Ecopetrol 2Q:20 Report, Updates Business Plan
(Ecopetrol, 4.Aug.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. announced today the Ecopetrol Group's financial results for the second quarter and the first half of 2020 and the update of the Business Plan 2020-2022....
Moody’s Confirms Ecopetrol’s Rating
(Ecopetrol, 3.Aug.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. announces rating agency Moody's kept the Company's long-term international rating at Baa3, with stable outlook. Moody's highlighted the Company's strength as a leading firm in...
Ecopetrol’s 2Q:20 Call, 2020-22 Business Plan Update
(Ecopetrol, 29.Jul.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. announces that on 4 August 2020 before market opens, it will release its financial and operating results for the second quarter 2020, and its 2020-2022...
Petrobras To Sale Tayrona Block Offshore Colombia
(Petrobras, 27.Jul.2020) — Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), regarding the sale of its entire stake in the exploratory portion of the Tayrona Block, located...
Quiet Destruction Of Colombia’s Shale Potential
(Oilprice.com, 23.Jul.2020) — Sharply weaker oil prices, falling investment and dwindling oil production are weighing heavily on Colombia’s economic outlook. Last decade, the strife-torn Andean country bet its economic future...
Investors Want To Know: Colombia’s Negative Outlook
(Fitch Ratings, 22.Jul.2020) — Colombia's sovereign metrics have deteriorated further since its April downgrade to 'BBB-', underpinning the range of downside risks reflected in the country's Negative Rating Outlook, says...
Ecopetrol Says 2020 CAPEX To Be Between $3bn-$3.4bn
(Ecopetrol, 17.Jul.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. informs that the Board of Directors approved a new organic investment plan for the Ecopetrol Group (GE) for an estimated amount between $3 billion and...
TermoCandelaria’s 2029 Senior Notes Solicitation
(TermoCandelaria, 14.Jul.2020) — TermoCandelaria Power Ltd, an electric power generation company in Colombia, which owns and operates a large portfolio of thermal power plants in Colombia, announced that it received...
Colombia’s Gamble On Oil Could End In Disaster
(Oilprice.com, 8.Jul.2020) — The latest oil price collapse coupled with the considerable economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has battered Colombia’s fragile economy. As the strife-torn Latin American country emerged...
ANH Receives Five Expressions Of Interest
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Jul.2020) — With the five expressions of interest and/or requests for the incorporation of areas presented by two companies, Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) will firmly begin...
Diego Mesa Named As Colombia’s New Mines, Energy Minister
(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Jun.2020) — Colombia’s president Ivan Duque announced his naming of Diego Mesa as the country’s new Mines and Energy Minister, replacing María Fernanda Suárez, who resigned for...
Colombia’s May Production Of Gas Rises, Oil Falls
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Jun.2020) — Colombia’s production of natural gas was 938.7 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) in May 2020, up 13.5% sequentially from 827 MMcf/d in April 2020,...
Low Prices To Weigh On Investment In LatAm
(Reuters, 23.Jun.2020) — Foreign investment in Latin America risks “drying out” due to economic turmoil and fiscal instability sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially if Chinese-led commodity demand remains weak,...
Fiscal Effects Of Covid-19, Oil Could Last Years In Colombia
(Reuters, 23.Jun.2020) — The fiscal fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices could affect Colombia for several years, Richard Francis, director of sovereign ratings at ratings agency Fitch,...
Petrobras On Binding Phase Of Assets In Colombia
(Petrobras, 12.Jun.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 21 May 2020, announces the beginning of the binding phase related to the sale of 100% of the...
CENIT’s Transport Tariffs Neutral For Ocensa
(Fitch Ratings, 1.Jun.2020) — Fitch Ratings views the agreement reached between crude oil transportation companies and producers in Colombia as credit neutral for Oleoducto Central S.A (Ocensa) (BBB-/Negative) and A.I....
Colombia Eyes Intervention In Oil Pipeline Tariffs
(Reuters, 20.May.2020) — Colombia’s government could make an unprecedented intervention in oil pipeline tariffs, which private producers have criticized as too high, the president of the country’s National Hydrocarbons Agency...
Ecopetrol 1Q:20 Earnings Call Transcript
(Motley Fool, 13.May.2020) — Executives with Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol conducted a first quarter of 2020 conference call with analyst. A full transcript of the call follows. Contents: Prepared...
Ecopetrol’s Loads At Barrancabermeja Rising
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 12.May.2020) — Fuel demand in Colombia has started to recover slightly while refinery loads at the Barrancabermeja are rising, according to comments from Ecopetrol President...
Ecopetrol Business Group Announces 1Q:20 Results
(Ecopetrol, 11.May.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. announced the Ecopetrol Group's financial results for the first quarter of 2020, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) applicable in Colombia. The...
Ecopetrol Exploring Offshore Storage Options
(Argus, 11.May.2020) — Colombia's state-controlled Ecopetrol is exploring options to expand storage capacity in response to oil market oversupply and slumping demand caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The company has...
Ecopetrol 1Q:20 Net Profit Plunges 95% On Low Prices
(Reuters, 11.May.2020) — Colombia’s majority state-owned oil company, Ecopetrol, reported on Monday a 95% fall in first-quarter net profit, which came in at 133 billion pesos ($34.3 million), following a...
GeoPark To Report 1Q:20 Results, Host Webcast
(GeoPark, 6.May.2020) — GEoPark Limited will report its consolidated financial results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2020 on Wednesday, May 13, 2020. In conjunction with the first quarter results...
Colombia Registers 25 Pipeline Attacks To Date
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 5.May.2020) — Four Colombian pipelines have been attached at least 25 times to date in 2020, according to data revealed by the country’s state oil...
Moody’s Assigns Baa3 Rating To Ecopetrol Notes
(Moody’s 24.Apr.2020) — Moody's Investors Service assigned a Baa3 rating to Ecopetrol S.A.'s proposed new global notes. The Baa3 rating on the proposed notes is based on the rating of...
Ecopetrol On 2019 Earnings Distribution
(Ecopetrol, 22.Apr.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. informs the ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting, held on 7 March 2020, approved the earnings distribution proposal presented for their consideration, which establishes the distribution of...
Ecopetrol Files Form 20-F For Fiscal Year 2019
(Ecopetrol, 20.Apr.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. announced filing of its annual report under Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the...
Gran Tierra Responds To Price Volatility, COVID-19
(Gran Tierra, 16.Apr.2020) — Gran Tierra Energy Inc. announced a business update regarding the Company's proactive measures taken to protect its financial strength in response to the large decrease in...
Barrancabermeja Unit Halted After Covid-19 Death
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 11.Apr.2020) — Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol was forced to halt work at its Barrancabermeja refinery due to the death of an employee due to...
Collapsing Demand Sets Terms In OPEC+ Battle
(WoodMac, 9.Apr.2020) — Since OPEC+’s failure to agree on production restraint on 5-6 March, the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic have become far clearer, sparking a crisis in the oil...
Brief Intro Remarks By OPEC Secretary General
(OPEC, 9.Apr.2020) — Delivered by HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, OPEC Secretary General, at the 9th (Extraordinary) OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting, 9 April 2020, via webinar. Excellencies, Over the course...
Villavicencio Initiates VillaBici Transport Options
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 7.Apr.2020) — Under the framework of World Health Day, the Villavicencio Municipal Mobility Secretariat continues with an initiative dubbed 'VillaBici' which provides alternative transportation options...
Ecopetrol: 2019 Earnings Distribution
(Ecopetrol, 28.Mar.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. informs that the ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting, held on March 27, 2020, approved the earnings distribution proposal presented for their consideration, which establishes the distribution...
Ecopetrol General Shareholders’ Meeting
(Ecopetrol, 25.Mar.2020) — In accordance with the authorizations and recommendations provided by the Colombian Financial Superintendence and the Superintendence of Companies, the President of Ecopetrol S.A. (the "Company") is permitted...
LatAm NRG Producers Sweat To Cover Costs
(Reuters, 24.Mar.2020) — A price war between the world's oil powerhouses is leaving many producers in Latin American struggling to cover production costs, boosting chances of output cuts and investment...
Frontera Responds To Lower Oil Price Environment
(Frontera, 23.Mar.2020) — Frontera Energy Corporation announced responses to the lower oil price environment caused by excess global supply and the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes a reduction in the 2020...
Latin America’s Spot Oil Sales Hit By Low Prices
(Reuters, 20.Mar.2020) — Spot sales of Latin America's heavy crudes mostly dried up this week amid a demand contraction and steep slump in oil prices that left some heavy grades...
Ecopetrol Cuts CAPEX And Other Expenses, Costs
(Ecopetrol, 17.Mar.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. informs that in an extraordinary session held on March 16, its Board of Directors adopted a set of actions to address the challenging market conditions,...
Armando Zamora To Head Colombia ANH
(ANH, 12.Mar.2020) — Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency or ANH announced appointment of Armando Zamora Reyes as its new president, replacing Luis Miguel Morelli. Zamora, a mechanical engineer and specialist in...
Bioenergy Gets Restructuring Authorization
(Ecopetrol, 12.Mar.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. published the release from its subordinate Bioenergy S.A.S, that together with Bioenergy Zona Franca S.A.S., were admitted in the reorganization process by the Superintendence of...
Gran Tierra Revises 2020 Capital Program
(Gran Tierra, 12.Mar.2020) — Gran Tierra Energy Inc. announced revisions to its 2020 capital program in response to recent commodity price volatility. All dollar amounts are in United States ("U.S.")...
Petrobras Releases Teaser For Colombian Assets
(Petrobras, 6.Mar.2020) — Petrobras has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of its fuel and lubricant distribution and marketing businesses in Colombia. This project aims to...
Frontera Announces Quarterly Dividend
(Frontera, 5.Mar.2020) — Frontera Energy Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend of C$0.205 per common share, which will be paid on or about April 16,...
Frontera Reports 4Q:19 And Year End 2019 Results
(Frontera, 5.Mar.2020) — Frontera Energy Corporation released its Consolidated Financial Statements, Management Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A"), Annual Information Form ("AIF") and Form 51-101 F1 - Statement of Reserves Data and...
Ecopetrol Restricts Travel To Asia And Europe
(Reuters, 2.Mar.2020) — Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol SA placed restrictions on business travel to all Asian and European countries on Monday in response to the coronavirus outbreak, its chief...
Ecopetrol Presents 4Q:19 And YE:19 Operations Results
(Ecopetrol, 25.Feb.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. announced the Business Group's 2019 fourth quarter and full-year financial results, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) applicable in Colombia. he figures...
Ecopetrol Closes 2019 With Proven Reserves 10% Higher
(Reuters, 20.Feb.2020) — Colombia's state-owned oil company Ecopetrol said an independent assessment found its proven reserves of oil and gas had increased 9.6% at the end of last year, equivalent...
Frontera To Announce 4Q And Full Year 2019 Results
(Frontera, 18.Feb.2020) — Frontera Energy Corporation said Fourth quarter and full year 2019 results are expected to be released after market on Thursday, March 5, 2020 followed by a conference...
Ecopetrol To Reveal 2020-2022 Business Plan
(Ecopetrol, 18.Feb.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. announces that on February 25, 2020 after market close, it will release its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year 2019,...
Frontera Reports Growth In Value Of Reserves
(Frontera, 18.Feb.2020) — Frontera Energy Corporation announced the results of its annual independent reserves assessment and provided notice of fourth quarter and full year 2019 financial results and conference call....
Ecopetrol And Shell To Develop Caribbean Gas
(Ecopetrol, 7.Feb.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. and Shell, through its subsidiary Shell EP Offshore Ventures Limited, signed an agreement whereby Shell will acquire a 50% stake in Fuerte Sur, Purple Angel...
Frontera Announces Discovery In Colombia
(Frontera, 6.Feb.2020) — Frontera Energy Corporation provided an exploration update in relation to prospects in Colombia in the Lower Magdalena Valley, including its exploration joint venture with Parex Resources Inc....
Ecopetrol Endorses Initiative To Eliminate Gas Flaring
(Ecopetrol, 30.Jan.2020) — Ecopetrol has adhered to the Bank World-let initiative called "Zero Routine Flaring by 2030", whose goal is to eliminate the routine flaring of gas in the oil...
Colombia Oil Investment To Rise 23% This Year: ACP
(Reuters, 27.Jan.2020) — Investment in Colombia’s oil industry is set to grow by 23% in 2020, the private oil producers association said on Monday, although production will be effectively flat,...
Colombia 2020 Oil Flow Seen Flat, CAPEX Up: ACP
(Argus, 27.Jan.2020) — Investment in exploration and production in Colombia will grow by an estimated 23pc to $4.97bn in 2020, but crude production will remain flat at around 890,000 b/d...
Guaido Rubbing Elbows In Surprise Foreign Trip
(Argus, 20.Jan.2020) — The US government is hoping a high-profile international tour by Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido will re-inject momentum into its protracted campaign to unseat President Nicolas Maduro....
GeoPark Closes Amerisur Acquisition
(GeoPark, 16.Jan.2020) — GeoPark Limited closed the previously announced acquisition of Amerisur Resources Plc. GeoPark acquired the entire issued share capital of Amerisur for a total cash consideration of approximately...
Colombia Boosts Monitoring To Curb Deforestation
(Reuters, 16.Jan.2020) — Colombia’s environment minister said on Thursday the Andean country will increase monitoring of its jungles and forests to fight deforestation and protect the species that call these...
Ecopetrol Reports Spill In Cerro Madera
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 11.Jan.2020) — Illegal valves were again detected stealing crude oil from the Caño Limón-Coveñas oil pipeline and subsequently produced an oil spill in Caño Veinte...
GEB Acquires 0.01% Of EDSAA Shares
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 10.Jan.2020) — Bogotá Energy Group (GEB) was awarded 0.01% of the shares of Electro Dunas S.A.A. (EDSAA) by the Lima Stock Exchange in Peru as...
Asia Eyes LatAm For Heavy Crude Amid Supply Risk
(S&P Global Platts, 8.Jan.2020) — Some Asian importers of Iraqi crude oil may scout for more heavy sour crude from Central and South America in the first quarter, as ongoing...
Colombia Inks $2.7bn In Investment Commitments
(ANH, 20.Dec.2019) — With 31 exploration and production (E&P) contracts subscribed and investment commitments of more than $2,714 million in 2019, the government of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque fulfills the...
Ecopetrol To Pay $1.1bn Extraordinary Dividend
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 16.Dec.2019) — Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol announced plans to pay a $1.1 billion extraordinary dividend in December. The dividend of $89 Colombian pesos per...
Ecopetrol Tapped For Emergency $1bn
(Forbes, Dylan Baddour, 10.Dec.2019) — As protesters continue to push demands in Colombia, the government here has asked its oil company, Ecopetrol S.A., for a billion-dollar dividend to cover its...
Parex, Ecopetrol Winners In Colombia Round
(Reuters, Oliver Griffin, 5.Dec.2019) — Companies including Canada’s Parex Resources and Ecopetrol SA won contracts to operate oil blocks in Colombia’s auction round on Thursday, as the Andean nation seeks...
Frontera Announces 2020 Capital Plan
(Frontera, 5.Dec.2019) — Frontera Energy Corporation announced full year 2020 capital plan and guidance information. All values in this news release and the Company's financial disclosures are in United States...
Fitch Confirms Ecopetrol Investment Rating
(Ecopetrol, 3.Dec.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. announced that the risk-rating agency Fitch Ratings has maintained the company's credit rating at BBB with negative outlook, and its stand-alone rating (without incorporating government...
Invenergy Expands Via Deal With Colombia’s EPM
(Invenergy, 2. Dec.2019) — Invenergy executed a strategic partnership agreement with Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM), one of Colombia's largest public electric utilities, to develop, build, and operate large-scale wind...
Ecopetrol Measures Ahead Of Shareholders’ Meeting
(Ecopetrol, 28.Nov.2019 ) — In accordance to Colombian Corporate Law and Securities Regulations concerning illegal, unauthorized and unsafe practices by the issuers of securities, the Board of Directors of Ecopetrol...
Cos. Bid On 15 Colombian Blocks
(Reuters, 26.Nov.2019) — Oil companies placed bids for just 15 of 59 blocks in Colombia's ongoing oil auction, the national hydrocarbons agency (ANH) said on Tuesday, below the ANH's hoped-for...
Ecopetrol Targets Higher CAPEX In 2020
(Ecopetrol, 25.Nov.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. reported that in 2020 the Ecopetrol Group (GE) plans to invest an expected US$4.5 to US$5.5 billion, 25% to 53% higher than the estimated 2019...
Höegh LNG Updates On Colombia, Other Ops
(Höegh LNG, 21.Nov.2019) — Höegh LNG Partners LP provided its quarterly outlook for the LNG market with details on its operations in Cartagena, Colombia. A subsidiary of the Partnership, as...
Moody’s Ecopetrol Review
(Moody’s, 21.Nov.2019) — Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has completed a periodic review of the ratings of Ecopetrol S.A. and other ratings that are associated with the same analytical unit. The...
GeoPark Announces All-Cash Deal With Amerisur
(GeoPark, 15.Nov.2019) — GeoPark Limited, a leading independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and growth platforms in Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Ecuador...
Ecopetrol And OXY Finalize Permian Deal
(Ecopetrol, 13.Nov.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. completed the joint venture transaction announced last July 31, 2019. Through this deal, the company and Occidental Petroleum Corp agreed to form a strategic alliance...
