Spill Gates Afobakadam Open from 2 March
(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Feb.2022) — The spill gates of the Afobaka dam will be opened from 2 March 2022 due to the high water level in the reservoir, Staatsolie announced...
Invenergy and EnergyRe Secure Offshore Wind Lease Award
(Invenergy Wind Offshore, 28.Feb.2022) — Invenergy Wind Offshore LLC, led by project sponsors Invenergy and energyRe, was named provisional winner for an 83,976-acre area of seabed by the U.S. Bureau...
Talos and Howard Energy to Pursue CCS Ops with the Port of Corpus Christi
(Talos Energy, 28.Feb.2022) — Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO) and Howard Energy Partners (HEP) entered into an option agreement with the Port of Corpus Christi Authority to pursue commercial carbon capture and...
Shell Exits Equity Partnerships with Gazprom Entities
(Shell, 28.Feb.2022) — The Board of Shell plc announced its intention to exit its joint ventures with Gazprom and related entities, including its 27.5 percent stake in the Sakhalin-II liquefied...
NRGBriefs: Japan to Support Removing Key Russian Banks from SWIFT
(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) and NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP) announcing that members of the senior management team will participate in various...
Sonoma County and ForeFront Power Complete 963kW Solar Energy Portfolio
(Forefront Power, 28.Feb.2022) — The County of Sonoma has partnered with ForeFront Power, a developer and asset manager of commercial and industrial-scale solar energy and storage projects, to build a 963 kilowatt (kW)...
NGC Corrects Misleading Statements Printed in the Trinidad Guardian
(NGC, 28.Feb.2022) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) wishes to correct a false assertion made by journalist Curtis Williams in the Sunday Guardian story ‘BHP...
Exxon Faces New Pressure Over Dealings with Russia’s Rosneft
(Reuters, 27.Feb.2022) — Exxon Mobil XOM.N likely will face new pressure to severe ties with Russia’s largest oil producer, said analysts, after rival BP agreed to unload a Rosneft stake....
bp Staff Message Regarding Relationship with Rosneft
(bp, 27.Feb.2022) — bp’s Bernard Looney provides a message to all bp staff on the company’s relationship with Rosneft. To the bp team, Like so many of you, I have...
NRGBriefs: Guyana Launches Local Content Registry
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including Energy Analytics Institute (EAI) believing that the recent commencement of war between the Ukraine and Russia offers the US an opportunity to...
Global Markets Count Cost of Russian Invasion in Ukraine
(WoodMac, 25.Feb.2022) — The impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rattled global markets. There will be lasting implications for commodities, energy policy and the energy transition, experts from global natural resources consultancy,...
How the War in Ukraine Could Empower Maduro
(Foreign Policy, 25.Feb.2022) — The highlights this week: how the war in Ukraine could prolong Venezuela’s political crisis, Colombia decriminalizes abortion, and a Mexican marathoner completes a cross-country journey. When Anti-Imperialism Meets Noninterference In the weeks...
US Imposes Sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin
(U.S. Department of the Treasury, 25.Feb.2022) — Today, the United States, in coordination with allies and partners, continued to forcefully respond to Russia’s unjustified, unprovoked, and premediated invasion of Ukraine...
TotalEnergies Makes a Significant Find in Namibia Offshore Block 2913B
(TotalEnergies, 24.Feb.2022) — TotalEnergies made a significant discovery of light oil with associated gas on the Venus prospect, located in block 2913B in the Orange Basin, offshore southern Namibia. The...
NRGBriefs: YPF Conf. Call; Maduro Advocates for Peace in Ukraine Conflict
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentina’s state oil entity YPF revealing details of 4Q:21 and YE:21 results conference call on 4 Mar. 2022; Ecopetrol S.A. releasing details...
Talos Energy Reports 4Q:21 and YE:21 Results, Provides 2022 Guidance
(Talos Energy, 24.Feb.2022) — Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO) announced its operational and financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2021. The company also announced its year-end 2021 reserves...
Pan American Silver Updates Drilling of the La Colorada Skarn
(Pan American, 24.Feb.2022) — Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ: PAAS) (TSX: PAAS) provided results for 20 new infill and exploration holes, all of which contain multiple skarn and breccia intercepts. Plan view...
Ecopetrol Publishes Measures Ahead of Shareholder Meeting on 30 March 2022
(Ecopetrol, 24.Feb.2022) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL;NYSE: EC) informs that to comply with the provisions of Part III Title I Chapter VI of the Basic Legal Circular issued by the Financial...
Iran, Qatar Sign Major Deals on Raisi’s Doha Trip
(Al Jazeera, 23.Feb.2022) — Qatar and Iran have signed 14 agreements during President Ebrahim Raisi’s two-day trip to Doha this week. Raisi was accompanied by oil minister Javad Owji and...
Ecuador’s Pro-Market President Delivers World’s Top Bond Returns
(Bloomberg, 23.Feb.2022) — At a time when bond investors are feeling the burn pretty much everywhere, a developing nation infamous as a serial defaulter has emerged as a surprising bright...
Secret Deal: TT Govt Agrees Atlantic LNG Train 1 is Dead
(Trinidad Guardian, 23.Feb.2022) — The Keith Rowley administration has quietly walked away from any hope of salvaging Atlantic LNG Train 1 and has instead signed an agreement with Royal Dutch...
Russia/Ukraine Conflict Could Hurt Trinidad and Tobago in Long Term
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 23.Feb.2022) — War! What is it good for? Apparently it’s good for oil, gas and petrochemical prices. For the past few weeks concerns over Russia’s aggressive...
HES Solar Deploys a BYD Energy Storage System
(Energy Toolbase, 23.Feb.2022) — Energy Toolbase, a provider of energy storage software solutions, has commissioned a behind-the-meter energy storage project with HES Solar, a San Diego-based, full-service solar development and installation company....
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NRGBriefs: Trinidad’s Future Depends on Venezuelan Gas [PDF Downloads]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentina looking to import 65 LNG cargoes in 2022 compared to 56 in 2021; Trinidad and Tobago’s reemergence over the short-term as...
SSR Mining Reports 4Q:21 and YE:21 Results
(SSR Mining, 23.Feb.2022) — SSR Mining Inc. (NASDAQ: SSRM) (TSX: SSRM) (ASX: SSR) reports consolidated financial results in accordance with U.S. GAAP for the full year ended 31 December 2021. In addition, the...
Braskem Expands its Circular Polymer Portfolio
(Braskem, 23.Feb.2022) — Braskem S.A. (B3: BRKM3, BRKM5 and BRKM6;NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK) announced the expansion of its circular polymer portfolio to include two new polypropylene (PP) grades with post-consumer recycled...
NRGBriefs: Nucor Corp. Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend
(Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including the BODs of Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) declaring the regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.50/shr on Nucor's common stock; Select Energy Services reporting revenue...
bp Announces Successful Start-up of Herschel Expansion in US GOM
(bp, 22.Feb.2022) — bp announced the safe and successful start-up of the Herschel Expansion project in the Gulf of Mexico. This is part of bp's strategy to invest in focused and...
Capella Provides Update on Drilling at the Kjøli Copper Project, Norway
(Capella Minerals, 22.Feb.2022) — Capella Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: CMIL) (FRA: N7D2) has received approval from the Norwegian Directorate of Mining for the company's maiden diamond drill program at its 100%-owned...
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Vista Oil & Gas Reports 4Q:21 and YE:21 Results [PDF Downloads]
(Vista Oil & Gas, 22.Feb.2022) — Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: VIST in the New York Stock Exchange; BMV: VISTA in the Mexican Stock Exchange), reported financial...
Ecopetrol Reveals Dates for 4Q:21 and YE:21 Earnings Report and Conference Calls
(Ecopetrol, 22.Feb.2022) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL;NYSE: EC) announces that on Tuesday 1 March 2022, after market close, it will release its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full...
Trinidad PM Addresses GECF in Qatar, Talks of Lost LNG Export Revenues
(Office of the PM of Trinidad and Tobago, 22.Feb.2022) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley addressed the Sixth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Gas...
Arrow Exploration Eyes Drilling the RCE-2 Well in Colombia’s Tapir Block
(Arrow Exploration, 22.Feb.2022) — Arrow Exploration Corp. (AIM: AXL) (TSXV: AXL) shared an operational update in connection with the drilling of the next well, the RCE-2 well, at the Rio...
Trinidad Energy Minister Young Attends Meeting Ahead of GECF Summit
(MEEI, 21.Feb.2022) — The Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, the Honourable Stuart R. Young M.P, attended the Extraordinary Ministerial Meeting...
Neuquén Province January 2022 Production Rises YOY
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Feb.2022) — Crude oil and natural gas production from Argentina’s Neuquén Province grow in January 2022 owing to development of unconventional projects approved by the provincial government,...
Sasol Limited Reveals Financial Data for Six Months Ended 31 Dec. 2021
(Sasol, 21.Feb.2022) — Sasol Limited released interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2021. Earnings performance Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) was R24,3bn, an increase of 12%...
NRGBriefs: TotalEnergies and APA Corp. Report Suriname Find
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including TotalEnergies and APA Corp. reporting another significant find offshore Suriname in Block 58; APA Corp. announcing 4Q:21 financial results and planning a...
APA Corp. Reports Oil Find at Krabdagu Exploration Well Offshore Suriname
(APA Corp., 21.Feb.2022) — APA Corporation (Nasdaq: APA) announced an oil discovery at the Krabdagu-1 (KBD-1) exploration well. KBD-1 is located on Block 58 offshore Suriname, approximately 18 kilometers southeast...
TotalEnergies Reveals Another Significant Discovery in Suriname’s Block 58
(TotalEnergies, 21.Feb.2022) — TotalEnergies and APA Corporation have made a significant new oil and associated gas discovery at the Krabdagu-1 well, in the central area of Block 58, offshore Suriname....
NGC and Proman Agree on New Methanol Partnership
(NGC, 18.Feb.2022) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) and Proman entered a new partnership to lift methanol from the Methanol Holdings(Trinidad) Limited (MHTL) Complex in...
Zeelo to Make Buses as Green as Riding a Bicycle
(Zeelo, 17.Feb.2022) — Zeelo - a smart bus platform for organisations that serves over 1.8 million passengers per year on their daily commute to work and school in the UK, North America and South...
NRGBriefs: University of Guyana Students Invited to Oil Conference
(Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including Atlas Renewable Energy securing financing with BNB for the construction of Lar do Sol – Casablanca II Solar Plant in Brazil; and...
How China Beat Out the US to Dominate South America
(Bloomberg, 17.Feb.2022) — In the hinterland of Argentina, Mario Pizarro’s office looks like a shrine to China. There’s the framed photo of a Chinese peasant with Pizarro’s face superimposed beneath...
Atlas Renewable Secures Financing for the Casablanca II Solar Plant in Brazil
(Atlas Renewable, 17.Feb.2022) — Atlas Renewable Energy has secured a R$407mn (approximately $76mn) loan from Brazil’s Northeastern Bank’s Northeastern Constitutional Financing Fund for the construction of the Lar do Sol...
Guyana Talking to Middle East Firms about Offshore Oil Auction -VP
(Reuters, 17.Feb.2022) — Guyana is in talks with state-run oil firms from the Middle East to discover new offshore fields, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo told Reuters, hoping to recruit a...
Hydrogène de France Accelerates Renewstable® Plant in Barbados
(HDF Energy, 16.Feb.2022) — Hydrogène de France (HDF Energy) announces that Renewstable® Barbados (“RSB”), the largest hydrogen power project in the Caribbean, has taken a new major step in its...
Saulsbury Awarded Construction Contract in Southeast New Mexico
(Saulsbury, 16.Feb.2022) — Saulsbury has recently been awarded multiple pipeline contracts to construct a collective 16.5 miles of steel and poly flowlines in Southeast New Mexico. This award represents a significant...
Petrobras Starts Non-binding Phase for Divestment of GOM E&P Assets
(Petrobras, 16.Feb.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 10/04/21, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase regarding the sale of the entire 20% stake held by its...
Borr Drilling Reveals Prelim 4Q:21 Results
(Borr Drilling, 16.Feb.2022) — Borr Drilling Limited announces preliminary unaudited results for the three and twelve months ended 31 December 2021. Highlights Fourth Quarter of 2021 Total operating revenues of $69.1mn,...
T&TEC Provides Details of Scheduled Interruptions
(Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Feb.2022) — The Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission or T&TEC provided details of scheduled interruptions across the small twin-nation island. T&TEC advise on 16 February 2022 on...
Venezuela and Russia Ink Deals to Boost Ties
(Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Feb.2022) — Venezuela and Russia signed an agreement of intent aimed at strengthening strategic alliances and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries under the context of a...
NRGBriefs: Guyana VP Jagdeo Reveals NOC Aspirations by 3Q:22
(Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including the International Energy Conference and Expo Guyana saying it will allow the first 80 University of Guyana students to enter its conference...
Is Private Equity the Buyer the Upstream M&A Market has been Looking for?
(WoodMac, 16.Feb.2022) — As energy transition and ESG pressures bring more upstream assets to market, questions remain about who’s buying. Comments follow from Greig Aitken, Research Director, M&A and Neivan Boroujerdi, Principal...
Uranium Energy Corp 2022 Letter to Shareholders
(Uranium Energy, 16.Feb.2022) — Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE: UEC) provided the following letter to its shareholders on the outlook for the company in 2022 from President and CEO, Amir Adnani. Dear Shareholder,...
NRGBriefs: Frontera Sets Guyana Exploration CAPEX at $110-$130mn
(Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including Frontera Energy anticipating Guyana exploration CAPEX of $110-$130mn in 2022 and CGX Energy anticipating further investments of $5-$10mn for the Berbice Deepwater Port Project; Kootenay...
Frontera Announces CAPEX and Production Guidance for 2022
(Frontera, 16.Feb.2022) — Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) announced its full year 2022 capital and production guidance, provided an update on its normal course issuer bid ("NCIB") and provided notice...
Frontera Reveals YE:21 Reserves
(Frontera, 16.Feb.2022) — Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) announced the results of its annual independent reserves assessment conducted by DeGolyer and MacNaughton (D&M). All dollar amounts in this news release...
Suriname Scraps Deal to Build Hydrogen Plant
(CMC, 15.Feb.2022) — The Suriname government has begun the process of ending a controversial deal for the construction here of a state-of-the-art hydrogen plant by the Danish company, Hybrid Power...
KEI Responds to News AMLO’s Son Being Employed at the US Company
(KEI Partners, 15.Feb.2022) — Regarding misinformation currently being circulated by the Mexican press. About Our Office: The office at 4400 Post Oak Pkwy has existed since April 2014, through a lease...
Talos Energy and EnLink Midstream Complete Carbon Capture Solution
(Talos Energy, 15.Feb.2022) — Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO) and EnLink Midstream, LLC (NYSE: ENLC) have executed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop a complete CO2 capture, transportation and sequestration solution for...
Petrobras and Gaspetro Finalize Gasmar Exit
(Petrobras, 15.Feb.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 04/09/21, informs that it concluded today, together with its subsidiary Petrobras Gás S.A. (Gaspetro), the transaction to finalize the...
ExxonMobil CEO: Continued Progress Means Achieving Local Content Goals
(Guyana’s DPI, 15.Feb.2022) — Achieving the goals of local content will see continued progress for Guyanese and local companies, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of oil giant ExxonMobil, Darren Woods has...
President Ali Tells Investors: Guyana Welcomes Investors but Guyanese Must Benefit
(Guyana's DPI, 15.Feb.2022) — An olive branch has been extended to companies looking to invest in the oil and gas producing nation of Guyana. However, while they are welcomed to...
Brazil to be Net Gas Importer for Next Decade
(Argus, 15.Feb.2022) — Brazil will be a natural gas net importer for the next ten years, says Petrobras executive Álvaro Tupiassú during the 2nd Brazil Gas Summit. Brazil's new gas...
Interoil Provides Argentina and Colombia Production Update
(Interoil, 15.Feb.2022) — Interoil provided production details from its operations in Argentina and Colombia. Below are details of average gross operated production in January 2022 and corresponding numbers for December...
Colombia’s Economy Grows the Most in 115 Years
(Bloomberg, 15.Feb.2022) — Colombia’s economy blew away forecasts as it grew at the fastest pace in more than a century last year, driven by a rebound in consumer demand after...
Southwestern Energy Expands RSG Monitoring Across Entire Operations
(Southwestern Energy Company, 8.Feb.2022) — Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN) announced the expansion of its company-wide certification and continuous monitoring of its production as responsibly sourced gas (RSG), building upon...
NRGBriefs: Vista Reporting a 42% Rise in P1 Reserves [PDF Downloads]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentina’s energy transition accompanying the country’s growth process; Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: VIST; BMV: VISTA) reporting its estimated...
GX Energy and Frontera JV to Focus on Corentyne Block in 2022
(CGX Energy, 14.Feb.2022) — CGX Energy Inc. (TSXV: OYL) and Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC), the majority shareholder of CGX and joint venture partner of CGX, announced that, as a...
FPSO Liza Unity Producing and on Hire
(SBM Offshore, 14.Feb.2022) — SBM Offshore announced that FPSO Liza Unity has produced first oil as of February 11, 2022 and is formally on hire. The FPSO Liza Unity is the first unit with...
Baker Hughes Expands Presence in Guyana with Opening of Major Facility
(Baker Hughes, 14.Feb.2022) — Baker Hughes has expanded its presence in Guyana through the opening of a new local supercenter facility for oilfield services and equipment. The supercenter, which spans...
Brazil has Oil. Exxon Can’t Seem to Find It
(Reuters, 14.Feb.2022) — Exxon Mobil Corp has bet billions of dollars on offshore drilling in Brazil, an area it once abandoned and now sees as key to its future. But...
Petrobras Registers Record Pre-Salt Production in 2021
(Zacks Equity Research, 14.Feb.2022) — Brazilian state-owned oil major Petrobras (PBR) announced that it accomplished its best pre-salt output from its offshore fields last year, averaging 1.95 million barrels of oil equivalent...
T&T to Co-chair Climate Finance Goal
(Trinidad Express, 13.Feb.2022) — Trinidad and Tobago has been appointed to co-chair the ad hoc work programme on the new climate finance goal by president of the 26th Conference of...
ExxonMobil’s Second Development Starts Operations Offshore Guyana
(ExxonMobil, 11.Feb.2022) — ExxonMobil started production at Guyana’s second offshore oil development on the Stabroek Block, Liza Phase 2, bringing total production capacity to more than 340,000 barrels per day...