BOGOTA,
Colombia, Oct. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ecopetrol
S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) ("Ecopetrol" or the "Company")
announces that the following permanent appointment has been made as
part of the implementation of the new organizational structure
announced on June 6, 2024:
Juan Carlos Hurtado Parra as Vice
President of the Upstream segment, who has been in charge of this
department since June 15 and assumes
the position permanently as of today, October 1. Juan Carlos is an electrical engineer
from the Industrial University of Santander, a specialist in
Project Evaluation and Development from the University of Rosario,
and holds a Master of Business Administration in International Oil
and Gas Degree from the University of
Dundee. He has 27 years of experience in the sector,
including an extensive career at Ecopetrol and executive positions
at the International Gas Transporter (TGI). As Vice President of
the Upstream segment, he is responsible for contributing to the
increase in the Company's reserves, continuing the decarbonization
of operations, strengthening the gas portfolio, and driving the
traditional business to ensure energy security and support the
transition.
The Ecopetrol Group wishes him much success in this role.
Ecopetrol is the largest company in Colombia and one of the main integrated energy
companies in the American continent, with more than 19,000
employees. In Colombia, it is
responsible for more than 60% of the hydrocarbon production of most
transportation, logistics, and hydrocarbon refining systems, and it
holds leading positions in the petrochemicals and gas distribution
segments. With the acquisition of 51.4% of ISA's shares, the
company participates in energy transmission, the management of
real-time systems (XM), and the Barranquilla - Cartagena coastal highway concession. At the
international level, Ecopetrol has a stake in strategic basins in
the American continent, with Drilling and Exploration operations in
the United States (Permian basin
and the Gulf of Mexico),
Brazil, and, through ISA and its
subsidiaries, Ecopetrol holds leading positions in the power
transmission business in Brazil,
Chile, Peru, and Bolivia, road concessions in
Chile, and the telecommunications
sector.
For more information, please contact:
Head of Capital Markets (a)
Lina María Contreras Mora
Email: investors@ecopetrol.com.co
Head of Corporate Communications
Marcela Ulloa
Email: marcela.ulloa@ecopetrol.com.co
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