(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 the static, rotating, and electrical equipment as...
(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 of the Environment and Water...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Jul.2020) — Ecuador’s hydrocarbon ministry head René Ortiz and other authorities from Ecuador’s energy sector held a working meeting 28 July 2020 with the US assistant secretary...
(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 least $1.4bn would be secured...
(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 unscheduled failure in the process...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 22.Dec.2019) — EP PetroEcuador announced that technicians from the company will carry out installation of a new 5.6-kilometer stretch of pipeline tubing that transports Cutter...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 20.Oct.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to EP PetroEcuador lifting force majeure and the programmed stoppage at the Esmeraldas Refinery. PetroEcuador...
(Reuters, 27.Aug.2019) — Ecuador is seeking private companies interested in building a new refinery on the OPEC nation's coast with a capacity of up to 300,000 barrels per day (bpd),...
(Argus, 19.Mar.2019) — Colombia’s government is seeking emergency fuel supplies from neighboring Ecuador to cope with shortages in southwestern departments caused by an ongoing indigenous protest. Colombia reached out to...
(Reuters, Alexandra Valencia, 19.Mar.2019) — Ecuador will launch an international bidding round for the construction of a new 300,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery in May, Energy Minister Carlos Perez...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Apr.2016, Clifford Fingers III) – EP PetroEcuador's three refineries -- Esmeraldas, La Libertad and Shushufindi -- had a combined processing capacity of 175,000 barrels per day at...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 25.Jun.2013) – PetroEcuador holds open market committee meetings in Houston, Texas. Highlights from the discussion follow: Comments from PetroEcuador International Commerce Executive Nilsen Arias: "Oil's...