Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) published a summary of advances made following an agreement with the U’WA community that allowed it to access the damaged Coveñas/Caño Limón pipeline in May. The NOC says it has kept up its part of the bargain but indigenous leaders still oppose exploration activities in the area.
We originally thought it was just Pacific Rubiales (TSX:PRE) that had taken its shareholders on a ride this month but a closer look shows Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) on somewhat the same journey.
Major changes are taking place in the NOC’s organization, at least on paper, moving some power away from the presidential suite.
The ICP (Colombian Petroleum Institute) has been around for 29 years and now is looking at both expanding its capabilities and decentralizing its operations.
Long a drag on Ecopetrol’s margins, the NOC saw some improvements for its refining business as losses narrowed and the company increased the sales of products like asphalt and jet fuel. But questions still surround what has been the under-performer of the company’s operations.
The USO and Ecopetrol have taken another step towards the negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement after formally resigning from the current, standing agreement.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) has unveiled a US$12.8M water injection plant in Huila that it hopes will help keep its production numbers up in the Dina Terciarios field.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) released US$2B in bonds last week which were met with high demand from the market, creating a demand worth more than five times the amount the NOC looked to obtain, or US$10B.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) has released contracting figures for the first quarter of 2014, when the Company contracted 41% more in value terms compared to the same period last year. Bogotá based companies continue to have a greater share of the NOC contracts.
The earnings statement of Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) confirmed that the Asian market and Far East is now well installed as the prime receiving market for Colombian crude, and the Ministry of Mines and Energy says the trend is true for the mining industry as well.