Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) has been strengthening its transport business in recent years. The Colombian company has great plans for this corporate area since it has become one of the most profitable.
BioEnergy ended 2016 with good news: they had produced their first liter of ethanol in 10 years, after the construction of the Alcaraván plant in Puerto López, Meta. However, the General Comptroller announced that the plant is an unfeasible project.
After the report presented by the Office of the General Comptroller on CBI and Reficar’s contracts, there are “more questions than answers.” According to the Colombian press there would be a loss to the nation of CoP$8.5T, but the presumed cost overruns should be examined in detail.
Now a larger problem than attacks on pipelines or facilities, the illegal drug and mining trade and groups linked to the ELN guerrilla which steal crude using illegal valves has become one of Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) primary concerns, and the activity also damages the ecosystem.
The USO said that by appointing Luis Guillermo Vélez Atehortúa as head of Ecopetrol’s health administration, Juan Carlos Echeverry made a ‘tactical’ move to begin to diminish the guarantees of the 70.000 users of the health system, embodied in the collective labor agreement.
Ecopetrol’s and Pemex’s board of directors had a successful meeting where they shared their corresponding business plans as well as valuable experiences.
Juan Carlos Echeverry, Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) current president apologized for the Reficar and Bioenergy cases.
A spill registered at the Rubiales field forced Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) to activate its contingency plan and caught the attention of national environmental authorities.
Ecopetrol’s export distribution remains virtually unchanged from 2Q16 and has been essentially stable throughout 2016.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) said that it has been able to set new records for its drilling times and costs in the Rubiales field, dropping times by 22% and costs by 20%. The NOC also highlighted the benefits the campaign has brought to local hires.
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