(Touchstone, 6.Feb.2020) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. announced flowback testing of the first stage of the Cascadura-1ST1 well has been completed, confirming that the well is a significant liquids rich natural...
(Canadian Solar, 6.Feb.2020) — Canadian Solar Inc. announced the acquisition of a 47.5 MWp portfolio of solar projects under development in Chile. These projects will become operational in two different...
(Petrobras, 6.Feb.2020) — Petrobras announced that on February 5, 2020, it priced the global offering by Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social – BNDES (the “Selling Shareholder”) of 734,202,699...
(Reuters, 6.Feb.2020) — Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said he is prepared to eliminate federal fuel taxes if state governors eliminate the "ICMS" state tax on gasoline and diesel. ICMS is...
(Reuters, 6.Feb.2020) — Mexico spent more than 25 billion pesos ($1.37 billion) on its 2020 oil hedging program, the country's finance ministry confirmed on Wednesday after financial website Sentido Comun...
(Trinidad Newsday, 6.Feb.2020) — Caribbean banks are well aware of the potential for investing in renewable energy across the region. What is required, however, is a more streamlined approach to...
(Frontera, 6.Feb.2020) — Frontera Energy Corporation provided an exploration update in relation to prospects in Colombia in the Lower Magdalena Valley, including its exploration joint venture with Parex Resources Inc....
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 21.Feb.2020) — Empresa Pública PetroEcuador completed negotiations with Thailand state-owned company PTT International Trading PTE. LTD. related to reprogrammed 6,480,000 barrels of crude oil, equivalent...
(Forbes, 5.Feb.2020) — As ExxonMobil kicks off production on the world’s largest emerging oil projects, debate has intensified over the terms of contracts signed between the global oil giant and...
(BPTT, 5.Feb.2020) — BPTT’s Matapal and Cassia C projects are on track, according to Project General Manager Michael Daniel. Daniel gave an update on BPTT’s major projects at the company’s...
(Trinidad Newsday, 5.Feb.2020) — One of the biggest lessons we can take away from the pausing of the landmark cross-border agreement between TT and Venezuela is how our interests are...
(McDermott, 5.Feb.2020) — McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a large* contract by BHP to provide subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF), transportation and installation (T&I), pre-commissioning of one jacket...
(Reuters, 4.Feb.2020) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Venezuela on Friday in a show of support for President Nicolas Maduro, a socialist who Washington wants out of power....
(Office of the PM of Trinidad and Tobago, 4.Feb.2020) — The Government will independently develop the natural gas from the Loran-Manatee field on Trinidad and Tobago’s side of the maritime...
(Petrobras, 4.Feb.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 17 February 2020, informs the beginning of the binding phase related to the sale of 100% of the...
(Petrobras, 3.Feb.2020) — Petrobras informs that will pay, on Friday 7 February 2020, the third and fourth installments of shareholders remuneration for the 2019 fiscal year, both of those as...
(Petrobras, 3.Feb.2020) — Petrobras, in relation to the news published in the media, concerning the sale of its 51% stake in Petrobras Gás SA (Gaspetro), clarifies that the sale model...
(Petrobras, 3.Feb.2020) — Petrobras has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of its entire stake of the Papa-terra field, located in deepwater in the Campos Basin....
(Aljazeera, 3 Feb 2020) — Trinidad and Tobago has cancelled an agreement with Venezuela for the joint development of a natural gas field straddling their maritime border because of United...
(Petrobras, 3.Feb.2020) — Petrobras reports that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of part of its equity interest in exploratory blocks, belonging to the...
(Ecopetrol, 3.Feb.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. reports that having completed all legal and accounting analyses regarding the ruling issued by the Supreme Court of Justice dated October 30, 2019, reported by...
(Petrobras, 3.Feb.2020) — Petrobras reports that on February 10, after market closes, the company will release its quarterly production and sales report for 4Q19 and on February 19, also after...
(Reuters, 31.Jan.2020) — Oil firms Equinor and Shell have signed a preliminary agreement with Argentina state energy firm YPF to acquire an additional 11% participation in the Bandurria Sur region...
(Equinor, 31.Jan.2020) — Equinor and its partner Shell have completed a joint acquisition of the 49% interest held by Schlumberger in the Bandurria Sur onshore block in Argentina’s Neuquén province....
(Schlumberger, 31.Jan.2020) — Schlumberger announced today that it has completed the sale of its 49% interest in the Bandurria Sur Block in Neuquén, Argentina to Shell Argentina S.A. and Equinor....
(Petroleum Economist, 31.Jan.2020) — Guyanese offshore success in recent years has become almost synonymous with US giant ExxonMobil—the hot streak of oil discoveries achieved in the country’s waters has added...
(Sycar, 31.Jan.2020) — SYCAR LLC is working with a mayor LNG Trading firm for the development of a LNG import terminal for Ecuador, South America. The project includes port facilities...
(Petrobras, 31.Jan.2020) — Petrobras has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), regarding the sales of all of its equity stakes in the companies Eólica Mangue Seco 1 and Eólica Mangue...
(Petrobras, 31.Jan.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 10/24/2019, informs the beginning of the binding phase related to the sale of downstream assets, which includes: Isaac...
(Ecopetrol, 30.Jan.2020) — Ecopetrol has adhered to the Bank World-let initiative called "Zero Routine Flaring by 2030", whose goal is to eliminate the routine flaring of gas in the oil...
(Argus, 30.Jan.2020) — Argentina's government said Thursday it has extended a freeze on diesel and gasoline prices until the end of February, as it tries to reel in one of...
(Energy Chamber, 30.Jan.2020) — The Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference is the major annual conference of the energy sector in Trinidad and Tobago. The conference is one of the largest...
(Schlumberger, 30.Jan.2020) — Schlumberger announced an award to Subsea Integration Alliance of an exclusive contract by Equinor for the front-end engineering design (FEED) on its Bacalhau (formerly Carcará) project offshore...
(Modec, 30.Jan.2020) — Modec Inc. has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Equinor Brasil Energia Ltda, a subsidiary of Equinor ASA, to supply a Floating Production Storage and...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 31.Jan.2020) — The presidents of YPF, and European companies Equinor and Shell meet to discuss the scope of signed agreements and plans for the development...
(MODEC, 30.Jan.2020) — MODEC, Inc. ("MODEC," head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Yuji Kozai), Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui," head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Tatsuo Yasunaga), Mitsui...
(Equinor, 30.Jan.2020) — Equinor has, on behalf of the partners ExxonMobil and Petrogal Brasil entered into Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contracts with early commitments and pre-investments for phase...
(S&P Global Platts, 30.Jan.2020) — ExxonMobil's growing oil discoveries offshore Guyana are amplifying domestic calls for a review of production-sharing contract terms on the eve of the small South American...
(Petrobras, 29.Jan.2020) — Petrobras discloses that its proved oil, condensate and natural gas reserves according to SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) regulation were estimated at 9.590 billion barrels of...
(Petrobras, 29.Jan.2020) — Petrobras, further to the press release dated September 19, 2018, announces that the District Court of Rotterdam (the Court) today considered some issues and asked additional questions...
(Petrobras, 29.Jan.2020) — Petrobras reports that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, approved the appointment of Mrs. Maria Cláudia Guimarães for the position of member of the...
(Petrobras, 29.Jan.2020) — Petrobras reports that it has requested today its withdrawal from the Corporate Governance Program for State-Owned Companies of B3 (Program). Petrobras' adhesion to the Program took place...
(Reuters, 29.Jan.2020) — Mexico’s state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos wants operational control over a major offshore oil area discovered by a consortium of private companies before development gets underway, its...
(Petrobras, 29.Jan.2020) — Petrobras has requested its withdrawal from the Corporate Governance Program for State-Owned Companies of B3 (Program). Petrobras' adhesion to the Program took place on 08/08/2017. After that,...
(Karoon, 28.Jan.2020) — Karoon Energy Ltd announced the Stena Forth Drillship has commenced the drilling of the Marina‐1 exploration well located in Block Z‐38 Tumbes Basin, Peru. The wholly owned,...
(Reuters, 28.Jan.2020) — A group of Venezuelan lawmakers backed by the ruling Socialist Party are exploring ways to increase the participation of private companies in the OPEC nation's oilfields, one...
(NGI, 28.Jan.2020) — ExxonMobil, which rode the wave for worldwide exploration last year in part because of the prolific Guyana portfolio, announced another discovery offshore the South American country, where...
(Natural Gas Intelligence, 28.Jan.2020) — Mexican national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) is behind schedule at the 20 fields it deemed last year as “high priority” and crucial to reversing...
(Bloomberg, 27.Jan.2020) — Facing economic collapse and painful sanctions, the socialist government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has proposed giving majority shares and control of its oil industry to big...
(ExxonMobil, 27.Jan.2020) — ExxonMobil has increased its estimated recoverable resource base in Guyana to more than 8 billion oil-equivalent barrels and made a further oil discovery northeast of the producing...
(Hess, 27.Jan.2020) — Hess announced another oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Uaru well, the 16th discovery on the Stabroek Block. The company also announced an increase in the estimated...
(S&P Global Platts, 27.Jan.2020) — Equinor, Shell and Total vowed to press on with projects in Vaca Muerta, even as policy uncertainty and price controls make it harder to plan...
(Reuters, 27.Jan.2020) — Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA said its financial debt fell less than 0.1% in 2019 from the prior year to some $34.5 billion, though it remained in...
(S&P Global Platts, 27.Jan.2020) — PDVSA has shut down its last two operating refineries in Venezuela, closing its Amuay and Cardon facilities at the Paraguana Refining Center (CRP), the largest...
(Reuters, 27.Jan.2020) — Investment in Colombia’s oil industry is set to grow by 23% in 2020, the private oil producers association said on Monday, although production will be effectively flat,...
(Argus, 27.Jan.2020) — Investment in exploration and production in Colombia will grow by an estimated 23pc to $4.97bn in 2020, but crude production will remain flat at around 890,000 b/d...
(S&P Global Platts, 24.Jan.2020) — Brazil will discuss potential cooperation with OPEC on the sidelines of a Group of 20 event scheduled to be held in Saudi Arabia later this...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 24.Jan.2020) — PDVSA PetroPiar President Gabriel Carmona and executives from the mixed company’s management team help meetings to discuss ways to accelerate administrative and operational...
(IHSMarkit, 24.Jan2020) — In an environment of oil supply glut, a new player entered the scene. Guyana, a nation bordering Venezuela and Brazil - two countries with large oil reserves...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 23.Jan.2020) — An inter-institutional agreement between EP PetroEcuador and the municipalities of Manta, Jaramijó and Montecristi aims to provide a solution to problems related to...
(Reuters, 23.Jan.2020) — Guyana’s government next month plans to begin a search for an oil company or trading firm to market its share of the South American country’s crude, the...
(Oilprice.com, 23.Jan.2020) — Brazil produced more than 1 billion barrels last year, the first time it has breached the 1-billion-barrel mark, Reuters reports, citing the country’s oil regulator, ANP. The...
(Petrobras, 23.Jan.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 20 December 2019, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase related to the sale of all shares of BSBios...
(Petrobras, 22.Jan.2020) — Petrobras announced today that Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social – BNDES (the “Selling Shareholder”) has commenced an offering of up to 734,202,699 common shares, without...
(Petrobras, 21.Jan.2020) — Petrobras announced the Higher Chamber of the Administrative Tax Appeals Council (CARF) issued an unfavorable decision, by a casting vote, on an administrative tax proceeding which deals...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 20.Jan.2020) — During 2019 ENAP’s Magallanes division drilled 35 new wells, most of them in Tierra del Fuego. Based on this drilling program, the company...
(President Energy, 20.Jan.2020) — President Energy plc reports on subscription for new ordinary shares by Trafigura, conversion of debt into equity and immediate reduction of debt by $5.95 million and...
(Touchstone, 20.Jan.2020) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. provided an exploration update, highlighted by the first stage of production testing of the Cascadura-1ST1 well on the Ortoire exploration block, onshore in the...
(Argus, 20.Jan.2020) — The US government is hoping a high-profile international tour by Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido will re-inject momentum into its protracted campaign to unseat President Nicolas Maduro....
(Jamaica Observer, 19.Jan.2020) — The Marshall Islands registered crude oil tanker, Yannis P , has arrived here as the country will soon lift the first one million barrels of crude...
(Newsday, 19.Jan.2020) — Shell TT has announced a final investment decision (FID) on the development of Block 5C (Barracuda) in the East Coast Marine Area (ECMA). Barracuda is a greenfield...
(Oilprice.com, 19.Jan.2020) — There’s only one path to rebuilding Venezuela, and it’s paved with oil. For the time being, that path leads nowhere. The key to controlling everything now lies...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 19.Jan.2020) — Officials with Mexico's state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) visited three wells: Xikin, Xanab and Tlacame 3. The latter was drilled using the...
(Oilprice.com, 18.Jan.2020) — The discovery of the Maka field in offshore Suriname will become one of the main upstream stories of 2020, bringing Suriname onto the international oil map, potentially...
(SunCoke, 16.Jan.2020) — SunCoke Energy, Inc. plans to release its fourth quarter 2019 financial results and 2020 guidance on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, before trading opens on the New York...