Ecopetrol

Ecopetrol In Figures

Planned yearly spending over 2020-2040:USD 5 billion-6 billion

Share of 2020-2040 investments targeting the energy transition:42%

Ecopetrol is the largest company in Colombia, responsible for 60% of hydrocarbons production in the country, and one of the leading integrated energy groups in the Americas, with operations in at least eight countries. Its operations span the hydrocarbons value chain (upstream, midstream and downstream), gas distribution, energy transmission, management of real-time systems, road concessions and telecommunications.

Ecopetrol also owns the two largest refineries in Colombia (Barrancabermeja and Cartagena) and the majority of the infrastructure in the transportation segment.

On the international front, Ecopetrol’s strategic focus is on the basins of the Americas. It operates and participates in exploration and production projects in the USA (Permian Basin and Gulf of Mexico), Brazil and Mexico.

As part of its technology, environmental, social and governance (TESG) agenda, the company is leading several initiatives for diversification and decarbonisation through – among other approaches – renewables, electrification, natural climate solutions and hydrogen.

Under to Ecopetrol’s 2020-2040 strategy, the company aims to keep investing in traditional oil and gas while also betting on a swift energy transition.

 

Ecopetrol News and Interviews

An essential port for Colombian energy TEY_post_-Raúl-PÉREZ-TATIS
Interview
Colombia - September 09, 2024

Raúl Pérez Tatis of Puerto Bahía talks about how the port can support hydrocarbons and clean energy.

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Colombia’s Ecopetrol touts upstream progress in Q2 results
NEWS
Colombia - August 14, 2024

Colombia’s Ecopetrol has unveiled its Q2 2024 results, highlighting progress across key areas of the nation’s energy industry.

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Maximising returns in Colombia’s E&P arena TEY_post-Álvaro-CÁRDENAS
Interview
Colombia - August 12, 2024

Álvaro Cárdenas of Datalog Colombia talks about supplying high-precision data to support drilling decisions.

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Petrobras confirms gas discovery in Colombia
NEWS
Colombia - August 05, 2024

Petrobras has confirmed a natural gas discovery in the deepwater Uchuva-2 well offshore Colombia.

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Guerrillas hit Colombia pipeline
NEWS
Colombia - September 06, 2016

National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas have attacked Colombia’s Caño Limón – Coveñas pipeline, Ecopetrol announced late on Monday.

While the bomb attack…

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ELN rebels hit Colombia pipeline
NEWS
Colombia - July 06, 2016

Colombia’s Ecopetrol late on Tuesday made public that its Caño-Limón Coveñas pipeline had been attacked in Boyacá department’s Cubará municipality, halting…

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Pacific E&P hands Rubiales field back
NEWS
Colombia - June 30, 2016

Pacific Exploration & Production has decided to let its Rubiales field in Colombia go, the company said in a press release on Thursday. Effective immediately, the move…

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Colombia ceasefire deal ahead of auction
NEWS
Colombia - June 24, 2016

Ecopetrol launched its auction of 20 oil and gas blocks late on Thursday. They will be sold via electronic auction on September 30.

Attended by 138 companies, the…

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Interview
Mexico - May 17, 2016

Fabio Ortega, Ecopetrol’s general director for Mexico, talks to TOGY about the company’s competitive advantages. He discusses the benefits of developing…

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Ecopetrol to cut investments
NEWS
Colombia - April 27, 2016

Ecopetrol has shrunk its 2016 investment plan, the company announced on Wednesday. Approved in December, the Colombian oil major’s original plan called for USD 4.8…

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Ricardo SARMINETO, Estrella
Interview
Colombia - April 4, 2016

Ricardo Sarmiento, CEO of Estrella, talks to TOGY about Colombia’s competitiveness in the face of lower energy prices. The Argentinean oilfield services company has…

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