Colombia Ecopetrol's net profit jumps 86% in Q3

Colombia's state oil producer Ecopetrol BVC:ECOPETROL on Thursday posted an 86% jump in net profit year-over-year in the third quarter, buoyed by higher oil prices and the recent acquisition of Brazil's Brava Energia.Net profit hit 4.76 trillion pesos ($1.44 billion dollars) in the quarter and reve…