Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) announces winners of their college scholarship program while also supporting youth arts education in Putumayo. These and other stories on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in our periodic summary.
As Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) slashes its costs in strategy which means new importance for secondary recovery and an efficient costs structure, the NOC could confront a drop in production of 10-15% in the first quarter of 2016.
The sea port of Coveñas has seen an increase in its storage capacity to 1.24mmbl following new tanks installed by Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and its transport and logistics firm Cenit. The new tanks will also allow the Coveñas facility to export fuel oil.
The last time we did this chart we concocted a marvelous story about Latin American customers wanting their oil without a heavy dose of Bolivarian rhetoric. Maybe we spoke too soon. Maybe not.
Record production from nearby fields, along with optimized contracts, processes and operations have helped the Barrancabermeja Refinery report operational profits, despite facing a rocky labor scenario within.
If the most recent timeframe for the Cartagena Refinery (Reifcar) is correct, the facilities will be finished six years behind schedule, expected to begin operation end-2015 or the first quarter of 2016 and would be the most modern refinery in Latin America. If it is finished on time.
Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) stock has fallen to historic lows on the Bogota exchange and has also suffered in New York, while the company’s president Juan Carlos Echeverry calls for calm.
The president of Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) has been promoting cost cutting programs that will clip CoP$1.4T (US$465.7M) from the company’s operational costs and help it confront the price scenario profitably.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) says that it has started testing the first units of the Cartegena Refinery (Reficar), and that full operations will start in March 2016.
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.