(S&P Global, 31.Dec.2020) — Brazil needs to continue making important oil industry reforms in 2021 to remain as one of the world's top destinations for investments amid heated global competition...
(Argus, 31.Dec.2020) — Bolivia's new government is looking to cut diesel imports by encouraging exploration with a focus on liquids and transitioning its transportation sector to natural gas, the country's...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Dec.2020) — Briefs from Venezuela related to Halliburton layoffs and the year end message from Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) President Asdrúbal Chávez. Halliburton Lays Off Workers Halliburton...
(Petrobras, 30.Dec.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on November 30, 2020, regarding the divestment of Petrobras Gás S.A. (Gaspetro), informs that it received on 22 December 2020...
(Petrobras, 30.Dec.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 20 December 2019, informs that its Dutch subsidiary Petrobras Netherlands B.V. transferred, today, to companies of Sete Brasil Group,...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Dec.2020) — Heard on the street from Bolivia related to the Andean country’s plans to boost hydrocarbon reserves and development of projects related to producing ecological fuels....
(Ecopetrol, 30.Dec.2020) — Ecopetrol and the University of Los Llanos "Unillanos" gave the service the second phase of works of this educational institution at the boquemonte headquarters, in the municipality...
(IHS Markit, 29.Dec.2020) — Prices won’t break out of the $40 to $50 range until consumption gets back to normal sometime next year. When will oil sustainably break out of...
(Citgo, 29.Dec.2020) — Marking a new chapter of heightened corporate transparency, responsibility and accountability, Citgo Petroleum Corporation today released its first-ever report detailing the company's extensive environmental, social and governance...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Dec.2020) — Houston-based refiner Citgo Petroleum, owned by Venezuela's state oil and gas company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), continues to benefit from US legal actions to extend...
(Reuters, 29.Dec.2020) — In June, the United States imposed sanctions on half a dozen oil tankers managed by established shipping firms. It was a major escalation of American attempts to...
(Petrobras, 29.Dec.2020) — Petrobras informs that it received, as of today, the amount of R$232.6mn, as a result of a leniency agreement entered into between the Federal Prosecutor's Office (MPF)...
(Petrobras, 29.Dec.2020) — Petrobras informs that, as sole shareholder, it approved today the reduction of share capital of its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Transporte S.A. (Transpetro), in the amount of R$557,020,835.82...
(Petrobras, 28.Dec.2020) — Petrobras presented today a request for arbitration with an indemnity claim estimated at approximately R$800mn, against Odebrecht S.A., based on the shareholders' agreement regarding Braskem, for violations...
(Stabroek News, 28.Dec.2020) — At a price of close to US$49.50 per barrel of oil, Guyana has received its fourth one million barrels of oil scheduled for this year and...
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 26.Dec.2020) — Perenco TT Ltd has assured that it has and will continues to fulfil its contractual obligations to its workforce, and that all personnel will...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Dec.2020) — Bolivia announced discovery of more than 1 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas at the Boicobo Sur X-1 well located in the Huacaya region...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Dec.2020) — Officials from Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) and Ministry of Mines commented on approval of assignment of a 50% interest held by state owned Ecopetrol...
(ANH, 24.Dec.2020) — The ANH approved the entry of Shell EP Offshore Ventures Limited, Colombian branch as operating partner of three Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production contracts in the deep waters...
(SBM Offshore N.V., 23.Dec.2020) — SBM Offshore reports a contractual lease extension for FPSO Espirito Santo in Brazil and expects a potential increase in the lease duration for FPSOs in...
(Petrobras, 23.Dec.2020) — Petrobras informs that it signed today with Petrorecôncavo S.A. a contract for the assignment of its entire stake in 12 onshore exploration and production fields, denominated Remanso...
(Entergy, 23.Dec.2020) — Entergy Corporation and Holtec International, through their affiliates, jointly submitted a License Transfer Application today with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission requesting approval to transfer the NRC...
(Trinidad Guardian, 23.Dec.2020) — Perenco Trinidad and Tobago Limited yesterday shut down COVID-hit offshore platforms in its Teak, Samaan and Poui fields and transported all workers to either state facilities...
(Petrobras, 23.Dec.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 18 December 2020, announced its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (PGF) concluded today the financial settlement of the...
(TransAlta, 23.Dec.2020) — TransAlta Renewables Inc. entered into definitive agreements for the acquisition of three assets from TransAlta Corporation ("TransAlta") consisting of: -- a 100% direct interest in the 207...
(AFP, 23.Dec.2020) — Venezuela's vital oil industry is failing and the socialist government is feeling the pressure, and now the regime of President Nicolas Maduro is being accused of lashing...
(Petrobras, 23.Dec.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 4 November 2020, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase, referring to the sale of all of its stakes...
(Petrobras, 22.Dec.2020) — Petrobras informs that it has signed new long-term contracts with Braskem S.A. to supply petrochemical naphtha to the industrial unit in the state of São Paulo and...
(Petrobras, 22.Dec.2020) — Petrobras confirmed oil of excellent quality with the drilling of well 9-BUZ-48D-RJS, located in the extreme northwest of Búzios field in the Santos Basin. The well is...
(Petrobras, 22.Dec.2020) — Petrobras signed new long-term contracts with Braskem S.A. to supply petrochemical naphtha to the industrial unit in the state of São Paulo and to supply ethane and...
(Bloomberg, 22.Dec.2020) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s hardball tactics against foreign energy companies are halting projects and reversing a process that until recently made the country one of...
(Reuters, 22.Dec.2020) — Venezuela has resumed direct shipments of oil to China after U.S. sanctions sent the trade underground for more than a year, according to Refinitiv Eikon vessel-tracking data...
(Argus, 22.Dec.2020) — Guyana plans to export "five to six" 1mn bl cargoes of its crude entitlement from the deepwater Stabroek block in 2021 to offset lower-than-expected shipments in 2020,...
(Reuters, 22.Dec.2020) — Mexico’s energy ministry has approved a 60-day extension for talks between state oil company Pemex and a private consortium led by U.S.-based Talos Energy Inc over the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Dec.2020) — Bahamas Petroleum Company plc (BPC) announced commencement of the drilling operations at the Perseverance #1 well offshore The Bahamas. Highlights: -- Drilling of the Perseverance #1...
(Gunvor, 21.Dec.2020) — Gunvor Group successfully closed a new €300mn financing facility, which consists of a syndicated, pan-European natural gas repo facility to cover multiple jurisdictions in Europe with a...
(Argus, 21.Dec.2020) — ExxonMobil reached targeted crude production of 120,000 b/d at the Liza 1 well on Guyana's deepwater Stabroek block, a milestone that had been delayed by an earlier...
(PetroRio, 21.Dec.2020) — PetroRio S.A., in accordance with best corporate governance practices and transparency, and in order to maintain informational equity in view of the possible share offering disclosed in...
(PetroRio, 21.Dec.2020) — PetroRio signed an agreement with Ventura for the acquisition, for $1 (one US Dollar), of the Atlantic Zephyr rig, a semi-submersible anchored rig suitable for interventions and...
(Petrobras, 21.Dec.2020) — Petrobras started to receive the equipment that compose the supercomputer called “Dragon”, a high performance computer aiming at a greater geophysical processing performance, reducing geological and operational...
(Reuters, 21.Dec.2020) — Citgo Petroleum Corp plans an overhaul at its 167,500 barrel-per-day (bpd) Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery in the fourth quarter of 2021, the company said on Monday. The...
(Argus, 21.Dec.2020) — Proposed changes to rules governing importing and exporting hydrocarbons, refined products and petrochemicals in Mexico would "seriously affect competitive conditions in the commercialization of fuels," competition watchdog...
(National Interest, 21.Dec.2020) — Although 2020 will go down as one of the worst years for most countries, it was a pivotal time for Suriname. The small, Dutch-speaking South American...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Dec.2020) — Bolivia’s Hydrocarbons and Energy Minister Franklin Molina Ortiz named Hortensia Jiménez Rivera as Executive General Director of Bolivia’s Nuclear Energy Agency or ABEN. Jiménez is...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Dec.2020) — Bolivia’s Hydrocarbons and Energy Ministry with assistance from state oil and gas company Yacimientos Petrolifos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) completed the installation and connection of 454...
(DPI, 20.Dec.2020) — The government of Guyana says it welcomes the announcement by US oil and gas company ExxonMobil that it has reached maximum production of 120,000 barrels of oil...
(Maxeon Solar, 20.Dec.2020) — Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd., a global solar innovation leader, received a positive patent validity ruling in a patent invalidation action filed in China by the Chinese...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Dec.2020) — Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera Echenique named Juan Carlos Jobet as the bi-minister of the South American country’s energy ministry. Jobet reconfirmed the details in a...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Dec.2020) — Drilling of the Yarará X-1 (YRA-X1) exploratory well, which commenced on 14 September 2020, reached a final depth of 2,850m and encountered the presence of...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Dec.2020) — The ANP Board approved on 17 December 2020 a resolution to maintain temporary safety measures and protocols to deal with the emergency that has arisen...
(NGC, 18.Dec.2020) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) signed a natural gas supply agreement with Primera Oil and Gas Limited, a subsidiary of Canadian energy...
(AP, 18.Dec.2020) — The United Nations’ highest court ruled Friday that it will intervene to settle a decades-old border dispute between South American neighbors Guyana and Venezuela. The decision by...
(Petrobras, 18.Dec.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 27 April 2020, informs that its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Biocombustível S.A. (PBio), as part of the competitive process,...
(Dominion Energy, 18.Dec.2020) — Dominion Energy filed with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) the required Construction and Operations Plan (COP) to build the 2,640-megawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind...
(Citgo, 18.Dec.2020) — Citgo Petroleum Corporation announced that it has entered into an agreement with Barclays as Program Administrator for a two-year $250mn accounts receivable securitization facility. The facility will...
(CSI, 18.Dec.2020) — CSI Compressco LP received a letter from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on 17 December 2020 which contained a NASDAQ compliance determination that the partnership has regained...
(CDPQ, 18.Dec.2020) — Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global institutional investor, announced a $1bn commitment to Invenergy Renewables LLC (Invenergy), the largest private developer, owner and...
(Bloomberg, 18.Dec.2020) — President-elect Joe Biden’s advisers are preparing to negotiate with Nicolas Maduro’s regime in Venezuela in an effort to end the Western Hemisphere’s worst economic and humanitarian crisis,...
(Touchstone, 18.Dec.2020) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. executed a long-term natural gas sales agreement with the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) for all future natural gas production...
(Matson, 18.Dec.2020) — Matson, Inc., a leading US carrier in the Pacific, took delivery of Matsonia, the second of two new Kanaloa Class combination container / roll-on, roll-off ("con-ro") ships...
(Canadian Pacific, 18.Dec.2020) — Canadian Pacific plans to develop North America's first line-haul hydrogen-powered locomotive. CP's Hydrogen Locomotive Program will retrofit a line-haul locomotive with hydrogen fuel cells and battery...
(Gas South, 18.Dec.2020) — Gas South closed its acquisition of Infinite Energy. Gas South expects the acquisition to more than double its annual revenue to nearly $1bn and to expand...
(Petrobras, 17.Dec.2020) — Petrobras informs that, on this date, the payment of R$190mn was made to the Pension Fund of the Employees of the Bank of Brazil - Previ, due...
(Sierra Club, 17.Dec.2020) — San Martín is full of oil men. This small, no-nonsense Colombian town in the department of Cesar, is hot, chaotic, and long accustomed to the presence...
(Ftich, 17.Dec.2020) — The contracts that the Argentine Ministry of Energy recently awarded to natural gas producers in the country under Plan Gas 4 (PG4) may bolster somewhat cash flow...
(Argus, 16.Dec.2020) — Colombia's state-controlled Ecopetrol had been diversifying crude exports with a commitment to quality before the market tailspin of 2020. Now the company is preparing to boost crude...
(JinkoSolar, 16.Dec.2020) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. filed a prospectus supplement to sell up to an aggregate of $100,000,000 of its American depositary shares (ADSs), each representing four ordinary shares,...
(YPF, 16.Dec.2020) — In compliance with the provisions set forth in article 73 of Law 26,831, YPF S.A. hereby informs the Audit Committee report is available to the shareholders at...
(bpTT, 16.Dec.2020) — In February 2020, we launched our new purpose: to reimagine energy for people and our planet and also announced a bold new ambition: to become a net...
(Reuters, 15.Dec.2020) — Mexican state oil giant Pemex could sink deeper into junk territory if Mexico's sovereign credit rating is downgraded, ratings agency Moody's said on Wednesday. Moody's stripped heavily...
(Komax, 15.Dec.2020) — Komax Systems, Inc., has created a desuperheater that works for both gas and steam applications and is helping harness the energy of the future, liquified natural gas...
(Bloomberg, 15.Dec.2020) — Tropical rains have washed away most outward traces of the oil spill that ravaged Rio Seco this fall. But the fishing village in the shadow of Venezuela’s...
(CEMEX, 15.Dec.2020) — CEMEX announced that Vertua®, its brand of low carbon ready-mix concrete, is now available in the U.S. after successful introductions in Mexico and Europe. The Vertua® line...
(Reuters, 14.Dec.2020) — Donald Trump was clear with Latin America during his four-year administration: don’t do business with China. The message failed to hit home. As President-elect Joe Biden readies...
(Prensa Latina, 14.Dec2020) — The new electricity tariff to be implemented in Cuba next January 1 as part of the monetary regulation process, will protect vulnerable families, a government practice...
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