© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The entrance of Ecopetrol’s Castilla oil rig platform is seen in Castilla La Nueva, Colombia June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Shareholders of Colombia’s majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol on Friday approved a plan to shore up the country’s fuel-price stabilization fund (FEPC), as well as an extraordinary dividend for minority shareholders, a spokesperson said.
Colombia’s government, which owns 88.5% of the oil company, and Ecopetrol will cover the FEPC deficit with 14.1 trillion pesos ($3.6 billion) between them in a bid to prevent rising international oil prices hitting Colombians’ pockets, Ecopetrol said in a statement late last month.
The government will stump up 8 trillion pesos, mostly from cash reserves, but also from its share of dividends paid by the company for 2021.
The remaining 6.1 trillion pesos will come from Ecopetrol, via a release of its occasional reserve fund, the statement said.
The release will include an additional 795 billion pesos ($191.7 million), to be distributed between the company’s 250,000 minority shareholders via an extraordinary dividend.
Following the operation, Ecopetrol’s occasional reserve will stand at 2 trillion pesos.
($1 = 3,912.15 Colombian pesos)
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