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Ecopetrol and Germany’s development cooperation agency GIZ signed an agreement on June 19 to conduct feasibility and engineering studies for a Power-to-Liquid pilot plant at the Cartagena refinery, aimed at producing e-SAF — electronic Sustainable Aviation Fuel — from green hydrogen.

S&P Global Ratings affirmed Ecopetrol’s global issuer credit rating at BB- with a stable outlook on June 16, while also confirming the company’s stand-alone credit profile (SACP) at bb+.

Ecopetrol’s research arm, the Colombian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Transition (ICPET), has launched a new operating model built around “technology suites” dedicated to water conservation, decarbonization, and nature-based solutions, marking a significant expansion of its experimental infrastructure at the El Chircal eco-reserve in Piedecuesta, Santander.

Road and access blockades at Ecopetrol’s subsurface operations in the Meta municipalities of Acacías, Guamal, and Castilla La Nueva reached 52 days as of June 17, with the company issuing a forceful statement from Villavicencio condemning the disruption and calling for a return to dialogue.

Ecopetrol has completed its first direct export of petroleum coke (petcoke) to Japan, shipping 50,000 tons to a Japanese steelmaker for use in vehicle production, a transaction that represents 5 percent of the Refinería de Cartagena’s total annual petcoke exports and marks a strategic shift in how the state oil company commercializes one of its industrial byproducts.

Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC, the “Company”) announces that, in connection with the tender offer (the “Tender Offer” or “OPAV”) in Brazil announced on May 25, 2026, its subsidiary Ecopetrol Investimentos do Brasil Ltda. (the “Subsidiary”) has received requests for adjustments from the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários, “CVM”).

Pacto Histórico presidential candidate Iván Cepeda used a June 10 interview on Caracol Radio’s 6AM W with Julio Sánchez Cristo to lay out his position on Ecopetrol, the energy transition, and the future of hydrocarbon policy under a possible Cepeda government.

Ecopetrol and Parex Resources donated firefighting equipment to the volunteer fire brigades of San Miguel and Valle del Guamuez municipalities in Putumayo on June 12, under the Acuerdo Empresarial Putumayo, a joint social investment mechanism the two companies operate in the department. The combined investment exceeded CoP$25M.

The Unión Sindical Obrera (USO) announced in the early hours of June 13 that it had reached a collective agreement with Ecopetrol, closing a labor conflict that had been running since May 2025 and which included a 24-hour strike the union called to press its demands. Negotiations concluded at approximately 4:50 a.m., according to the union.

Or the dominance of Ecopetrol in Colombian statistics means what it does pulls the national conclusions. In any event, 2025 was another weak year for exploration and discoveries. Sharp pencils and improved recovery saved ECP’s reserves from falling.