(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Feb.2021) — Ecuador’s state oil company EP PetroEcuador announced details of its Energy Efficiency Program, which uses associated gas for electricity generation to optimize resources and minimize...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Feb.2021) — EP PetroEcuador has commenced preventive work to protect the integrity of the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE) with construction of two additional variants to the four...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jan.2021) — The long awaited merger of Ecuador’s two state oil and gas entities EP PetroEcuador and PetroAmazonas EP was approved by the South American country’s President...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Dec.2020) — Ecuador’s state entity EP PetroEcuador awarded Trafigura Pte. Ltd. a deal to import 2,800,000 barrels of premium diesel. Trafigura won the deal with a differential...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Dec.2020) — EP PetroEcuador will exclude Vitol Inc. from its list of suppliers due to the recent corruption case under investigation in the United States with respect...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Dec.2020) — Representatives of insurance companies Latina and Hispana resolved to join forces and present a single offer to safeguard the integrity and safety of the people,...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Dec.2020) — Ecuador’s state entity EP PetroEcuador awarded Novum Energy Trading Corp. a deal to import 1,260,000 barrels of cutter stock. Novum won the deal with a...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Nov.2020) — EP PetroEcuador General Manager Ricardo Merino was appointed Chairman of the Board of the Association of Oil, Gas and Biofuel Companies in Latin America and...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Nov.2020) — Maintenance work at the non-catalytic units #2 and #3 of the Las Esmeraldas Refinery included repair work on the static, rotating, and electrical equipment as...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Nov.2020) — EP PetroEcuador general manager Ricardo Merino supervised scheduled maintenance work at the non-catalytic units 2 and 3 of the Esmeraldas Refinery. Work on the units...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Nov.2020) — EP PetroEcuador general manager Ricardo Merino and Esmeraldas prefect Roberta Zambrano participated in the start of road rehabilitation work along the Vuelta Larga, Tabiazo and...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Nov.2020) — Ecuador’s state oil and gas company EP PetroEcuador awarded an $54.8mn insurance to Hispana de Seguros to cover all oil risks as well as maritime...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Nov.2020) — The CEOs of Ecuador state oil entities EP PetroEcuador, Ricardo Merino, and PetroAmazonas EP, Juan Carlos Bermeo, resigned within a 24-hour period over the weekend,...
(Reuters, 2.Nov.2020) — The chief executives of Ecuador’s two state-owned oil companies resigned over the weekend ahead of a planned merger of the two firms, the country’s energy ministry said...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Oct.2020) — EP PetroEcuador conducted 14 crude oil spot sales between 2017 and 2020, daily newspaper El Universo reported 29 October 2020. Details from Ecuador’s Energy Ministry...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Oct.2020) — Ecuador eyes suspending spot sales of crude oil during 2021 and 2022 with the aim of resuming them in 2023, daily newspaper El Universo reported...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Oct.2020) — EP PetroEcuador finalized scheduled maintenance at the Shushufindi Gas Plant located in the Sucumbíos province. Work activities took place over 14 days and included an...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Oct.2020) — EP PetroEcuador restarted operations at the 360,000 barrel per day capacity Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE by its Spanish acronym) after completion of construction works on...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Oct.2020) — EP PetroEcuador initiated the ISO 37001 certification process for an anti-bribery management system, which in its initial stage targets the contracting and purchasing processes at...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Oct.2020) — Ecuador is suing CNO SA, formerly known as Construtura Norberto Odebrecht SA, for $281mn for breach of the construction contract for the pipeline Pascuales Cuenca...
(Bloomberg, 22.Sep.2020) — A former manager at Vitol Group, the world’s largest independent oil-trading firm, was indicted for allegedly bribing Ecuadorian government officials to get business for his firm with...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Sep.2020) — Personnel from EP PetroEcuador participated in a fire drill conducted in the port of Jaramijó in Manabí. Source: EP PetroEcuador Source: EP PetroEcuador Source: EP...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Sep.2020) — Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (MENRNR) announced new appointments at EP PetroEcuador and SCAN. Merino Avendaño Appointed New EP PetroEcuador General Manger...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Sep.2020) — South America’s Ecuador, formerly a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), announced production of crude oil reached 512,439 barrels per day on...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Aug.2020) — Ecuador’s state oil and gas entities EP PetroEcuador and PetroAmazonas EP have been given the go ahead for a merger that will go into effect...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Aug.2020) — EP PetroEcuador held the last spot tender of the year, and in so doing awarded the export of 5,400,000 +/- 5% barrels of Napo crude...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Aug.2020) — EP PetroEcuador awarded the importation of 2,950,000 barrels of High-Octane Naphtha (NAO) RON 93 to Trafigura Pte, which won the auction offering a differential of...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Aug.2020) — EP PetroEcuador, through the Suez-Ecuambiente consortium, obtained cross-border permits from Panama and France, as well as authorization from the Ministry of the Environment and Water...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Aug.2020) — Ecuador’s state oil company EP PetroEcuador awarded the third spot market sale of 2020 for a volume of 6,480,000 barrels of Oriente crude oil of...
EP PetroEcuador will apply the fixation and publication of prices in Ecuador’s clean products terminals in compliance with executive decree no. 1054 of 19 May 2020, by means of which the “regulation of prices of petroleum derivatives” was amended.
(Argus, 13.Jul.2020) — Ecuador's austerity-minded government is in discussions with China to secure a new loan backed by oil sales. The fresh loan of at least $1.4bn would be secured...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Jul.2020) — Technical staff with the Consortium Suez-Ecuambiente continues with previous work related to the export of hazardous waste from the Las Esmeraldas refinery, which consists of...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Jul.2020) — René Ortiz, the head of Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (MERNNR) extended terms for the delivery of technical and economic offers --...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Jul.2020) — René Ortiz, head of Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (MERNNR), CELEC EP General Manager Gonzalo Uquillas Vallejo, and Ecuador’s Hydrocarbon Vice Minister...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 30.May.2020) — Ecuador’s state oil company EP Petroecuador is monitoring emissions at the Esmeraldas refinery, especially those of sulfur dioxide (SOx) even though preliminary reports...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 12.May.2020) — State oil company EP PetroEcuador automated the personnel selection process across Ecuador for the first time with use of a technological platform that...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 7.May.2020) — EP PetroEcuador on 2 May 2020 started dispatching super gasoline from the Barbasquillo Clean Products Terminal located in Manta in order to satisfy...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 5.May.2020) — EP PetroEcuador reprogrammed its imports of high-octane naphtha ron 93, naphtha ron 80, premium diesel, cutter stock and diesel oil. “Derivatives imports have...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 1.May.2020) — Intervention activities continue at 40 defined sites in Ecuador, of which at least 220 focal points have been established to concentrate on environmental...
(Argus, 15.Apr.2020) — Ecuador's oil production dwindled to just 68,000 b/d on 13 April in the wake of weather-related pipeline ruptures last week, forcing state-owned PetroEcuador to reprogram most crude...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 14.Apr.2020) — Ecuador will extend the deadline for the submission of offers within the public selection processes for concession of the El Aromo (200 megawatt)...
(AmazonWatch, 9.Apr.2020) — Ecuador’s state-run oil company, EP PETROECUADOR, reported the pipeline bursts of the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline (SOTE), the OCP (Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados-Heavy Crude Pipeline), and the Poliducto Shishufindi-Quito...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 8.Apr.2020) — EP PetroEcuador announced an issue related to the National Interconnected System (SNI) on 7 April 2020 caused an unscheduled failure in the process...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 7.Apr.2020) — EP PetroEcuador announced suspension of operations at the Sistema de Oleducto Transecuatoriano (SOTE) due to the sinking of a portion of the pipeline...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 3.Apr.2020) — State oil company EP PetroEcuador announced plans to suspend activities at the La Libertad refinery located in Santa Elena province for 14 days,...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 26.Mar.2020) — EP PetroEcuador is reinforcing security measures at its facilities to face the country's health emergency, including measures at the El Chorrillo LPG Storage...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 18.Mar.2020) — Ecuador’s state oil company EP PetroEcuador announced 18 March 2020 in an official statement that it guarantees normal development of its activities and...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 18.Mar.2020) — Ecuador’s state oil company EP PetroEcuador has begun to implement office protocols to reduce the spread of coronvirus. Once Ecuador declared a health...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 18.Nov.2020) — Ecuador’s state oil company EP PetroEcuador awarded the company Gunvor S.A. a deal for the importation of 590,000 barrels of Nafta Ron N°...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 14.Mar.2020) — Ecuador’s government has issued a sanitary emergency decree in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to details revealed in an official statement from...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 11.Mar.2020) — EP PetroEcuador General Manager Pablo Flores supervised operations at the Esmeraldas Maritime Port and the Balao Maritime Terminal, which are part of the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 19.Feb.2020) — Ecuador’s state oil entity EP Petroecuador awarded its first spot market sale of 2020 to refining company Phillips 66 Company. The deal is...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 21.Feb.2020) — Empresa Pública PetroEcuador completed negotiations with Thailand state-owned company PTT International Trading PTE. LTD. related to reprogrammed 6,480,000 barrels of crude oil, equivalent...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 23.Jan.2020) — An inter-institutional agreement between EP PetroEcuador and the municipalities of Manta, Jaramijó and Montecristi aims to provide a solution to problems related to...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 3.Jan.2019) — Ecuador’s state oil company PetroAmazonas EP boosted its production of crude oil by 4% in 2019, according to the country’s Ministry of Energy...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 26.Dec.2019) — A scheduled stoppage at the Bajo Alto Natural Gas Liquefaction Plant located in the El Guabo in the province of El Oro concluded...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 25.Dec.2019) — EP PetroEcuador initiated start-up activities on 25 December 2019 at the Crude Unit 2 (R2) of the Shushufindi Refinery, located in the province...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 22.Dec.2019) — EP PetroEcuador announced that technicians from the company will carry out installation of a new 5.6-kilometer stretch of pipeline tubing that transports Cutter...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 20.Dec.2019) — Operations at the Shushufindi-Quito poly-duct pipeline have been halted due to a fissure detected in the Baeza sector, which lead to the spill...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 20.Dec.2019) — EP PetroEcuador awarded Lukoil Pan Americas Llc a contract to import 1,770,000 barrels of Naphtha Ron 85, a mixing component in the production...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 16.Dec.2019) — EP PetroEcuador awarded Trafigura Pte. Ltd. a contract to import of 3,360,000 barrels +/- 2% of Premium Diesel. The fuel will be imported...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 29.Nov.2019) — EP Petroecuador awarded the export of 380,000 barrels of Fuel Oil No. 4 to Freepoint Commodities LLC. Freepoint won the contract by presenting...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 28.Nov.2019) — Ecuador’s state oil and gas company EP Petroecuador awarded Glencore Ltd. a contract to import 1,050,000 barrels of Cutter Stock. Glencore won the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 22.Nov.2019) — Ecuador’s new oil minister José Agusto announced the South American country continues with plans for another bid round, while he added the country...
(Reuters, 19.Nov.2019) — Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno on Tuesday named a close ally as the new energy minister as the Andean nation seeks to boost oil production and expand its...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 20.Oct.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to EP PetroEcuador lifting force majeure and the programmed stoppage at the Esmeraldas Refinery. PetroEcuador...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 9.Oct.2019) — Ecuador’s Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE) halted operations at 1pm on Oct. 9. The stoppage was due to the low delivery of crude oil...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 9.Oct.2019) — Operations at the SOTE have been affected during protests in Ecuador and resultantly operations have been reduced to 30% of capacity, due to...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 4.Sep.2019) — Ecuador’s state oil company EP PetroEcuador awarded the export of 1,080,000 +/- 5% barrels of 17-degree API Napo crude oil to Repsol Trading...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 4.Jul.2019) — Trafigura Pte. Ltd. was awarded a deal by EP Petroecuador for the export of 340,000 barrels ± 3% of Vacuum Gas Oil (VGO)....
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.Jun.2019) — EP Petroecuador awarded Glencore Ltda. a deal to import 1,890,000 barrels ± 2% of cutter stock, a diluent used in the preparation of...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky and Ian Silverman, 25.Jun.2019) — Heard on the street related to the Latin America and Caribbean upstream, midstream, downstream and renewable energies sectors. ARGENTINA --...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 6.Jun.2019) — EP PetroEcuador awarded for export 3,960,000 barrels of Oriente crude oil of 24-degree API plus/minus 5% to Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company LLC,...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 20.May.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to the Petroamazonas EP and contracts for $78.1 million with China’s CNPC And Sinopec, optimized...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 19.May.2019) — Petroamazonas EP’s production of crude oil in the first four months of 2019 peaked at 428,780 barrels per day of equivalents, up 5.42%...
