Ariel Corzo Díaz, an Ecopetrol worker and USO union member, filed an injunction (tutela) seeking to suspend the company’s general shareholders assembly, scheduled for September 15, arguing the board slate improperly reused January 2026’s internal union vote to place César Loza in the seventh workers’-representative board seat rather than reopening nomination and voting.
Ecopetrol shipped its first 2,100 tons of bulk solid sulfur from Reficar to international markets, marking the start of a monthly export cycle.
Ecopetrol and the UK Embassy awarded four Colombians — one from Cartagena, one from Barranquilla, and two from Bogotá — Chevening-Ecopetrol scholarships to pursue master’s degrees in energy transition, sustainability, and climate change at UK universities.
Arrow Exploration reported record total corporate production exceeding 6,000 boe/d — including newly acquired Thorsby field output in Alberta — driven by recent drilling successes, workover results, and the Thorsby acquisition.
GeoPark announced its strategic entry into Venezuela through the Bare Block, a large-scale heavy-oil brownfield asset in the Orinoco Belt with roughly 15.7 billion barrels of original oil in place, over 700 million barrels of historical production, and about 1,100 existing wells.
All five senior managers in Ecopetrol’s Executive Vice Presidency for Energy Transition departed September 1, following the July 31 exit of the division’s chief, Bayron Triana — one day after Ricardo Roa’s own departure from the presidency.
Ecopetrol CFO Camilo Barco left the door open to eventually evaluating opportunities in Venezuela, even as the company keeps its immediate growth focus on markets where it already operates — Colombia, Brazil, the U.S. Permian, and nine other countries.
Promigas added more than 122,000 new natural gas users during the second quarter of 2026, bringing the company to 7.6 million clients across its business lines.
ANH president Ernesto Forero visited Canacol Energy’s Estación Jobo in Sahagún, Córdoba, on August 27 to see the company’s gas operations firsthand and identify concrete sector needs for formulating actions to recover production.
Arrow Exploration reported Q2 2026 revenue of US$34.2 million, up 116% year-on-year, with production averaging 4,902 boe/d (+30%), Adjusted EBITDA of US$25.1 million (+300%), and net income of US$10.4 million, reversing a US$0.9 million loss in Q2 2025.
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