(Trinidad and Tobago Energy Chamber, 15.Dec.2022) — The Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference takes place at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain from 23-25 January 2023. Background The oil...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jun.2022) — Energy briefs including economic details not limited to inflation reaching 11.2% y/y in 1Q:22 in the Cayman Islands, Hurricane Agatha causing severe flooding in Cuba...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Apr.2022) — Cuba exceeded its fuel import budget in the first quarter due to higher fuel prices while Trinidad & Tobago is expected to experience a “balance...
(Bloomberg, 16.Mar.2022) — U.S. refiners Valero Energy Corp and Marathon Petroleum Corp., along with Shell Plc’s trading unit Shell Western Supply and Trading, are rushing to secure Ecuadorian barrels after America banned imports...
(Jamaica Observer, 2.Jan.2022) — Mineral exploration company Geophysx Jamaica Limited following preliminary findings from a series of exploration activities done locally has moved to roll-out phase three of the project, through...
(Jamaica Observer, 30.Dec.2021) — Pump prices touch a new record today after jumping by the most in two months. Petrojam on Wednesday hiked the price of a litre of both...
(Jamaica Observer, 29.Dec.2021) — Even with Jamaica not having any new request for proposal (RFP) since early 2016, more banks and other lenders have begun to embrace their role in...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including Chile being chosen for the 2nd consecutive yr as the most attractive emerging mkt to invest in renewable energies in the LatAm...
(Jamaica Observer, 22.Dec.2021) — News portal, the Virgin Islands Consortium, reports that Jamaica-based West Indies Petroleum (WIP) won an auction for the Lime Tree Bay Refinery with its bid of US$62...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including details of four renewable energy-exporting opportunities in the Caribbean in Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana; TotalEnergies extending the contract for...
(Sagicor, 17.Jun.2021) — Sagicor Group Jamaica will be structuring a $285mn sale and leaseback of the combined heat and power plant in Clarendon owned by New Fortress Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:...
(Jamaica Observer, 29.Jul.2020) — The Jamaica Gasoline Retailers Association (JGRA) on Monday last warned a parliamentary committee reviewing the proposed Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) Act, 2017 at Gordon House,...
(Jamaica Gleaner, 20.Mar.2020) — Tullow Oil Plc has fully written off its oil exploration licence for the Walton-Morant Basin offshore Jamaica, on which it has taken a US$36-million hit. The...
(NPR, 20.Jul.2019) — It sounded like such a good idea at the time. The year was 2005. Global oil prices were climbing dramatically. Countries in the Caribbean were facing major...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 16.Jun.2019) — The ad hoc administrative board of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) appointed by interim Venezuelan president Juan Guaidó requested that the government of Jamaica...
(Jamaica Gleaner, Neville Graham, 9.Jun.2019) — Light and power supplier Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is in line for a tax break as it follows through on plans to add...
(Jamaica Gleaner, 5.Jun.2019) — Lubricating Specialties Company (LSC) is adding another 500,000 gallons in capacity at its facility in Rockfort, Kingston, for which it already has the green light from...
(Jamaica Observer, Balford Henry, 17.May.2019) — The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) says that the Wigton Windfarm IPO shares will be listed and begin trading on the main market of...
(Jamaica Observer, Karena Bennett, 8.May.2019) — SOL Petroleum Jamaica Limited will shutter its lubricant and bunkering business across the island, effective June 30. The announcement comes six years after Simpson...
(JIS News, Serena Grant, 15.Apr.2019) — Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says that Wigton Windfarm Limited has saved the Government expenditure of over US$54 million in...
(Jamaica Gleaner, Steven Jackson, 14.Apr.2019) — Power utility Jamaica Public Service Company, JPS, will commission a US$25 million storage facility in phases this year as a safeguard against power outages....
(Jamaica Gleaner, 20.Mar.2019) — In a deal said to be worth $4 billion, the owners of Jamaica Energy Partners (JEP) have snapped up rival energy outfit Jamaica Private Power Company...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 14.Mar.2019) — OPEC announced publication of its Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR) as of 14 March 2019 with details on producers in Latin America and...
(Jamaica Observer, Ricardo Case, 4.Mar.2019) — The great Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra of American baseball fame, in one of his many famous quotes, said: “The future ain’t what it used...
(Fairfield Current, Lisa Matthews, 28.Feb.2019) — Morgan Stanley started coverage on shares of New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE) in a research note released on Monday morning, Marketbeat.com reports. The brokerage issued...
(Jamaica Observer, Kimone Thompson, 26.Feb.2019) — The state-owned oil refinery Petrojam, which is currently embroiled in a management scandal, has begun the search for a new HR manager, following Yolande...
(Jamaica Observer, Karena Bennett, 24.Feb.2019) — After 100 years of operating Texaco gas stations in Jamaica, GB Energy says it is on track to become the dominant player in the...
(Jamaica Gleaner, Livern Barrett, 19.Feb.2019) — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has sought to explain that the move to compulsorily acquire Venezuela’s shares in Petrojam is purely economic. Holness was speaking...
(Jamaica Gleaner, 18.Feb.2019) — Newly appointed Minister of Energy, Science and Technology Fayval Williams yesterday summoned Petrojam’s technical team following a Sunday Gleaner story citing fuel concerns at the state-owned...
(Jamaica Gleaner, Avia Collinder, 15.Feb.2019) — Total Jamaica Limited appears poised to take the top spot in the local petrol market, at least in terms of the number of stations...
(Marla Dukharan, 4.Feb.2019) — The worst humanitarian crisis in Latin American history has for years been festering in our backyard, with spillovers both good and (mostly) bad for the Caribbean....
(Jamaica Gleaner, David Jessop, 27.Jan.2019) — Last Wednesday Juan Guaidó, the President of Venezuela’s National Assembly, took an informal oath of office and declared himself the country’s interim president. In...
(New Fortress, 25.Jan.25.2019) — New Fortress Energy LLC (NASDAQ: NFE) announced that following its recent nine-day roadshow, it has filed an amendment to its registration statement on Form S-1 with...
(Jamaica Gleaner, Avia Collinder, 16.Jan.2019) — A &A Lime Hall Development Limited, a company incorporated in 2004 as a rental service in Montego Bay, St James, has offered PDV Caribe...
(Jamaica Gleaner, Livern Barrett, 16.Jan.2019) — Amid calls by the parliamentary Opposition for the Government to reconsider its decision, the special legislation being crafted to sanction the decision by the...
(Jamaica Observer, 14.Jan.2019) — Managing director of JAMALCO, Austin Mooney, says construction of the bauxite/alumina company’s US$189-million gas-fired cogeneration power plant by New Fortress Energy (NFE) is on track for...
(Jamaica Observer, 13.Jan.2019) — The listing of MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Limited on the Jamaica Stock Exchange will take place on Monday, January 14, at 9:00 am. The company will...
(Jamaica Gleaner, Neville Graham, 11.Jan.2019) — GB Energy, the marketing company that holds the Texaco brand in Jamaica, will be undertaking a $2-billion expansion drive to increase the number of...
(Jamaica Observer, Kamina Johnson Smith, 9.Jan.2019) — Below are the notes from Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamina Johnson Smith in her press breifing yesterday: Ladies and gentlemen of the media,...
(Jamaica Observer, 9.Jan.2019) — The Government of Jamaica has announced that it will take legislative action for ownership of the 49 per cent share in the local oil refinery, PetroJam,...
(Jamaica Observer, 9.Jan.2019) — The Opposition has come out against Government's decsion to use legislative action to take back Venezuela's 49 per cent share of Petrojam. Shadow minister of energy,...
(MPC, 25.Dec.2018) — MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Ltd has raised US$11 million from its initial public offering (IPO) on the Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago stock exchanges. The offering opened...
(Jamaica Observer, Garfield Myers, 24.Dec.2018) — A leading executive in the renewable energy sector is urging electricity provider Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to stay focused on improving efficiency and...
(Jamaica Gleaner, Steven Jackson, 21.Dec.2018) — Natural gas supplier New Fortress Energy has erected its new floating regasification vessel called the Golar Freeze offshore Old Harbour, under a long-term deal...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman and Piero Stewart, 13.Dec.2018) — Heard on the street and other LatAmNRG briefs from South America’s Guyana, which expects first oil to start flowing in...
(Jamaica Gleaner, 11.Dec.2018) — Jamaica is now developing its renewable-energy potential at a leading pace among its Caribbean neighbours with support from private investment, says David Delaire, managing director, Germany-based...
(Loop News, 11.Dec.2018) — The deepening Petrojam scandal has now seen the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) calling for the resignation or firing of Opposition Spokesman on Energy, Phillip Paulwell....
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, Ian Silverman and Aaron Simonsky, 11.Dec.2018) — Heard on the street and other LatAmNRG briefs about Chile’s electric buses, Echo Energy’s well stimulation in Argentina,...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart and Aaron Simonsky, 3.Dec.2018) — Heard on the street and other LatAmNRG briefs from OPEC’s Venezuela and Southern Cone shale gas producer Argentina. Argentina Authorizes...
(JIS, 3.Dec.2018) — The Wigton Windfarm (WWF) initial public offering (IPO) on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is expected for March 2019. General Manager of Public-Private Partnerships and Privatisation Services...
(Jamaica Observer, 19.Nov.2018) — Energy storage, distributed energy, renewables and electric vehicles powered by a smart grid are among the main disruptive trends in the global energy sector. Advances in...
(Jamaica Gleaner, Steven Jackson, 14.Nov.2018) — New Fortress Energy, the American company that develops gas infrastructures and supplies natural gas to Jamaica, has considered listing its shares on the Nasdaq...
(Jamaica Gleaner, Neville Graham, 14.Nov.2018) — A foreign investor in Jamaica's largest solar farm under construction in Westmoreland will be floating shares on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, via an initial...
(Jamaica Gleaner,11.Nov.2018) — The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is promising a more reliable power supply with an improved and more reliable grid in which it has invested $116 million...
(Jamaica Observer, 11. Nov.2018) — Sheree Martin, JPS’ senior vice-president (SVP) for business development, has announced her resignation from the energy company, effective November 27, 2018. “JPS has been nothing...
(RJR News, 9.Oct.2018) — There is an ominous warning about the possible economic fallout for Jamaica due to changes in the climate, as outlined in the latest United Nations report...
(Jamaica Gleaner, Neville Graham, 28.Sep.2018) — GB Energy Jamaica, the petroleum marketing company that operates the Texaco fuel stations, was to unveil a new automated payment system before business owners...
(CMC, 12.Sep.2018) — Jamaica says it has benefitted from projects estimated at US$5 billion under the Venezuela-led PetroCaribe initiative over the past 13 years. CEO of the Petro-Caribe Development Fund...
(Jamaica Gleaner, 12.Sep.2018) — Gas prices are to go down by $0.72 tomorrow Thursday, September 13 The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 will sell for $137.82 per litre and...
(Jamaica Gleaner, McPherse Thompson, 9.Aug.2018) – Jamaica signed a new agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, which will see the application of atomic energy in agriculture and industry...
(Jamaica Gleaner, Edmond Campbell, 31.Jul.2018) – The ongoing scandal that began at the state-owned oil refinery Petrojam has claimed its latest casualty with the resignation yesterday of Andrew Wheatley as...
[caption id="attachment_2712" align="alignleft" width="300"] Source: Jamaica Observer[/caption] (The Sterling Report, Yanique Leiba-Ebanks, 29.Jul.2018) – Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd (affectionately known as Petrotrin) is the state-owned oil company...
(Jamaica Gleaner, Steven Jackson, 27.Jul.2018) – A tripartite deal is in the works for the development of a power plant at CB Group's expansive property and future home called The...
(The Geological Society, 25.Jul.2018) – The Gulf of Mexico is a world class prolific hydrocarbon system. As a result of recent energy reform the Mexican sector of this basin has...
(Jamaica Gleaner, Avia Collinder, 20.Jul.2018) – The LNG gas station to be developed by New Energy Fortress will have the capacity to fuel 25 buses daily, or five times the...
(Jamaica Observer, 15.Jul.2018) – New Fortress Energy announced on Friday a new partnership with Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) for the introduction of the first natural gas-powered buses in Jamaica,...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Jul.2018) – Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean fell for a third straight year in 2017, reported the Economic Commission for...
(Jamaica Gleaner, 11.Jul.2018) – In a matter of months, the US$1.6 billion, or more than J$208 billion, now in the PetroCaribe Development Fund (PDF) is to flow to the Consolidated...
(Jamaica Gleaner, 2.Jul.2018) – Dr Andrew Wheatley has been stripped of the energy portfolio as the government implements a raft of changes at the controversy-plagued oil refinery Petrojam. A statement...
(Jamaica Gleaner, 27.Jun.2018) – Petrojam, the beleaguered government-controlled oil refinery, spent over $14 billion or 74 per cent of its domestic expenditure over a two-year period to last October via...
(JIS, 14.Jun.2018) – The Government has saved $230 million, to date, and reduced environmental emissions from the implementation of major programmes in energy efficiency, conservation and management. The Petroleum Corporation...
(Jamaica Gleaner, 13.Jun.2018) – Gas prices are to go down by $0.21 effective Thursday, June 14. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 will sell for $132.12 per litre...
(The Jamaica Observer, 9.Jun.2018) – Government sources told the Jamaica Observer they are awaiting a response from Venezuela on its offer to repurchase their 49 per cent share in the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 31.May.2018) – Former Trinidad and Tobago Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine will speak in Port of Spain about the regional deepwater industry in the Southern Caribbean....
(Amsterdam News, Bert Wilkinson, 24.May.2018) – Jamaica is fancying its chances of becoming the latest Caribbean Community nation after Guyana to find commercial quantities of oil and gas in the...