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HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Jan.2026, Words: 161) — Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez announced the El Helicoide prison will be converted into a social services and recreation center for police families and surrounding communities.  RELATED: VENEZUELA PROMOTES NEW GENERAL AMNESTY LAW “Within the framework of the ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Jan.2026, Words: 410) — During the 2026 judicial opening ceremony, Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez announced the national executive decided to “promote a general amnesty law that covers the entire period of political violence from 1999 to the present.”  “May this law ...

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Jan.2026, Words: 1,200) — State-owned Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) has long ranked among Latin America’s largest state oil companies by revenues, assets, reserves, and headcount. Yet despite a world‑class resource endowment (from crude oil to natural gas and numerous minerals) ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Jan.2026, Words: 177) — Venezuela’s legislative branch of the National Assembly approved the partial reform of the Organic Hydrocarbons Law. The signed reform was received by Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez in the company of energy sector workers. RELATED EAI ANALYSIS: APPROVAL ...

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors with Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Jan.2026, Words: 46) — The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued general license no. 46, authorizing certain activities involving Venezuelan-origin oil. ____________________ By editors reporting from Houston and Caracas. © 1999-2026 Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). All Rights Reserved ...

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Sheila Dang, Reuters , 29.Jan.2026, Words: 863) — Exxon Mobil and Chevron executives may face more questions about their investment opportunities in Venezuela than their actual quarterly earnings when they hold calls with analysts on Friday. The U.S. capture and removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro earlier this month opened ...

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (By Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Jan.2026, Words: 126) — Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo spoke via telephone again with her US counterpart Donald Trump. “I had a very productive telephone conversation with president Claudia Sheinbaum, of Mexico. It went extremely well for both countries. Much of it was ...

 WASHINGTON, DC (By The White House, 29.Jan.2026, Words: 502) — Today, US president Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order declaring a national emergency and establishing a process to impose tariffs on goods from countries that sell or otherwise provide oil to Cuba, protecting US national security and foreign policy from ...

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (By Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jan.2026, Words: 93) — Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited's board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.228 per share on the outstanding common shares. The dividend is payable on 27 Apr. 2026, to holders of record at the close of business on ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jan.2026, Words: 130) — Vizsla Silver Corp. reports 10 individuals have been taken from its project site in Concordia, Mexico. The incident is currently under investigation, and information remains limited. RELATED: VIZSLA UPDATES ON COPALA RESOURCES AT PANUCO SILVER-GOLD PROJECT IN ...

FLORENCE, ITALY (By Baker Hughes, 28.Jan.2026, Words: 370) — Baker Hughes announced multiple awards to progress one of the first low-carbon ammonia fertilizer production plants in the US being developed by Wabash Valley Resources (WVR).  Baker Hughes will supply essential compression and integrated well construction solutions that support multiple parts of the clean ammonia ...

FLORENCE, ITALY and DENVER, COLORADO (By Baker Hughes, 28.Jan.2026, Words: 234) — Baker Hughes announced a strategic technology solutions and equity agreement. Baker Hughes will deepen its relationship with Hydrostor, integrating Baker Hughes’ technology capabilities as part of Hydrostor’s core design offering for its advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) solution. This includes up ...

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jan.2026, Words: 440) — It's official: the reform to Venezuela's Organic Hydrocarbons Law was approved by the National Assembly of the OPEC country.  Under the urgent parliamentary procedure, the deputies voted quickly — and apparently without having read the text, sources tell ...

SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Jan.2026, Words: 118) — The Argentine government is advancing initiatives to enable private companies to import and sell liquefied natural gas (LNG) through a competitive mechanism.  RELATED: ARGENTINA REPORTS OIL PRODUCTION OF 868,712 B/D IN DEC. 2025 This measure advances the ...

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Jan.2026, Words: 253) — Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez said an estimated $1.4bn will be invested in 2026 with the goal of continuing to boost and strengthen the Caribbean country’s hydrocarbon sector.  RELATED: VENEZUELAN GASOLINE PRODUCTION COVERS DOMESTIC DEMAND, JORGE RODRÍGUEZ SAYS ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Jan.2026, Words: ) — A fire in a heater at the Petróleos Mexicanos Ingeniero Antonio Dovali Jaime refinery activated emergency protocols in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca. RELATED: WORK ON SALINA CRUZ REFINERY TO BE COMPLETED IN 2027  The plume of smoke was ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Jan.2026, Words: 284) — The Emergency Response Steering Group at the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) has been established in permanent session to monitor the weather situations across the country. An initial report indicates no critical issues affecting system operations. EAI BRIEF: ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Jan.2026, Words: 416) — The Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), in its international debt issuance on 22 Jan. 2026, achieved the highest oversubscription ever recorded by the company.  Upon its return to international financial markets after a 16-month absence, CFE reached peak ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Jan.2026, Words: 191) — Mexico City-based Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) canceled a shipment of crude oil to Cuba that was scheduled for mid-Jan.2026. This, as the company removed the shipment from its schedule without offering an official explanation. Neither Pemex nor the ...

PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (By Curtis Williams, Reuters 26.Jan.2026, Words: 309) — BP's head of Trinidad and Tobago said on Monday the oil and gas major is still interested in cross-border opportunities with Venezuela, despite the government in Caracas suspending all bilateral energy agreements with its neighbor last year ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Jan.2026, Words: ) — With the aim of monitoring strategic progress and strengthening coordination in Mexico’s priority energy projects, Pemex CEO Dr. Víctor Rodríguez Padilla, along with the head of the Ministry of Energy (SENER) and the director general of CFE ...

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Iván Freites Chirino, 24.Jan.2026, Words: 414) — The state's control of the hydrocarbon industry has come to an end, after 51 years of what was known as the nationalization of oil.  A regime that calls itself "socialist" changed the concept of the state monopoly over the oil ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jan.2026, Words: 197) — During a public consultation on the Partial Reform of the Organic Hydrocarbons Law, Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez established the need for a fundamental transformation of the country’s hyrdrocarbon sector. RELATED: VENEZUELAN OIL PRODUCTION EXITED DEC. 2025 AROUND ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jan.2026, Words: 183) — Venezuela’s National Assembly president Jorge Rodríguez, along with Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) president Héctor Obregón, the governor of Anzoátegui state Luis Marcano and other national authorities led the public consultation on the Reform of the Organic Hydrocarbons ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jan.2026, Words: 115) — The production of gasoline in Venezuela is sufficient to cover domestic demand. This, according to Jorge Rodríguez. Rodríguez, the brother of Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodríguez, emphasized that the country already produces all the gasoline it consumes and ...

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jan.2026, Words: 103) — CenterPoint Energy said it is closely monitoring the winter weather system named Fern. The extreme weather is forecasted to bring freezing temperatures and potential ice accumulation across the greater Houston area starting in the evening hours of 24 Jan ...

SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jan.2026, Words: 91) — Argentina, which agreed to deals with the US for up to $40bn, will now pay the US $1bn in a move by the South American country to join US president Donald Trump’s Board of Peace Club. RELATED: ...

SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jan.2026, Words: 322) — State-owned YPF and the government of the province of Río Negro signed an agreement establishing the regulatory and institutional cooperation framework to promote the development of the Argentina liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.  The signing was led ...

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jan.2026, Words: 223) — The Colombian National Tax and Customs Authority (DIAN) notified state-owed Ecopetrol S.A. on 22 Jan. 2026 of Resolution 000571, in accordance with its interpretation and customs procedures.  By means of this Resolution, DIAN confirmed its prior decision issued ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jan.2026, Words: 110) — Specialized firefighting personnel from state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) controlled a small fire that broke out in a processing plant inside the Olmeca refinery.  Pemex reported there were no injuries to personnel, the environment, or community.  RELATED: PEMEX' ...

SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Jan.2026, Words: 121) — Argentina reported its best month ever for oil production in Dec. 2025, with 868,712 barrels per day (b/d) reported in the month. This is up 2.3% month-over-month and up 14.8% year-over-year, Argentina’s Energy Secretariat said on 22 ...

MANASSAS, VA and HOUSTON, TX (By Electra, 21.Jan.2026, Words: 361) — Electra.aero, Inc., the aerospace company pioneering direct aviation, and Bristow Group Inc., signed a pre-delivery payment (PDP) deposit agreement with binding terms and conditions aligned to the commercial aviation industry standard, subject to aircraft certification, securing the first delivery ...

SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Jan.2026, Word: 124) — Argentina’s Energy Secretariat boasts 2025 was a record year in regards the Southern Cone country’s energy trade balance and energy exports. EAI ANALYSIS: VENEZUELA’S SLEEPING GIANT … NATURAL GAS FOR EXPORT VIA PIPELINE OR IN THE FORM ...

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Jan.2026, Words: 198) — Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez announced arrival of $300mn in capital obtained from crude oil sales. This amount is over half of the total estimated $500mn expected over the short-term, according to Rodríguez. RELATED: CHINA-VENEZUELA BILATERAL TIES, $10BN ...

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Jan.2026, Words: 116) — US military forces, in support of the Department of Homeland Security, apprehended motor vessel Sagitta and without incident.  "The apprehension of another tanker operating in defiance of president [Donald] Trump's established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean ...

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Jan.2026, Words: 315) — China and Venezuela have developed a deep bilateral trade relationship, which florist during the years of the presidency of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez Frías from 1999-2013.  This Chinese-Venezuelan relationship continued under Nicolàs Maduro Moros — who took ...

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Jan.2026, Words: 98) — Ecopetrol S.A. said hydrocarbon–producing departments in which it operates have again nominated Mr. Ricardo Rodriguez Yee as their candidate to the board of directors.  RELATED: BRAVA ENERGIA TO ACQUIRE 50% IN TARTARUGA VERDE FROM PETRONAS FOR $450MN  The ...

GEORGETOWN, GUYANA (By DPI, 18.Jan.2026, Words: 435) — The proposed gas bottling and fertilizer plants in Wales are central to the government’s cost-of-living strategy, aimed at delivering cheaper cooking gas and lower food prices, prime minister Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips said on Sunday. He was speaking on the ‘Starting Point’ ...

PERTH, AUSTRALIA (By Hot Chili, 20.Jan.2026, Words: 284) — Hot Chili Limited provided the first drilling update for 2026 from its La Verde copper–gold (Cu-Au) discovery, located 30 km south of the company's Costa Fuego Cu-Au project planned central processing hub in Chile's coastal Atacama region. Highlights include: — latest ...

TORONTO, CANADA (By Power Metallics, 19.2026, Words: 274) — Power Metallic Mines Inc. provided preliminary metallurgical results performed by SGS Canada Ltd at its laboratories based in Quebec City, QC, and Lakefield, ON, from representative samples of Lion zone mineralization. An initial lock cycle test returned a sulphide concentrate grading ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Jan.2026, Words: 189) — Guyana's gas-to-energy (GtE) project, which will source natural gas from the offshore Liza Destiny and Unity floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units, is expected to comprise 2 phases. This, according to Guyana’s prime minister Brigadier (ret’d) Mark ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Jan.2026, Words: 242) — Venezuela has signed its first contract for the marketing of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).  This, according to Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez, speaking from Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. or PDVSA’s headquarters in La Campiña during the National Council ...

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Jan.2026, Words: 370) — Stepping back in time, in Aug. 2006, Venezuela’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (or MENPET as it was known in the early 2000s) and state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) revealed plans that would see the Caribbean country incorporate 235.3 ...

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Jan.2026, Words: 176) — For what it’s worth, Venezuela’s late president Hugo Chávez announced a nationalization decree in 2005 aimed at regaining Venezuela’s sovereignty over its oil sector.  The decree called for state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) to assume at least ...

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Jan.2026, Words: 1,448) — Venezuela, with its large conventional and unconventional crude oil reserve base, was a founding member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). And today, Venezuela is the lone country in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) ...

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Jan.2026, Words: 396) — Brava Energia S.A. entered into an agreement for the acquisition of the entire 50% equity interest currently held by PETRONAS Petróleo Brasil Ltda. (PPBL) in the Tartaruga Verde field (BM-C-36 concession) and in Module III of the Espadarte ...

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Jan.2026, Words: 283) — American Lithium Minerals, Inc. announced the acquisition of a 19% interest in Cunningham Mining Ltd. Cunningham owns Placer Claims known as the ''Nugget Trap" in the British Columbia Mineral Title registry, covering 573.7 acres, along with the accompanying permits ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (By Petrobras, 15.Jan.2026, Words: 367)  — Petrobras announces that, in 2025, its oil production reached 2.40 million barrels of oil per day (MMb/d), exceeding the upper limit of the target (+4%) set in its 2025-2029 Business Plan by 0.5% points. This result represents an 11% increase compared ...

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Jan.2026, Words: 258) — Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez reiterated the Caribbean country’s sovereign foreign policy was based on "international cooperation under the principles of international law, mutual respect, and dialogue among peoples." Also, she said, it constitutes a fundamental pillar for ...

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Jan.2026, Words: 329) — Bristow Group Inc. priced an upsized private offering of $500mn aggregate principal amount of 6.75% senior secured notes due 2033 to eligible purchasers pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  Closing ...

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Jan.2026, Words: 997) — A few years back, the recent Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Venezuela’s leading opposition figure, María Corina Machado, proposed a market-driven overhaul of the Caribbean country’s petroleum industry and finances, aimed at restoring investment, rebuilding capacity, and stabilizing ...

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Jan.2026, Words: 150) — Venezuela’s Mariscal Sucre project offshore comprises 4 fields: Dragón, Patao, Mejillones and Río Caribe. The 4 fields associated with Mariscal Sucre, located in water depths between 328-427ft (100-130m), are situated nearly 25 miles north of Venezuela's Paria peninsula ...

WASHINGTON, DC (By The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 13.Jan.2026, Words: 3,259) — A short primer on the relationship between Asia’s China and South America’s Venezuela. Political Evolution — from the late 1950s to the late 1990s, Venezuela was regarded as one of Latin America’s more stable democracies.[1] After ...

OSLO, NORWAY (By Equinor, 13.Jan.2026, Words: 605) — Equinor has been awarded 35 new production licenses by the Ministry of Energy in this year's APA, Awards in Predefined Areas. Equinor will gain access to attractive acreage in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea, strengthening the foundation for ...

VANCOUVER, BC (By Vizsla 13.Jan.2026, Words: 339) — Vizsla Silver Corp. reported results from 11 geotechnical drill holes targeting the Copala resource area at its 100%-owned, flagship Panuco silver-gold project located in Mexico. The reported results correspond to 29 oriented geotechnical drill holes completed within the Copala, Tajitos and Napoleon resource areas ...

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (By Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Jan.2026, Words: 143) — China said it hopes Iran will maintain stability and said it supports the Middle Eastern country in doing so.  “We always oppose interference in other countries' internal affairs and the use or threat of force in international relations,” ...

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts with Ana Sanches and Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Jan.2026, Words: 400) — The Hugo Chávez Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt, or the Faja, is home to estimated original oil in place (OOIP) of 1,360 billion barrels. Stated another way, that is 1.36 trillion barrels ...

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (By Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Jan.2026, Words: 177) — The European Central Bank (ECB) and other European and international central banks stand in full solidarity with the Federal Reserve System and its chair Jerome H. Powell. “The independence of central banks is in the interest of the ...

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (By Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Jan.2026, Words: 213) — Viridien signed an agreement with the government of Malta to invest in an integrated multi-client dataset for the country’s offshore area.  By revitalizing existing seismic and well data, this project will advance the understanding and promotion of Malta’s offshore ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Jan.2026, Words: 210) — Venezuela boasts crude oil reserves of 303 billion barrels, even surpassing reserves held by Saudi Arabia.  And, based on such reserves and average production of around 900,000 barrels per day (b/d), what Venezuela is reportedly producing, these reserves ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Jan.2026, Words: 128) — The average price of Venezuela’s Merey crude oil in 2025 was the lowest of 12 select crudes tracked by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).  Of the dozen crudes tracked by OPEC, the highest value was ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Jan.2026, Words: ) — Luca Mining Corp. announced new surface and underground drill results from its ongoing phase 2 exploration programs at the Campo Morado polymetallic VMS mine in Guerrero State, Mexico. These results confirm that Reforma hosts a larger and more ...

SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Jan.2026, Words: 244) — Blue Sky Uranium Corp. and Ivana Minerales S.A. (IMSA), the operating company for the joint-venture between Blue Sky and a subsidiary of Corporacion America Group (COAM), reported completed results of the infill drilling program at the Ivana ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Jan.2026, Words: 175)  —Regarding the article published on 11 Jan. 2026 in Reforma, titled "CFE Hinders and Threatens Companies," the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) responds that it was false that it "threatens" companies.  “According to its responsibilities, it continuously reviews potential ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Jan.2026, Words: 198) — Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo hosted a call with her US counterpart Donald Trump on 12 Jan. 2026. “We had a very good conversation ... [we] discussed security, trade, and investment,” Sheinbaum said. During the call, president ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Jan.2026, Words: 278) — Despite Venezuela’s claim to fame that it holds the world’s largest oil reserves, the South American country has long been forced to import refined products. This, as its 6 domestic refineries, with a nameplate capacity to process ...

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Pietro D. Pitts and Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Jan.2026, Words: 382) — Houston-based Chevron Corporation is currently contributing around 200,000 barrels per day (b/d) to Venezuela’s overall production of around 900,000 b/d. Importantly, most of Chevron’s production areas are fields have remained active, where investment for ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Jan.2026, Words: 190) — Venezuela, home to the world’s largest oil reserves, is producing around 900,000 barrels per day (b/d). This production is off peak levels of around 3.2-3.3 million barrels per day (MMb/d) in the 2000s. Of the production, Houston-based Chevron ...

LONDON/NEW YORK (By Reuters, 9Jan.2026, Words: 449) — A key group of Venezuelan bondholders said on Friday they were ready to start debt restructuring talks with the country once authorisation for such discussions was granted. Venezuela's default-hit government bonds have surged this week after the seizure of President Nicolas Maduro by ...

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart,Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Jan.2026, Words: 292) — US energy secretary Chris Wright stated that Chevron (US), Shell (UK), Repsol (Spain), and ENI (Italy) will "immediately" increase their investment in Venezuela.  The planned investments came to light after oil executives with the companies held a group meeting ...

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Jan.2026, Words: 90) — US president Donald Trump said Big Oil companies from the likes of Chevron, Shell, Repsol and Eni plan to invest at least $100bn in Venezuela as part of a plan to reactivate the OPEC country’s oil sector.  Trump ...

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Jan.2026, Words: 213) — Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez said the sovereign foreign policy of the Venezuelan state — based on international cooperation under the principles of International Law, mutual respect, and dialogue between peoples — constitutes a fundamental pillar for the ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Jan.2026, Words: 276) — Venezuela – a founding member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries or OPEC – is still engulfed in an economic crisis that started way before the COVID-19 pandemic. This crisis continues today despite small and very limited ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Jan.2026, Words: 250) — In the immediate aftermath of US military actions to remove Venezuela’s leader Nicolàs Maduro and renewed interest in Venezuela's oil and gas sectors — from primarily American energy companies — investors eyeing what is the Caribbean country's energy sector resource offerings, ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart and Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Jan.2026, Words: 670) — Less than a week after the US executed a military plan to unseat Venezuela’s leader Nicolàs Maduro, widespread uncertainty surrounds the Caribbean country, which is home to the world’s largest crude oil reserves. In the ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Jan.2026, Words: 399) — Venezuela’s oil sector is again in the spotlight. This time in the immediate aftermath of US military actions aimed at a regime change in Venezuela, and amid an ongoing pivot by Big Oil and other energy companies back ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Jan.2026, Words: 208) — Kootenay Silver Inc. announced additional assay results from 9 drill holes completed as part of its staged 50,000m drill program at Columba high grade silver project in Chihuahua, Mexico.  Drilling is focused on the expansion of the ...

DENVER, COLORADO (By East Daley Analytics, 7.Jan.2026, Words: 473) — Crude oil has failed to gain traction in the days since the US launched a military strike in Venezuela, with prices hovering just above multi-year lows. Despite potential upside from the new geopolitical uncertainty, WTI has reached a threshold that could ...

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Jan.2026, Words: 155) — Colombian labor organizations Adeco, Sindispetrol, Asopetrogas, Asteco, Trasine, Asintrahc, Sintramen, Sup, and Utipec have started the renegotiation of their respective chapters of the collective bargaining agreement executed with Colombia’s Ecopetrol S.A. This, by filing a complaint with Colombia’s Ministry ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Jan.2026, Words: 152) — In a pre-dawn action on 7 Jan. 2026 the US Department of War, in coordination with the US Department of Homeland Security, apprehended a sanctioned dark "fleet motor tanker without incident." The interdicted vessel, M/T Sophia, was operating ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Jan.2026, Words: 148) — Mexico surpassed Venezuela in 2025 to become the largest supplier of crude oil to island nation Cuba. RELATED: TRUMP SAYS VENEZUELA TO TURN OVER 30-50 MMBBLS TO THE US Mexico sent an average of 12,284 barrels per ...

WASHINGTON, DC (By Bernie Sanders, 7.Jan.2026, Words: 264) — US senator Bernie Sanders laid out 6 reasons why a attack on Venezuela to capture its leader Nicolàs Maduro was “very wrong.” 1. It is illegal and unconstitutional. Congress did not authorize or even know about this military action. 2. It will ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Jan.2026, Words: 140) — Venezuela’s state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) is currently in negotiations with the US for the sale of oil volumes, within the framework of the existing trade relations between the 2 countries.  RELATED: VENEZUELA UNDER DELCY RODRÍGUEZ , ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jan.2026, Words: 201) — Under the right environment, 3 waves of investments could return to Venezuela and its oil and gas sectors. However, in the short-term there will still be widespread uncertainties even amid statements by US president Donald Trump to the ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jan.2026, Words: 187) — Venezuela’s state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) “firmly rejects the military aggression of the United States government against the peace and stability of the nation, which resulted in the kidnapping of [Venezuelan leader] Nicolás Maduro, and the first ...

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jan.2026, Words: 193) — The Washington Post texted 1,000 Americans to hear their thoughts about US actions in Venezuela, with only 6% saying the US should be responsible for leading the Caribbean country. There's bipartisan agreement on this question, with upward of ...

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jan.2026, Words: 188) — Houston-based oil company Chevron Corporation, the only authorized exporter of Venezuelan crude oil, has sent a flotilla of at least 11 oil tankers to the Caribbean nation. This, following the arrest of Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro and his ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jan.2026, Words: 110) — Work on the Salina Cruz refinery in Oaxaca will be completed next year, according to Grupo ICA CEO Guadalupe Phillips Margain. This work includes assembly of the hydrotreating reactor for the residuals utilization project. RELATED: SENER, PEMEX, ...

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (By Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jan.2026, Words: 110) — The United Nations human rights office warned that US military intervention in Venezuela on 3 Jan. 2025 that led to the ouster the Caribbean country’s leader violates international law and the UN Charter. RELATED: LATAM CONFLICTS TO WATCH IN ...

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (By Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jan.2026, Words: 181) — Select US energy stocks were on the front foot on major stock exchanges on the prospect of returning to Venezuela after the ouster of its leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in the early AM hours of ...

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (By Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jan.2026, Words: 178) — US president Donald Trump said interim authorities in Venezuela will turn over between 30 and 50 million barrels (MMbbls) of high quality, sanction oil, to the US. This statements come after Trump’s remarks in public saying that the US ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jan.2026, Words: 504) — China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning spoke to reporters regarding Venezuela during her regular daily press conference in which she addressed, among other topics, measures China would consider to prevent the US from acting as the “world’s sheriff”? ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jan.2026, Words: 221) — Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) warned the general public against investment fraud and false job offers. Pemex said it does not promote investments, nor does it offer jobs through private individuals. The company also said it does not have ...

WASHINGTON, DC (By Arunima Kumar, Reuters, 5.Jan.2026, Words: 350)  — U.S. oil companies' shares jumped on Monday, fueled by the prospect of access to Venezuela's vast oil reserves after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would take control of the South American nation following the arrest of its president. Venezuela holds ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jan.2026, Words: 872) — Mexico's president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said her country’s position against any form of intervention “is firm, clear, and historical.” This, in light of the recent events in Venezuela, where the US government carried out a direct intervention ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jan.2026, Words: 156) — Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo oversaw the modernization of Tula refinery in Hidalgo, Mexico. Sheinbaum reported the 8 refineries owned by Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) are now producing over 1 million barrels per day (MMb/d), she said on ...

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jan.2026, Words: 420) — Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo oversaw the installation of a naphtha hydrodesulfurization reactor, part of the modernization of the Tula refinery.  This upgrade is part of the investment being made in Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) refineries — 7 ...

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Compiled by editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jan.2026, Words: 3,800) — US secretary of state Marco Rubio spoke with 3 separate US new agencies on 4 Jan. 2025 in the immediate aftermath of the capture of Venezuela’s leader Nicolàs Maduro. What follows are excerpts from his interviews with: George ...

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jan.2026, Words: 215) — Venezuela’s executive vice president Delcy Rodríguez denounced the "unprecedented military aggression" by the US against Venezuela, stating it "violates all mechanisms of the international human rights system." "In that military operation, president Nicolás Maduro and first lady Cilia ...