HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jun.2025, Words: 447) — LatAm and other NRG highlights, headlines and “heard on the street,” for the week […]
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Eni and YPF ink agreement for participation in the 12 MTPA Argentina LNG project (ARG LNG 3)
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jun.2025, Words: 325) — Italy’s Eni and Argentina’s state-owned energy company YPF SA signed an agreement for […]
Petrobras served lawsuit for drilling rigs projects by Sete Brasil Participações for R$36bn
SALVADOR, BRAZIL (Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jun.2025, Words: 165) — Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras has been served in a lawsuit filed by Sete Brasil Participações […]
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Equinor’s “Energy Perspectives 2025” [2 PDF downloads]
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jun.2025, Words: 458) — Norway’s Equinor revealed its Energy Perspectives 2025 which lays out 4 scenarios for the […]
Venezuela’s ‘Black Gold’: refinery versus upgrader
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA / HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jun.2025, Words: 649) — In the 1990s, international oil companies (IOCs) including ExxonMobil Corporation […]
Venezuela’s ‘Black Gold’: a brief history of heavy oil in Venezuela
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA / HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jun.2025, Words: 585) — In 1914, Venezuela’s first important heavy oil field, Mene Grande, […]
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S&P maintains Ecopetrol’s global credit rating at BB+ [10-pg PDF download]
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 259) — S&P Global Ratings will maintain Ecopetrol SA‘s global credit rating at BB+ as […]
China’s Foreign Minister spokesperson says Asian giant a “staunch doer in green development”
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 296) — China is a staunch doer in green development. This, according to China’s Foreign […]
Trinidad stands solidly with Trump on Venezuelan issues, ready to use deadly force against vessels
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 354) — Tensions between neighbors Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago are starting to rise […]
Brava inks $65mn deal for midstream infrastructure with PetroReconcavo
SALVADOR, BRAZIL (Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 306) — Brava Energia SA entered into an asset purchase and sale agreement (PSA) with PetroReconcavo […]
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Vermilion inks deal to divest US assets, exit US market [pdf download]
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 254) — Vermilion Energy Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to divest its US assets for cash […]
EVENT SEOGS 2025: A new dawn in Suriname’s energy journey
PARAMARIBO, SURINAME AND HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 382) — The Suriname Energy, Oil & Gas Summit & Exhibition (SEOGS) returns for […]
Energy Argentina announces third public tender for liquefied natural gas (LNG)
SALVADOR, BRAZIL (Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 157) — Energy Argentina sent out a third request for proposal of 2025 for the tender […]
Equinor and Centrica ink long-term gas sales agreement worth £20bn
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 441) — Equinor and Centrica sign long-term gas sales agreement of 55 TWh of natural gas […]
APM Terminals Pier 400 electrifies fleet with Orange EV
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 198) — APM Terminals Pier 400 deployed the largest fleet of electric terminal tractors (ETTs) in […]
Delcy RodrĂguez to present Essequibo development plan to VP Council
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 264) — Venezuela’s executive vice president Delcy RodrĂguez will soon present a development plan […]
Maduro says armed group captured trying to enter Venezuela from Trinidad
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 154) — Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro announced that an armed group had been captured in […]
SSR Mining temporarily halts operations at Seabee in Canada due to forest fires
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 167) — SSR Mining Inc. said its 100% owned operations at Seabee have been temporarily […]
Petrobras submits declaration of interest for Ivory Coast exploratory blocks
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 167) — Petrobras submitted a declaration of interest for exploratory blocks located offshore the Ivory […]
EVENT: Lithium Latin America Congress and Exhibition 2025
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 372) — For the sixth consecutive year, “Lithium Latin America Congress and Exhibition” will gather together […]
Mexico’s Sheinbaum calls Trump’s 50% steel and aluminum tariffs “unfair”
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 374) — Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said measures imposed by her US counterpart Donald […]
Blue Sky confirms potential of uranium discovery at its ISR Corcovo project, Argentina
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 545) — Blue Sky Uranium Corp.’s geological team reviewed and interpreted bore-hole survey data from […]
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Pemex reports on reorganization, vertical integration strategy [434-pg pdf download]
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 377) —PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (Pemex), following approval of secondary energy laws establishing the entity as a […]
IOCs built 4 upgraders in Venezuela in the 1990s, only PetroPiar continues to produce
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 343) — In the 1990s, international oil companies (IOCs) from Chevron Corporation and ExxonMobil Corporation […]
TotalEnergies and Shell ink deals related to Lapa and Gato do Mato Santos basin fields
SALVADOR, BRAZIL (Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 225) — TotalEnergies signed an agreement with Shell Brasil PetrĂłleo Ltda to exchange its 20% non-operated […]
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Brava reports production of 88,561 boe/d in May 2025, up over Apr. 2025 [table]
SALVADOR, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 428) — Brava Energia achieved a historical record in May 2025 when production reaching an […]
Viridien authors win 2025 EAGE award for best paper in First Break
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 368) — Viridien congratulates Isabel Espin, Laurene Michou, Nicolas Salaun, Daniela Donno and Diego Carotti on […]
EP Petroecuador and Sinopec kick off Block 44 drilling campaign
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 240) — EP Petroecuador started its 2025 drilling campaign with the Pucuna D 033 well […]
Big firms abandon wind energy plans in Colombia amid regulatory shifts, social issues and grid gaps
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Steven Grattan, AP, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 761) — Colombia’s ambitious plans for wind energy development, especially in the resource-rich La Guajira region, are […]
Pemex reports on situation regarding oil spill impacting beaches in ParaĂso, Tabasco
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 328) — State-owned PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (Pemex) said that 28 days after learning of an oil […]
Venezuela’s oil exports stable as buyers in China receive more
(Reuters, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 473) — Venezuela’s oil exports remained almost unchanged last month as increased shipments to customers in China offset a decline in U.S.-authorized […]
TotalEnergies acquires pipeline of solar and battery projects from Low Carbon
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 259) — TotalEnergies acquired a pipeline of 8 solar projects with a capacity of 350 megawatts […]
Viridien launches Sercel Accel during EAGE conference and exhibition in Toulouse
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 267) — Viridien unveiled Sercel Accel – the industry’s first onshore drop node solution – which […]
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Vista Energy boasts P1 reserves of 518.5 MMboe pro forma for PEPASA deal [PDF download]
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Jun.2025, Words: 229) — Mexico City-based Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. reported year-end 2024 proved (P1) reserves […]
Maduro says Venezuela producing 1.1 MMb/d amid unilateral coercive measures
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Jun.2025, Words: 211) — Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro said his country was on average producing close to […]
Port of Corpus Christi finishes milestone ship channel improvement project
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Ian Silverman, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Jun.2025, Words: 385) — The Port of Corpus Christi celebrated the forthcoming completion of a milestone national infrastructure […]
Cactus and Baker Hughes form surface pressure control (SPC) services JV
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Ofelia Paredes, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Jun.2025, Words: 281) — Baker Hughes will form a new joint venture (JV) with a subsidiary of Cactus, Inc., in […]
Flex LNG completes $175mn lease financing for Flex Courageous vessel
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Ofelia Paredes, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Jun.2025, Words: 275) — Flex LNG Ltd. completed the $175mn JOLCO lease financing for the Flex Courageous vessel. […]
Venezuela’s Machado applauds Trump’s decision to end Chevron’s license to operate
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 31.May.2025, Words: 428) — Vente Venezuela national coordinator and opposition leader MarĂa Corina Machado thanked US president Donald Trump […]
China leans in hard to assist Cuba from drilling wells to installing photovoltaic parks
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 31.May.2025, Words: 218) — Chinese companies and technicians have become a mainstay in Cuba and the island’s […]
NRGBriefs May 2025: Chevron’s Wirth on Venezuela, GranMorgu, Petrobras on Proquigel
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 31.May.2025, Words: 5,844) — Global energy, finance and project briefs as well as other from the front pages […]
Maduro activates monitoring room to over see Venezuela’s hydrocarbon sector
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 255) — Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro activated a new situational control and monitoring room within […]
LatAmNRG heard: Mexico elections, Chevron Venezuela, Vaca Muerta, Venezuela LNG
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 339) — LatAm and other NRG highlights, headlines and “heard on the street,” for the week […]
Cuba spuds Santa Cruz 505 well, according to Ministry of Energy and Mines head O Levy
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 127) — Cuba recently spud the Santa Cruz 505 well as part of efforts to […]
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EOG Resources to buy Encino Acquisition Partners in $5.6bn deal [download]
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 652) — EOG Resources, Inc. announced a definitive agreement with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP) […]
Surge celebrate company’s 10-year anniversary
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 281) — Surge Energy US Holdings Company, founded in May 2015, announced the company celebrated its […]
EAI chartalk: Mexico’s piped-gas imports from the US averaged 6 Bcf/d in Mar. 2025
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 130) — Mexico’s piped-natural gas imports from the US averaged 6 billion cubic feet […]
Strathcona starts offer to buy 100% of issued, outstanding shares of MEG Energy Corp.
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 616) — Strathcona Resources Ltd. formally commenced its offer to acquire all of the issued […]
bpTT, Perenco and Woodside Energy confirm commitments in Trinidad and Tobago
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.May.2025, Words: 729) — Officials from Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI), […]
RodrĂguez says 3 Chevron Venezuela fields producing a combined 246,000 b/d
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.May.2025, Words: 228) — Venezuela’s executive vice president and hydrocarbon minister Delcy RodrĂguez said state-owned company PetrĂłleos […]