(Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Apr.2022) — Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso ordered the modification of the name of Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (MERNNR) to that of the Ministry of Energy and Mines. The name change went into effect with the issuance of Executive Decree 400 dated 14 April 2022 […]
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NRGBriefs: Ecuador Prevents Environmental Damage In Napo Region
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including Ecuador’s gov’t saying the halting of transport operations along the SOTE due to soil erosion problems prevented environmental damage in the Piedra Fina River area; the International Energy Agency (IEA) placing Chile among the four countries that will lead the production of […]
LatAmBriefs: TGI Eyes Buenaventura LNG Import Project
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Aug.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentina fining Edesur and Edenor; Transportadora de Gas Internacional (TGI) eyes developing Colombia’s second liquefied natural gas (LNG) import project in Buenaventura; and more from Ecuador, Mexico and Venezuela. Argentina — Argentina’s National Electricity Regulatory […]
LatAm Briefs: Rio Negro Drilling, Ecuador Production
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jul.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: plans to reactivate 77 wells in Argentina’s Río Negro region, EP PetroEcuador and Repsol Ecuador S.A. inking a deal for the use of a topping plant in Ecuador, Ecuador’s production reached 491,497 b/d on 1 […]
LatAm Briefs: PDVSA Pipeline Attack, EP PetroEcuador Replanting
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Mar.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Venezuela state oil giant denouncing an attack on a pipeline in Monagas state and EP PetroEcuador replanting 45 hectares in two Ecuadorian provinces. PDVSA Denounces Attack On Monagas Pipeline Venezuela’s state-owned oil producer Petróleos de […]
Ecuador Eyes National Energy Plan 2050
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Mar.2021) — Ecuador’s hydrocarbon sector head René Ortiz announced the country would start the development process for a mid-century Ecuadorian National Energy Plan (PEN by its Spanish acronym). “This tool will guide long-term actions on issues of energy efficiency, generation, expansion, transmission, distribution and commercialization of electricity; […]
Quito Electric Inaugurates Pifo Substation
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Mar.2021) — The Quito Electric Company (EEQ) inaugurated substation (S/E) No. 46 Inga Bajo, located in the Itulcachi sector, in the rural parish of Pifo. The investment in the substation was $3.4mn. The project will contribute to energy development in Pifo, guarantee new connections, and supply industrial […]
Ecuador Eyes Conolophus Photovoltaic Project
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Mar.2021) — Ecuador plans to install 14.8 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaic generation with 40.9 MWh batteries on Santa Cruz Island with estimated private investment of $45mn. Companies interested in development of the Conolophus photovoltaic project on the Galapagos Islands have until end of day 5 March 2021 […]
Ecuador Inaugurates $34.3mn La Concordia Line
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Nov.2020) — The new $34.3mn La Concordia-Pedernales transmission line in Ecuador will enhance productive, tourist and residential development in the Manabí province. Of the amount, the Inter-American Development Bank contributed $28.2mn, Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (MERNNR) announced 13 November 2020 in an official […]
Ecuador Names New Deputy Mines Minister
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Oct.2020) — Ecuador’s Minister of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources René Ortiz commissioned César Vásquez as the country’s Deputy Minister of Mines. Vásquez is a mining engineer from the Central University of Ecuador and has more than 12 years of experience in the country’s mining and electricity […]
Ecuador’s Oil Output At 512,439 B/d: MERNNR
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Sep.2020) — South America’s Ecuador, formerly a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), announced production of crude oil reached 512,439 barrels per day on the first day of September 2020. Of the production, PetroAmazonas accounted for 410,104 b/d or 80% of total production while […]
EP PetroEcuador And PetroAmazonas EP To Merge
(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Aug.2020) — Ecuador’s state oil and gas entities EP PetroEcuador and PetroAmazonas EP have been given the go ahead for a merger that will go into effect 1 January 2021. The deal will be executed with respect for all the obligations and contractual commitments acquired by the […]
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 of state for energy resources, Francis R. Fannon and ambassador Michael Fitzpatrick, during which they analyzed investment prospects and mechanisms […]
Centro Sur Reveals Second Phase Of La Troncal Project
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Jul.2020) — Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (MERNNR by its Spanish acronym), through Empresa Eléctrica Regional Centro Sur CA (CentroSur), delivered to the market the second stage of Substation 50 – La Troncal. The second stage of this substation came online in September 2019, […]
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 the contractual mechanism for a private investor to contribute, at their own risk and expense, to the improvement of the supply and quality of fuels […]
MERNNR Extends Offers For El Aromo And Villonaco
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Jul.2020) — René Ortiz, the head of Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (MERNNR) extended terms for the delivery of technical and economic offers — within the public selection processes for the concession for the El Aromo photovoltaic projects (200 megawatts) located in the province […]
Ecuador’s Block 43 ITT Output Above 86.6 Mb/d
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 1.Nov.2019) — Production from Ecuador’s Block 43 ITT (Ishipingo, Tiputini, Tambococha), exceeded 86,618 barrels per day of oil on 31 Oct. 2019. At this level ITT has reached consolidation as the area with the highest oil production in the Andean country, surpassing Auca, Shushufindi and […]
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 extra and premium diesel produced at the Esmeraldas Refinery. Additionally, Ecuador’s ARCH verified the normal commercialization of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) throughout the province, with […]