Ecopetrol has completed its approximately $1.2 billion acquisition of a controlling 51% stake in Brava Energia, significantly expanding the Colombian energy company’s upstream position in Brazil. The transaction closed following receipt of required regulatory approvals and combines shares acquired through a voluntary tender offer with shares purchased under an April agreement with existing Brava shareholders. Ecopetrol acquired approximately 25% of […]
Ecopetrol has completed an auction to acquire approximately 25% of Brava Energia under a voluntary tender offer to take control of the Brazilian energy producer, Ecopetrol announced on Wednesday.
Parex Resources has agreed to acquire a 50% participating stake in Ecopetrol’s oil assets in Colombia’s Magdalena Basin under a five-year USD 250-million investment programme, Parex announced on Monday.
State-owned Ecopetrol SA, Bogotá, Colombia, has agreed to acquire a 26% equity stake in Brava Energia SA from a group of shareholders and plans to launch a tender offer to increase its ownership to 51%, which would give it control of the Brazilian oil and gas independent.
Ecopetrol has agreed to acquire an initial equity stake in Brava Energia as part of a broader plan to secure a controlling interest and expand its upstream footprint in Brazil. Under the agreement, Ecopetrol will purchase approximately 26% of Brava’s outstanding shares from a group of existing shareholders. The company also plans to launch a tender offer to […]
Ecopetrol has approved an investment plan of COP 22–27 trillion ($5.4–$6.7 billion) for 2026, maintaining capital levels similar to those projected for year-end 2025 while prioritizing upstream development and operational efficiencies. Roughly 70% of next year’s budget — about COP 17.2 trillion — will go to exploration, production, refining and transport activities aimed at sustaining […]
The company drilled six wells during the first half of the year. They include two successful attempts, Sirius-2 ST2 offshore and Currucutú-1 onshore, and two wells that are under evaluation, Toritos Oeste-1 and Toritos Sur-3.
Ecopetrol is racing to develop new gas sources as the nation’s dwindling reserves force increased imports to supply homes and factories. President Gustavo Petro’s administration has halted new exploration contracts since taking office in 2022, which means drillers must squeeze value from existing assets.
With Colombia’s reserves of oil and natural gas falling, and President Gustavo Petro refusing to grant new exploration licenses, Ecopetrol is focused on contracts signed before the environmentalist leader took power in 2022. In February, the driller announced it had taken full ownership of the CPO-09 block in the nation’s oil-rich eastern plains, which helped boost reserves.
The company said this month that it now has full ownership of the CPO-09 block in the nation’s oil-rich eastern plains after completing its $452 million acquisition of Repsol SA’s 45 percent stake. That investment’s strategic location near Castilla and Chichimene, among the country’s top five fields, allows the company to benefit from synergies, a top executive said in an interview.