Ecuador inks 4 export deals for 8.64 MMbbls of Oriente oil with Shell, Petrochina and Trafigura

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.May.2025, Words: 210) — EP Petroecuador awarded 4 international tenders for the export of 8.64 million barrels (MMbbls) of Oriente crude oil.  The contracts were awarded to Shell Western Supply and Trading Limited (-$3.93/bbl), Petrochina International Co. Ltd (-$4.51/bbl and -$4.04/bbl), and […]

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 […]

Tipco Wins Bid To Export Napo Crude

(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Apr.2021) — EP PetroEcuador awarded the Thai company Tipco Asphalt Public Company Limited a deal for the export of 720,000 barrels of Napo crude. The barrels will be offered in 2 shipments of 360,000 barrels +/- 5% each, which will be delivered in April 2021, PetroEcuador announced […]

Trafigura Wins Bid For Oriente Crude

(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Apr.2021) — EP PetroEcuador awarded an export deal for 1,080,000 barrels of Oriente crude to Singapore company Trafigura PTE. LTD. The volume offered will be exported in 3 shipments of 360,000 barrels +/- 5% each, which will be delivered in April 2021, PetroEcuador announced 11 April 2021 […]

Exxon Among 34 Vying To Market Guyana’s Oil

(Stabroek News, 22.Apr.2020) — Thirty-four companies have submitted expressions of interests (EOIs) to market Guyana’s entitlement from the Exxon-operated Liza Destiny FPSO in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana. The companies include the Stabroek Block operator ExxonMobil, current marketer Shell Western Supply and Trading Ltd, former British Petroleum Company BP, Norway’s […]

EP PetroEcuador Awards First Spot Sale Of 2020

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 19.Feb.2020) — Ecuador’s state oil entity EP Petroecuador awarded its first spot market sale of 2020 to refining company Phillips 66 Company. The deal is for approximately 1,080,000 barrels of 24-degree API crude oil, EP PetroEcuador announced 19 February 2020 in an official statement. EP […]