSE:EC) current president of the board of directors Gonzalo Restrepo López has stepped aside to join the negotiating team in Havana, with its only independent member Luis Fernando Ramírez taking up his role.
An offhand comment the other day by a multinational oil company got us thinking once again about the difference between E&P companies that are top-of-mind because they have a lot of production and companies that are top-of-mind because they are responsible for a lot of operations.
Odin Petroil, which owns a biofuels refinery in Santa Marta, Magdalena is going through a restructuring process, and now has two competing offers to consider for use of the refinery including a recent one from Brazilian NOC Petrobras (NYSE:PBR).