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Petroecuador resumes exports of Colombian oil along OSLA and SOTE

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Editores Latin Petroleum, 26.Oct.2026, Words: 141) — EP Petroecuador resumed transport of Colombian crude oil through its pipelines in what is seen as a logistical […]

SOTE operations restored, capacity reaches 312 Mb/d

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Editores Latin Petroleum, 9.Oct.2026, Words: 213) — EP Petroecuador lifted the force majeure declaration implemented earlier in the week to address the fire at Baeza […]

Petroecuador declares force majeure at SOTE after Baeza incident

CARACAS, VENEZUELA (By Piero Stewart, Editores Latin Petroleum, 3.Oct.2026, Words: 216) — EP Petroecuador is working to resume pumping operations on the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE) pipeline. This, after the state-owned […]

EP Petroecuador expands protection area of SOTE and Shushufindi-Quito pipeline [photo-journal]

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Oct.2025, Words: 395) — The execution of rockfill works at the Loco River outlet, the protection distance against erosion, was increased to […]

EP Petroecuador resumes SOTE operations in Ecuador

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Jul.2025, Words: 197) — EP Petroecuador completed construction of the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE) bypass in the Loco River area, Napo […]

EAI brief: MEM, EP Petroecuador works to protect SOTE and OCP

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jul.2025, Words: 188) — Officials with Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) minister Guilhermo Ferreira, EP Petroecuador general manager Leonard […]

EP Petroecuador declares force majeure, Ecuador declares emergency related to the SOTE

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jul.2025, Words: 264) — Officials with Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Mines minister Guilhermo Ferreira, EP Petroecuador general manager Leonard Bruns […]

Petroecuador reports SOTE break, says personnel on site at KM 86 performing control work

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Jun.2025, Words: 140) — State-owned EP Petroecuador reported a pipeline break along the El Reventador sector of the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE). […]

Ecuador’s SOTE and products pipeline operating normal after earthquake

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Apr.2025) — Shipments of crude oil along the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE) are normal after technical inspections to the transport infrastructure were […]

LatAmNRG heard: Mexico Pacific CEO to Woodside, Argentina energy balance

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Apr.2025, Words: 473) — LatAm and other NRG highlights, headlines and “heard on the street,” for the week ended 18 Apr. 2025 including […]

Ecuadorian governmental authorities visit Esmeraldas after heavy rains

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Mar.2025) — Authorities with Ecuador’s national government personally visited Esmeraldas after heavy rains there compromised an oil containment dam on the Caple […]

Ecuador’s deputy hydrocarbon minister says 90% of oil spilled in Cube retained

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Mar.2025) — Ecuador’s deputy minister of hydrocarbons Guillermo Ferreira completed an intense work schedule in Esmeraldas, where he verified the progress of the […]

EP Petroecuador declares force majeure after landslide impacts SOTE

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Mar.2025, Words: 326) — EP Petroecuador announced that through Resolution No. PETRO-PGG-2025-0014-RSL that force majeure has officially been declared for its operations. […]

EP PetroEcuador reports SOTE breakage, says oil exports ongoing

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Mar.2025) — Ecuador’s EP PetroEcuador said a contingency plan has been activated at km 431 of the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE) in the […]

Ecuador’s SOTE Transported 104 MMbbls of Oriente Crude in 2024

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Jan.2025, Words: 95) — Ecuador’s Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE) transported 104,348,303.29 bbls of Oriente crude oil in 2024. This represented a 90.9% […]

NRGBriefs: Ecoanalitica Sees Venezuela’s Oil Rising Between 31%-91% in 2022

(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Caracas-based Econanalitica is forecasting Venezuela’s oil production and oil income will grow in 2022 vs 2021 under three different scenarios; Argentina’s Economic […]

Ecuador Declares Force Majeure On All Oil Contracts

(Bloomberg, 13.Dec.2021) — Ecuador declared force majeure on all oil contracts, including exports and imports, as the threat of soil erosion forced the shutdown of the country’s two pipelines that […]

LatAm Briefs: Lasso Wins Run-off, Ecuador Oil Output

(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Apr.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Guillermo Lasso Mendoza winning Ecuador’s run-off election and Andean oil producer Ecuador pumping around 495,438 […]

EP PetroEcuador Continues With Preventive Pipeline Work

(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Apr.2021) — One year after the rupture of the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE), the Shushufindi-Quito Products Pipeline, operated by EP PetroEcuador, and the Heavy Crude Oil Pipeline […]

EP PetroEcuador Restarts Activities At SOTE

(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Oct.2020) — EP PetroEcuador restarted operations at the 360,000 barrel per day capacity Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE by its Spanish acronym) after completion of construction works on […]

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 […]

Ecuador’s MERNNR Finally Lifts Force Majeure

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 10.May.2020) — Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (MERNNR) on 9 May 2020 lifted the force majeure declared on 10 April declared due […]

Environmental Restoration Work Continues In Ecuador

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 1.May.2020) — Intervention activities continue at 40 defined sites in Ecuador, of which at least 220 focal points have been established to concentrate on environmental […]

Ecuador Oil Flow Tumbles, Pipeline Repairs Advance

(Argus, 15.Apr.2020) — Ecuador’s oil production dwindled to just 68,000 b/d on 13 April in the wake of weather-related pipeline ruptures last week, forcing state-owned PetroEcuador to reprogram most crude […]

Ecuador Oil Flow Falls, Pipeline Repairs Advance

Ecuador Oil Spill In the Amazon

(AmazonWatch, 9.Apr.2020) — Ecuador’s state-run oil company, EP PETROECUADOR, reported the pipeline bursts of the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline (SOTE), the OCP (Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados-Heavy Crude Pipeline), and the Poliducto Shishufindi-Quito […]

EP PetroEcuador Says SOTE Halted Due To Sinking

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 7.Apr.2020) — EP PetroEcuador announced suspension of operations at the Sistema de Oleducto Transecuatoriano (SOTE) due to the sinking of a portion of the pipeline […]

EP PetroEcuador GM Visits Balao Maritime Terminal

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 11.Mar.2020) — EP PetroEcuador General Manager Pablo Flores supervised operations at the Esmeraldas Maritime Port and the Balao Maritime Terminal, which are part of the […]

IMO 2020 May Slow Ecuador Loan Repayment

(Argus, 30.Dec.2019) — Possibly narrower differentials for sour crudes — under pressure from looming emissions regulations — could slow Ecuador’s repayment of its oil-backed debt and limit availability for spot […]

Ecuador Resumes Exports After Protests

(Reuters, 20.Oct.2019) — Ecuadorean state oil company Petroecuador said on Sunday it is resuming crude exports after protests this month against government austerity measures forced it to declare a force […]

Ecuador Halts SOTE Over Protests, Eyes Force Majeure

(Reuters, 9.Oct.2019) — Petroecuador halted operations of its Trans-Ecuadorean Pipeline System (SOTE) on Wednesday after anti-austerity protests choked off production from some oil fields it uses for stock, the energy […]

Ecuador’s SOTE Halted On Low Oil Deliveries

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 9.Oct.2019) — Ecuador’s Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE) halted operations at 1pm on Oct. 9. The stoppage was due to the low delivery of crude oil […]

SOTE Operations Reduced To 30% Of Capacity

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 9.Oct.2019) — Operations at the SOTE have been affected during protests in Ecuador and resultantly operations have been reduced to 30% of capacity, due to […]