BOGOTĂ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jul.2026, Words: 96) â EP Petroecuador moved over 54.6 million barrels (MMbbls) through the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE) pipeline during the first half 2026 (1H:26). More crude transported translates into increased economic benefits for Ecuador, the state-owned company said on 23 Jul. […]
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EP PetroEcuador reports SOTE breakage, says oil exports ongoing
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Mar.2025) â Ecuador’s EP PetroEcuador said a contingency plan has been activated at km 431 of the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE) in the El Vergel sector in the province of Esmeraldas due to the breakage of the pipeline in the right of way […]
Ecuador’s SOTE Transported 104 MMbbls of Oriente Crude in 2024
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Jan.2025, Words: 95) â Ecuador’s Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE) transported 104,348,303.29 bbls of Oriente crude oil in 2024. This represented a 90.9% compliance with goals set out in EP PetroEcuador‘s annual operating plan. The SOTE is Ecuador’s main crude transportation system. It […]
EP PetroEcuador Continues with Work on Pipeline Bypasses
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Jan.2022) â EP PetroEcuador continues with work on a seventh bypass for the Trans-Ecuadorian Oil Pipeline System (SOTE) aimed at protecting the infrastructure and avoiding further stoppages that affect the country’s economy. EP PetroEcuador General Manager Ătalo Cedeño together with company Transportation Manager, Washington Gallegos, and a […]
Ecuador Declares Force Majeure On All Oil Contracts
(Bloomberg, 13.Dec.2021) â Ecuador declared force majeure on all oil contracts, including exports and imports, as the threat of soil erosion forced the shutdown of the countryâs two pipelines that transport crude across the Andes. The clause, which is invoked to remove liability from failing to honor contracts in the […]
LatAm Briefs: Rio Negro Drilling, Ecuador Production
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jul.2021) â Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: plans to reactivate 77 wells in Argentinaâs RĂo Negro region, EP PetroEcuador and Repsol Ecuador S.A. inking a deal for the use of a topping plant in Ecuador, Ecuadorâs production reached 491,497 b/d on 1 […]
Ecuador Races To Move Oil Pipelines
(Reuters, 1.Jul.2021) â Two dozen workers using six excavators cleared a strip of heavy forest in the foothills of Ecuador’s Reventador volcano on an overcast June morning, rushing to carve a new route for an oil pipeline in hopes of avoiding a repeat of the country’s worst oil spill in […]
EP PetroEcuador Continues With Preventive Pipeline Work
(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Apr.2021) â 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 (OCP), operated by OCP Ecuador SA, state entity EP PetroEcuador continues with work to prevent and mitigate damages caused by […]
EP PetroEcuador GM Visits Balao Maritime Terminal
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 11.Mar.2020) â EP PetroEcuador General Manager Pablo Flores supervised operations at the Esmeraldas Maritime Port and the Balao Maritime Terminal, which are part of the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE), and where the company carries out crude oil export activities essential for Ecuadorâs economy. During the […]
Ecuador’s SOTE Celebrates 44 Years of Operation
(Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Jun.2016, Clifford Fingers III) â The TranEcuadorian Oil Pipeline (SOTE by its Spanish acronym) was inaugurated on June 26, 1972 with a capacity to transport 250,000 barrels per day. During its active life, the pipeline has transported 4,750 million barrels of oil, EP PetroEcuador announced in an […]