Petroecuador
National petroleum company of Ecuador / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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EP Petroecuador (Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador; Empresa Pública Petroecuador; meaning: State Petroleum Company of Ecuador) is the national oil company of Ecuador. Ecuador who is a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and, although it is the smallest member,[1] the country produced 531,000 barrels of crude oil per day in 2019.[2] The oil corporation is a significant part of the Ecuadorian economy. The petroleum industry has expanded to the production of refined commodities such as gasoline, liquefied petroleum, and jet fuel. The government of Ecuador is highly dependent on the revenues from the energy sector to support its budget and finance state projects.[3]
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Native name | Empresa Pública de Hidrocarburos del Ecuador |
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Company type | Government-owned (Empresa Pública) |
Industry | Oil and gas |
Predecessor | Corporación Estatal Petrolera Ecuatoriana |
Founded | Quito, Ecuador (September 26, 1989 (1989-09-26)) |
Headquarters | , |
Products | petroleum refined oil products |
Subsidiaries | Petroproduccion Petroindustrial Petrocomercial |
Website | www |