(Reuters, 6.Nov.2018) — Rosneft was owed $3.1 billion by Venezuela as of September 30, down from $3.6 billion on June 30, Russia’s largest oil producer […]
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Fitch’s Mexico Outlook Downgrade Based On Energy Policy Uncertainty
(NGI, Andrew Baker, 6.Nov.2018) — Fitch Ratings late last month revised its outlook for Mexico, citing, among other things, potential energy policies to be implemented […]
Argentina Switches On 70-MW Wind Park In Chubut
(Renewables Now, 6.Nov.2018) — Argentina’s Ministry of Energy and Mines announced on Monday that on November 2, the country switched on a 70-MW wind park […]
Five Groups May Join Eletronuclear Complete Power Plant Project
(Reuters, 6.Nov.2018) — Five groups are considering whether to partner with Brazil’s state-controlled Eletronuclear to resume construction of nuclear power plant Angra III, already partially […]
World’s Most Indebted Oil Company Reports 20-Fold Increase In Profit
(Oilprice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 6.Nov.2018) — Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras reported on Tuesday a net income for Q3 surging more than 20 times compared to […]
YPF Reports New Incident At Work-Over Well In Loma La Lata
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 6.Nov.2018) — The incident involved an estimated 0.6 cubic meters of water, gas and mud, and occurred on Friday November […]
Talos Updates On Pre-Unitization Agreement With Pemex
(Talos Energy Inc., 5.Nov.2018) — Talos Energy Inc. and its partners in Block 7 offshore Mexico signed a Pre-Unitization Agreement (PUA) with Pemex that enables […]
Ecopetrol Attends Oil Spill In Tibú River
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 5.Nov.2018) — Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol installed a series of barriers in a rural area of the Tibú municipality […]
Santa Cruz Reports Sale of 200,000 Liters of Ethanol 92 In Four Days
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 5.Nov.2018) — Commercialization of Bolivia’s new ‘Super Ethanol 92’ gasoline reached nearly 200,000 liters in the first four days after […]
Argus Launches Series Of Daily Jet Fuel Prices In Brazil
(Argus, 5.Nov.2018) — Global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus has launched a series of daily jet fuel prices for the aviation fuel market […]
FMC Corporation Updates On Ag Solutions In Brazil
(FMC Corporation, 5.Nov.2018) — FMC delivered another very strong quarter. “In Ag Solutions, we executed our commercial strategy particularly well in Brazil, where we implemented […]
Talos Energy, Pan American Ink Deal To Cross-Assign Interests In Mexico
(Talos Energy Inc., 5.Nov.2018) — Talos Energy Inc. entered into a transaction with, Hokchi Energy, S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Pan American Energy, to […]
Talos Energy Announces Approval Of Zama Appraisal Plan In Mexico
(Talos Energy Inc., 5.Nov.2018) — The National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH), the Mexican oil & gas regulator, has approved the appraisal plan for the Zama discovery. […]
Pattern Energy Reports 3Q:18 Financial Results
(Pattern Energy Group, 5.Nov.2018) — Pattern Energy Group Inc. announced its financial results for the 2018 third quarter. Highlights (Comparisons made between fiscal Q3 2018 […]
Colombia Postpones Renewable Energy Projects Auction
(PV Magazine, Emiliano Bellini, 5.Nov.2018) — Colombia’s national mining and energy planning unit UPME has announced in a circular it will postpone the final bidding […]
Argentina Allocates $500 Million For Users To Generate Energy
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 4.Nov.2018) — Argentina’s government has allocated $500 million for a special fund to be used to subsidize loans for the […]
Bolsonaro To Push Forward Giant Brazil Oil Sale, Adviser Says
(Bloomberg, Sabrina Valle, 4.Nov.2018) — Jair Bolsonaro’s energy team is keen to push for the sale of prized Brazilian crude deposits in an auction that […]
EOG Resources Reports 20% Collapse In Trinidad Gas Production
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 4.Nov.2018) — EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG) reported a 20% collapse in natural gas production in Trinidad in the third quarter […]
YPF To Invest $5 Billion Per Year During 2019-2023
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 4.Nov.2018) — YPF expects to make investments of $5 billion per year during the 2019-2023 period as part of its […]
BP Extends Contract With Joe Douglas In Trinidad By One Well
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 2.Nov.2018) — BP has extended its contract with the Joe Douglas in Trinidad by one well with an expected duration […]
Royal Dutch Shell Provides 3Q:18 Highlights For Brazil And Argentina
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 2.Nov.2018) — Royal Dutch Shell provided an update related to portfolio developments in Brazil and Argentina during the third quarter […]
Canacol Energy 3Q:18 Results Release, Conference Call Date
(Canacol Energy Ltd., 2.Nov.2018) — Canacol Energy Ltd. will announce its third quarter 2018 financial results after the market close on Tuesday, November 13, 2018. […]
Ex-Venezuela Oil Official Pleads Guilty In Graft Probe
(AP, 2.Nov.2018) The former finance chief of Venezuela’s state oil company pleaded guilty on Wednesday to participating in an alleged US$1.2-billion embezzlement scheme, a major […]
YPF Injects $4 Million In Aerolíneas Argentinas, Jorge Newbery Airport
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 2.Nov.2018) — Argentina’s YPF announced it will make an investment of nearly $4 million in Aerolíneas Argentinas destined to renovate […]
Gazprombank Says No Role In Venezuela Graft Case
(Reuters, Alexandra Ulmer, 2.Nov.2018) — Russian bank Gazprombank on Friday said it had no role in a Venezuelan corruption case at state energy company PDVSA. […]
YPFB Makes Initial Shipment Of Nitrogen Fertilizer To Brazil
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky and Ian Silverman, 2.Nov.2018) — YPFB made its initial shipment of nitrogen fertilizer from Puerto Quijarro, in late October, to […]
Echo Energy Appoints Independent Non-Executive Director
(Echo Energy, 2.Nov.2018) — Echo Energy announced appointment of Dr. Gavin Graham as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the company with immediate effect. Dr. Graham […]
In Guyana, Exxon Oil Project Stirs International Tensions
(Houston Chronicle, James Osborne, 2.Nov.2018) — Almost 4,000 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, off the northern coastline of South America, Exxon Mobil […]
Natgasoline Places Around $900 Million Of New Debt
(Proman and CEL, 2.Nov.2018) — Consolidated Energy Limited (CEL) and OCI N.V. announced that their subsidiary Natgasoline LLC, the largest methanol production facility in the […]
Ecuadorian Armed Forces Discover Fuel Tanks Destined For Smuggling
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 2.Nov.2018) — Ecuador’s Joint Task Force Armed Forces discovered 38 tanks filled with 55 gallons of fuel in an operation […]
Ecopetrol Could Invest $3-3.5 Bln In 2019, Same As This Year
(Reuters, 1.Nov.2018) — Colombian state-run oil company Ecopetrol will likely invest between $3 billion and $3.5 billion in 2019, the same figure as forecast for […]
YPFB Transporte Controls Gas Leak In Villa Montes
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 1.Nov.2018) — A new gas leak along a pipeline in Bolivia was reported in Villa Montes in the department of […]
Pemex Likely To Launch McDermott Offshore Platform In April
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, Ana Isabel Martinez, 1.Nov.2018) — Mexico’s state-run Pemex is expected to start operating in April the largest offshore oil platform built in […]
Exclusive: Perenco, Gazprombank Named In Venezuela Graft Case – Source
(Reuters, Alexandra Ulmer, 1.Nov.2018) — Anglo-French oil company Perenco and Russian financial firm Gazprombank have been identified in testimony by a former Venezuelan state oil […]
Ecopetrol Boasts 67% Exploration Success Rate To-date In 2018
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 1.Nov.2018) — Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol is boasting a 67% exploration success rate based on six completed wells thus […]
PDVSA’s Citgo Contributes To 8th Annual Houston Energy Day Festival
(Citgo Petroleum, 1.Nov.2018) — CITGO Petroleum Corporation recently participated in Houston’s largest free family festival, Energy Day. The event brought together families, students, energy professionals […]
Petrobras Inks Deal to Divest Of Petrobras Oil & Gas B.V.
(Petrobras, 31.Oct.2018) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 3/8/2018, announces that its subsidiary Petrobras International Braspetro B.V. (PIBBV) signed a Sale and […]
Petrobras Postpones Mothballing Of Sergipe And Bahia Fertilizer Plants
(Petrobras, 31.Oct.2018) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on Mar. 28, 2018, informs that it postponed until Jan. 31, 2019 the mothballing of […]
Petrobras Updates On Debt Pre-Payment With Banco Santander
(Petrobras, 31.Oct.2018) — Petrobras prepaid a debt with Banco Santander in the amount of $1 billion, due 2023. Simultaneously, it signed with the same institution […]
Ecopetrol Business Group Reports 3Q:18, Year-To-Date 2018 Results
(Ecopetrol S.A., 31.Oct.2018) — Ecopetrol S.A. announced the Business Group’s financial results for the third quarter and year-to-date 2018, prepared in accordance with International Financial […]
Ex-Venezuelan Oil Exec Admits Bribes In $1.2 Bln Money-Laundering Scheme
(El Nuevo Herald, Jay Weaver And Antonio Maria Delgado, 31.Oct.2018) — A former top official of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company pleaded guilty Wednesday in Miami […]
YPF Seeks To Generate 20% Of Energy from Renewable Sources By 2023
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 31.Oct.2018) — YPF announced it will continue with electric power generation projects through its affiliate YPF LUZ as part of […]
Guyanese Could Get Increased Salaries, Other Improvements In 2020
(DemeraraWaves, 31.Oct.2018) — Finance Minister, Winston Jordan on Wednesday hinted that government workers would receive salary increases when in 2020 when Guyana begins producing oil […]
Hess, Exxon Mobil Prep For More Exploration Offshore Guyana
(Hart Energy, Velda Addison, Senior Editor, 31.Oct.2018) — Partners Exxon Mobil, Hess Corp. and CNOOC Nexen Petroleum are making progress toward development of the hydrocarbon […]
Ecopetrol Profit Nearly Triples On Oil Price Boost
(Reuters, Julia Symmes Cobb, 31.Oct.2018) — Ecopetrol, Colombia’s state-run oil company, said on Wednesday its third-quarter net profit rose to 2.77 trillion pesos ($866.5 million), […]
Colombia Plans Mexico-Style Oil Hedge After Recent Volatility
(Bloomberg, Matthew Bristow, 31.Oct.2018) — Colombia is planning to hedge its oil exports to protect the government from the violent swings in revenue it suffered […]
AMLO’s Bad Start: Fitch Revises Mexico Outlook To Negative
(Forbes, Kenneth Rapoza, 31.Oct.2018) — Prognosis negative for Mexico. So says Fitch Ratings. After a no vote on a new airport was reached yesterday in […]
Petrobras Announces $1.4bn Sale Of African Oil Business
(Ft.com, Andres Schipani, Neil Hume, 31.Oct.2018) — Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras agreed to sell its 50 per cent stake in an African enterprise to […]