(Orvana, 6.Jun.2022) —Orvana Minerals Corp. (TSX: ORV) announced the recent completion of Phase I of its infill and resource-growth drilling campaign targeting the Oxides Horizon of its 100%-owned Taguas Project in San Juan Province, Argentina. A five-month final Phase II is expected to start in November 2022. Phase I consisted of 6,482.6 meters in […]
Year: 2022
T&T Energy Conference Attracts Record Number of Participants
(Energy Chamber, 6.Jun.2022) — From the 31 May to 2 June 2022, the Energy Chamber of Trinidad & Tobago held its first in-person T&T Energy Conference since the onset of the global pandemic in 2020. The event was held as a hybrid event with both in-person and virtual streams and […]
Aspen Aerogels, Inc. Provides Business Update
(Aspen Aerogels, 6.Jun.2022) — Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (NYSE: ASPN) provided an update on recent developments with its business, as well as an update on its financial outlook for fiscal year 2022 as a result of these developments. Recent Developments Increased visibility to expected order volume for 2022 from General Motors and […]
Canadian Solar Sells to SPIC Brasil 70% Stake in 738 MWp Solar Projects
(Canadian Solar, 6.Jun.2022) — Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) signed an agreement with SPIC Brasil, a leading power generation company in Brazil, to sell 70% stake in the company’s 738 MWp solar projects, Marangatu and Panati-Sitia. The Marangatu and Panati-Sitiá projects, 446 MWp and 292 MWp each in size, are located in […]
US to Allow Venezuelan oil to be Shipped to Europe: Report
(The Hill, 5.Jun.2022) — The U.S. will reportedly resume allowing Venezuelan oil to flow to Europe, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The outlet on Sunday reported that Eni SpA and Repsol SA, which are Italian and Spanish respectively, could ship Venezuelan oil to Europe as early as next month […]
US to Let Eni, Repsol Ship Venezuela Oil to Europe, Reuters Says
(Bloomberg, 5.Jun.2022) — The US could allow Italy’s Eni SpA and Spain’s Repsol SA to ship Venezuelan oil to Europe as soon as July to make up for Russian crude, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The US State Department gave the two companies the green light to resume shipments in […]
Mexico Closer to Striking a Deal over Major Offshore Oil Find
(Reuters, 3.Jun.2022) — The Mexican government is close to reaching a deal with U.S.-based Talos Energy over the future of a potentially lucrative shared crude discovery, the president said on Friday. The handling of Zama, a deposit holding some 900 million barrels and located offshore in the southern Gulf of […]
Frontera Reveals CFO Transition, Changes To Committee Membership
(Frontera, 3.Jun.2022) — Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) announced today that Mr. René Burgos Díaz, who was until today a director of the company, has been appointed the Chief Financial Officer of the company effective June 3, 2022. He replaces Mr. Alejandro Piñeros, who is stepping down as Chief Financial Officer […]
Petrobras on Divestment of Interest in UEG Araucária S.A.
(Petrobras, 3.Jun.2022) — Petrobras has begun the teaser phase for the sale of its entire 18.80% stake in the company UEG Araucária S.A. (UEGA), located in the state of Paraná. The teaser, which contains key information about the opportunity, as well as the eligibility criteria for the selection of potential […]
Zacatecas Silver Commences Work at Esperanza Gold Project
(Zacatecas Silver Corp., 3.Jun.2022) — Zacatecas Silver Corp. (TSXV: ZAC) (OTC: ZCTSF) (FSE: 7TV) commenced its work plans to prepare a current resource estimate at the advanced stage Esperanza Gold Project, located in Morelos State, Mexico. Immediate steps to confirm resource estimate include: Extensive verification through sampling at least 10% […]
Canacol Energy Provides May Gas Sales
(Canacol Energy, 3.Jun.2022) — Canacol Energy Ltd. (TSX:CNE; OTCQX:CNNEF; BVC:CNEC) provided the following information concerning its May 2022 natural gas sales and the results of the Alboka 1 exploration well, along with near term drilling plans. Gas sales averaged 189 MMscfpd for May 2022Realized contractual natural gas sales (which are […]
Mexico Close to Agreement with Talos Energy on Zama Project
(Reuters, 3.Jun.2022) — The Mexican government is close to reaching a deal with U.S.-based Talos Energy over the future of a potentially lucrative shared crude discovery, the president said on June 3. The handling of Zama, a deposit holding some 900 million barrels and located offshore in the southern Gulf […]
GoldHaven Provides Exploration Update on Pat’s Pond
(GoldHaven Resources, 3.Jun.2022) — GoldHaven Resources Corp. (CSE: GOH) (OTCQB: GHVNF) (FSE: 4QS) provides an update on the ongoing exploration activities on Pat’s Pond in the Central Newfoundland Gold Belt (“CNGB”).”We have received our exploration permits for Pat’s Pond and are thrilled to have begun our second exploration campaign on the […]
Norway’s Equinor reveals start of production at Hammerfest LNG
OSLO, NORWAY (By Equinor, 2.Jun.2022, Words: 569) — After extensive repairs and improvement work, Hammerfest LNG is back in production after the fire in September 2020. The first liquified natural gas (LNG) is now on tank at Melkøya. “With the start-up of Hammerfest LNG, we add further volume to the […]
NRGBriefs: SEOGS 2022; Cascadura Separators Ready for Shipment
(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Jun.2022) — Energy briefs including the upcoming Suriname Energy, Oil & Gas Summit and Exhibition; and Touchstone Exploration preparing to receive the separators for the Cascadura facility that will be shipped from Alberta, Canada to Trinidad and Tobago. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Colombia — Celsia intensifies […]
CFE Reveals Early Tender for Previously Announced Cash Tender Offer
(CFE, 2.Jun.2022) — Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), a productive state enterprise of the Federal Government of the United Mexican States (Mexico), announced today the early tender results of its previously announced tender offer to purchase for cash its notes of the series set forth in the table below (all […]
Petrobras Launches New Website Dedicated to Fuel Prices
(Petrobras, 1.Jun.2022) — Petrobras, aiming to facilitate access to information on fuel prices, launched, today, a new website where it presents, in a didactic way and more user-friendly look, the parts involved in the formation of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas (LPG) prices. The new site (precos.petrobras.com.br), in addition to […]
Colombia Higher Court Rules Fracking Pilot Projects Can Go Ahead
(Reuters, 2.Jun.2022) — Investigative fracking operations in Colombia can go ahead after a court in the Andean country’s Santander province on Thursday reversed a lower court’s decision to block two pilot projects. Commercial development of non-conventional energy deposits – such as by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking for hydrocarbons – is […]
Global Energy Upheaval Offers Argentina’s ‘Dead Cow’ a New Lease of Life
(FT, 2.Jun.2022) — Can the EU’s ban this week on most Russian oil imports breathe new life into a dead cow in Patagonia? Argentina’s president Alberto Fernández thinks so. He is talking up the potential of the world’s second-largest shale gas deposit and its fourth-largest shale oil reserve to fill […]
Repsol to Invest €105mn in the Puertollano Industrial Complex
(Repsol, 2.Jun.2022) — Repsol will invest 105mn euros in the Puertollano Industrial Complex to build the first plant in the Iberian Peninsula capable of manufacturing ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), a material considered a ‘super polymer’ due to its exceptional properties. This new plant will be operational by the […]
Sempra Completes Divestment of Interest in Sempra Infrastructure Partners
(Sempra, 1.Jun.2022) — Sempra (NYSE: SRE) (BMV: SRE) completed the sale of a 10% non-controlling interest in Sempra Infrastructure Partners for $1.73bin in cash to a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). The transaction, previously announced in December 2021, implies an enterprise value for Sempra Infrastructure of $25.9bn, including its proportionate ownership share of net […]
Frontera Added To The S&P/TSX SmallCap Index
(Frontera, 1.Jun.2022) — Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) has been added to the S&P/TSX SmallCap Index and the MSCI Global Small Cap Indexes under the MSCI Canada Small Cap Index. Inclusion in these indexes can potentially broaden participation in a company’s investor base by enabling investment from index funds and […]
Petrobras to Acquire Edison S.p.A.’s Interest in Ibiritermo S.A. for R$1.00
(Petrobras, 1.Jun.2022) — Petrobras signed a contract for the purchase of Edison S.p.A.‘s interest (50%) in Ibiritermo S.A., for the price of R$ 1.00, in compliance with the Energy Conversion Contract (ECC), signed on 06/21/2002 with Ibiritermo S.A.. Additionally, at the conclusion of the transaction, Petrobras will make the payment […]
Alpek Concludes Acquisition of OCTAL
(Alpek, 1.Jun.2022) — Alpek, S.A.B. de C.V. has received all necessary approvals from the regulatory authorities and has finalized its acquisition of OCTAL Holding SAOC. Pursuant to the purchase agreement, Alpek acquired 100% of the shares of OCTAL for U.S.$620mn on a debt-free basis. Financing was secured through a mix of free cash flow generated from existing businesses and dedicated bank […]
Ecopetrol on Measures for its Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting
(Ecopetrol, 1.Jun.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 Superintendence of Colombia (E.C. 029 of 2014), the Board of Directors of Ecopetrol S.A. or the “company”) approved the implementation of the following measures aimed at guaranteeing the adequate representation of shareholders at the […]
Ecopetrol on Distribution of the Occasional Reserve
(Ecopetrol, 1.Jun.2022) — In connection with the convening of an Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of Ecopetrol S.A. requested by the majority shareholder (the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia, or the “Nation”), for the purpose of submitting a proposed modification to the company’s occasional reserve and its subsequent distribution as […]
Stuart Young Presents Trinidad and Tobago’s Energy Vision at TTEC 2022
(MEEI, 1.Jun.2022) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) head Stuart Young presents the government’s vision for the oil and gas industry for the country at the Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference in Port of Spain with the focus on the sustainability of the gas industry, […]
Fact Box: Qatar’s North Field
(Qatargas, 1.Jun.2022) — In 1971, when exploration engineers discovered natural gas off Qatar’s northeast coast, no one knew quite how important the find was. Only after 15 appraisal wells had been drilled over a period of 14 years was it established that Qatar’s North Field was the largest non-associated natural […]
NRGBriefs: Vista’s Sustainability Report; Excelerate CEO on LNG Market
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.May.2022) — Energy briefs including Vista Oil & Gas revealing its 2021 sustainability report; and Excelerate Energy President & CEO Steven Kobos commenting on the red hot LNG market amid the current geopolitical mess in Europe. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Argentina — Vista Oil & Gas […]
Petrobras Reveals Teaser for UFN III Divestment
(Petrobras, 31.May.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 04/28/2022, informs it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser) regarding the complete sale of the Nitrogen Fertilizer Unit III (UFN-III). The teaser, which contains key information about the opportunity – including the provision for the buyer to commit […]
Eni and Ansaldo Energia to Develop Solutions for Electricity Storage
(Eni, 31.May.2022) — Eni and Ansaldo Energia, two international players in the energy transition space and long-standing partners, have signed an agreement to develop projects based on innovative technological solutions for electricity storage as an alternative to electrochemical batteries. Under the terms of the agreement, these technologies, which are being […]
Trinidad PM Keith Rowley Gives Keynote Address at TTEC 2022
(OPMTT, 31.May.2022) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley gave the keynote speech at the Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference (TTEC) 2022 held at the Port of Spain Hyatt Regency. What follows is his speech titled “Leveraging the industry’s strengths for the energy transition.” A very […]
Shell to Develop Crux Project in Western Australia
(Shell, 30.May.2022) — Shell Australia Pty Ltd and its joint venture partner, SGH Energy, have taken a final investment decision to approve the development of the Crux natural gas field, off the coast of Western Australia. Crux will provide further supplies of natural gas to the existing Prelude floating liquefied […]
PSA Announces Private Placement of New Shares
(PSA, 31.May.2022) — Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) ASA announced on a successfully placed private placement of 216,216,216 new shares in the company, raising gross proceeds of approximately NOK 800mn. The private placement consisted of one tranche of 74,200,000 new shares and a second tranche of 142,016,216 new shares, allocated among applicants […]
US Can Offer ‘Comfort Letters’ to Help Russia Grain, Fertilizer Exports
(Reuters, 31.May.2022) — The United States is prepared to give “comfort letters” to shipping and insurance companies to help facilitate exports of Russian grain and fertilizer, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said on Tuesday. She noted that Russian grain and fertilizer were not under U.S. sanctions but […]
Peru Streaks Ahead in LNG Race to Europe as Trinidad Stumbles
(Reuters, 31.May.2022) — As liquefied natural gas (LNG) producers try to take advantage of a global energy shift triggered by Europe’s move to become independent from Russian gas, Latin America’s only two LNG exporters are moving in opposite directions. In Peru, LNG shipments are ramping up fast with special emphasis […]
NGC and NewGen Energy Limited Sign LOI
(NGC, 31.May.2022) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with NewGen Energy Limited, which expresses its intention to work collaboratively with NewGen to evaluate the development of NewGen’s hydrogen production facility. Subject to the commercial feasibility of this low-carbon […]
Dwight Mahabir at the Opening Ceremony of the TTEC 2022
(The Energy Chamber, 31.May.2022) — What follows is Chairman Dwight Mahabir’s address at the opening ceremony of the TTEC 2022 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Ladies and Gentlemen: It is great to be back here in person at the T&T Energy Conference. The past two and a half […]
Cenovus and Partners Agree to Restart of West White Rose Project
(Cenovus Energy, 31.May.2022) — Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX: CVE) (NYSE: CVE) and its partners have agreed to restart the West White Rose Project offshore Newfoundland and Labrador. First oil from the platform is anticipated in the first half of 2026, with peak production anticipated to reach approximately 80,000 barrels per […]
Strike Energy Eyes West Erregulla-3 Re-entry
(Strike Energy, 31.May.2022) — Strike Energy Limited (Strike – ASX: STX) provided an update on the appraisal drilling activities at the West Erregulla gas field on behalf of the EP469 JV. Strike has mobilised the Ensign 970 to the existing WE3 well site and has completed rig up in preparation […]
Siemens Gamesa and Greenalia Push Energy Transition in Spain
(Siemens, 30.May.2022) — Siemens Gamesa and independent power producer Greenalia will install a hat-trick of wind farms in the province of A Coruña, northwest of Spain, for a total capacity of 110MW. The three wind farms will be equipped with 22 SG 5.0-145 turbines, one of the company’s most powerful […]
TotalEnergies Welcomes Start-Ups to its Electricity Start-Up Accelerator
(TotalEnergies, 30.May.2022) — During the inauguration of TotalEnergies On – TotalEnergies‘ start-up accelerator at the world’s largest start-up campus, STATION F in Paris – Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TotalEnergies, and Xavier Niel, founder of STATION F, welcomed the first 10 start-ups to the accelerator program dedicated […]
PDVSA Extends Diesel Sales in Dollars, Cutting Subsidy
(Reuters, 30.May.2022) — Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA has ordered over a hundred stations to begin selling diesel in dollars, reducing a subsidy that had allowed truckers and public transportation drivers to fill their tanks almost for free, according to documents and sources. Venezuela had set a diesel retail price of $0.50 […]
Brazil Looks to Add Petrobras to Investment Partnership Program
(Petrobras, 30.May.2022) — Petrobras received a letter on 30 May 2022 from the Ministry of Mines and Energy notifying that it has forwarded to the Ministry of Economy (ME) request for qualification of the company under the Investment Partnership Program, linked to the ME, in order to start specific evaluation […]
Shell Sanctions Crux Gas Project
(WoodMac, 30.May.2022) — Shell has sanctioned the development of the Crux gas field in Australia’s Bonaparte Basin. Wood Mackenzie research analyst Michael Song said: “The development is expected to cost US$2.5bn, and will produce 1.6 tcf gas, 60 mmbbl of condensate and 40 mmbbl of LPG. Crux will be produced […]
NRGBriefs: Petro and Hernández Lead Colombian Presidential Elections
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.May.2022) — Energy and political briefs including initial results in Colombia showing Gustavo Petro and his running mate Francia Márquez Mina, representing the Pacto Histórico party, heading into a second round run off against Rodolfo Hernández and his running mate Marelen Castillo, representing the Anti-Corruption Rulers’ League […]
NRGBriefs: Colombian Presidential Elections; OFAC Extends Chevron License
(Energy Analytics Institute, 27.May.2022) — Energy and political briefs including Colombians going to the polls to elect their next president; OFAC extending Chevron Corporation‘s license to remain in Venezuela; and failures impacting the Venezuela’s National Electric System that would require ~$10bn to fix. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Colombia — […]
Subsea 7 Awarded Contract Offshore Brazil
(Subsea 7, 26.May.2022) — Subsea 7 announced the award of a major(1) contract by Petrobras for the development of the Búzios 8 field located approximately 180 kilometres off the coast of Rio de Janeiro at 2,000 metres water depth in the pre-salt Santos basin. The contract scope includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, […]
Eni and Sonatrach to Accelerate Decarbonization Via Green Hydrogen
(Eni, 26.May.2022) — The Chairman of SONATRACH, Toufik Hakkar, and Eni CEO, Claudio Descalzi, signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Rome aimed at accelerating the development of gas fields in Algeria and decarbonisation via green hydrogen. The signing ceremony was witnessed by the President of the People’s Democratic […]
B2Gold Corp. Buys Oklo Resources’ Land Package near the Fekola Mine
(B2Gold, 26.May.2022) — B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO), (NYSE AMERICAN: BTG), (NSX: B2G) has entered into a definitive Scheme Implementation Agreement with Oklo Resources Limited (ASX: OKU) pursuant to which B2Gold has agreed to acquire 100% of the fully paid ordinary shares of Oklo (the “Oklo Shares”) in consideration for 0.0206 […]