(AP, 13.Jul.2020) — As U.S. sanctions scare away the world’s largest shippers from Venezuela’s oil industry, new players are willing to brave the heightened risks and help keep socialist leader...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Jul.2020) — Ecuador ‘s transparency unit of the hydrocarbon ministry received a complaint that dates back and relates to the management of the former YPFB Refining general...
(YPF, 13.Jul.2020) — Argentina’s state oil company YPF Sociedad Anónima announced 13 July 2020 changes to a debt exchange offering. The offering consists of the following: (i) Class XIII 8.500%...
(Fitch Ratings, 13.Jul.2020) — Fitch Ratings has downgraded Suriname's Long-Term Foreign-Currency (FC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'RD' from 'C'. KEY RATING DRIVERS The downgrade of Suriname's LT-FC IDR to...
(The New York Times, 13.Jul.2020) — Desi Bouterse has cast a long shadow over Suriname since its independence. Once a dictator, he returned as a populist, but fell in the...
(Argus, 13.Jul.2020) — Guyana's political stalemate is prolonging uncertainty over the future management of the South American country's fledgling oil sector, and raising the prospect of US sanctions. The declaration...
(Argus, 13.Jul.2020) — Ecuador's austerity-minded government is in discussions with China to secure a new loan backed by oil sales. The fresh loan of at least $1.4bn would be secured...
(Petrobras, 13.Jul.2020) — Petrobras reports that its refinery in Duque de Caxias (Reduc), located in Rio de Janeiro, reached the mark of 16,773 tons of asphalt sold in June 2020,...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Jul.2020) — Technical staff with the Consortium Suez-Ecuambiente continues with previous work related to the export of hazardous waste from the Las Esmeraldas refinery, which consists of...
(OAS, 11.Jul.2020) — The Organization of American States (OAS) notes that the Chief Elections Officer of Guyana, in direct opposition to the instructions of the Chair of the Guyana Elections...
(Petrobras, 11.Jul.2020) — Petrobras informs that it has decided, preventively, to interrupt supplying a specific imported batch of aviation gasoline after tests carried out at its research center (Cenpes). The...
(Sputnik, 10.Jul.2020) — India is one of the biggest buyers of Venezuelan oil in spite of US sanctions. Private Indian refiners Reliance Industries and Nayara Energy are the only buyers...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Jul.2020) — Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (MERNNR) together with state controlled EP PetroEcuador plan to define the contractual mechanism for a private investor...
(Bloomberg, 10.Jul.2020) — Exxon Mobil Corp. resumed drilling in Guyana last month, underscoring its dedication to the offshore hot spot despite the oil price crash and a messy turn in...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Jul.2020) — René Ortiz, the head of Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (MERNNR) extended terms for the delivery of technical and economic offers --...
(Reuters, 10.Jul.2020) — Abu Dhabi's investment fund Mubadala Investment Co will enter into exclusive talks with Petrobras to purchase Brazil's second-largest refinery, the Brazilian state-owned oil company said in a...
(Reuters, 10.Jul.2020) — Norway's BW Offshore Ltd and DBO Energy are among the firms mulling a bid for Petrobras' Golfinho oilfield cluster, two sources said, as Brazil's state-run oil company...
(OAS, 10.Jul.2020) — In our most recent press statement, on 23 June 2020, the OAS encouraged the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to move forward in concluding Guyana’s electoral process, based...
(Petrobras, 10.Jul.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 07/03/2020, informs that its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Biocombustível S.A. (PBIO) signed an agreement for the sale of its 8.40%...
(Petrobras, 10.Jul.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 15 May 2020, announces the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of its entire 51% stake...
(Stabroek News, 10.Jul.2020) — Having gone almost entirely unnoticed in the global oil & gas industry for decades, both Guyana and neighbouring Suriname are now claiming their respective shares of...
(Reuters, 9.Jul.2020) — India’s Reliance will load its first cargo of Venezuelan crude in three months this week in exchange for diesel under a swap deal the parties say is...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Jul.2020) — Ecuador envisions mining exploration investments of $1.3bn through January 2022, according to comments from the country’s Mines Vice Minister Fernando L. Benalcázar. Benalcázar’s comments came...
(Talos, 9.Jul.2020) — Talos Energy Inc. announced that on 7 July 2020, that it received a notice from Mexico's Ministry of Energy (SENER) instructing the partners of Block 7 and...
(Petrobras, 9.Jul.2020) — Petrobras, regarding to the news published in the media, referring to the divestment of the Landulpho Alves Refinery (RLAM), clarifies that there was approval by the company's...
(Petrobras, 9.Jul.2020) — Petrobras signed with OP Pescada Óleo e Gás Ltda., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ouro Preto Óleo e Gás S.A., an agreement for the sale of its entire...
(Argus, 9.Jul.2020) — Changes are coming to the management and policy of Guyana's fledgling oil sector, after a regional court cleared the way for declaring a victory for the opposition...
(Weatherford, 8.Jul.2020) — Weatherford International plc has been awarded an exclusive four-year contract with Eni S.p.A. The contract will provide a minimum of 30 Non-Umbilical Downhole Deployment Valves (NU-DDV™) that will...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Jul.2020) — Mexico’s Energy Secretary (Sener) instructed the unification of a shared reservoir between the Zama field discovered through Contract CNH-R01-L01-A7 / 2015 by Talos Energy Offshore...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Jul.2020) — René Ortiz, head of Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (MERNNR), CELEC EP General Manager Gonzalo Uquillas Vallejo, and Ecuador’s Hydrocarbon Vice Minister...
(Petrobras, 8.Jul.2020) — Petrobras informs that the Paulínia Refinery (Replan), located in the state of São Paulo, broke the monthly production record for Bunker 2020, a low-sulfur fuel oil used...
(Reve, 8.Jul.2020) — The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) will boost ties to put the renewables driven energy transformation at the heart of...
(Argus, 8.Jul.2020) — PdV received a cargo of ultra-low sulfur diesel today at its Amuay terminal, close to where the Venezuelan state-owned company is running into more snags at its...
(Reuters, 8.Jul.2020) — Petrobras is preparing to launch a tender to build Brazil's largest-ever oil platform, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, as the state-controlled oil firm...
(Reuters, 8.Jul.2020) — French oil major Total has secured $15.8 billion in funding for its massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in northern Mozambique, according to South African lender FirstRand's...
(Oilprice.com, 8.Jul.2020) — The latest oil price collapse coupled with the considerable economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has battered Colombia’s fragile economy. As the strife-torn Latin American country emerged...
(Amply, 7.Jul.2020) — Bringing California closer to its goal to transition all public transit agencies to 100 percent zero-emission bus fleets by 2040, AMPLY Power is managing the charging of...
(Talos, 7.Jul.2020) — Talos Energy Inc. will release second quarter 2020 results for the period ended June 30, 2020 on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 after the U.S. financial market closes....
(Petrobras, 7.Jul.2020) — Petrobras informs that, after approval by the National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA)...
(Bloomberg, 7.Jul.2020) — Isabel dos Santos, who is accused of causing billions of dollars in losses to the Angolan government during her father’s 38-year rule, said she is available to...
(Reuters, 7.Jul.2020) — Brazilian energy company Cosan SA said its planned reorganization may involve the capitalization of all operating units controlled and co-controlled by the group. In a securities filing...
(Duke Energy, 7.Jul.2020) — Duke Energy Renewables, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, announced that its 200-megawatt alternating current (MWac) Holstein Solar project in Nolan County, Texas, has begun commercial operation....
(EIA, 6.Jul.2020) — Exports of natural gas by pipeline are the largest component of U.S. natural gas trade, accounting for 40% of all U.S. gross natural gas exports in 2019....
(Oilprice.com, 6.Jul.2020) — Throughout the 2010s Argentina’s shale deposits were universally listed alongside the US shale gale, denoting the many similarities Vaca Muerta shares with Eagle Ford in particular and...
(Saipem, 6.Jul.2020) — Saipem has been awarded a contract by Petrobras for the installation of a rigid riser-based subsea system to serve the Búzios pre-salt project, in water depths from...
(JinkoSolar, 6.Jul.2020) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. announced it will supply 126 MW of solar modules for the expansion of an existing 160 MW solar PV park in Chile. The...
(Reuters, 6.Jul.2020) — Brazilian state-led oil company Petrobras expects within six months to reach an understanding with engineering group Odebrecht on a new shareholder agreement for petrochemical company Braskem SA...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jul.2020) — YPFB’s Corporate Occupational Safety and Health Directorate applied its decontamination protocol to two buildings located on Grigota Avenue in Santa Cruz: the National Vice Presidency...
(Lion, 6.Jul.2020) — The Lion Electric Co. (Lion) and Boivin Evolution (BEV) are proud to announce the first sales of Lion8 chassis with fully automated side load bodies to Waste...
(Duke Energy, 5.Jul.2020) — Duke Energy will continue advancing its ambitious clean energy goals without the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) by investing in renewables, battery storage, energy efficiency programs and...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jul.2020) — Suriname, the small Dutch-speaking South America country looking to emulate the success of its immediate neighbor to the north, Guyana, is awaiting drilling results of...
(Argus, 3.Jul.2020) — Venezuela kicked off July with only around 300,000 b/d of crude production and no oil rigs in operation, according to a series of internal operation reports from...
(Argus, 3.Jul.2020) — Venezuela will receive another products cargo from Italy next week, highlighting the endurance of debt-related oil trade with EU companies that falls outside the scope of escalating...
(Reuters, 3.Jul.2020) — Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras is considering installing offshore units to liquefy the growing natural gas production from the so-called pre-salt area, the company’s emissions and climate...
(Petrobras, 3.Jul.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 15 May 2020, announces the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of its 10% remaining stake...
(Petrobras, 3.Jul.2020) — Petrobras started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), regarding the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Biocombustível S.A. (PBIO). This transaction consists of the sale of 100% of...
(Reuters, 2.Jul.2020) — Brazilian lawmakers are seeking a Supreme court injuction to prevent state-run oil company Petrobras from selling its refineries Landulpho Alves and Repar, according to documents seen by...
(AlgaEnergy, 2.Jul.2020) — AlgaEnergy S.A., a global leader in microalgae biotechnology, continued its global expansion with the appointment of Bachar Blal as Regional Business Manager of its new subsidiary in...
(Fitch Ratings, 2.Jul.2020) — Fitch Ratings has downgraded Suriname's Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'C' from 'CCC'. KEY RATING DRIVERS The downgrade of Suriname's Long-Term Foreign Currency...
(Amazon Watch, 2.Jul.2020) — Now 8 years since the court’s decision, the community will once again demand the Ecuadorian government comply with the ruling that requires the removal of buried...
(Galileo Technologies, 2.Jul.2020) — The Agreement was signed yesterday in Sao Paulo and will leverage Golar Power’s natural gas distribution Project, without pipelines, in the interior of Brazil. The project...
(YPF, 2.Jul.2020) — YPF Sociedad Anónima commenced an exchange offer for any and all of its outstanding US$1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.500% Senior Notes due 2021 (the "Old Notes")...
(Reuters, 1.Jul.2020) — A federal court in Houston on Wednesday was expected to auction 100,000 barrels of gasoline that a shipping company suspected a Venezuelan shipping magnate close to the...
(Reuters, 1.Jul.2020) — Venezuela's opposition-held National Assembly on Tuesday named three new members to an ad hoc board of directors for state Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), which controls some of...
(Argus, 1.Jul.2020) — An "ad hoc" board of state-owned PdV that is a key part of US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido's parallel administration is running into political resistance in the...
(Argus, 1.Jul.2020) — A cargo of Venezuelan crude has arrived at the 235,000 b/d refinery run by Italy's integrated Eni and Kuwait's state-owned KPC at Milazzo, Sicily. Around 1mn bl...
(Petrobras, 1.Jul.2020) — Petrobras is supporting the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), an initiative by the Financial Stability Board of the G20 group, which is comprised by 19...
(Sempra, 1.Jul.2020) — Sempra Energy's Mexican subsidiary, Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.B. de C.V. (IEnova), plans to release its second-quarter 2020 earnings by 6 p.m. ET, July 22, in advance of...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Jul.2020) — With the five expressions of interest and/or requests for the incorporation of areas presented by two companies, Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) will firmly begin...
(Eni, 1.Jul.2020) — Eni has successfully drilled the first exploration well in the North El Hammad license, in the conventional Egyptian waters of the Nile Delta, on the prospect called...
(Reuters, 1.Jul.2020) — Some 10,000 employees of Brazil's Petrobras, or 22% of its workforce, have accepted voluntary buyouts, Chief Executive Roberto Castello Branco said on Wednesday, as the state-run oil...
(Reuters, 1.Jul.2020) — Venezuela’s oil exports slumped in June to their lowest level since 1943 after half a dozen tankers, looking to avoid the threat of U.S. sanctions, sailed away...
(Sasol, 1.Jul.2020) — Sasol and Chevron have signed an agreement that will result in Sasol selling its indirect beneficial interest in the Escravos GTL (EGTL) plant in Nigeria to Chevron....
(Evercore ISI, 30.Jun.2020) — Maersk Drilling announced the 6th-Gen Maersk Developer was awarded a one-well exploration contract from Petronas for offshore Suriname. The $20.4M backlog includes integrated drilling services and...
(Reuters, 30.Jun.2020) — Indian conglomerate Essar Group made a binding offer to Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA to buy the country's second largest oil refinery, two people with knowledge of the...