(SAExploration, 12.Apr.2017) — SAExploration Holdings, Inc. (SAE) announced the signing of a three year agreement with Hocol S.A. to be its provider of seismic acquisition services in Colombia. Founded in...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 15.Mar.2017) – The Oxford Business Group said that Colombia only stands to benefit from further internationalizing its currency as it attempts to diversify its sources...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 10.Mar.2017) – Colombian energy generator TermoCandelaria was fined 35,410 million pesos, equivalent to 48,000 minimum salaries, by the country’s Public Services Superintendent. The entity justified...
(Gran Tierra Energy Inc., 1.Mar.2017) – Gran Tierra Energy Inc. intends to implement a normal course issuer bid through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and the NYSE...
(GeoPark Limited, 2.Mar.2017) – GeoPark Limited announced the successful drilling and testing of the Jacana 11 appraisal well in the Jacana oil field in the Llanos 34 Block (GeoPark operated...
(Gran Tierra Energy Inc., 1.Mar.2017) – Gary Guidry, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gran Tierra, commented "2017 is off to an exciting start for Gran Tierra. We are pleased...
(Ecopetrol, 27.Feb.2017) – The Chief Executive Officer of Ecopetrol S.A. announced details of the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting held on March 31, 2017 at the International Center of Business and...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 17.Feb.2017) – This valuation was made at a regulatory price of $44.5/barrel, lower prices negatively impacted 202 million barrels … Ecopetrol S.A. announced its proven reserves (1P, according...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 15.Feb.2017) – Ecopetrol S.A. reported results of the fourth auction corresponding to Stage Two of the Program to Transfer and Award its 28,465,035 shares of Empresa de Energía...
(LNG World, 10.Feb.2017) — Norway-based Höegh LNG’s FSRU Höegh Grace began commercial operations in Cartagena, Colombia at the end of last year. https://vimeo.com/203090483 The Höegh Grace, used as Colombia’s first LNG import...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 8.Feb.2017) – Ecopetrol S.A. announced on February 8, 2017, as established in the Offering Notice of Second Stage, the company published the offering notice regarding the fourth auction...
(GeoPark Limited, 6.Feb.2017) – GeoPark Limited announced its independent oil and gas reserves assessment, certified by DeGolyer and MacNaughton (D&M), under PRMS methodology, as of December 31, 2016. Year-End 2016...
(GeoPark Limited, 2.Feb.2017) – GeoPark Limited announced new drilling successes in the Llanos 34 Block (GeoPark operated with a 45% working interest), in Colombia, consisting of: Discovery of the new...
(Gran Tierra Energy Inc., 30.Jan.2017) – Gran Tierra Energy Inc. announced its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2016. Unless otherwise expressly stated,...
(Gran Tierra Energy Inc., 23.Jan.2017) – Gran Tierra Energy Inc. announced its 2016 year-end estimated reserves as evaluated by independent qualified reserve evaluator McDaniel & Associates Consultants Ltd. in a...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 4.Jan.2017) – Venezuela, the South American country with the region’s largest crude oil and natural gas reserves, initiated the sale of its gasoline in Paraguachón,...
(GeoPark Limited, 4.Jan.2017) – GeoPark Limited announced the successful drilling and testing of the Tigana Sur 4 development well in the Tigana oil field in the Llanos 34 Block (GeoPark...
(GeoPark Limited, 4.Jan.2017) – GeoPark Limited announced appointment of Mr. Michael D. Dingman as a new member of the Board of Directors of the company, effective January 1, 2017. Dingman...
(Fitch, 1.Jan.2017) – Ecopetrol S.A. reported that on March 14, 2017, rating agency Fitch Ratings improved the outlook for the company's rating from a negative to a stable outlook. At...
(Ecopetrol, 12.Dec.2016) – Ecopetrol S.A. reported the risk rating agency Fitch Ratings kept the company at investment grade, with an international rating of BBB. Fitch notes the important link between...
(Ecopetrol, 10.Dec.2016) – Ecopetrol S.A. announced that on December 10, 2016, as established in the Offering Notice of Second Stage, the company published the offering notice regarding the fourth auction...
(Gran Tierra Energy Inc., 29.Nov.2016) – Gran Tierra Energy Inc. closed the previously announced underwritten public offering of shares of its common stock. The company sold 43,335,000 shares of its...
(Gran Tierra Energy Inc., 28.Nov.2016) – Gran Tierra Energy Inc. announced that it submitted winning bids totaling a combined $30.4 million for two blocks which Ecopetrol S.A., Colombia's national oil...
(GeoPark Limited, 23.Nov.2016) – GeoPark Limited announced the successful testing of the Jacana 6 appraisal well in the Jacana Oil Field in the Llanos 34 Block (GeoPark operated with a...
[caption id="attachment_564" align="alignnone" width="1088"] Amuay refinery in Venezuela. Source: Pietro D. Pitts[/caption] (Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 14.Sep.2016) – On a brief taxi ride from Punto Fijo’s Josefa Camejo...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 4.Jul.2016) – Venezuela plans to soon initiate shipments of natural gas to Colombia, reported Venezuela's new agency AVN, citing the country's Oil Minister Eulogio Del...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 24.Jun.2016) – Ecopetrol S.A. announced that it launched 'Ronda Campos 2016,' a public and competitive bidding process, the objective of which is to offer to oil and gas...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 15.Jun.2016) – Demand for fuels in Colombia increased 11 percent due to the closing of the border with Venezuela, wrote Colombia's Energy Vice Minister in...
(Ecopetrol, 10.Jun.2016) — Ecopetrol S.A. reports that, on 8 June 2016, based on the authorization granted by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Resolution 1657 of 7 June 2016)...
(Ecopetrol S.A. 10.Jun.2016) – Ecopetrol S.A. reports that, on June 8, 2016, based on the authorization granted by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Resolution 1657 of June 7,...
(GeoPark Limited, 8.Jun.2016) – GeoPark Limited announced the start-up of its drilling program in the Llanos 34 Block (GeoPark operated with a 45 percent working interest) in Colombia. GeoPark’s 2016...
(Gran Tierra Energy Inc., 8.Jun.2016) – Gran Tierra Energy Inc. announced the receipt of a positive decision from the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá Center for Arbitration and Conciliation tribunal...
(Fitch Ratings, 8.Jun.2018) – Fitch Ratings rates the $500 million reopening of Ecopetrol S.A.'s 5.875% notes due in 2023 'BBB'. The company expects to use the proceeds from the proposed...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 7.Jun.2016) – Ecopetrol S.A. announced that its Board of Directors, in a session held on June 6, 2016, approved the implementation of "Hedge of a net investment in...
(Moody's, 4.Jun.2016) – Oleoducto Central S.A. (Ocensa) is the largest crude oil pipeline and the only public-use pipeline in Colombia. Its pipeline is ~845 km in length with 745,000 b/d...
(Ecopetrol S.A. 2.Jun.2016) – Ecopetrol S.A. announced that on June 1, 2016, through the X-STREAM trading system of the Colombian Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores de Colombia S.A.), the second...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 1.Jun.2016) – Colombia needs to invest an estimated $7 billion per year over a ten-year period or under to remain self-sufficient in the production of...
(Gran Tierra Energy Inc., 31.May.2016) – Gran Tierra is increasing its base 2016 capital budget by $33 million to $43 million to a revised total of $140 million to $150...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 21.May.2016) – Mexican conglomerate Alfa considers its entire $1 billion in investment in Pacific Exploration & Production -- the Canadian oil company with operations in...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 11.May.2016) – Colombia needs to reinforce existing regulations to stimulate public and private sector investments in sustainable energy projects and improve its energy efficiency, announced...
(Ecopetrol S.A. 10.May.206) – Ecopetrol S.A. announced that Moody's Investors Service has maintained Ecopetrol's credit rating at Baa3. This confirmation means that the company will retain its investment grade rating,...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 10.May.2016) – EIG Global Energy Partners has proposed a $250 million capital injection in ailing oil producers Pacific Exploration & Production Corp. as part of...
(Moody's, 4.May.2016) – Moody's affirmed Oleoducto Central, S.A.'s (Ocensa) Baa3 senior unsecured ratings. The rating outlook was changed to negative from positive. Ratings Rationale "The equalization of Ocensa's ratings and...
(By Ecopetrol S.A. 3.May.2016) – Ecopetrol S.A. announced Ecopetrol Group's financial results for the first quarter of 2016, prepared and filed in Colombian pesos (COP$) and under International Financial Reporting...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 27.Apr.2016) – Ecopetrol S.A. announced that in light of the current low crude oil price environment, and with the aim of protecting the company's cash flow and financial...
(Gran Tierra Energy Inc., 6.Apr.2016) – Gran Tierra Energy Inc. announced, through one of its wholly owned subsidiaries, recently transacted Colombian peso (COP) hedges with two banks, providing additional stability...
(Gran Tierra Energy Inc., 6.Apr.2016) – Gran Tierra Energy Inc. announced that it has completed its previously announced offering of $100 million aggregate principal amount of 5.0% Convertible Senior Notes...
(GeoPark Limited, 27.Aug.2015) – GeoPark Limited announces a new oil field discovery following drilling of exploration well Chachalaca 1, located on the Llanos 34 Block in Colombia. GeoPark operates and...
(Pacific Rubiales, 14.Aug.2015) — Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. changed its corporate name to Pacific Exploration and Production Corporation. The name change reflects the company's broader focus in Latin America as...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 14.Aug.2015) – Due to the resignation of Mr. Gonzalo Restrepo Lopez and the election of his replacement, the CEO of Ecopetrol S.A. hereby calls on Shareholders to attend...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 5.Aug.2015) – Ecopetrol announced Ecopetrol Corporate Group's financial results for the 2Q:15 and the 1H:15, prepared and filed in Colombian pesos (COP$) and on the basis of International...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 28.Jul.2015) – Ecopetrol informs that at a depth of 3720 meters, the Kronos-1 well verified the presence of hydrocarbons in ultra-deepwater of Colombian south Caribbean area. This discovery...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 19.Jul.2015) – Ecopetrol reports that, at the Board of Directors' meeting on July 17, 2015, the Board of Directors decided as follows: -- To accept the resignation of...
(GeoPark Limited, 6.Jul.2015) – GeoPark Limited announced the results of an independent audit of the company's exploration resources as of 31.Dec.2014, prepared by Gaffney, Cline & Associates (GCA). GeoPark has...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 1.Jul.2015) – Ecopetrol S.A. reported that the credit rating agency Standard & Poor's has maintained Ecopetrol's long term corporate credit rating at BBB with a stable outlook. S&P's...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 25.Jun.2015) – Ecopetrol S.A. reported that the credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service has maintained Ecopetrol's long term international rating at Baa2 with a stable outlook. Moody's mentioned...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 24.Jun.2015) – Ecopetrol S.A. at the direction of the Finance Superintendence, hereby publishes the earnings distribution proposal that was approved by the Shareholders Assembly of 26.Mar.2015. Accordingly, regarding...
(Gran Tierra Energy Inc., 24.Jun.2015) – Gran Tierra Energy Inc. announced an increased 2015 capital program. The increased capital is intended to provide accelerated development drilling at the company's core...
(Moody's, 23.Jun.2015) – Moody's affirmed Ecopetrol S.A.'s Baa2 ratings and assigned a Baa2 rating to the company's up to $1.5 billion in proposed notes due 2026. The proposed securities are...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 22.Jun.2015) – Fitch Ratings affirmed Ecopetrol S.A.'s foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings at 'BBB' and 'BBB+', respectively. Concurrently, Fitch has affirmed the company's national scale short...
(Ecopetrol, 26.May.2015) – Ecopetrol S.A.'s Board of Directors approved a new corporate strategy aimed at guaranteeing the company's long-term sustainability, in which value generation based on efficient barrels and shareholder...
(Ecopetrol, 12.May.2015) – Ecopetrol S.A. reports the Group's financial results for the 1Q:15, prepared and filed in Colombian pesos (COP$) and on the basis of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)....
(Gran Tierra Energy Inc., 11.May.2015) – Gran Tierra Energy Inc. announced several new executive appointments effective immediately: Ryan Ellson, Chief Financial Officer; Alan Johnson, Vice President, Asset Management; Lawrence West,...
(Gran Tierra Energy Inc., 6.May.2015) – Gran Tierra Energy Inc. announced its financial and operating results for the quarter ended 31.Mar.2015. All dollar amounts are in U.S.A. dollars unless otherwise...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 14.Apr.2015) – Ecopetrol S.A. announced that pursuant to the procedures required by Law 226 of 1995, the Council of Ministers has issued an opinion in favor of the...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 14.Apr.2015) – Ecopetrol S.A., as part of the procedures required for keeping available debt alternatives to finance its investment plan, has obtained authorization from the Ministry of Finance...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Mar.2015) – Information in this section, provided by Energy Analytics Institute editors and reporters, is hearsay and thus should be treated as such. REGARDING COLOMBIA * A...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 28.Mar.2015) – Ecopetrol S.A. hereby reports that, at the shareholders' meeting held on March 26, 2015 , the following amendments to the rules and procedures governing our shareholders'...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 26.Mar.2015) – External issues deprived Ecopetrol of the ability to produce 64,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2014 as follows: An estimated 28,000 b/d was...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 26.Mar.2015) – Ecopetrol S.A. hereby reports that, at the Shareholders' General Assembly held on March 26, 2015, the following changes were made to its bylaws: The following corporate...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 26.Mar.2015) – Ecopetrol continues to be a solid company with many growth opportunities in its different business segments, said Ecopetrol’s outgoing president Javier Genaro Gutiérrez...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 25.Mar.2015) – Ecopetrol's shareholder assembly approved a dividend equivalent to 70 percent of the 7.81 billion peso profit obtained in 2014. The total dividend was...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 25.Mar.2015) – During the first two months of 2015 Ecopetrol's production remained around 725 Mb/d primarily due to record production at the Castilla and Chichimene...
(CGG, 19.Mar.2015) – France's CGG has been awarded a contract by a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to acquire and process a 6,299-square mile (16,314square kilometers) 3D seismic survey on...
(Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp, 14.Mar.2015) – Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. and Ecopetrol, S.A. have agreed not to extend the Rubiales and Pirirí Field Association Contracts, expiring in June 2016 ....