BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Mar.2026, Words: 252) — The Esmeraldas refinery will gradually resume operations starting 16 Mar. 2026, according to Petroecuador. […]
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PetroEcuador’s Esmeraldas refinery resumes operations in Ecuador [photo journal]
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Dec.2025, Words: 336) — The fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit at the Esmeraldas refinery resumed operations in early […]
EP Petroecuador says Esmeraldas refinery resumes operations
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Jul.2025, Words: 200) — The Esmeraldas refinery has successfully started up its Crude 2 and Vacuum […]
EP Petroecuador controls fire at 110,000 b/d Esmeraldas refinery
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.May.2025) — A fire reported on 26 May 2025 at a fuel oil tank in the utility […]
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 […]
Ecuador seeks private investor to operate Esmeraldas refinery
(Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Jul.2020) — Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (MERNNR) together with state controlled EP PetroEcuador plan to define […]
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 […]
Fuel Supplies Restart In Ecuador’s Carchi Province
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 12.Oct.2019) — The fuel supply in the province of Carchi has restarted with the arrival of 12 petrol tankers with […]
EP PetroEcuador Restarts Non-Catalytic Unit #1 At Esmeraldas Refinery
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 1.May.2019) — EP PetroEcuador announced the restart on 1 May 2019 of operations at the non-catalytic unit #1 of its […]
EP PetroEcuador controls fire at Esmeraldas refinery AOV 14 tank
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 27.Sep.2018, Words: 91) — Today at approximately 12:10 pm a fire was reported at the Esmeraldas Refinery AOV 14 Asphalt […]
Esmeraldas Refinery Stoppage Delayed Until March 2019
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 22.Aug.2018) – A scheduled 54-day stoppage at the Esmeraldas Refinery for the maintenance of the Non-Catalytic 1 and Catalytic 1 […]
EP PetroEcuador Lays Out Goals for 2016
(Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Jun.2016, Clifford Fingers III) – EP PetroEcuador revealed some of its goals for 2016, reported the state company in an official statement. […]
PetroEcuador Highlights Benefits of Esmeraldas Workover
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Apr.2016, Clifford Fingers III) – EP PetroEcuador stands to gain the most from the recent workover to the Esmeraldas Refinery, reported the […]
Petroecuador Says Time to Buy Light Crude
(Reuters, 6.Oct.2015, Alexandra Valencia) – Ecuador’s state-run oil company Petroecuador said it is ready to advance discussions with 24 companies interested in supplying light crude […]
PetroEcuador Esmeraldas Refinery Restarts FCC Unit
(PetroEcuador, 18.Sep.2015) – PetroEcuador says activities initiated on September 11, 2015 to restart the fluid catalytic cracker unit at the Esmeraldas refinery, according to a […]
$1.2 Bln Esmeraldas Rehab Work Near Complete
(PetroEcuador, 18.Sep.2015) – PetroEcuador says that overhaul work is being performed on processing units at the 110,000 barrel per day (b/d) capacity Esmeraldas refinery that […]