Who owns Reficar?
Reficar is owned by Ecopetrol (Colombia, NYSE: EC).[1]
Evidence: Ecopetrol S.A. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-30, SEC EDGAR, 30 April 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Ecopetrol S.A. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Origin
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Category
- Energy › Oil & gas › Refining & marketing
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: EC
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Reficar
Refinería de Cartagena S.A.S. (Reficar) is the Cartagena refinery, listed in Ecopetrol's 2025 Form 20-F among Colombian subsidiaries with 100 percent ownership and voting power.
What Ecopetrol's annual report says about Reficar
Sentences about Reficar from Ecopetrol's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
This were partially offset by a COP 1,688 billion increase in volumes purchased of refined products given the programmed maintenance and operational events of Reficar.
How often Ecopetrol names Reficar in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Reficar
Where Reficar sits in Ecopetrol
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Ecopetrol
Ecopetrol controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in energy.
Also in energy
Other brands in refining & marketing, and who owns them
The 21 brands in refining & marketing on Brandtree belong to 18 owners. The largest is Saudi Aramco, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Lima Refinery | Cenovus | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Petro-Canada Lubricants | HF Sinclair | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aramco Trading | Saudi Aramco | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia |
| Castrol | bp | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Moove | Cosan | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Cosmo Oil Marketing | Cosmo Energy | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Certas Energy | DCC | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Enilive | Eni | 🇮🇹 Italy |
About the owner: Ecopetrol
Ecopetrol is a state-owned company headquartered in Colombia. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: EC.
Ecopetrol's 2025 Form 20-F says the Colombian Nation holds 88.49 percent of its shares through the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit and that 11.51 percent trades on the Colombian and New York exchanges. It lists Reficar, Cenit and Esenttia as 100 percent subsidiaries, ISA at 51.4 percent and Ocensa at 72.65 percent. The 20-F also reports a 2026 agreement to buy a stake in Brazil's Brava Energia.
🇨🇴 Reficar and other Colombian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 99 brands that began in Colombia. 10 of them (10%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Reficar is not one of them.
- Terpel — Terpel 🇨🇴
- Activade — Quala 🇨🇴
- Agua Cristal — Postobón 🇨🇴
- Aguila — AB InBev 🇧🇪
- Airplan — ASUR 🇲🇽
- Almendra Tropical — CasaLuker 🇨🇴
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Reficar?
The parent company of Reficar is Ecopetrol, a state-owned company headquartered in Colombia.
Is Reficar Colombian?
Yes. Reficar originated in Colombia and its owner, Ecopetrol, is also headquartered in Colombia.
Is Reficar still owned by Ecopetrol?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Reficar is still owned by Ecopetrol. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Ecopetrol S.A. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-30 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 30 April 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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