(Pemex, 5.Jan.2019) — Petróleos Mexicanos reports that safer transportation methods are being used as part of the Joint Plan of the Mexican Government to combat fuel theft, which has caused...
(Reuters, 5.Jan.2019) — Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol has halted the Cano Limon-Covenas pipeline after it was damaged in a bomb attack, spilling crude into two streams in Norte de...
(Foreign Policy, Lisa Viscidi and Nate Graham, 4.Jan.2019) — This coming November, delegates from nearly every country had been scheduled to gather in Brazil to discuss climate change at the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman and Piero Stewart, 4.Jan.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs on Bolivia seeking natural gas deal with Peru, YPFB and Camacari inking deal...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 4.Jan.2019) — Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) aims to boost production and commercialization of urea in Northeast Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru in 2019,...
(Petrobras. 4.Jan.2019) — Petrobras, in addition to the Material Fact published on December 21, 2018, informs that its CEO Roberto da Cunha Castello Branco, within the scope of the nomination...
(Reuters, Gram Slattery, 3.Jan.2019) — Brazil’s PetroRio SA and Australia’s Karoon Energy Ltd are among the bidders for a mature shallow water oilfield owned by Petroleo Brasileiro SA, according to...
(Reuters, Marta Nogueira and Rodrigo Viga Gaier, 3.Jan.2019) — Brazilian officials on Thursday predicted a quick resolution to a dispute with Petroleo Brasileiro SA over offshore oil blocks and doubled...
(Reuters, Neil Marks, 3.Jan.2019) — Guyana’s government will challenge in court a parliamentary no-confidence vote that toppled President David Granger’s ruling coalition amid a dispute over developing the country’s nascent...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 3.Jan.2019) — The Mexican Association of Gasoline Businessmen (Amegas by its Spanish acronym) confirmed the shortage of gasoline in various regions of Mexico, which could...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 3.Jan.2019) — Echo Energy starts seismic mobilization and topography survey in the eastern area of Tapi Aike, the company announced in presentation on its website....
(Reuters, Gram Slattery, 3.Jan.2019) — Depending on who you ask, Roberto Castello Branco, the new chief executive of Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro SA, will either save the indebted oil major -...
(Kallanish Energy, 3.Jan.2019) — Bolivian left-wing autocrat President Evo Morales congratulated and welcomed Brazil’s far-right populist President, Jair Bolsonaro, while attending the latter’s swearing-in ceremony in Brazil Tuesday. Despite their...
(Bloomberg, Noah Smith, 3.Jan.2018) — It’s hard to overstate how disastrous the reign of Hugo Chavez and his successor Nicolas Maduro has been for Venezuela. A recent series of Bloomberg...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 2.Jan.2019) — PetroPerú announced that as a consequence of a slight pressure drop at Station 5, and futher inspection, a minor oil leak was detected...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pierto Stewart, 2.Jan.2019) — Ecuador adjusted downward amounts estimated for subsidies contemplated in the country’s pro forma budget for 2019, approved in Nov. 2018 by the Assembly,...
(Melbana, 2.Jan.2019) — Melbana Energy Limited announced on 31 December 2018 it signed a binding definitive farmout agreement with Anhui Modestinner Energy Co., Ltd. (AMEC), a wholly owned and guaranteed...
(Bloomberg, Lucia Kassai, 2.Jan.2019) — Venezuela, once Latin America’s largest oil exporter, ended 2018 with a whimper as overseas sales dropped to the lowest in nearly three decades. Home to...
(Rowan, 2.Jan.2019) — Rowan Companies plc said the Rowan Gorilla VI (a Super Gorilla class jack-up) has been extended by Shell in Trinidad. The rig will continue its current drilling...
(Petrobras, 2.Jan.2019) — Petrobras reports that yesterday, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Luiz Nelson Guedes de Carvalho, and Board member, Mr. Francisco Petros Oliveira Lima Papathanasiadis, presented...
(Power Technology, 2.Jan.2019) — German-based financial services company Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) IPEX-Bank has agreed to provide financing for four power grid projects in Chile. Under the agreement, KfW IPEX-Bank...
(Eco Atlantic, 1.Jan.2019) — The 1800km2 Orinduik Block is situated in shallow water (70 – 1,400m), 170 km offshore Guyana in the Suriname Guyana basin, and is located 11km up-dip...
(Wolf Street, Don Quijones, 1.Jan.2019) — “We’re not just talking about the theft of oil, but about a plan involving government insiders and a complex distribution system. It’s not easy...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 1.Jan.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs on fluctuating prices for super gasoline in Ecuador; and Ecuador’s government favoring $50.05 per barrel oil...