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Ecuador Hope to Double Production With Investment

OIL

Ecuador's state oil company, Petroecuador announced two separate bidding processes for investment in oil fields to boost production.

  • Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso hopes to double Ecuador's crude production from 495kbpd with strong private investment.
  • The first tender will be for the 70kbpd Sacha field. Petroecuador did not disclose the amount of investment required.
  • The second tender will seek financing to increase the output of 22 smaller oil fields.
  • A protest by indigenous groups against government in June has affected recent crude oil production with June down to approximately 380kbpd.

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