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Colombian state-controlled petroleum giant Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC, BVC: ECO) has taken delivery of French-made submarine drones to help the company in its Caribbean petroleum exploration efforts. The drones are equipped with sophisticated chemical and physical sensors to allow it to...

Colombian petroleum company Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC, BVC: ECO) has announced today that its exploratory well Flamencos-1 in Puerto Wilches, Santander, has encountered oil in the La Paz formation. The Ecopetrol well reached a depth of 8,561 feet (2,620 meters) and penetrated the La...

Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) has delivered estimated third quarter 2019 production of 70,200 boe/d (barrels of oil equivalent per day) in-line with 2019 year to date production of 70,820 boe/d, both of which are above the high end of Frontera’s annual production...

Colombian petroleum company Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC, BVC: ECO) has announced that for the first half of 2019, asphalt sales have reached 212,888 tons, representing an increase of 47% over the same semester of 2018, and the highest amount in the past 3 years. The company attributes...

Chevron Petroleum (NASDAQ: CVX), in conjunction with Colombia’s Green Heart Foundation (Fundación Corazón Verde), local construction company Constructora Capitál and the U.S. Embassy donated this week a new home in the Medellín suburb of Sabaneta to the widow and child of fallen...

CGX Energy Inc. (TSXV: OYL) and Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) announced last week that Frontera has elected to convert the principal amount outstanding (US$8.8 million) under its bridge loan facility due September 30, 2019. As previously announced, the principal amount...

Wayúu indigenous leader Monica Barros tells Finance Colombia what multinationals must do to make profits in harmony with communities and the land

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) last week in Bogotá launched a major initiative to support residents of Colombia’s La Guajira department on the country’s Atlantic Coast. The global petroleum giant collaborated with the local Catholic Diocese of Riohacha and many Colombian delivery...

On October 9 & 10 in Lima, Peru the Hydropower Latin America Congress and Exhibition will bring together over 300 decision making executives of hydroelectric plants, Latin American ministries of energy, hydroelectric companies, investors, EPCs, equipment and service providers...

Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) has announced that it was awarded the Llanos-99 block in Colombia following the successful Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH) bid round. This is the first new round of exploration licenses in Colombia in the past five years. The...