Ecopetrol 3rd-qtr Profit Plunges 41 pct, Oil Output Lower

Colombia's state-owned oil company, Ecopetrol, reported a 41 percent drop in third-quarter profit on Friday, due in part to lower crude output and selling prices.

Consolidated net profit, including earnings from subsidiaries, totaled 2.28 trillion pesos ($1.11 billion) for the quarter, compared with 3.86 trillion pesos in the same period a year earlier.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, EBITDA or cash flow, fell 32 percent to 5.47 trillion pesos.

($1 = 2061.0000 Colombian pesos) (Reporting by Peter Murphy; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)