(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 […]
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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 […]
Insurance Companies Offer Coverage To PetroEcuador
(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 […]
Novum Energy Wins Bid To Import Cutter Stock
(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 […]
PetroEcuador’s Merino Is The New ARPEL Chairman
(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 […]
The Esmeraldas refinery to produce high quality diesel
(Piero Stewart, 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 […]
Esmeraldas refinery to undergo maintenance work at non-catalytic units 2 and 3
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Nov.2020, Words: 239) — EP PetroEcuador general manager Ricardo Merino supervised scheduled maintenance work at the non-catalytic units […]
Work Starts On Vuelta Larga, Tabiazo, Crnel Highways
(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 […]
EP PetroEcuador Awards $54.8mn Insurance Policy
(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 […]
CEOs At PetroEcuador And PetroAmazonas Resign
(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 […]
Executives At Ecuador’s State Oil Entities Resign
(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, […]
Ecuador Spot Oil Sales Between 2017-2020
(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. […]
Ecuador Eyes Suspending Spot Oil Sales In 2021-22
(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, […]
Ecuador Ends Maintenance At Shushufindi Gas Plant
(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 […]
EP PetroEcuador Restarts Activities At SOTE
(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 […]
EP PetroEcuador Initiates ISO Certification Process
(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 […]
Ecuador Sues Odebrecht For $281mn Breach Of Contract
(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 […]
Ex-Vitol Trader Indicted In US Probe Of Ecuador Bribes
(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 […]
PetroEcuador Conducts Fire Drill At Port In Manabí
(Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Sep.2020) — Personnel from EP PetroEcuador participated in a fire drill conducted in the port of Jaramijó in Manabí. __________ By Piero […]
Ecuador Briefs: MENRNR Appointments
(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 […]
Ecuador’s Oil Output At 512,439 B/d: MERNNR
(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 […]
EP PetroEcuador And PetroAmazonas EP To Merge
(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 […]
EP PetroEcuador Closes 4th Spot Sale For Napo Oil
(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 +/- […]
EP PetroEcuador Awards Import Of NAO RON 93
(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 […]
EP PetroEcuador Obtains Permits From MAAE
(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 […]
Trafigura Wins Tender For 6.5 MMbbls Of Oriente Oil
(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 […]
Ecuador Applies Fuels Price Band
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.
Ecuador Seeking New Oil-backed Loan From China
(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 […]
PetroEcuador Continues With Elimination Process
(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 […]
MERNNR Extends Offers For El Aromo And Villonaco
(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 […]
MERNNR Works On Slowing Coca River Water Flow
(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, […]
PetroEcuador Monitoring Emissions At Esmeraldas
(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 […]
PetroEcuador Automates Personnel Selection Process
(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 […]
PetroEcuador Dispatches Fuel From Barbasquillo
(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 […]
EP PetroEcuador Cuts Import Budget By $191.7mn
(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 […]
Environmental Restoration Work Continues In Ecuador
(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 […]
Ecuador Oil Flow Tumbles, Pipeline Repairs Advance
(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 […]
MERNNR Extends Deadline For El Aromo, Villonaco
(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 […]
Ecuador Oil Spill In the Amazon
(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 […]
EP PetroEcuador Halts FCC Unit At Las Emeraldas
(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 […]
EP PetroEcuador Says SOTE Halted Due To Sinking
(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 […]
EP PetroEcuador Suspends Operations At La Libertad
(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 […]
EP PetroEcuador Reinforcing Security Measures At El Chorrillo
(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 […]
EP Petroecuador Says Activities Normal
(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 […]