Ecopetrol’s (NYSE:EC) proven reserves could feel the impact of the fall in oil prices when they are updated next year, since some of its projects and gains from more costly secondary recovery techniques could be discounted as they would no longer be profitable.
After much local fanfare to call for a modernization of the Barrancabermeja Refinery, Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) reaffirmed that it would enact projects in stages to improve the facilities.
Municipal authorities of Arauca are alleging that Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) has been favored in local zoning ordinances, which they say were designed to let the NOC continue with its expansion of Caño Limon facilities.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) is confronting a tough period that will require a refocused strategy and a more efficient and profitable operation, and there is speculation as to who will run this plan alongside the NOC president Juan Carlos Echeverry.
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.
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