(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 22.Apr.2019) — Bolivia’s National Electricity Company (ENDE by its Spanish acronym) has been authorized to operate in Argentina, which opens […]
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Duke Finalizes Purchase Of 150MW Solar Project From Clearway Energy
(Duke, 22.Apr.2019) — Duke Energy Renewables, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, announced it has acquired the 150-megawatt (MW) North Rosamond solar project in Kern County, […]
7 Oil & Gas Problems That Mexico Must Solve
(Forbes, Jude Clemente, 21.Apr.2019) — 1. Since peaking in 2004, Mexico’s oil production has been sliced in half to below 2 million b/d Although nearly […]
Venezuela Seeks To Collect Some Oil Payments Via Rosneft
(Reuters, 19.Apr.2019) — The cash-strapped government is becoming increasingly reliant on the Kremlin. Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has asked at least two of its […]
Petrobras Reports Resignation Of Member Of Board Member Antunes
(Petrobras, 18.Apr.2019) — Petrobras reports that Board member Jerônimo Antunes submitted his resignation from the Board of Directors of the company, as well as from […]
Czech Group Solek Start Work On 16.6 MWp Of PV Plants In Chile
(Renewables Now, 19.Apr.2019) — Czech solar developer Solek Group announced on Thursday its has started construction of three solar parks in Chile with a combined […]
Lee: Dragon Gas Deal Dead
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Yvonne Webb, 19.Apr.2019) — Deputy political leader of the United National Congress, Pointe-a-Pierre MP David Lee, has said the Dragon gas […]
EP PetroEcuador Says 11 Fields Generated $6.2 Billion In 2018
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 18.Apr.2019) — EP PetroEcuador announced that production of 400,974 barrels per day (b/d) in 2018 from 11 fields generated revenues […]
EP PetroEcuador Says Sacha Field Producing 70 Mb/d
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 18.Apr.2019) — Crude oil production from Ecuador’s Sacha Field, operated by PetroAmazonas and located in the province of Orellana in […]
Indian Refiners Turn To OPEC, Mexico, U.S. To Make Up Iran Oil Gap
(Reuters, 18.Apr.2019) — All four Indian state-owned refiners that buy Iranian oil are confident of securing additional barrels from other producers, officials from the companies […]
Exclusive: Venezuela Skirts U.S. Sanctions By Funneling Oil Sales Via Russia
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, 18.Apr.2019) — President Nicolas Maduro is funneling cashflow from Venezuelan oil sales through Russian state energy giant Rosneft as he seeks to […]
ExxonMobil Announces 13th Discovery Offshore Guyana
(ExxonMobil, 18.Apr.2019) — ExxonMobil said it made a new oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Yellowtail-1 well, marking the 13th discovery on the Stabroek Block. […]
Petrobras Confirms Extension Of Accumulation In Moita Bonita Area
(Petrobras, 18.Apr.2019) — Petrobras announces that it has completed the drilling of the well 3-SES-192 (Petrobras nomenclature) / 3-BRSA-1367-SES (ANP nomenclature)l in the area known […]
Toyota To Build Corolla In Brazil That Will Run On Electricity, Ethanol And Gas
(Reuters, 17.Apr.2019) — Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday it will begin building in Brazil a new version of the Corolla sedan that will […]
Brazil Sets October Oil Auction Signing Bonus Of $26.9 Bln – Minister
(Reuters, 17.Apr.2019 — Brazil’s government will require a signing bonus of 106 billion reais ($26.9 billion) in an Oct. 28 auction of excess oil from […]
Repsol Cuts Swap For Venezuelan Oil Under U.S. Pressure
(Reuters, Collin Eaton and Marianna Parraga, 17.Apr.2019) — Spain’s Repsol suspended its swaps of refining products for crude with Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA, people […]
Shell Awards Contract To Halliburton For Offshore Project In Brazil
(Chron.com, Sergio Chapa, 17.Apr.2019) — Royal Dutch Shell has awarded a three-year contract to Houston oilfield service company Halliburton to explore and develop two projects […]
Petrobras Increases Diesel Price
(Petrobras, 17.Apr.2019) — Petrobras has decided to increase the diesel price by R$ 0.10/liter, which implies a minimum variation of 4.518% and a maximum of […]
Petrobras Informs About Studies Of Caixa Econômica Federal To Sell Its Shares
(Petrobras, 17.Apr.2019) — Petrobras says it has received correspondence from Caixa Econômica Federal informing that it is studying the possibility of selling shares that they […]
Trinidad PM Rowley: Pray For Oil
(Trinidad and Tobago News Day, Sean Douglas, 17.Apr.2019) — The Prime Minister has publicly implored prayerful citizens to pray for new deposits of oil to […]
BHP Petroleum Plans More Appraisal Drilling Off Mexico
(OGJ, Paula Dittrick, 17.Apr.2019) — BHP Petroleum plans additional appraisal drilling on Trion block offshore Mexico during this year’s second half, the company said in […]
Wintershall Expands Portfolio In Argentina
(WorldOil, 17.Apr.2019) — Wintershall won the bidding process for two blocks in the promising Malvinas Basin off the coast of Tierra del Fuego as part […]
BHP Encounters Hydrocarbons In Latest T&T Deepwater Well
(T&T Energy Chamber, 17.Apr.2019) — BHP has announced that it has found hydrocarbons in its latest deepwater well in Trinidad & Tobago’s deepwater block 23(a). […]
Majors Step Up To Bid On Argentina Offshore Acreage
(WorldOil, 17.Apr.2019) — Argentina’s first national offshore licensing round was held yesterday, April 16, 2019, in Buenos Aires. Of the 38 blocks offered in an […]
Altus Power Acquires 19 MW Operating Solar Portfolio
(Altus, 17.Apr.2019) — Altus Power America, Inc. completed the acquisition of a multistate operating portfolio of ground-mounted solar assets. The 19 megawatt (MW) DC portfolio […]
Premier Highlights Successful Well Test Of The Zama Discovery
(Premier, 16.Apr.2019) — Premier notes the press release by Talos Energy, the operator of Block 7 offshore Mexico, announcing the successful drill stem test (DST) […]
ExxonMobil Argentina Takes Three Blocks In Offshore Bid Round
(Exxon, 16.Apr.2019) — ExxonMobil has increased holdings in Argentina after its subsidiary ExxonMobil Argentina Offshore Investments B.V. and an affiliate of Qatar Petroleum won three […]
Exxon Mobil Wins Three Exploration Blocks Offshore Argentina
(Reuters, 16.Apr.2019) — U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp said on Tuesday its unit and an affiliate of Qatar Petroleum had won three exploration blocks […]
Argentina Awards YPF Exploration Permit For Offshore E-1 Area
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 16.Apr.2019) — Argentina awarded state oil and gas producer YPF with an exploration permit for the E-1 area spanning […]
Qatar Petroleum Wins Exploration Rights In 5 Offshore Blocks In Argentina
(Qatar Petroleum, 16.Apr.2019) — Qatar Petroleum has won exploration rights in five offshore blocks in the North Argentina, and Malvinas West basins in Argentina. The […]
WoodMac: Santos Makes Significant Gas Discovery At Corvus-2 Appraisal Well
(WoodMac, 16.Apr.2019) — Following Santos’ announcement on the confirmation of a significant gas resource at Corvus-2 appraisal well, Wood Mackenzie senior analyst Daniel Toleman commented […]
Santos Says Corvus-2 Appraisal Well Discovers Significant Resource
(Santos, 16.Apr.2019) — Santos announced the successful appraisal of the Corvus field, with Corvus-2 confirming a significant gas resource in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western […]
LatAmNRG Argentina Briefs: TGS $330 Mln Investments, New IEASA President
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 15.Apr.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to TGS’ plans to invest $330 million in 2019 and […]
Cameron LNG Reaches Final Commissioning Stage Of First Liquefaction Train
(Sempra, 15.Apr.2019) — Sempra Energy announced that Cameron LNG has begun pipeline feed gas flow to the first liquefaction train of the liquefaction-export project as […]
This New Oil Hotspot Is Replacing Venezuelan Crude
(Oilprice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 15.Apr.2019) — The U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry have tightened the global heavy to medium crude oil market, sending oil buyers […]
Talos Energy Provides Update On Zama-2 STI Well Offshore Mexico
(Talos, 15.Apr.2019) — Talos Energy Inc. provided an additional update on the Zama appraisal program in Block 7, located in the offshore portion of Mexico’s […]
Wigton Has Saved Jamaica $54 Million In Oil Imports
(JIS News, Serena Grant, 15.Apr.2019) — Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says that Wigton Windfarm Limited has saved the Government expenditure […]
Fuel-Starved Haiti In Crisis As Venezuela Deal Dies
(Oilprice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 15.Apr.2019) — The poorest nation in the Western hemisphere has seen its fuel supply increasingly challenged since a program designed by Venezuela […]
Bolivia’s Tarija Gas Region To Generate $2.7 Billion Through 2025
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 14.Apr.2019) — Bolivia’s Tarija department is forecast to generate natural gas revenues of $2.7 billion through the end of 2025, […]
JPS Invests $25m In Storage Facility To Address Power Fluctuations
(Jamaica Gleaner, Steven Jackson, 14.Apr.2019) — Power utility Jamaica Public Service Company, JPS, will commission a US$25 million storage facility in phases this year as […]
Chevron To Gain Anadarko’s Offshore Guyana Oil Assets After Takeover
(Stabroek News, 14.Apr.2019) — Guyana could see oil exploration activity in the ultra-deepwater region picking up pace in the near future with United States oil […]
Brazil To Auction Oil Camps Despite Environmental Warnings
(AP, Peter Prengaman and Mauricio Savarse, 13.Apr.2019) — The administration of President Jair Bolsonaro plans to auction seven offshore oil fields in the northeast despite […]
LatAmNRG Colombia Briefs: OTA Pipeline Attack, Orca-1 Well
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 12.Apr.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to a new attack on the OTA pipeline, the Orca-1 […]
CNH Reports 6.9% Drop In Mexico’s Combined 1P Reserves
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 12.Apr.2019) — Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH by its Spanish acronym) announced the country’s combined proved (1P) natural gas and […]
Bolivia’s Gas Reserves To Double By 2025: Minister
(Argus, 12.Apr.2019) — Bolivian hydrocarbons minister Luis Alberto Sanchez predicts a jump in natural gas reserves as the country’s “year of exploration” gains momentum. “Results […]
Petrobras Updates On Diesel Price Readjustment
(Petrobras, 12.Apr.2019) — Petrobras informs that, in line with its strategy for diesel price readjustments, announced on 03/26/19, it revisited its hedge position and evaluated, […]
Permian Water Disposal Volumes To Double By 2022: Wood Mac
(Wood Mac, 12.Apr.2019) — Water disposal volumes in the Permian Basin are expected to double within the next two to three years, new analysis from […]
Petrobras Price Move Damages Bolsonaro’s Pro-Business Stance
(Bloomberg, Simone Preissler Iglesias and Sabrina Valle, 12.Apr.2019) — A conversation lasting less than 20 minutes was enough to put the neo-liberal credentials of Brazil […]
Ecopetrol Announces Dates For Colombian Ex-dividend Period
(Ecopetrol, 12.Apr.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. announced that according to the regulation of the Colombia Securities Exchange, the Colombian ex-dividend period for Ecopetrol’s shares begins on […]
Chevron Buys Anadarko In $50bn Cash-And-Stock Deal
(WoodMac, 12.Apr.2019) — Commenting on Chevron’s US$50 billion cash-and-stock acquisition of Anadarko, Roy Martin, senior analyst, corporate analysis, said: “This is the biggest upstream deal […]