Credit: REUTERS/LUISA GONZALEZBOGOTA, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Colombia's state-run oil company Ecopetrol ECO.CN said on Tuesday its third quarter net profit rose 8.5% to 3.01 trillion pesos ($890 billion) from the year-ago quarter.
Ecopetrol has said it will invest $3.5 billion to $4 billion in 2019, more than the previous year, as part of an ambitious plan to boost production and exploration to replenish dwindling oil reserves.
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