Table of Contents
Table of Contents 3
List of Tables 6
List of Figures 6
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas, Deals By Year, 2012 to YTD 2018 8
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas Deals By Type, 2012 to YTD 2018 9
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas, Deals By Region, 2012 to YTD 2018 10
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas, Deals By Sector, 2012 to YTD 2018 11
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas, Deals Summary, 2012 to YTD 2018 12
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas, Deal Details 14
Asset Purchase 14
Ecopetrol Acquires Additional 11.6% Stake In K2 Field In Gulf Of Mexico From MCX Exploration For US$47.6 Million 14
Ecopetrol Completes Acquisition Of 10% Participating Interest In Blocks 38 And 39 Offshore Angola From Statoil 15
Ecopetrol Acquires 15% Stake In Nansen Prospect In Gulf of Mexico From Anadarko Petroleum 16
Ecopetrol To Acquire Three Offshore Exploration Blocks In Santos Basin From PanAtlantic Energy 17
Ecopetrol To Acquire 30% Stake In Exploration Field In Peru From Repsol 18
Private Equity 19
Pacific Rubiales Completes Sale Of 5% Interest In Oleoducto Central To Darby-Led Consortium For US$385 Million 19
Advent International Consortium Completes Acquisition Of 10.2% Stake In Oleoducto Central From Total And CEPSA 21
Advent International Consortium Completes Acquisition Of 12.152% Stake In Oleoducto Central From Talisman For US$590 Million 23
Partnerships 25
Anadarko Petroleum To Form Partnership With Ecopetrol 25
Ecopetrol Plans To Form Joint Venture With Petroleos de Venezuela 26
Debt Offering 27
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of 5.875% Notes, Due 2023 For US$500 Million 27
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of 5.375% Notes, Due 2026, For US$1.5 Billion 28
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of 4.125% Notes, Due 2025, For US$1.2 Billion 29
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of 5.875% Bonds Due 2045 For US$2 Billion 30
Oleoducto Central Plans Public Offering Of Bonds For US$400 Million 31
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of 4.25% Notes Due 2018 For US$350 Million 32
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of 5.875% Notes Due 2023 For US$1.3 Billion 33
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of 7.375% Notes Due 2043 For US$850 Million 34
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of Bonds Due 2023 For US$88.1 Million 35
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of Bonds Due 2018 For US$63.2 Million 36
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of Bonds Due 2028 For US$181.7 Million 37
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of Bonds Due 2043 For US$137.5 Million 38
Ecopetrol Plans Public Offering Of Bonds For Up To US$1.67 Billion 39
Asset Transactions 40
Ecopetrol Completes Sale Of Sogamoso Oil Field In Colombia 40
Iberoamericana de Hidrocarburos Acquires Oil Fields In Bagota From Ecopetrol For US$21.7 Million 41
Gran Tierra Energy Completes Acquisition Of 100% Interest In Santana And Nancy-Burdine-Maxine Blocks In Colombia From Ecopetrol For US$30.4 Million 42
Hupecol Operating Acquires 100% Interest In CPO-11 E&P Contract In Colombia From Ecopetrol 44
Parex Resources Completes Acquisition Of 50% Interest In De Mares Block, Colombia From Ecopetrol 45
Talisman Energy Acquires 49% Interest In Convenio Upar Contract In Colombia From Ecopetrol 46
Parex Resources Completes Acquisition Of 50% Interest In Playon Block, Colombia From Ecopetrol 47
Ecopetrol Completes Sale Of Six Oil And Gas Blocks In Colombia For US$54.3 Million 48
Parex Resources To Acquire 50% Interest In Aguas Blancas Light Oil Field From Ecopetrol 49
JX Nippon Oil & Gas Completes Acquisition Of 30% Interest In Brazil Offshore Block, FZA-M-320, From Ecopetrol 50
Parex Resources To Acquire 50% Interest In Capachos Block In Colombia From Ecopetrol 51
Ecopetrol Plans To Sell Its Oil And Gas Assets In Six Onshore Basins In Colombia 52
Acquisition 53
Government of Colombia Plans To Sell 3% Stake In Ecopetrol 53
Ecopetrol SA – Key Competitors 54
Ecopetrol SA – Key Employees 55
Ecopetrol SA – Locations And Subsidiaries 56
Head Office 56
Other Locations & Subsidiaries 56
Joint Venture 57
Recent Developments 58
License Rounds 58
May 10, 2018: ANP: Record Number Of Companies Registered In 4th Round PSC 58
Mar 22, 2018: CNH Publishes List Of Approved Bidders To Participate In First Tender Of Round Three 60
License Awards 62
Oct 01, 2018: Global oil companies win acreage in Brazilian offshore blocks auction 62
Sep 25, 2017: Pemex Signs Contracts With DEA And Ecopetrol For Exploration Of Blocks 2 And 8 63
Aug 02, 2017: Petronas Awarded Another Block In Mexico 64
Jun 20, 2017: Ecopetrol wins two blocks for hydrocarbon exploration and production in Mexican Shallow Waters 65
Strategy and Business Expansion 66
Oct 24, 2017: Ecopetrol S.A. approves establishment of energy marketing company 66
Jul 13, 2017: Ecopetrol Approves Creation Of Subsidiary In Mexico 67
Recent Discoveries 68
Sep 10, 2018: Parex announces Capachos Andina discovery 68
Jul 05, 2018: Ecopetrol Announces New Oil Finding At Cundinamarca 69
Dec 18, 2017: Ecopetrol Announces New Oil Finding At Santander 70
Jul 28, 2017: Ecopetrol Announces New Hydrocarbon Discovery In Gulf Of Mexico (US) 71
May 03, 2017: Ecopetrol: Successful Exploration In Gorgon Confirms New Gas Province In Colombian Caribbean Deep-Water 72
Mar 30, 2017: Ecopetrol Announces Oil Discovery At Santander 73
Mar 08, 2017: Ecopetrol finds gas at Purple Angel-1 well in Colombian Caribbean deep waters 74
Drilling and Production Updates 75
Feb 21, 2017: Ecopetrol Provides 2016 Reserves Update 75
Financial Announcements 76
Aug 14, 2018: Ecopetrol announces 2018 second quarter results 76
May 03, 2018: Ecopetrol Announces 2018 First Quarter Results 78
Feb 27, 2018: Ecopetrol Business Group Presents Its 2017 Fourth-Quarter And Full-Year Results 80
Nov 07, 2017: Ecopetrol Business Group Presents Third Quarter And Year-To-Date 2017 Results 83
Aug 08, 2017: Ecopetrol Business Group Presents Its Second Quarter And First Half 2017 Results 85
May 12, 2017: Ecopetrol Business Group Provides First Quarter 2017 Results 87
Mar 06, 2017: Ecopetrol Group Announces Its Results Of Fourth Quarter And Year Ended December 31st, 2016 88
Other Significant Developments 102
Oct 10, 2018: Parex tests 2,570 bopd from andina-1 guadalupe formation 102
Sep 10, 2018: Ecopetrol obtains approval for contingent line of credit with international banks for USD 665 million 103
Aug 08, 2018: Ecopetrol announces appointment of new Corporate Vice President of Finance (CFO) 104
Jul 31, 2018: Ecopetrol announces resignation of Vice President for strategy and finance 105
Jul 26, 2018: Ecopetrol To Prepay International Loans Guaranteed By US Exim Bank For a Nominal Amount Of USD $156 Million 106
Apr 04, 2018: Amerisur Resources Provides Operations Update 107
Apr 03, 2018: Ecopetrol Reports Lisama 158 Well And Spill Have Been Sealed And Have Stopped Flowing 109
Mar 28, 2018: Frontera Provides Q1 2018 Operational Update And 2018 Outlook And Guidance Information 110
Feb 20, 2018: Ecopetrol Group Increases Its Hydrocarbon Reserves, Proven Reserves Mount To 1,659 Million Barrels-Equivalent At 2017 Close 114
Feb 16, 2018: Ecopetrol Focused On Restoring Normal Operations, Despite Public Security Events Against Petroleum Infrastructure 115
Dec 22, 2017: Resignation Submitted By A Member Of Board Of Directors Of Ecopetrol 116
Nov 22, 2017: Ecopetrol Will Invest Between USD 3.5 To USD 4 Billion In 2018 117
Sep 29, 2017: PDVSA supervises Colombian oil pipeline incident 118
Aug 24, 2017: Ecopetrol Announces Sanctions Imposed By Ministry Of Labor 119
Aug 17, 2017: Ecopetrol Board Of Directors Appoints New President 120
Jun 29, 2017: Ecopetrol Announces Early Repayment For USD $1,925 Million Of Syndicated Bank Loan With International Banking 121
Jun 05, 2017: Gran Tierra Energy Provides Operations Update Highlighted By Continued Success With Costayaco A-Limestone, Acordionero Development And Putumayo Exploration 122
May 23, 2017: Ecopetrol Receives NYSE Notice Regarding Non-filing Of Annual Report On Form 20-F For Year Ended December 31, 2016 127
May 03, 2017: Gran Tierra Energy Provides Operational Update Highlighted By New Discoveries In Putumayo And Middle Magdalena Valley Basins 128
Apr 05, 2017: ECP Oil And Gas Germany Subsidiary Registers Branch In Angola 134
Mar 08, 2017: Pemex Director Holds Several Meetings With Leaders Of Worldwide Oil Sector 135
Feb 17, 2017: ELN Militants Target Colombia’s Cano-Limon Covenas Oil Pipeline 136
Feb 02, 2017: Ecopetrol Reports On Fine Assessed By Labor Ministry 137
New Contracts Announcements 138
Sep 25, 2018: Wavefront: Ecopetrol in Colombia to utilize highly successful powerwave custom well stimulation approach 138
Jul 26, 2018: Stork awarded integrated operations and maintenance contract renewal by Ecopetrol 139
Oct 06, 2017: Ecopetrol Signs Contract To Deliver Propylene To Its Comai Subsidiary 140
Oct 03, 2017: Fluor’s Stork secures 29-month contract by Ecopetrol 141
Sep 29, 2017: WorleyParsons Colombia Wins Master Services Agreement For Ecopetrol 142
Sep 28, 2017: Lloyd’s Register Is Chosen As Project Management Contractor For Major Offshore Drilling Project 143
Sep 19, 2017: Grana y Montero: Morelco Awarded Two New Contracts In Colombia For US$15.9 Million 144
Appendix 145
Methodology 145
About GlobalData 145
Contact Us 145
Disclaimer 145
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas, Key Facts, 2017 2
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas, Deals Summary, 2012 to YTD 2018 2
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas, Deals By Year, 2012 to YTD 2018 8
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas Deals By Type, 2012 to YTD 2018 9
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas, Deals By Region, 2012 to YTD 2018 10
Ecopetrol SA, Deals By Sector, 2012 to YTD 2018 11
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas, Deals Summary, 2012 to YTD 2018 12
Ecopetrol Acquires Additional 11.6% Stake In K2 Field In Gulf Of Mexico From MCX Exploration For US$47.6 Million 14
Ecopetrol Completes Acquisition Of 10% Participating Interest In Blocks 38 And 39 Offshore Angola From Statoil 15
Ecopetrol Acquires 15% Stake In Nansen Prospect In Gulf of Mexico From Anadarko Petroleum 16
Ecopetrol To Acquire Three Offshore Exploration Blocks In Santos Basin From PanAtlantic Energy 17
Ecopetrol To Acquire 30% Stake In Exploration Field In Peru From Repsol 18
Pacific Rubiales Completes Sale Of 5% Interest In Oleoducto Central To Darby-Led Consortium For US$385 Million 19
Advent International Consortium Completes Acquisition Of 10.2% Stake In Oleoducto Central From Total And CEPSA 21
Advent International Consortium Completes Acquisition Of 12.152% Stake In Oleoducto Central From Talisman For US$590 Million 23
Anadarko Petroleum To Form Partnership With Ecopetrol 25
Ecopetrol Plans To Form Joint Venture With Petroleos de Venezuela 26
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of 5.875% Notes, Due 2023 For US$500 Million 27
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of 5.375% Notes, Due 2026, For US$1.5 Billion 28
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of 4.125% Notes, Due 2025, For US$1.2 Billion 29
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of 5.875% Bonds Due 2045 For US$2 Billion 30
Oleoducto Central Plans Public Offering Of Bonds For US$400 Million 31
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of 4.25% Notes Due 2018 For US$350 Million 32
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of 5.875% Notes Due 2023 For US$1.3 Billion 33
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of 7.375% Notes Due 2043 For US$850 Million 34
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of Bonds Due 2023 For US$88.1 Million 35
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of Bonds Due 2018 For US$63.2 Million 36
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of Bonds Due 2028 For US$181.7 Million 37
Ecopetrol Completes Public Offering Of Bonds Due 2043 For US$137.5 Million 38
Ecopetrol Plans Public Offering Of Bonds For Up To US$1.67 Billion 39
Ecopetrol Completes Sale Of Sogamoso Oil Field In Colombia 40
Iberoamericana de Hidrocarburos Acquires Oil Fields In Bagota From Ecopetrol For US$21.7 Million 41
Gran Tierra Energy Completes Acquisition Of 100% Interest In Santana And Nancy-Burdine-Maxine Blocks In Colombia From Ecopetrol For US$30.4 Million 42
Hupecol Operating Acquires 100% Interest In CPO-11 E&P Contract In Colombia From Ecopetrol 44
Parex Resources Completes Acquisition Of 50% Interest In De Mares Block, Colombia From Ecopetrol 45
Talisman Energy Acquires 49% Interest In Convenio Upar Contract In Colombia From Ecopetrol 46
Parex Resources Completes Acquisition Of 50% Interest In Playon Block, Colombia From Ecopetrol 47
Ecopetrol Completes Sale Of Six Oil And Gas Blocks In Colombia For US$54.3 Million 48
Parex Resources To Acquire 50% Interest In Aguas Blancas Light Oil Field From Ecopetrol 49
JX Nippon Oil & Gas Completes Acquisition Of 30% Interest In Brazil Offshore Block, FZA-M-320, From Ecopetrol 50
Parex Resources To Acquire 50% Interest In Capachos Block In Colombia From Ecopetrol 51
Ecopetrol Plans To Sell Its Oil And Gas Assets In Six Onshore Basins In Colombia 52
Government of Colombia Plans To Sell 3% Stake In Ecopetrol 53
Ecopetrol SA, Key Competitors 54
Ecopetrol SA, Key Employees 55
Ecopetrol SA, Subsidiaries 56
Ecopetrol SA, Joint Venture 57
List of Figures
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas, Deals by Type, 2012 to YTD 2018 2
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas, Deals By Year, 2012 to YTD 2018 2
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas, Deals By Region, 2012 to YTD 2018 2
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas, Deals By Sector, 2012 to YTD 2018 2
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas, Deals By Year, 2012 to YTD 2018 8
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas, Deals by Type, 2012 to YTD 2018 9
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas, Deals By Region, 2012 to YTD 2018 10
Ecopetrol SA, Oil & Gas, Deals by Sector, 2012 to YTD 2018 11