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 South American country. After eight days of stoppages called by some opposition organizations, the company has reported accumulated loss production (company and consortia) of 64,347 […]

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 barrels after America banned imports of Russian crude.  Ecuador’s state oil company EP Petroecuador held back-to-back meetings this week in Louisiana with several refiners and […]

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 boe/d by2026; Venezuela’s VP Delcy Rodriguez traveling to participate in meeting w/ Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to “reaffirm friendship bonds and deepen strategic cooperation; […]

NRGBriefs: Argentina’s President Meets with Putin

(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including Grupo EnergĂ­a BogotĂĄ commencing assembly of the first tower of its north project in ChocontĂĄ (Cundinamarca); Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez visiting Russia to discuss energy, industry, environmental and financing issues w/ his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin; and EP PetroEcuador General Manager Äștalo […]