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Given the challenging petroleum price environment observed since the beginning of 2016, Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC:ECOPETROL; NYSE:EC; TSX:ECP) has announced that it will seek to save an additional $1.6 trillion COP ($478.736 million USD) through 2016. This comes after the company...

Ecopetrol (BVC:ECOPETROL; NYSE:EC; TSX:ECP) has announced that effective February 15, chemical engineer Adolfo Tomás Hernández Núñez has been appointed the new vice president of refining and industrial processes for the Colombian-government controlled petroleum company. Hernandez...

Ecopetrol’s  (BVC:ECOPETROL NYSE:EC TSX:ECP) board of directors has decided to delist the Ecopetrol ADRs (Depositary Receipts) from the Toronto Stock Exchange, pursuant to section 720 of the TSX Companies’ Manual. The decision was based, according to a statement put out this...

Ecopetrol (BVC:ECOPETROL, NYSE:EC, TSX:ECP) has won, for the third time, the Accenture Innovation Prize for its EcoDiDesh technology for removing moisture from heavy crude oil products in a more efficient manner than traditional methods. Launched in 2012, this award represents...

Colombia’s state controlled petroleum company Ecopetrol (BVC:ECOPETROL, NYSE:EC, TSX:ECP)  has announced that last Wednesday as part of its divestment plan, its board of directors approved proceeding with the process of selling 100% of its shares in the company Polipropileno del...

Colombian petroleum company Ecopetrol (BVC:ECOPETROL, NYSE:EC, TSX:ECP) announced Friday that it opened a $175 million USD ($578 billion COP) line of credit with The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,Ltd. (NYSE:MUFG, TSE:MUFG) The loan was approved by Minhacienda, Colombia’s finance...

Moody’s Investors Service announced yesterday that it has downgraded Colombia’s government controlled petroleum company Ecopetrol’s senior unsecured ratings to Baa3 from Baa2. At the same time, the company’s BCA (Baseline Credit Assessment) was lowered to ba3 from...