(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 30.Oct.2015) – Brazil’s state oil entity Petrobras discusses its challenges in the pre-salt during the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas. https://youtu.be/dJMlsTw2BU4
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Oct.2015) – The Warnes Thermoelectric Plant, located in Bolivia's Santa Cruz department, will provide 200 megawatts (MW) of energy to the country's electric grid during its first...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 8.Oct.2015) – Rumors have it that Venezuela's Finance Minister Rodolfo Marco Torres had to be corrected on a number of occasions while talking about the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 8.Oct.2015) – A Venezuela delegation is expected to visit with Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister K. Rowley, Venezuela finance minister Rodolfo Marco Torres writes in...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 8.Oct.2015) – “OPEC should convert itself into a stronger actor in geopolitical, geo-economics, and social areas as well in the permanent search for peace,”...
(Rosneft, 8.Oct.2015) – Rosneft, as part of a PetroMiranda JV including PDVSA and Gazprom Neft, has drilled an unprecedented horizontal well GG1-14 at the Junin-6 block. The well is unique...
(Reuters, 6.Oct.2015, Alexandra Valencia) – Ecuador’s state-run oil company Petroecuador said it is ready to advance discussions with 24 companies interested in supplying light crude to the Andean country. The...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 1.Oct.2015) – Venezuela will soon start offshore gas production at the Mariscal Sucre project. Production from Cardon IV block is currently at 300 million...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 1.Oct.2015) – This will be the first exploration well to search for and confirm the presence of oil and gas in Curazaito in Zulia state,...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 1.Oct.2015) – Due to the fall in oil prices, all of the oil companies and governments have experienced a strong negative impact to their...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 1.Oct.2015) – The smuggling of Venezuelan gasoline to Aruba and other countries will continue as long as a large gap between gasoline prices exists,...
(Poten & Partners, 30.Sep.2015) — Trinidad & Tobago’s final master natural gas plan prepared for the Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs as of September 2015 by Poten & Partners....
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Sep.2015) – Information in this section, provided by Energy Analytics Institute editors and reporters, is hearsay and thus should be treated as such. The names of our...
(EIA, 25.Sep.2015) – The amount of unproved technically recoverable shale natural gas around the world has reached 7,576 Tcf, higher than previously estimated, according to a survey by the U.S.-based...
(Statoil ASA, 22.Sep.2015) – Norway's Statoil ASA, on behalf of the Peregrino license partners, has been awarding a contract to Wood Group to provide 4-year operations and maintenance for 2...
(PetroEcuador, 18.Sep.2015) – PetroEcuador says activities initiated on September 11, 2015 to restart the fluid catalytic cracker unit at the Esmeraldas refinery, according to a statement posted to the state...
(PetroEcuador, 18.Sep.2015) – PetroEcuador says that overhaul work is being performed on processing units at the 110,000 barrel per day (b/d) capacity Esmeraldas refinery that have deteriorated due to inadequate...
(Petrobras, 17.Sep.2015) – Due to the article published in the press on the potential sale of Gaspetro, Petrobras clarifies that, as announced on June 29, 2015, a divestment plan has...
(El Diario, 17.Sep.2015) – Results from the Lliquimuni exploration well are expected to be ready in late-October or early-November, reported the daily newspaper El Diario, citing Bolivia's energy minister Luis...
(Petrobras, 16.Sept.2015) – Petrobras' oil and natural gas production in Brazil and abroad reached 2.88 MMboe/d in Aug.2015, a new record. It is up 0.8% on the previous record of...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 15.Sep.2015) – Venezuela's Foreign Minister and Vice President of International Affairs at PDVSA, Delcy Rodríguez, accompanied by Minister of Commerce and Industry of Saudi Arabia...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 15.Sep.2015) – “A $40 per barrel oil price is not a low price for Venezuela,” says Ramon Espinasa, oil economist at the Inter-American Development Bank...
(Petrobras, 15.Sep.2015) – Petrobras hereby responds to BM&FBovespa Official Letter 2851/2015-SAE, which requests the following clarifications: BM&FBovespa Official Letter 2851/2015-SAE "We request that you provide clarification, by 9 a.m. on...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Sep.2015) – In terms of decisions made by Venezuelan government, a former AVHI executive in Caracas shares his thoughts. “What is good for you is bad for...
(Petrobras, 15.Sep.2015) – Petrobras' Board of Directors approved the appointment of Director Luiz Nelson Guedes de Carvalho at a meeting. Carvalho will chair this Board during Mr. Murilo Pinto de...
(Petrobras, 15.Sept.2015) – In regard to the news items carried by the press concerning the leasing of oil rigs, Petrobras cannot confirm that it is about to sign a 15-year...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 14.Sep.2015) – In terms of a much talked about default, PDVSA would continue to function but the levels of output will likely decline due to...
(Maria Luisa Puig, Eurasia, 14.Sept.2015) – Indigenous groups occupied the installations of block 192, the largest oil field in the Amazon jungle, to force the government to listen to their...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 14.Sep.2015) – PDVSA is falsely accusing innocent workers of smuggling fuel, according to an oil union official. “By falsely accusing innocent PDVSA workers of smuggling...
(Petrobras, 14.Sep.2015) – Petrobras' Chair of the Board of Directors, Murilo Ferreira, has advised the Board that he will be on leave of absence until 30.Nov.2015. ***
(AES Corporation, 11.Sep.2015) – AES Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Gas Natural Atlantico S. de R.L., won a competitive bid process conducted by the Electric Transmission Company, SA (ETESA), the...
(Petrobras, 11.Sep.2015) – Regarding Standard & Poor's announcement of its new rating on September 10, 2015, Petrobras reiterates the medium-term fundability of its projects has been assured through loans taken...
(Petrobras, 11.Sep.2015) – Petrobras and Braskem have signed contracts to supply naphtha for 2-months, starting on September 1, 2015: one is for the Braskem Unit in São Paulo and the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 10.Sep.2015) – A 4.5 magnitude quake was reported in Venezuela's Sucre state (41km north of Guiria), Venezuelan Seismological Foundation (Funvisis) reported. ***
(PDVSA, 10.Sept.2015) – The World Energy Council (WEC) and the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), with the support of the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy (MEER) of Ecuador,...
(Petrobras, 10.Sep.2015) – Currently, Petrobras has 28 contracts with Sete Brasil to charter drilling rigs. Charter contracts for 7 of the rigs were signed in Jun.2011 and the remaining 21...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Sep.2015) – “Let’s overcome our differences of opinion between OPEC and non OPEC producers to achieve consensus,” Venezuela's oil ministry posted via twitter , citing the country's oil...
(AVN, 9.Sep.2015) – Venezuela's public prosecutor office arrests 9 persons convicted of trafficking 15 tons of copper and lead that belonged to PDVSA. ***
(Moody's Investor Service, 9.Sep.2015) – Moody's Latin America Agente de Calificación de Riesgo has withdrawn the Aa1.ar National Local Currency rating for the Senior Unsecured Bank Credit Facility of Pan...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 8.Sep.2015) – A gas treatment plant in the Triguadare sector of Paraguana peninsula in Falcon state is operating normally after a fire was reported there...
(Ezra Holdings Ltd., 8.Sep.2015) – Singapore's Ezra Holdings Limited (Ezra or the Group), a leading contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas industry, announced its...
(Guyana Government Information Agency, 4.Sep.2015) – Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman, has briefed Cabinet on the strategic, legislative, regulatory and institutional arrangements for the management of upstream activities in the...
(Guyana Government Information Agency, 4.Sep.2015) – The government of Guyana believes that its responsibility and obligation are to ensure that there will be no shortage of fuel in Guyana, and...
(Chevron Corporation, 3.Sep.2015) – Chevron Corporation reached a settlement agreement with H5, a California-based e-discovery and litigation services firm. In the settlement, H5 has withdrawn its support from the litigation...
(MEO Australia Ltd., 3.Sep.2015) – MEO Australia Limited executed the Cuba Block 9 Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with the national oil company Cuba Petroleo Union (CUPET) in a ceremony in...
(Pemex, 28.Aug.2015) – The vessel will have the capacity to accommodate 700 platform workers. The accommodation vessel (floatel, floating hotel) built to service Pemex’s platforms, was launched at Navantia’s shipyard...
(Efe, 28.Aug.2015) — Bolivian President Evo Morales said South Korean conglomerate Samsung must finish construction of an ammonium and urea plant by the July 2016 deadline specified in its contract....
(GeoPark Limited, 27.Aug.2015) – GeoPark Limited announces a new oil field discovery following drilling of exploration well Chachalaca 1, located on the Llanos 34 Block in Colombia. GeoPark operates and...
(Petrobras, 26.Aug.2015) – Petrobras sets new daily and monthly records for oil extraction in the pre-salt layer. Petrobras' average oil and natural gas production rose 1.8% in July 2015 compared...
(Petrobras, 26.Aug.2015) – Petrobras has submitted to the Brazilian Financial and Capital Markets Association (ANBIMA) a request for the preliminary analysis of registration for the public offer of simple debentures,...
(Pemex, 25.Aug.2015) – Moody's Investors Service placed Pemex's global foreign currency and global local currency A3 ratings under review for a possible downgrade. In this regard, Pemex makes the following...
(Petrobras, 20.Aug.2015) – Regarding media reports on the payment of a fine to U.S. authorities, Petrobras states there is nothing ongoing regarding any payment of a fine to close civil...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 19.Aug.2015) – The Board of Directors of Ecopetrol S.A., in its meeting held on 14.Aug.2015, authorized the creation of a Colombian company indirectly wholly owned by Ecopetrol. The...
(Petrobras, 18.Aug.2015) – Pursuant to CVM Instruction 480/09, Petrobras has published, in the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) system, an acknowledgement relating to the meeting of the Board of...
(Pemex, 14.Aug.2015) – The exchange of light crude between the U.S. and Mexico will improve the production of diesel and gasoline in the country. Pemex has been notified of the...
(Pacific Rubiales, 14.Aug.2015) — Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. changed its corporate name to Pacific Exploration and Production Corporation. The name change reflects the company's broader focus in Latin America as...
(Harvard Review of Latin America, Miguel Tinker Salas, 14.Aug.2015) – I grew up in a Venezuelan oil camp. Ever since I can remember, I have heard both Spanish and English...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 14.Aug.2015) – Due to the resignation of Mr. Gonzalo Restrepo Lopez and the election of his replacement, the CEO of Ecopetrol S.A. hereby calls on Shareholders to attend...
(Moody's Investor Service, 14.Aug.2015) – Moody's Latin America Agente de Calificación de Riesgo affirmed the Ba2/Aaa.ar global scale rating and national scale rating on Petrobras Argentina S.A.'s $300 million in...
(Petrobras, 14.Aug.2015) – Petrobras has decided to include tax debts in the Special Installment Program – REFIS, introduced under Law 12996/2014 and regulated by the Joint Ordinance PGFN/RFB 1064/15 and...
(Fitch, 13.Aug.2015) – Fitch Ratings has affirmed Corporacion Electrica Nacional S.A.'s (CORPOELEC) local and foreign currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at 'CCC'. ***
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 11.Aug.2015) – The Paraguana Refining Center (CRP) will initiate a preventive shutdown of the Cardon Refinery's Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit on August 13, 2015,...
(Pemex, 11.Aug.2015) – Pemex and the Petroleum Workers Union of the Mexican Republic (STPRM, Sindicato de Trabajadores Petroleros de la República Mexicana) agreed to a 1-month extension for the review...
(Pemex, 11.Aug.2015) – The fire registered today in the Escobedo-Santa Catarina pipeline, in the municipality of García in Nuevo León, was caused by a blow from machinery that belonged to...
(Pemex, 11.Aug.2015) – At the installation session of the Board of Directors of the new Productive State-owned Subsidiary (PSS) Pemex Drilling and Services (Pemex Perforación y Servicios), the organic statute...
(Pemex, 10.Aug.2015) – The Second Joint Civil Court of the Third Circuit, based in the city of Guadalajara, granted the appeal filed by Pemex thus declaring the absence of damages...
(Harvest Natural Resources, Inc., 7.Aug.2015) – Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. announced second quarter 2015 earnings and provided an operational update. Harvest reported a 2Q:15 net loss of approximately $25.4 mln,...
(Petrobras, 7.Aug.2015) – Following the publication of Joint Regulation RFB/PGFN #1064 and Regulatory Instruction 1576 in the Official Gazette on 3.Aug.2015, by the Brazilian Internal Revenue and the Office of...
(Petrobras, 7.Aug.2015) – Petrobras announces that, in continuation of the studies for the initial public offering of shares by Petrobras Distribuidora (BR), disclosed in the Material Fact of 1.Jul.2015, its...
(Petrobras, 7.Aug.2015) – Petrobras made net earnings of R$5.9 bln in the 1H:15, down 43% from the 1H:14. This result mainly reflects an increase in net financial expenses and recognition...
(Pemex, 6.Aug.2015) – Pemex dismantles group composed of companies and public officials that had a conflict of interest in million-dollar contract. An investigation carried out by the Unit of Responsibilities...
(Ecopetrol S.A., 5.Aug.2015) – Ecopetrol announced Ecopetrol Corporate Group's financial results for the 2Q:15 and the 1H:15, prepared and filed in Colombian pesos (COP$) and on the basis of International...
(Petrobras, 1.Aug.2015) – On July 31, 2015, the Cidade de Itaguaí started up production to commence the operational phase of the Iracema Norte project. This area is located in the...
(Petrobras, 31.Jul.2015) – The Federal Public Prosecution Ministry returned R$139 mln misappropriated by former employees to Petrobras. Petrobras has made its supplier management process stricter. Its suppliers must now provide...
(Pemex, 30.Jul.2015) – Pemex and the Petroleum Workers Union of the Mexican Republic (STPRM) agreed to an extension in reviewing the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that will regulate the employment...