(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Jul.2022) — Energy briefs including Ecuador’s state oil giant EP PetroEcuador eying recovery by the end of July 2022 of all the […]
Tag: EP PetroEcuador
EP PetroEcuador Comments on Impact of Ongoing Unrest
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Jun.2022) — Ongoing social unrest, which started on 13 June 2022, in Ecuador’s Amazon region has led to the closure of oil […]
Social Unrest Impacts Ecuador’s Oil Production
(Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Jun.2022) — Social unrest in Ecuador is again impacting the operations of state owned EP PetroEcuador in the Amazon region of the […]
Ecuador Declares Force Majeure for Oil, State of Exception over Protests
(Reuters, 18.Jun.2022) — Ecuador’s state-owned oil company Petroecuador declared force majeure late on Saturday over the impact of protests against the government’s social and economic […]
Ecuador Seeks Partner to Stop Gas Flaring as Anger Rises in the Amazon
(Reuters, 17.Jun.2022) — Ecuador oil company Petroecuador says it is working to shut down gas flares in the Amazon to comply with a court-imposed deadline, […]
PetroEcuador Seeks Partner to Develop Block 6
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Jun.2022) — Ecuador’s state-owned EP PetroEcuador is eying a bidding process to select a strategic partner to develop Block 6 in the […]
NRGBriefs: Mexico Approves Mining Reform; Argentine Inflation Around 6.7%
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies approving the Mining Law reform, which reserves exploration, exploitation and use of lithium […]
NRGBriefs: Argentina Grants Chevron El Trapial Este Concession
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentina granting the El Trapial Este hydrocarbon concession to Chevron; and EP PetroEcuador reporting average production of […]
NRGBriefs: Ecoanalitica Sees Venezuela’s Oil Rising Between 31%-91% in 2022
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Caracas-based Econanalitica is forecasting Venezuela’s oil production and oil income will grow in 2022 vs 2021 under […]
NRGBriefs: Venezuela’s Oil Minister on Oil Market Stability and Supply
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including the US Energy Department saying it is ready to execute the president of the United States’ authorization […]
Frontera Finds 27.2 Degree API Light Oil At The Tui-1 Well In Ecuador
(Frontera, 24.Mar.2022) — Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) has discovered 27.2 degree API light crude oil at the Tui-1 exploration well on the Perico block […]
Shell Among Companies Chasing Ecuadorian Oil After Russia Sanctions
(Bloomberg, 16.Mar.2022) — U.S. refiners Valero Energy Corp and Marathon Petroleum Corp., along with Shell Plc’s trading unit Shell Western Supply and Trading, are rushing to secure Ecuadorian […]
NRGBriefs: EP PetroEcuador Lays Out Production Plans 2022-26
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including Ecuador’s state-owned EP PetroEcuador laying out plans for investments of $12bn to almost double production to 804,323 […]
NRGBriefs: Maduro Says No Presidential Elections Until At Least 2025
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including Colombia signing a MOU w/ The Netherlands to create a hydrogen export channel; Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro […]
NRGBriefs: Argentina’s President Meets with Putin
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including Grupo Energía Bogotá commencing assembly of the first tower of its north project in Chocontá (Cundinamarca); Argentina’s […]
NRGBriefs: De Novo Prepares Zandolie’s Subsea Structure
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Jan.2022) — Energy briefs including EP PetroEcuador and Abastecedora Ecuatoriana de Combustibles S.A. (ABASTIBLES S.A.) signing a petroleum products contract; shares of […]
Petroecuador Hopes to Boost Output to 425,000 boe/d by End of Year
(Reuters, 19.Jan.2022) — Ecuador’s state-owned oil company, Petroecuador, is targeting average output of 425,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed) by the end of […]
EP PetroEcuador Continues with Work on Pipeline Bypasses
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Jan.2022) — EP PetroEcuador continues with work on a seventh bypass for the Trans-Ecuadorian Oil Pipeline System (SOTE) aimed at protecting the […]
NRGBriefs: Bolivia’s Urea Exports to Argentina, Brazil, and Peru
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jan.2022) — Energy briefs including Bolivia’s urea production gaining mkt shr in Argentina, Brazil and Peru in less than 4 mths; Chile […]
Ecuador Continues to Recover Production, Transport, Refining Operations
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jan.2022) — Ecuador’s oil production has returned to 93% of levels seen before preventive stoppages were executed at the country’s oil and […]
Ecuador Oil Sector to See Busy Year
(S&P Global Platts, 3.Jan.2022) — Ecuador’s oil and gas industry is on track for a busy year of privatization and E&P contract overhauls in 2022 […]
NRGBriefs: Venezuela’s Oil Minister El Aissami Says He’s Fine
(Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including EP PetroEcuador announcing it has sufficient fuel supplies at all its terminals despite transport issues impacting Ecuador’s […]
Ecuador Declares Force Majeure On All Oil Contracts
(Bloomberg, 13.Dec.2021) — Ecuador declared force majeure on all oil contracts, including exports and imports, as the threat of soil erosion forced the shutdown of […]
NRGBriefs: EP PetroEcuador Awards Export Deals
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including the IMF advising Argentina to lower its deficit and estimating Venezuela’s inflation at 2,700% this yr, Colombia’s […]
NRGBriefs: ANH Eyes 17th Bid Round
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including Brazil’s ANP holding its 17th bid round; Ecuador’s oil production holding steady; Panama’s Generadora Gatún natural gas […]
LatAmBriefs: TGI Eyes Buenaventura LNG Import Project
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Aug.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentina fining Edesur and Edenor; Transportadora de Gas Internacional (TGI) […]
LatAm Briefs: Raizen IPO, Bolivian Gas
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Aug.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentina’s YPF Sociedad Anónima repurchasing Class XII Notes, YPFB and […]
LatAm Briefs: Rio Negro Drilling, Ecuador Production
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jul.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: plans to reactivate 77 wells in Argentina’s Río Negro region, […]
Ecuador Races To Move Oil Pipelines
(Reuters, 1.Jul.2021) — Two dozen workers using six excavators cleared a strip of heavy forest in the foothills of Ecuador’s Reventador volcano on an overcast […]
Switzerland Investigates Gunvor Links To Ecuador
(Reuters, 30.Jun.2021) — Swiss prosecutors said on Wednesday they are investigating whether bribery, money laundering or other crimes linked to Ecuador oil trading were committed […]
LatAm Briefs: Chile’s Green Plans, Venezuelan Oil Output
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Jun.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Chile and Germany inking a green hydrogen deal, EP PetroEcuador […]
Ecuador Begins Crude Exports In Larger Vessels
(Reuters, 28.Jun.2021) — Ecuador for the first time on Monday exported a cargo of one of its flagship crudes, Oriente, aboard a very large crude […]
LatAm Briefs: EP PetroEcuador Tenders, Ofac License Extension To Chevron
(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Jun.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: EP PetroEcuador generating $768mn thru ten tenders of Oriente and […]
EP PetroEcuador To Tender For Oriente, Napo Crude Oils
(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Jun.2021) — EP PetroEcuador will hold two new spot sales on 3 June 2021, including one for the export of 2,160,000 barrels […]
Ecuador Indigenous Protestors Block Access To Petroecuador Oil Field
(Reuters, 15.May.2021) — An indigenous community in Ecuador’s Amazon region is blocking access to one of state oil company Petroecuador‘s main fields in a protest […]
Trafigura Wins Bid To Export Fuel Oil No. 6
(Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Apr.2021) — EP Petroecuador awarded Singapore’s Trafigura PTE. LTD. an export deal for 1,900,000 barrels of Fuel Oil No. 6. The volume […]
EP PetroEcuador Opens Doors To Corruption Investigation
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Apr.2021) — EP PetroEcuador offered Ecuador’s attorney general’s office access to all the necessary facilities it sees fit to collect any type […]
LatAm Briefs: Lasso Wins Run-off, Ecuador Oil Output
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Apr.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Guillermo Lasso Mendoza winning Ecuador’s run-off election and Andean oil […]
Ecuador Bonds Rally As Millionaire Banker Wins Ecuadorian Presidency
(Bloomberg, 11.Apr.2021) — Ecuadorean bonds rallied after career banker Guillermo Lasso won the presidential election with a late surge in support, reassuring investors in the […]
Tipco Wins Bid To Export Napo Crude
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Apr.2021) — EP PetroEcuador awarded the Thai company Tipco Asphalt Public Company Limited a deal for the export of 720,000 barrels of […]
Trafigura Wins Bid For Oriente Crude
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Apr.2021) — EP PetroEcuador awarded an export deal for 1,080,000 barrels of Oriente crude to Singapore company Trafigura PTE. LTD. The volume […]
EP PetroEcuador Continues With Preventive Pipeline Work
(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Apr.2021) — One year after the rupture of the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE), the Shushufindi-Quito Products Pipeline, operated by EP PetroEcuador, and […]
EP PetroEcuador Dispatches 517 Million Gallons Of Fuel
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Apr.2021) — During the first quarter of 2021, EP PetroEcuador dispatched 516.72 million gallons of fuel including Super, Extra, Ecopaís, Artisanal Fishing […]
LatAm Briefs: Kircher On IMF, OCP President Resignation
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Mar.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentina’s Cristina Kircher insisting the International Monetary Fund (IMF) give […]
LatAm Briefs: PDVSA Pipeline Attack, EP PetroEcuador Replanting
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Mar.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Venezuela state oil giant denouncing an attack on a pipeline […]
EP PetroEcuador Reveals Energy Efficiency Program
(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 […]
PetroEcuador Starts Work On Two SOTE Variants
(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 […]
EP PetroEcuador Completes Merger With PetroAmazonas
(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 […]
Trafigura Wins Bid To Import Premium Diesel
(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 […]
EP PetroEcuador Excludes Vitol From List Of Providers
(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 […]