MONTERREY, MEXICO (By Energy Analytics Institute and Editores LatinPetroleum, 1.Oct.2026, Words: 291) — Company briefs spanning details on the Global Environment Facility (GEF), ECOPETROL, PEMEX, Repsol, Glencore, Peabody, Drummond, Venture Global, ConocoPhillips, and Heeney, among others.
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
COLOMBIA
— Ecopetrol Group, in coordination w/ the national gov’t, rec’d pmt of the fuel price stabilization fund (FEPC, by its Spanish acronym) receivable corresponding to the 3Q:25 and 4Q:25. [Editores LatinPetroleum]
MEXICO
— PEMEX produced 1.64 MMb/d of crude oil and condensates in Aug. 2026, a mthly decrease of 2.2% and an annual decrease of 0.43%, and its exports fell 39% mthly and 45% annually. [El Norte]
VENEZUELA
— Repsol said its natgas production from the Perla field in Venezuela, one of the largest gas fields in LatAm, was stead at 580 MMcf/d. [Editores LatinPetroleum]
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— the Consulate General of the Dominican Republic in Caracas reopened its doors and began providing services, after remaining closed for 2+ yrs following Santo Domingo’s questioning of the results of the July 2024 elections in Venezuela. [Efe]
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NORTH AMERICA
— Venture Global and ConocoPhillips announced a 20-yr LNG sales and purchase agreement (SPA).
— Colombian-Canadian economist and sustainable development expert Diego Mesa Puyo assumed the role of executive director and chair of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), beginning a 4-yr term leading the world’s largest source of public funding for the environment. [Editores LatinPetroleum]
— US president Donald Trump said Venezuela could hold elections, but noted it’s still too early to do so. “They could hold elections. Although I think it’s still too soon,” the president said in a wide-ranging interview w/ Time Magazine published on 1 Oct. [Efe]
— voters “are showing a growing determination to repudiate the Donald Trump presidency,” Thomas Edsall writes. “Their most direct opportunity to express this determination is electing Democratic majorities in the House and the Senate.” [New York Times]
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By freelancers reporting for Energy Analytics Institute (EAI) and its 100% owned Venezuelan affiliate Editores Latin Petroleum CA reporting from Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Caracas, Houston, Monterrey, Mexico City, and Bogota.
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