MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Jul.2025. Words: 175) — Mexico has 4 primary crude oil grades — Isthmus, Maya, Olmeca (the lightest) and Altamira (the heaviest) — according to state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex).
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PANAMA CITY, PANAMA / HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jun.2025, Words: 649) — In the 1990s, international oil companies (IOCs) including ExxonMobil Corporation and ConocoPhillips led construction of 4 upgraders in Venezuela. These upgraders improve or upgrade heavy and extra heavy crude oil (EHCO) into a synthetic or […]
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE (Aaron Simonsky, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Apr.2025) — Argentina’s prolific Vaca Muerta shale play doesn’t represent direct competition for Bolivian natural gas in the regional South American market. This, according to Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) president Armin Dorgathen. “It is not a competitor because Bolivia has its […]
(McDermott, 30.Apr.2019) — McDermott International, Inc. announced the award of a contract by ENI México for engineering, procurement and construction of wellhead platform one (WHP1) to be installed in the Amoca field, located approximately 18 miles (30 kilometers) offshore Dos Bocas in southeast Mexico. The four-deck topsides will have two […]