MBS Value Partners Selected as International Investor Relations Advisors to Ecopetrol

- To Provide Advisory and Implementation Services for Colombia’s Largest Company -

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ — MBS Value Partners announced that it has been selected as international investor relations advisors to Ecopetrol S.A. (NYSE: EC), the largest company in Colombia and one of the 35 largest petroleum companies in the world.

“We are delighted to be working with Ecopetrol at this important juncture in its history,” noted Monique Skruzny and Lynn Morgen, funding partners of MBS. “We look forward to assisting Ecopetrol in fully leveraging its recent ADR listing to support the Company’s growth plans.”

On September 18, 2008, trading of Ecopetrol’s American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) began on the NYSE. The listing, which was not in connection with a new offering, follows Ecopetrol’s US $2.8 BN IPO in 2007 in which 10.1% of the Company was sold to domestic investors.

About MBS Value Partners

MBS Value Partners provides advisory work and develops customized investor, financial and corporate communications programs for a growing roster of domestic and international clients in a broad range of industries. Each of the firm’s founding partners has direct investment community experience, as well as many years of experience in all facets of investor relations and corporate communications. The firm’s Latin America practice includes several clients in Brazil and Chile as well as Colombia. MBS is headquartered in New York and maintains a San Francisco area office.

For more information on MBS Value Partners, please see www.mbsvalue.com

SOURCE MBS Value Partners