(Petrobras, 30.Dec.2019) — Petrobras following up on the press release disclosed on 27 December 2019, reaffirms that the total value of the sale of 50% […]
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Petrobras Inks Gas Deal With YPFB
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 30.Dec.2019) — Brazil’s state oil giant Petrobras inked a transition agreement under the natural gas supply agreement (GSA) with its […]
Petrobras Names JP Morgan New ADR Depositary Bank
(Petrobras, 30.Dec.2019) — Petrobras announced that JP Morgan Chase will be the new representative of the American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program for its shares traded […]
Pemex Closes Year Of Missed Targets
(Argus, 30.Dec.2019) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s pledges to put state-owned Pemex back at the center of policy have worried investors who had […]
IMO 2020 May Slow Ecuador Loan Repayment
(Argus, 30.Dec.2019) — Possibly narrower differentials for sour crudes — under pressure from looming emissions regulations — could slow Ecuador’s repayment of its oil-backed debt […]
MTBE, Ethanol Face Off In Mexico
(Argus, 30.Dec.2019) — Mexico’s oxygenates sector — long dominated by methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) — could face market pressures to move toward ethanol as […]
Petrobras Finalizes Auctions Payments To ANP
(Petrobras, 27.Dec.2019) — Petrobras today made the final payments in the amount of R$ 34.191 billion (thirty four billion one hundred and ninety one million […]
Petrobras Informs About Pbio’s Interest In Bioóleo
(Petrobras, 27.Dec.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 20 December 2019, announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Petrobras Biocombustível S.A. (PBio), signed a […]
EP PetroEcuador Ends Bajo Alto Plant Maintenance
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 26.Dec.2019) — A scheduled stoppage at the Bajo Alto Natural Gas Liquefaction Plant located in the El Guabo in the […]
EP PetroEcuador Ends Stoppage At Shushufindi
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 25.Dec.2019) — EP PetroEcuador initiated start-up activities on 25 December 2019 at the Crude Unit 2 (R2) of the Shushufindi […]
Apache Stock Jumps On Suriname JV
(Zacks, 24.Dec.2019) — Shares of Apache Corporation rallied more than 17% in yesterday’s trading, hitting an all-time high among the S&P 500 components, after the […]
US Cuts Venezuelan Flows Plans For China, Rosneft
(S&P Global Platts, 24.Dec.2019) — US sanctions on PDVSA shut down roughly 500,000 b/d of crude flows from Venezuela to Gulf Coast refineries within a […]
Remembrance: Energy Journalist David Renwick
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 24.Dec.2019) — In remembrance of long-time energy journalist David Renwick who passed away in Trinidad, we share this video of […]
Total Enters Suriname With 50% Stake In Block 58
(Total, 23.Dec.2019) — Total has signed an agreement with Apache Corporation to acquire a 50% working interest and operatorship in the highly prospective Block 58 […]
Brazil’s Output Soars In November: ANP
(S&P Global Platts, 23.Dec.2019) — Brazilian crude and natural gas production soared to a fresh record high in November as oil output topped 3 million […]
Cameron LNG Facility Begins Production At Train 2
(Sempra LNG, 23.Dec.2019) — Sempra LNG, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, announced that Cameron LNG has begun producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the second […]
EDP Closes Financing In El Salvador
(EDP, 23.Dec.2019) — Energía del Pacífico (EDP) today announced completion of project financing for the liquefied natural gas (LNG)-to-power project currently under construction at the […]
Petrobras Announces Binding Phase On E&P Assets
(Petrobras, 23.Dec.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 12/03/2019, announces that it has started the binding phase referring to the sale of […]
ExxonMobil Reports 15th Guyana Find At Mako-1 Well
(Exxon, 23.Dec.2019) — ExxonMobil said today it made an oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Mako-1 well southeast of the Liza field, marking the 15th […]
Petrobras About Expression Of Interest On E&P Assets
(Petrobras, 23.Dec.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 12/16/2019, referring to the sale of its interest in the concession BM-P-2, located in […]
Petrobras Announces Binding Phase On E&P Assets
(Petrobras, 23.Dec.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 12/03/2019, announces that it has started the binding phase referring to the sale of […]
Veteran Journalist Renwick To Be Laid To Rest Today
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 23.Dec.2019) — A former CEO of Newsday, David Renwick was the consummate professional with a passion for the business and labour […]
Production Begins In Guyana
(Exxon, 23.Dec.2019) — Today marks the start of a powerful new chapter in Guyana. On December 20, 2019, the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) […]
Oil Boom Begins In Guyana
(Bloomberg, 23.Dec.2019) — Exxon Mobil Corp. and its partners produced the first commercial crude from Guyana, setting the small South American nation on a path […]
EP PetroEcuador To Invest $700,000 In Pipe Replacement
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 22.Dec.2019) — EP PetroEcuador announced that technicians from the company will carry out installation of a new 5.6-kilometer stretch of […]
Shushufindi-Quito Pipeline Repairs Finished
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 21.Dec.2019) — Ecuador’s state oil company EP PetroEcuador announced completion of repair work at the Shushufindi-Quito Poly-duct Pipeline within 24 […]
Guyana’s National Petroleum Day
(Guyana Govt, 21.Dec.2019) — Under the honest leadership of President David Granger, Guyana is finally moving in the right direction. President Granger is transforming Guyana’s […]
Colombia Inks $2.7bn In Investment Commitments
(ANH, 20.Dec.2019) — With 31 exploration and production (E&P) contracts subscribed and investment commitments of more than $2,714 million in 2019, the government of Colombia’s […]
Maduro Govt Eyes Turning Point
(Argus, 20.Dec.2019) — PdV is leaning on joint-venture partners as it looks to continue a nascent crude output revival and live up to an improved […]
US Says Maduro Rigging Coming Vote
(NYT, 20.Dec.2019) — At stake is control of the country’s National Assembly, which is controlled by the opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who has accused President […]
CNOOC Says Liza Field Offshore Starts Production
(CNOOC, 20.Dec.2019) — CNOOC Limited announced 20 Dec. that Liza field offshore Guyana has safely commenced production ahead of schedule. Liza Phase 1 development project […]
ExxonMobil Starts Oil Production In Guyana
(Exxon, 20.Dec.2019) — ExxonMobil announced that oil production has started from the Liza field offshore Guyana ahead of schedule and less than five years after […]
Petrobras Starts Regap Binding Phase
(Petrobras, 20.Dec.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the release dated on October 4, 2019 informs the beginning of the binding phase related to the sale […]
Petrobras Reveals Teaser For PBio’s Sale Of BSBios
(Petrobras, 20.Dec.2019) — Petrobras reports that its wholly owned subsidiary Petrobras Biocombustíveis S.A. (PBio) has started the opportunity disclosure phase (teaser) related to the joint […]
Petrobras On Biofuels Segment Exit Strategy
(Petrobras, 20.Dec.2019) — Petrobras reports on divestments in the biofuels segment. The company guideline to exit this segment, announced in 2016, accelerated in 2019 and […]
YPFB To Investigate Transfers To MAS Party
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 20.Dec.2019) — Bolivia’s state oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) announced an investigation has been launched related to alleged […]
Operations Halted At Shushufindi-Quito Pipeline
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 20.Dec.2019) — Operations at the Shushufindi-Quito poly-duct pipeline have been halted due to a fissure detected in the Baeza sector, […]
Lukoil Pan Americas Wins Naphtha Ron 85 Tender
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 20.Dec.2019) — EP PetroEcuador awarded Lukoil Pan Americas Llc a contract to import 1,770,000 barrels of Naphtha Ron 85, a […]
Hecate’s Solar Project To Assist El Paso Electric
(Hecate, 19.Dec.2019) — Hecate Energy announced its proposed 100 MW Santa Teresa solar project has been selected by El Paso Electric Company (EPE) as part […]
British Firms Among Bidders For Petrobras Oilfields
(Reuters, 19.Dec.2019) — Anglo-French firm Perenco, UK-based Trident Energy and Premier Oil Plc are among the companies examining the purchase of a cluster of Petrobras […]
Bolivia’s 50% Reduction In Electricity Rates
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 19.Dec.2019) — Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Áñez and the country’s Energy Minister Rodrigo Guzmán announced an up to 50% reduction […]
Asia Pacific Upstream – 5 Themes To Watch In 2020
(WoodMac, 19.Dec.2019) — Wood Mackenzie has identified five themes related to project sanctions, exploration, M&A, energy transition and IMO 2020 that will impact Asia Pacific’s […]
Trinidad’s Petro Chaos
(TT Newsday, 19.Dec.2019) — Our fuel subsidy gobbles hundreds of millions that could be spent on improving the country and distorts the economy. It is […]
Peru Deploys Army To Safeguard Strategic Gas Line
(Argus, 19.Dec.2019) — Peru’s government has deployed army troops to safeguard a jungle stretch of the Camisea natural gas and gas liquids pipelines from potential […]
Braskem Selects CenturyLink For Global Operations
(Braskem, 18.Dec.2019) — Braskem, the largest thermoplastics resins producer in the Americas and leading producer of biopolymers in the world, selected global technology provider CenturyLink, […]
Pemex’s Emergency Drill At Dos Bocas Terminal
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 18.Dec.2019) — Mexico’s state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) announced plans to conduct an emergency exercise as part of its […]
Petrobras To Pay Shareholder Remuneration
(Petrobras, 18.Dec.2019) — Petrobras announced its Board of Directors, at a meeting held 18 Dec., approved the distribution of anticipated remuneration to shareholders as interest […]
Petrobras Joins Tax Programs
(Petrobras, 18.Dec.2019) — Petrobras, under the scope of its ongoing contingency assessment process, decided to join the Programs for Partial Tax Remission and Interest and […]
Petrobras Seeks Alternatives For Comperj
(Petrobras, 18.Dec.2019) — Petrobras has completed the economic feasibility study regarding the completion of the Comperj refinery construction, together with the Chinese company CNPC and […]
PDVSA Completes Termobarrancas Maintenance
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 18.Dec.2019) — Venezuela’s state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) carried out major maintenance at the 100-megawatt turbo combustion generator […]