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| I thank the refineries for reaching a history load with the highest operational availability in the last five years |
| We also highlight the strong financial results of Ecopetrol Permian |
| The social gas program, we so far in 2023, connected to the natural gas service, more than 20,000 families in rural areas of Arauca, Guajira and Atlantico and the successful completion of the micro LNG agreement in Buenaventura, giving support and reliability to the gas supply for 37,000 families in this area of the country |
| But I would say that when we look at 2023, we had three quarters with very positive margins due to the behavior of the product prices, both diesel as gasoline |
| Throughout the year, we achieved financial results that exceeded the targets set forth in our financial plan with superior results across key indicators |
| Our financial results reflect the excellent operating performance of the Ecopetrol Group, allowing us to achieve in 2023, the second best results in the company's history |
| In 2023, we achieved significant milestones, including a historical record in refined product evacuation of 306,000 barrels per day, leveraged mainly by increased product availability at both refineries and operational optimizations in transportation systems |
| In refining, we achieved an unprecedented financial performance with over [COP73.3 trillion] (ph) in EBITDA, the highest refining load in history of 120 barrels per day, [Technical Difficulty] continues to supply and operation of the Cartagena refinery plant interconnection, IPCC |
| So we have a very positive outlook |
| And the second, which is more significant, is that when we look at the refining management in the mid and long term and we compare those what we see in the future with what we saw last year ago, we have better refinery margins |
| Just to add, in 2023, in its context, was an excellent year |
| The Transmission and Roads business generated positive operational and financial results, accompanied by significant awards throughout 2023, which will translate into investments of COP9.8 trillion in the coming years, reinforcing our subsidiaries' growth trajectory across various geographies |
| This achievement was recognized by CDP Water Security, giving us and A minus leadership rating for outstanding water management practices, making us one of the best companies in the oil and gas sector in these practices |
| In the downstream segment, we achieved outstanding financial and operational results with historical records in refining throughput and operational availability, thanks to the rigorous execution of scheduled major maintenance activities, operational efficiencies as well as a favorable pricing scenario |
| This resulted in an EBITDA of COP7.3 trillion, the second highest in the segment's history |
| Please keep firm confidence on our company and our subsidiaries with this great team that's working with us that has shown a very important leadership, Ecopetrol, and the margin of critical conditions of the market situations |
| Proved developed reserves increased by 4% versus 2022, showing an improvement in our CapEx execution |
| Also, we highlight our recognition in 2023 Merco ranking as the Colombian company with the greatest capacity to attract and retain talent |
| I express my gratitude to Ecopetrol Permian, would contribute to the production with its exceptional performance as well as to semi connecting the entire country and achieving an unprecedented annual production evacuation of pipelines |
| Operational availability of refining plants above 95% and the highest in the last five years |
| Our investment execution capacity reached its highest level in eight years, totaling approximately COP27 trillion, in line with our annual target |
| Additionally, our transmission and toll roads businesses made a significant contribution of 15%, contributing to the stability of the group's income and operating cash |
| So on one side, diesel, we have a subsidy, and on gasoline, we have -- we are a little bit above, which help us to improve our deficit |
| 2023, we attained the second best result in the history of the Ecopetrol Group, surpassing the previous year when the average Brent price approached $100 per barrel |
| We closed the year with the highest record of transfers to the Nation in Ecopetrol's history, COP58 trillion |
| The aforementioned enabled an incremental production of 70,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, an 18% increase versus 2022 |
| However, we achieved the group's second best year ever with the tactical operational results in terms of producing in the throughput of the refinery in volumes transported through our pipeline system and progress on energy transition projects |
| We also achieved an EBITDA of COP60.7 trillion, with efficiency gains reaching COP4.5 trillion, representing a 25% annual growth |
| We transport 1,130,000 barrels per day with 306,000 barrels per day through pipelines, the highest in the group's history |
| This is good news |
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| The integrated refining gross margin was $13.1 per barrel, mainly affected by weaker diesel jet and gasoline spreads |
| So these weakened the refinery margins in the fourth Q compared to the third quarter |
| In 2023, crude price dropped to $82 per barrel, combined with inflationary pressures and high energy costs, creating a very challenging environment for the company cost structure |
| Ricardo Roa We closed a challenging 2023 marked by lower oil prices and higher inflationary pressures |
| About downstream, I'm going to just ask -- I mentioned two things, which were [queuing] (ph) the margin deterioration |
| So what do we see in the first months of this year? Well, a fall in imports below that range of 45,000 barrels |
| They lose reservoirs compared to the previous year |
| The profit was impacted by a 10% in contracts such as an impairment that reduced the net income by COP0.9 trillion for the period |
| We also went from $86 to $82 per semester and a decrease in the product differentials |
| Is the reason for the spike in production in the fourth quarter was only because the Permian? And if we should expect now production to decline more pronounced in the first quarter of the year |
| Fixed cost do have structural challenges that are larger |
| Organically, 307 million barrels of oil equivalent were incorporated, but at the same time, 188 million barrels of oil equivalent were debooked, mainly impacted by external factors associated with the lower Brent price, inflationary effects as well as decline in water breakthrough in gas fields such as Ballena, Cupiagua and Recetor for a net incorporation of 119 million barrels of oil equivalent |
| And the other impact mentioned is the closure due to the droughts that also impact our production |
| But in the fourth Q, that price had fall, we saw it even since -- starting in October with the gasoline was in prices in 1 digit of around $7, $8 per barrel, and we saw a fall in the price of diesel and said fuel |
| There's a large decrease in the diesel differentials around above $20 and a fall of $7 in the gasoline differentials |
| Nevertheless, it is true that the fact that we have a price that it's unfavorable compared to 2022 and the inflation, well, it does affect the development plans of some fields that I already mentioned |
| This affected the result in terms of margins |
| The largest impact is in gas due to water and decline of our mature fields, particularly in Ballena, Cupiagua and Recetor |
| This is not bad |
| The production that you show in the fourth quarter, it's only overcome by the 2015 quarter -- fourth quarter |
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