Petroecuador pide to Asian petrolmen who do not sell ecuadorian crude in Gunvor | Politics | Notice

With miras to pre-empt its commercial relations, the petroecuador state passed the four passes to the Thai PTT International Trading PTE Ltd. China Unipec Asia Co. Ltd. which will prevent the integration of the ecuadorian cross into the commercial giant Gunvor SA

The motive: the example of Gunvor Raymond Kohut was declared guilty in the United States of having paid $ 22 million and was paid to three Petroecuador officials for consecuting this crude, which was subsequently established destined for two Asian companies.

In the missions, the manager of International Trade, Pablo Noboa Orozco, quoted the number 8 of Article 83 of the Constitution that has “combated acts of corruption”. And it was announced that the petition would be carried out “with the aim of promoting commercial relations” between Petroecuador and the companies.

In addition to the vigilantes’ contracts, the Ecuadorian state must collect cargoes of crude Naples and Orient to Asian companies, which will deal with external debt or pre-emptive oil purchase, without bidding, since there are negotiations between companies. Noboa’s pedido is that these cargoes are not commercialized by Gunvor.

In both cases, Noboa cites the vigilante contract and a model of the Asians who drove the Gunvor crude, which was sold to ENAP Refinerías, Chile, with issued invoices “by the account of Gunvor SA”. The invoices are quoted as of March 4, 2020 by Unipec and February 9, 2021 by PTT.

These cards have been released since the International Trade Authority manages these companies and Petrochina International Co. Ltd. which calls for a “legalized legalized declaration” that “should not be considered with the possible allegations of corruption” related to Gunvor. Asimismo, Noboa les pidió que informaran si tienen algos typo de corporation relationship with Gunvor or its branches.

Noboa notices that you have not sent this information, the companies “will not be invited to the competitions for the international sale of hydrocarbons”. Finally, the foot that was abstained from participating in a contest that was convened to buy Fuel Oil No. 6.

Loose information

The fact that the Ecuadorian petroleum does not read the refinements of these Asian companies is not a surprise to the Ecuadorian authorities. In its annual information, the Hydrocarburifer Regulation and Control Agency (ARCH) reports on crude exports. Asia, and 2017, is the then concentration of the mayor of the exportaciones era Estados Unidos with 56%, unos 75.5 million barrels, seguido por Chile with 16%, Perú con 15%, China con 5% y Panamá con 4 %.

As a rule, the same information is provided: “observes that the companies Petrochina International Co. Ltda. and Unipec Asia Co Ltda. a group of 73% of the exports made by Petroecuador, while PTT International Trading registers as 25% and the remaining 2% is owned by Glencore Ltd. An information about the 2016 mayor of the concentration period: Petrochina and Unipec with 90% of the crude ecuatoriano and PTT with the remaining 10%, precisely for the contracts to prevent petrol.

In fact, one of the great changes made during Lenin Moreno’s governor saw that Petroecuador resumed the spot sales, said in competition, renegotiated contracts and did not want to prevent petroleum companies. In addition to the raw material, which is calculated with an agreed formula and which varies from year to year, Ecuador has to pay an interest rate, which is 8% per annum.

That was revealed with the Kohut confession in EE. UU. in order to obtain this tax, it will be paid to Gunvor as well “help to secure the financing of approximately $ 5,400 million and are guaranteed to be credited with the statutory entities to Petroecuador of agreement with the contracts”. We do not know the identities of Petroecuador’s three employees, the intermediaries and the Asian companies that participate in what the state tax authorities call “the scheme of sobriety and the creation of assets”.

The contracts

Agreed with Petroecuador, there are currently five vigorous contracts, three of which are with Petrochina, one with PTT and one with Unipec, and which have been compromised since 2024, and which in its majority have been renegotiated to extend their position. For this year, these contracts represent 75.89 million barrels of the total of Petroecuador’s annual production, a figure that will decrease in 2022 to 63.92 million, in 2023 to 60.48 and in 2024 to only 17.64, respectively the planning of the petrol state (See Graph).

The deal with Unipec and quoted in the Noboa management card is the 2014-090 contract number. The document, which has been accessed by UNIVERSO, publishes a series of reports on these issues in December 2017, signed on 15 May 2014 in Beijing by the President of Unipec, Chen Bo, and the governors of Petroecuador, Marco Calvopiña, sent by the sobornos relacionados with the great works of the state and that access to the prelude the 12th of February passed.

The negotiation is exemplified by a prize of $ 2,400 million raised in six tranches over the years, up to June 2016. Including the Monetary Policy and Financial Regulation and Finance authorized by the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank to open accounts in the Bank of China’s Development Bank, in order to deposit part of this money together with another preamble that will serve Petrochina International. On the other hand, there are additional contact persons on behalf of Petroecuador Nilsen Arias Sandoval, managing director of Comercio Internacional, and Ana Lucía Palacios; and by Unipec, Gao Shuangqiang (based in Hong Kong) and Yi Xufeng (in New York).

The contract with PTT International is 2016-916, which is titled the first decision of 2016 in Bangkok, between the managing directors of Petroecuador, Pedro Merizalde Pavón (who has been investigating the activities and perjuries since 2016 and who received them sobornos de Odebrecht por la Refinería del Pacífico) y su homologo de PTT, Vaitayang Kullavanijaya. Fueron $ 600 million in four trams with 122.7 million barrels in barrel five years ago. In this document, the additional contact is only Nilsen Arias.

In the case of Petrochina International Company Limited, five of the sites of this company were owned by external debtors and those five, three were vigilantes. The first is the 2011-203, signed in Beijing in June of 2011 by Nilsen Arias, thanks to a power delivered by Calvopiña. The price of the prize was $ 1,000 million. The second is 2016-050, from the year 2016 classified by Arias, thanks to a power forwarded by Álex Bravo, which accumulates three sentences for irregularities in Petroecuador. El préstamo fue solo for $ 970 million per cambio of 76.3 million barrels during 66 months. The last contract was 2016-279, signed on April 29, 2016 in Beijing by Merizalde. The price of $ 2 million was 181.4 million barrels at a rate of 96 months, that is also eight years.

Denunciation in Quito

It is reported that the Kohut Confession, the current governor of Petroecuador, Gonzalo Maldonado, presented a statement before the State Tax Office and a request that a criminal aid be sought from EE. UU. to get more information about the soborn scheme.

Maldonado, who pleaded guilty in December, filed the same lawsuit in the Vitol case, in which the company sued the court for the justice of his country because he had been paid in Ecuador, Mexico and Brazil. In Ecuador’s case, it is alleged that $ 1.8 million was paid to officials and Ecuadorian consultants for obtaining combustion agreements from a contract negotiated with Oman Trading International Limited (OTI) entered into on December 6, 2016 and that Merizalde and Nilsen Arias represent Petroecuador. (I)