Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) third quarter 2016 oil and gas production showed a slight dip causing revenues to fall, and the firm said higher taxes cut into its profit. The firm expects to counteract falling production by new drilling, and has its sights set on exploration for 2017.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) has reported a considerable rise in robberies from its installations and oil infrastructure in Casanare, including the theft of cables, batteries, piping and metallic items, with the incident count up by 200% in 2016.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) will apply a polymer flooding technique developed by its Colombian Petroleum Institute (ICP) to the Chichimene field in Meta, to improve the extraction of heavy crude and increase its secondary recovery rate.
The USO accused Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) of relying on the police to repress union members and force it to accept management’s agenda to leave the current collective bargaining agreement without changes.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) has handed out scholarships for rural residents to take on university studies, and distinguished 16 national initiatives with its innovation awards for 2016. These and other Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) stories in our periodic summary.
The USO said that it has started a review of its collective bargaining agreement with Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC), two years after signing the latest labor accord with the NOC, but made no mention of its plans to hold a company-wide strike.
Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) 2016 competitive round will sell off around 20 smaller fields to outsider bidders, and a report from Huila unveils some of the local concerns that this plan is causing.
In an article last week on the new Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) strategic plan for 2020, we remarked on the NOC’s pessimism. The same picture appears when looking at reserves.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) president Juan Carlos Echeverry is optimistic both on the future of the peace agreements and the Colombian economy. And he believes that reality will be kind to the NOC when it comes to growing its reserves.
As part of its restart of drilling in the Rubiales field Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) is employing four cutting edge rigs to help streamline the operation and save both time and money.
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