EC Ecopetrol S.A. gains 18% Nov 15, 2017

Ecopetrol S.A., an integrated oil company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas in Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Angola, and the United States Gulf Coast. It operates through the Exploration and Production; Transportation and Logistics; Refining, Petrochemicals, and Biofuels segments. It also owns and operates refineries that produce various refined products, including unleaded gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene, jet fuel, aviation fuel, liquefied petroleum gas, sulfur, heavy fuel oils, and others; and petrochemicals and industrial products comprising paraffin waxes, lube base oils, low-density polyethylene, aromatics, asphalts, alkylates, cyclohexane, and aliphatic solvents, as well as refinery grade propylene. In addition, the company is involved in the transportation of crude oil, motor fuels, and fuel oils, as well as other refined products, such as bio fuels. As of December 31, 2015, it had a network of approximately 8,986 kilometers in length of crude oil and multipurpose pipelines. The company was formerly known as Empresa Colombiana de Petroleos and changed its name to Ecopetrol S.A. in June 2003. Ecopetrol S.A. was founded in 1948 and is based in Bogota, Colombia. http://www.priceseries.com/trade/EC-Ecopetrol-SA-stock-gains-18-percent-a-Trade-Record-by-priceSeries-2017101320171115.html