PRESS DIGEST 30 MAR. 2026: YPF upgrade; VEN economy; Paratus notification; Veracruz oil spill

MONTERREY, MEXICO (By editors with Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Mar.2026, Words: 270) — The following briefs are compiled from varied media outlets across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and beyond and span company details on YPF SA, PEMEX and Paratus Energy, among others.

Energy Analytics Institute (EAI) has not verified all of these stories and therefore does not vouch for their accuracy.

LATIN AMERICA

— Morgan Stanley upgraded YPF SA Class D to overweight from equal weight and adjusted its price target to $60 from $47, according to FactSet.

— PEMEX said various organizations continue w/ oil spill cleanup operations offshore Veracruz, ahead of Easter Sunday.

— Venezuela’s interim president Delcy RodrĂ­guez asserted in a broadcast on Venezuelan state television that the national govt is building an economy that seeks to boost Venezuela’s productive engines in order to cease being an economy “dependent on oil revenue.”

NORTH AMERICA

— Agnico Eagle announced financing and a strategic alliance w/ Cascadia Minerals Ltd.

BERMUDA

— Paratus Energy Services Ltd. rec’d notification on 29 Mar. 2026, regarding the exercise of shr options by way of cash settlement, by Robert Jensen, CEO of Paratus Management Norway AS, member of the BODs, and a primary insider (PDMR) of the co.

ASIA

— Applied Intuition, Inc. and LG Innotek announced a strategic alliance to optimize Applied Intuition’s self-driving system (SDS) to work w/ LG Innotek’s high-performance cameras, lidar, and radar sensors, helping automakers build safe and scalable autonomous vehicles, according to Applied Intuition.

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