CARACAS, VENEZUELA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Jun.2026, Words: 132) — The National Electric Corporation (Corpoelec) announced that starting 13 Jun. 2026 at 11am it will begin the preventive discharge process at the hydroelectric plants of the lower Caroní river.
These operations will be carried out to ensure the operability of the National Electric System (SEN), Corpoelec said on 13 Jun. 2026 in an official statement.
(Reuters, 4.Jun.2020) — Mexico’s oil regulator will allow energy firms more time to secure permits and plan approvals, it said in on Thursday, in effect extending a freeze on all deadlines until the government determines it is safe to resume official work. The latest extension due to the coronavirus pandemic […]
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 2.Oct.2018) — Schlumberger is said to be contemplating “new investments” in Ecuador. The announcement was revealed after a meeting between Schlumberger Manger Carlos Sarmiento and Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno, during the latter’s visit to the United States, reported the Ecuadorian daily newspaper El Universo. Details […]
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Aug.2025, Words: 215) — Venezuela’s executive vice president and hydrocarbons minister Delcy Rodríguez chaired a working group charged with reviewing the country’s special gas plan. Rodríguez, in the company of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) president Héctor Obregón and other members of the […]