BOGOTA, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Colombia's majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol reported second-quarter net profit of 3.72 trillion pesos ($951 million) on Tuesday, compared with 25 billion pesos in the year-earlier period.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose to 9.43 trillion pesos, from 2 trillion pesos in the second quarter of 2020.

The growth in earnings reflects a weak comparative period that saw the company's finances battered by a combination of lower demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic and increased supply due to an oil price war last year.

($1 = 3,913.59 Colombian pesos) (Reporting by Oliver Griffin Editing by Chris Reese)