(Ecopetrol, 1.Dec.2023) — On 30 Nov. 2023, Ecopetrol‘s Board of Directors approved maintaining investment levels between 23tn and 27tn Colombian pesos in 2024, aligning with the commitment to energy security and the country’s energy transition under the 2040 “Transforming Energy” Strategy. Highlights: Approximately 19tn pesos will be allocated to profitable production, with daily averages […]
Tag: Interconexión Eléctrica
Moody’s Maintains Ecopetrol Rating
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Sep.2021) — Moody’s Investors Service affirmed the credit rating of Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol S.A. at Baa3 but changed its outlook from Stable to Negative. The rating agency expects the proposed acquisition by Ecopetrol of 51.4% of the outstanding shares of Interconexión Eléctrica S.A. ESP (ISA) […]
Ecopetrol closes ISA transaction
(Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Aug.2021) — Colombia’s state oil giant Ecopetrol S.A. announced on 20 Aug. 2021 that closing conditions set forth in the inter-administrative contract, dated 11 August, between the Bogotá-based company and the Colombian Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (MHCP by its Spanish acronym) were satisfactorily […]
Ecopetrol Gets Go Ahead For $4bn Loan For ISA Acquisition
(Ecopetrol, 16.Aug.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL;NYSE: EC) informs that by means of Resolution 1928 of 13 August 2021, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (MHCP) authorized the company to enter into an external credit loan with international banks for up to four billion dollars ($4bn), whose exclusive purpose […]
Ecopetrol To Pay $3.7bn For ISA Stake
(Ecopetrol, 11.Aug.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL;NYSE: EC) informs that on 11 August 2021, it signed the Inter-administrative Share Purchase Agreement with the Colombian Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (MHCP), through which the company agreed to acquire 569,472,561 shares of Interconexión Eléctrica S.A. ESP (ISA), equivalent to 51.4% of […]
Ecopetrol Extends Exclusivity Period Related To Potential ISA Acquisition
(Ecopetrol, 24.Jun.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL;NYSE: EC) informs that the Exclusivity Agreement signed with the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (MHCP) on 12 February 2021, in connection with Ecopetrol’s potential acquisition of MHCP’s 51.4% stake in Interconexión Eléctrica S.A. (ISA), has been extended until 31 August 2021. The […]
Investor’s Fear Colombia Pressured Ecopetrol
(Bloomberg, 28.Feb.2021) — The deal, as investors from Bogota to New York see it, has all the markings of a cash-strapped federal government forcing a state-run company to bail it out. Ecopetrol SA, Colombia’s biggest oil company, would hand over about $4 billion to the government in exchange for control […]
Ecopetrol Updates On Offer To Acquire ISA Stock
(Ecopetrol, 8.Feb.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A,, pursuant to the provisions set forth in Article 5.2.4.1.6 – Decree 2555/2010, does hereby confirm the information published in several media outlets that last 5 February 2021, received a written communication issued by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, whom, among other things, announced […]
Ecopetrol’s Bid For ISA Ratifies Govt Linkage
(Fitch Ratings, 28.Jan.2021) — Ecopetrol’s (BBB-/Negative) non-binding offer for the Colombian government’s 51.4% stake in Interconexion Electrica (ISA, BBB+/Negative) ratifies the company’s close linkage with the government, according to Fitch Ratings. Although Fitch does not expect the transaction to impact Ecopetrol’s ratings, as they will continue to be equalized with […]
Colombia Said To Review Divesting Stake In ISA
(Bloomberg, 6.Jan.2021) — Colombia’s government is reviewing plans to sell a stake in Interconexion Electrica SA that is attracting interest from publicly owned companies, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. Grupo Energia Bogota is among companies considering a bid for the stake in the transmission company, while […]
Opinion Favors Sale of Ecopetrol Stake in Eléctrica
(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 planned sale of Ecopetrol’s equity stake in Interconexión Eléctrica S.A. E.S.P. which was approved by Ecopetrol’s Board of Directors. Ecopetrol’s […]