PetroEcuador’s Esmeraldas refinery resumes operations in Ecuador [photo journal]

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Dec.2025, Words: 336) — The fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit at the Esmeraldas refinery resumed operations in early Dec. 2025, according to state-owned Petroecuador.

This, following the completion of maintenance work carried out at this refining facility after damage caused by an earthquake and a fire.