(Jamaica Observer, Karena Bennett, 18.Nov.2018) — Months after announcing plans to expand operations in Jamaica, Total Jamaica has set up a production hub on the island from which it is...
(CMC, 16.Nov.2018) — The Trinidad and Tobago government Wednesday said it provided guarantees of more than US$400 million to the cash-strapped oil company, Petrotrin, to meet its financial and other...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 16.Nov. 2018) — The price of natural gas in Brazil and Argentina to-date has risen in both markets compared to year-end 2017. In Brazil, the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Nov.2018) — Premier Oil plans to acquire 3D seismic across Block 30, which contains the high impact Wahoo prospect, and reprocess existing 3D seismic over Blocks 11...
[caption id="attachment_4656" align="alignnone" width="2700"] The PB-Abkatun-A2 platform is McDermott’s largest project in size and total value to date for PEMEX. Installation of Abkatun is scheduled for November 2018 in Mexico’s...
(McDermott, 15.Nov.2018) — McDermott International, Inc. announced a contract award for concept and engineering services for Talos Energy Inc. for the Zama field development project – the first offshore Mexico...
(OilPrice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 15.Nov.2018) — OPEC’s member Venezuela—which is sitting on the world’s largest crude oil reserves but which is suffering the worst loss of oil production in history outside...
(Premier Oil, 15.Nov.2018) — In September, the Mexican authorities approved the Zama pre-unitisation agreement between Pemex and the Block 7 partners as well as the Block 7 Zama appraisal programme....
(Echo Energy plc, 15.Nov.2018) — Echo Energy provided an update on its planned operational programme and the continued development of its regional portfolio. Initiation of Two Well Stimulation Programme During...
(Trinidad Express, 15.Nov.2018) — Venezuela’s minister of energy, Manuel Quevedo, said yesterday that his country’s state-owned oil giant PDVSA expects to start sending natural gas to Trinidad from the Dragon...
(S&P Global Platts, 15.Nov.2018) — Pan American Energy, the second-biggest oil producer and third for gas in Argentina, is working with BP on potentially exporting LNG out of Chile, a...
(NGI, Ronald Buchanan, 15.Nov.2018) — One of main energizers of Mexico’s nascent energy reform, Juan Carlos Zepeda, has resigned as president of the upstream regulator, the Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos...
[caption id="attachment_4659" align="alignnone" width="2700"] 2018 Airbus GEDC Diversity Award Winners - Gabriela García (left) and Constanza Miranda (right). Source: Airbus[/caption] (Airbus, 14.Nov.2018) — Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile’s SaviaLab recognised...
(Financial Times, Jude Webber, 14.Nov.2018) — A deputy governor of the Bank of Mexico and head of the country’s oil regulator have both stepped down early from their posts, a...
(Loop News, 14.Nov.2018) — Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and President of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, Franklin Khan, said the natural gas industry is forecast to grow within...
(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...
(Stabroek News, 14.Nov.2018) — The Department of Energy (DoE) has to date received no credible reports of any form of corruption as it relates contractors and deals in the nascent...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 13.Nov.2018) — Argentina’s Energy Secretary Javier Iguacel participated in the annual Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPPA) meeting held in New Orleans, Louisiana. “We have...
(President Energy, 13.Nov.2018) — President Energy announced that production results from its first new Argentine well were ahead of expectations, while results from the second new well were very encouraging....
(Reuters, 13.Nov.2018) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley on Tuesday called on the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) to develop and implement a gas pricing index to ensure...
(Oil & Gas Technoloy, Mark Venables, 13.Nov.2018) — New, deep-water production is underway at Lula Extreme South in the Brazilian Santos Basin. Royal Dutch Shell plc, through its subsidiary Shell...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 13.Nov.2018) — EP Petroecuador will open envelopes today related to the import of 3,120,000 barrels (plus or minus 2%) of No. 2 Diesel Oil No....
(Reuters, Tibisay Romero, Deisy Buitrago, 13.Nov.2018) — With chronic shortages of basic goods afflicting her native Venezuela, Veronica Perez used to drive from supermarket to supermarket in her grey Chevrolet...
(S&P Global Platts, Bernardo Fallas, 13.Nov.2018) — Argentina-based energy company Pampa Energia is cutting polystyrene and styrene butadiene rubber production amid lackluster demand in Argentina and barriers to export, two...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 12.Nov.2018) — Construction of the Talara refinery in Perú continues. Modernization work at the refinery -- which is comprised of 16 processing units and 5...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 12.Nov.2018) — YPF announced that combined equivalent production fell 4.3% in the third quarter of 2018. Total production fell to 529.1 Mboe/d in 3Q:18 compared...
(Pampa Energía, 12.Nov.2018) — Pampa Energía S.A. announced it will hold a conference call to discuss its 3Q:18 results on Tuesday November 13, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time...
(Pampa Energía, 12.Nov.2018) — Pampa Energía S.A. announces results for the nine-month period and quarter ended on September 30, 2018. All figures are stated in Argentine Pesos and have been...
(CMC, 12.Nov.2018) — Finance Minister Winston Jordan has given an insight into the campaign for the 2020 general elections in Guyana telling voters that the oil sector will feature prominently...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 12.Nov.2018) — Officials from Argentina initiated a road show today in the U.S. aimed at attracting investments in the Vaca Muerta formation in Neuquen. Argentina’s...
(Guyana Department of Public Information, 12.Nov.2018) — Prime Minister Hon. Moses V. Nagamootoo held discussions with a high-level, five-member team from the World Bank, which is visiting Guyana at the...
(Frontera Energy Corporation, 12.Nov.2018) — Frontera Energy Corporation intends to commence a consent solicitation to amend the indenture governing its outstanding 9.7% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2023. The company is...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 12.Nov. 2018) — Work related to construction of the new Ilo Terminal, being carried out by the Felguera Consortium, has reached a completion mark of...
(Oilprice.com, Viktor Katona, 12.Nov.2018) — I know what you think – such a headline is quite reckless given that Guyana has not produced any oil so far and it is...
(Reuters, 11.Nov.2018) — Venezuela is hoping to steeply raise oil output next year but will respect any new deal if OPEC agrees to reduce output from December, Oil Minister Manuel...
(The National, Robin Mills, 11.Nov.2018) — New president may make unpleasant listening but he says he wants to open up the country's energy industry, which would be a good thing....
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 11.Nov.2018) — Ecopetrol announced it has activated contingency plans after a new attack on the Caño Limón-Coveñas pipeline located in the Cedeño district, in the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 11.Nov.2018) — Ecuador announced it will utilize a $58.29 per barrel oil price to calculate projected oil export revenues in 2019, reported online media El...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 11.Nov.2018) — Uruguay is studying possibilities with hydrogen. “ANCAP is interested in the hydrogen option, because it is an ideal energy for transport, and which...
(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...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 10.Nov.2018) — An explosion that occurred along a segment of the Northeast Gas Pipeline José Francisco Bermúdez, and which caused interruptions in electricity service in...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 10.Nov. 2018) — EP Petroecuador signed a contract with OCP Ecuador S.A. on November 9, 2018 to renew the transportation of crude oil from Lago...
(Reuters, 10.Nov.2018) — Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol said on Saturday it was mounting another cleanup operation after a bomb attack on the Cano Limon pipeline. The attack is the...
“Uruguay’s energy matrix is one of the most outstanding in the world due to the variety of renewable energies” -- ANCAP President Marta Jara.
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 10.Nov.2018) — Ecuador’s Minister of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources Carlos Pérez García has requested that the Comptroller of the country carry out a special...
(Petrobras, 9.Nov.2018) — Petrobras announced, according to the CVM and B3 rules to Level 2 of corporate governance listed companies, calling of General Extraordinary Meeting on Dec. 11, 2018, observed...
(Reuters, Rodrigo Viga Gaier, Marta Nogueira, 9.Nov.2018) — Brazil’s Vice-President-elect Hamilton Mourão said on Twitter he was “very much impressed” after meeting on Friday with top executives at state-run oil...
(Pemex, 9.Nov.2018) — As part of the current Pemex business strategy, CEO Carlos Treviño leaves today for Abu Dhabi, where he will participate in the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 8.Nov.2018) — Argentine hydrocarbon investments are projected to increase in 2019 compared to 2018, announced the country’s Energy Secretary Javier Iguacel. “This year they invested...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 8.Nov.2018) — Argentina’s shale boom taking place in the Vaca Muerta formation in Neuquen will not stop the country from pursuing goals related to renewable...
(Wall Street Journal, Kejal Vyas and Bradley Olson, 8.Nov.2018) — For nearly a century, Chevron Corp. has weathered dictatorships, coups and nationalization drives to keep pumping oil in Venezuela. But recently,...
(Repsol, 8.Nov.2018) — Madrid-based Repsol S.A. announced the company’s Head of Investor Relation’s Front Office, Pablo Bannatyne will present at the dbVIC - Deutsche Bank American Depositary Receipt (ADR) Virtual...
(Oceaneering, 8.Nov.2018) — Oceaneering International, Inc. provided an operations update on its manufacturing facility in Panama City, Florida and its recovery from Hurricane Michael. “Exceeding our own expectations, production activities...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 8.Nov.2018) — Colombia's state oil company Ecopetrol revealed video coverage of the most recent attack on the company’s Caño Limón-Coveñas oil pipeline located in Boyacá....
(Reuters, Maximilian Heath, 8.Nov.2018) — The U.S. decision to review its tariffs on Argentine biodiesel could mean a reversal of fortune for exporters whose shipments from the South American country...
(Reuters, 8.Nov.2018) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday called for an improvement in Mexican state oil company Pemex’s financial position before it invests in building new refineries. Mexico’s...
(Pemex, 8.Nov.2018) — Pemex and the Government of the state of Puebla have agreed to promote civil defense actions to mitigate the risks that arise from fuel theft in this...
(ENAP, 8.Nov.2018) — The recognition highlights women who have joined productive activities traditionally carried out by men. On November 7, the National Service for Women and Gender Equality (SERNAMEG) gave...
(Weatherford International, 7.Nov.2018) — Weatherford International announced it has been awarded a four-year contract with a one-year optional extension to provide drillpipe riser (DPR) intervention systems and services for Petróleo...
(Frontera Energy, 7.Nov.2018) — Frontera Energy Corporation released its Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the third quarter of 2018, together with its Management, Discussion and Analysis (MD&A). These documents...
(Trinidad Express, Sandhya Santoo, 7.Nov.2018) — Is super gasoline burning faster? This is the claim by some motorists who are insisting that the fuel is burning faster, leading to lower...
(Reuters, 7.Nov.2018) — The development of non-conventional oil deposits using fracking could generate $500 million per project per year in taxes, royalties, dividends for shareholders and salaries in Colombia, the...
(Braskem, 7.Nov.2018) Braskem has defined a series of global initiatives to boost the Circular Economy in the production chain of manufactured plastic goods. “We are firmly committed to the goal...
(Petrobras, 6.Nov.2018) — Petrobras will disclose its 2018 Third Quarter Results on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, before the opening of the market. The company would like to invite investors and...
(Petrobras, 6.Nov.2018) — Petrobras announced its Board of Directors approved in a meeting held yesterday distribution of early remuneration to shareholders as Interest on Capital (IOC), as defined in art....
(Petrobras, 6.Nov.2018) — Petrobras reported net income of R$ 23,677 million in 9M-2018, the best result since 2011 and a growth of 371% compared to the 9M-2017, determined by: -...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 6.Nov.2018) — Argentina’s Energy Secretariat announced a tender for exploration activities offshore the Argentine continental shelf. The activities will expand Argentina’s exploration and exploitation potential...
(Scania, 6.Nov.2018) — In its largest gas bus delivery ever, Scania will supply 481 Euro 6 gas buses – the cleanest and most silent buses on the market – for...
(Reuters, 6.Nov.2018) — Rosneft was owed $3.1 billion by Venezuela as of September 30, down from $3.6 billion on June 30, Russia’s largest oil producer said on Tuesday. It also...
(NGI, Andrew Baker, 6.Nov.2018) — Fitch Ratings late last month revised its outlook for Mexico, citing, among other things, potential energy policies to be implemented by incoming President-Elect Andrés Manuel...
(Renewables Now, 6.Nov.2018) — Argentina's Ministry of Energy and Mines announced on Monday that on November 2, the country switched on a 70-MW wind park in Chubut province. Argentine thermal...
(Reuters, 6.Nov.2018) — Five groups are considering whether to partner with Brazil’s state-controlled Eletronuclear to resume construction of nuclear power plant Angra III, already partially built by the government, newspaper...
(Oilprice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 6.Nov.2018) — Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras reported on Tuesday a net income for Q3 surging more than 20 times compared to the profit for the same...