(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 the static, rotating, and electrical […]
Tag: Las Esmeraldas Refinery
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 of the Environment and Water […]
Officials From Ecuador And US Discuss Investments Ops
(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 […]
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 least $1.4bn would be secured […]
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 unscheduled failure in the process […]
EP PetroEcuador To Invest $700,000 In Pipe Replacement
(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 […]
LatAmNRG Ecuador Briefs: Force Majeure Lifted
(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 […]
Ecuador Eyes New 300,000 b/d Capacity Refinery
(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), […]
FACT SHEET: PetroEcuador refineries have 175 Mb/d capacity
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Clifford Fingers III, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Apr.2016, Clifford Fingers III, Words: 88) – EP PetroEcuador’s 3 refineries — Esmeraldas, La Libertad and Shushufindi — had a combined […]
Ecuador Open Market Meetings in Houston
(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 […]