 Ecopetrol

Ecopetrol, formerly known as Empresa Colombiana de Petróleos S.A. (), not to be confused with the US owned and operated Colombian Petroleum Co. (COLPET) and sister company South American Gulf Oil Co. (SAGOC) dating to the 1930s which were taken over by the state owned Ecopetrol in the 1970s, is the largest and primary petroleum company in Colombia.As a result of its continuous growth, Ecopetrol forms part of the Fortune Global 500 and was ranked 346.