(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 26.Nov.2019) — Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras announced that ongoing negotiations with Acron Group closed without the companies coming to agreement regarding divestment of the...
(Reuters, 26.Nov.2019) — U.S. oil company ConocoPhillips on Tuesday filed a motion in a Delaware court seeking to seize shares in the parent of U.S. refiner Citgo Petroleum to collect...
(Reuters, 26.Nov.2019) — Oil companies placed bids for just 15 of 59 blocks in Colombia's ongoing oil auction, the national hydrocarbons agency (ANH) said on Tuesday, below the ANH's hoped-for...
(Reuters, 26.Nov.2019) — Norway's Equinor plans to drill 30-40 oil and gas exploration wells globally in 2020, similar this year, with Brazil being a "hotspot" of its international efforts, the...
(Bloomberg, Amy Stillman, Peter Millard and Justin Villamil, 26.Nov.2019) — Companies that help keep Mexico’s faltering oil wells operating are waiting months to get paid and the debts are building...
(JinkoSolar, 26.Nov.2019) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, announced it has delivered to X-ELIO, a leading company dedicated...
(Ecopetrol, 25.Nov.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. reported that in 2020 the Ecopetrol Group (GE) plans to invest an expected US$4.5 to US$5.5 billion, 25% to 53% higher than the estimated 2019...
(Valaris, 25.Nov.2019) — Valaris plc announced new contracts and contract extensions, with associated revenue backlog of approximately $285 million, awarded subsequent to a prior fleet status report dated October 25,...
(Chron.com, Sergio Chapa, 25.Nov.2019) — American oil companies operating south of the border are stepping up their cybersecurity measures after reports of a ransomware attack that allegedly knocked out computers...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 25.Nov.2019) — OPEC member country Venezuela reportedly shipped a cargo of petroleum coke to Cuba valued at an estimated $1.7 million, according to sources in...
(Bloomberg, Sabrina Valle and Andy Hoffman, 25.Nov.2019) — A former Petroleo Brasileiro SA oil trader who went by the code name “Phil Collins” told a Brazilian judge he received bribes...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 23.Nov.2019) — Bolivia’s state oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos announced the dispatch of 1.8 million liters of gasoline and diesel and 10,119 bottles (cylinders)...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 22.Nov.2019) — The marine terminal related to ENAP’s Bío Bío Refinery, located in the port of San Vicente in the community of Talcahuano, received its...
(Offshore Energy, 22.Nov.2019) — Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) has finalized an agreement with Baker Hughes for the provision of equipment for its first exploration well in The Bahamas in 2020....
(Reuters, Daniel Ramos, 22.Nov.2019) — Bolivia's interim government filed a criminal complaint on Friday against former President Evo Morales for alleged sedition and terrorism, the interior minister said, as authorities...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 22.Nov.2019) — Ecuador’s new oil minister José Agusto announced the South American country continues with plans for another bid round, while he added the country...
(Petrobras, 22.Nov.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the release dated August 30, 2019, informs the beginning of the binding phase regarding the first stage of the sale of refining and...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 21.Nov.2019) — An energy storage system comprised of batteries of 2.2 megawatt hours was inaugurated on 21 Nov. 2019 on the island of San Cristobal,...
(Höegh LNG, 21.Nov.2019) — Höegh LNG Partners LP provided its quarterly outlook for the LNG market with details on its operations in Cartagena, Colombia. A subsidiary of the Partnership, as...
(Argus, Elliott Blackburn, 21.Nov.2019) — Federal appeals court judges have denied Venezuela's request to rehear a July decision upholding the pursuit of the country's US refining subsidiary Citgo to satisfy...
(Oilprice.com, Irina Slav, 21.Nov.2019) — Venezuela will use some 30 million barrels of oil it has in storage as backing for its national cryptocurrency, the petro, Reuters reports, citing a...
(WoodMac, 21.Nov.2019) — Wood Mackenzie’s latest report reveals that LNG sellers with contracts linked to JCC (Japan Crude Cocktail) could lose some US$15 billion in unearned revenues. This is a...
(S&P Global Platts, 21.Nov.2019) — A US appeals court Thursday denied Venezuela's request for it to reconsider its ruling allowing a PDVSA creditor to go after US refiner Citgo, its...
(Petrobras, 21.Nov.2019) — Petrobras signed with Proquigel Química S.A., a company of Unigel Group, lease agreements of its fertilizer plants in Bahia (Fafen-BA) and Sergipe (Fafen-SE), for the total amount...
(Moody’s, 21.Nov.2019) — Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has completed a periodic review of the ratings of Ecopetrol S.A. and other ratings that are associated with the same analytical unit. The...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 20.Nov.2019) — Trinidad and Tobago’s proved natural gas reserves rose just 0.1% to 10,526 billion cubic feet (Bcf) in 2018 compared to 10,515 Bcf in...
(The Motley Fool, John Bromels, 20.Nov.2019) — Oil is a big business with even bigger money attached. That's why governments that control oil assets are eager to auction them off...
(S&P Global Platts, 20.Nov.2019) — Three leading oil companies in Argentina, buoyed by the quality of the shale resources, are ready to ramp up oil and natural gas production in...
(Seeking Alpha, Carl Surran, 20.Nov.2019) — Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell say they want to ramp up oil and natural gas production in Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale play but...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 19.Nov.2019) — At least 140 industries – including large and medium sized ones in the Bolivian departments of La Paz, Cochabamba and Oruro – have...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 19.Nov.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to Bolivia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) establishing maximum fuel prices and appointment by Bolivia’s Interim...
(Petrobras, 19.Nov.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the press release of November 7, 2019, reports that it has signed today with Copagaz and Nacional Gás Butano a contract for sale...
(Reuters, 19.Nov.2019) — Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno on Tuesday named a close ally as the new energy minister as the Andean nation seeks to boost oil production and expand its...
(Argus, Patricia Garip, 19.Nov.2019) — Bolivia's fragile interim government appointed Jose Luis Rivero Sandoval the new president of state-owned oil and gas company YPFB. Rivero, who replaces Oscar Barriga, is...
(Reuters, 19.Nov.2019) — Venezuela’s opposition has reached a deal with the custodians of a bond issued by state oil company PDVSA to prevent bondholders from seizing U.S. refining subsidiary Citgo,...
(Oilprice.com, Nick Cunningham, 19.Nov.2019) — Growth in the U.S. shale industry is dramatically slowing down, with cash-strapped drillers slashing spending and scrapping rigs. At the same time, the oil majors...
(Reuters, 19.Nov.2019) — Brazil’s state-owned oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA expects deep offshore areas to account for 88% of its exploration and production activities next year, up from 55% currently,...
(Argus, Lucien Chauvin, 18.Nov.2019) — Trinidad and Tobago's industries regulator is warning that a natural gas shortage is slowly chipping away at the country's industrial base. James Lee, executive director...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 18.Nov.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to Bolivia preparing emergency plan to import fuels, Evo Morales vows his return to Bolivia...
(Touchstone, 18.Nov.2019) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. provides production test results for the Coho-1 well on the Ortoire exploration block, onshore in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. As previously reported,...
(GEP, 18.Nov.2019) — As the official CUPET meeting and roadshow to mark Cuba's first offshore bid round, the Cuba Energy, Oil and Gas conference will be returning at the end...
(Argus, 18.Nov.2019) — Trinidad and Tobago's industries regulator is warning that a natural gas shortage is slowly chipping away at the country's industrial base. James Lee, executive director of the...
(Oilprice.com, Irina Slav, 16.Nov.2019) — U.S. sanctions on Venezuela have been squeezing the life out of its economy in an attempt to remove the government of Nicolas Maduro from power,...
(Moody’s, 15.Nov.2019) — Moody's Investors Service completed a periodic review of the ratings of YPF Sociedad Anonima and other ratings that are associated with the same analytical unit. The review...
(Total, 15.Nov.2019) — France’s Total announced first oil from the Iara license (Block BM-S-11A), located in the deepwater Santos Basin pre-salt. This marks the start-up of the FPSO P-68, the...
(GeoPark, 15.Nov.2019) — GeoPark Limited, a leading independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and growth platforms in Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Ecuador...
(BPTT, 15.Nov.2019) — BP Trinidad & Tobago (BPTT) today announced that it has made a gas discovery with the Ginger exploration well, offshore Trinidad. The well is expected to be...
(Rosneft, 15.Nov.2019) — During the visit of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to the BRICS summit in Brazil, the Chief Executive Officer of PJSC Rosneft Oil Company...
(Pemex, 15.Nov.2019) — Petróleos Mexicanos urges the population to ignore fake press releases currently circulating in various news and social media, claiming alleged delays in the payment of the payroll...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 15.Nov.2019) — Chile’s state oil company ENAP reported record production of 23,089 barrels per day of crude oil in Ecuador. The production level -- reached...
(Shell, 14.Nov.2019) — New, deep-water production has come online from the Brazilian pre-salt Santos Basin. Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (Shell Brasil) and its consortium partners today announced the start of...
(TTNGL, 14.Nov.2019) — Trinidad and Tobago NGL Limited (TTNGL) reported its condensed interim financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. On behalf of the Board of Directors...
(Argus, 14.Nov.2019) — Brazil will increase LNG imports if pipeline natural gas supply from Bolivia is interrupted because of political unrest, according to Brazilian hydrocarbons agency ANP. Brazilian state-controlled Petrobras...
(Saipem, 14.Nov.2019) — Milan-based Saipem has been awarded a subsea contract by ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) for the proposed Payara development project located in the...
(Petrobras, 13.Nov.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the release dated 09/13/2019, reports on the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of its stakes in two onshore concessions, including...
(AZP, 13.Nov.2019) — There is a crisis in the energy sector in Trinidad and Tobago. This is the view of former energy minister Kevin Ramnarine after the announcement by Yara...
(Reuters, 13.Nov.2019) — Mexican national oil company Pemex will not pay a ransom demanded by suspected cyberattackers who targeted the firm's computer systems, Energy Minister Rocio Nahle told reporters on...
(Yara, 13.Nov.2019) — Yara regrets to announce the closure of its wholly-owned ammonia plant in Point Lisas, Trinidad. The Yara Trinidad plant is one of three ammonia plants operated by...
(NGC, 13.Nov.2019) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) notes the decision taken by Yara Trinidad Limited to cease operations of its ammonia plant located at...
(Bloomberg, Amy Stillman, William Turton and Alyza Sebenius, 13.Nov.2019) — The hacker behind a cyberattack that has crippled Petroleos Mexicanos’s computer systems since the weekend is hoping to squeeze almost...
(NGC, 13.Nov.2019) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) notes the decision taken by Yara Trinidad Limited to cease operations of its ammonia plant located at...
(Ecopetrol, 13.Nov.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. completed the joint venture transaction announced on 31 July 2019. Through this deal, the company and Occidental Petroleum Corp agreed to form a strategic alliance...
(Clorox, 13.Nov.2019) — The Clorox Company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Enel Green Power North America signed a 12-year, 70 megawatt (MW) virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) for the...
(Argus, 12.Nov.2019) — Bolivia's deepening political crisis is starting to take a toll on its vital hydrocarbons industry. YPFB, Bolivia's state-owned oil and natural gas company, warned Argentina it may...
(S&P Platts Global, Alisdair Bowles, 12.Nov.2019) — Venezuelan state-owned PDVSA signed a five-year deal earlier this year with Indian company Flash Forge Private Limited (F-F) to help restore crude oil...
(EXMAR, 12.Nov.2019) — Exmar announced the first commercial LNG cargo has left Argentina for export. It was produced on board Exmar’s Tango FLNG and is now being transported by Excalibur,...
(Petrobras, 12.Nov.2019) — Petrobras started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser) relating to the sale of its fuel, lubricant and fertilizer distribution business in Uruguay. In this project, the company aims...
(Reuters, 12.Nov.2019) — Ecuadorean Oil Minister Carlos Perez on Tuesday announced his resignation in what he called a personal decision to spend more time with his family, weeks after the...
(S&P Global Platts, 12.Nov.2019) — Chubut is preparing to hold an auction of assets in Cerro Negro, a maturing conventional block in the southern Argentinian province, part of a wider...
(IRENA, 12.Nov.2019) — Latin America and the Caribbean could grow their installed solar capacity by a factor of 40 by 2050, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 12.Nov.2019) — The company UTE announced it will invest $500 million in the Punta del Tigre B 540-megawatt combined cycle plant located in the department...
(Michelle Wiese Bockmann, 12.Nov.2019) — Rosneft’s trading arm is vital to Venezuelan crude sales as Chinese refiners shun direct purchases since the US administration tightened sanctions in August. Instead Venezuela...
(Pampa Energia, 11.Nov.2019) — Pampa Energía S.A. announced the results for the nine-month period and quarter ended on September 30, 2019. The Company adopted the US Dollar as functional currency...
(Petrobras, 11.Nov.2019) — Petrobras, following communications disclosed on 08/09/2019, 10/04/2019 and 11/04/2019, reports that it proceeded to the withdrawal of the public offering regime in Argentina and that, therefore, today...
(Pemex, 11.Nov.2019) — In the light of the tidal wave of false rumors and press releases, articles and social media posts that claim there was an attack on the internal...