Ecuadorian government’s push to make the Amistad field a cornerstone of national energy security
A fixed production platform at the Amistad field offshore Ecuador.
Ecuador state-owned company EP Petroecuador has signed a contract with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) to carry out offshore well workovers at the Amistad natural gas field, in a move officials say will double output from the country’s only offshore asset and strengthen national energy security.
The agreement, signed this week in Quito, calls for the mobilization of a jack-up rig from China to Ecuador.