Gran Tierra Energy has agreed to sell its entire Colombia and Ecuador oil business – all of its South American assets – to Établissements Maurel & Prom, a Paris-listed operator majority owned by Indonesia’s Pertamina, for total consideration of US$1.33 billion.
Ricardo Roa’s July 30 exit from Ecopetrol’s presidency has triggered a wider reorganization moving beyond the parent company into its subsidiary boards and legal ranks.
Aval Asset Management raised its price target for Ecopetrol shares to CoP$2,950, a 27% increase over its prior valuation, though the firm maintains a neutral rating given ongoing operational and financial challenges.
An El Heraldo feature gathering multiple sector experts makes the case that Ecopetrol’s decline under the outgoing government reflects deliberate policy choices, not just market conditions: 13 consecutive quarters of falling profits, crude production down 2.7% to 725,200 bd, and a leadership scandal involving outgoing president Ricardo Roa.
The collaboration agreement between Ecopetrol and Parex Resources for joint development of the Casabe, Casabe Sur, Peñas Blancas, and Llanito fields in the Magdalena Medio took effect July 30th, after satisfying all suspensive conditions including approval from the Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (SIC).
GeoPark completed a strategic reset in 2025, exiting Ecuador and Brazil to concentrate on two markets: Colombia as its cash-generating base and Argentina’s Vaca Muerta as its new growth engine in unconventional resources.
Grupo Ecopetrol reported second-quarter 2026 results reflecting what the company described as its ability to maximize an integrated strategy and respond with agility to market dynamics.
Ecopetrol has taken action to have illegally copied information from roughly 15 companies within its business group removed from public access, working in coordination with the Fiscalía General de la Nación and the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MinTIC),
Parex Resources framed its second-quarter 2026 results around the strategic transformation from its Frontera acquisition rather than the quarter’s numbers alone.
SierraCol Energy’s 2Q26 operational update, released July 23rd, tells a story of externally imposed disruption rather than underlying asset deterioration.
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