Scorch Earth Suicide in Venezuela

(EnergyNomics de Venezuela, Carlos A Rossi, 1.Sep.2018) — Nicolas Maduro has drawn the line in the sand: “Either you are with me and stay here […]

S&P Confirms Pemex’s Global Rating at BBB+

(Pemex, 31.Aug.2018) — Rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) confirmed the global rating of Petróleos Mexicanos at ‘BBB+’ with stable outlook after its annual review […]

Guyana Leader Cringes with Each Oil Discovery

(Kaieteur News, Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell, 31.Aug.2018) — Ordinary Guyanese who do not fully understand the fiscal regime of Guyana’s deal with oil giant, ExxonMobil might get […]

Petrotrin Severance to Cost at Least $1 Bln

(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Carla Bridglal, 31.Aug.2018) — Severance packages for Petrotrin workers will cost upwards of $1 billion, Energy Minister Franklin Khan estimated yesterday. […]

ExxonMobil Adds Ninth Discovery Offshore Guyana

(ExxonMobil, 30.Aug.2018) — Irving, Texas-based ExxonMobil has made its ninth discovery offshore Guyana at the Hammerhead-1 well, marking its fifth discovery on the Stabroek Block […]

Brazil’s Energy Agency Opts for Argus Prices

(Argus Media, 30.Aug.2018) — Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) will start using prices published by leading global energy and commodities […]

Venezuela Aims To Boost Oil Output By 640 Mb/d

(OilPrice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 30.Aug.2018) — Venezuela’s state oil firm PDVSA has said that it signed a US$430 million joint service agreement with seven companies that […]

Trinidad: Crouching Tiger

(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Kiran Mathur Mohammed, Camille Moreno, 30.Aug.2018) — The Dragon gas deal signed last Saturday is worth celebrating. The clink of glasses […]

Shut-Down of Historic Petrotrin Refinery

(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Carla Bridglal, 30.Aug.2018) — On the eve of the country’s 56th anniversary of Independence, the board of Petrotrin announced it was […]

Petrotrin Concerned: Ramnarine and Seepersad-Bachan

(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Sasha Harrinanan, 29.Aug.2018) — Former energy ministers Kevin Ramnarine and Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, both of whom served under the previous administration, are […]

CITGO Awards Grant, Continues Restoration Work

(Citgo, 29.Aug.2018) — Through the CITGO Caring for Our Coast initiative, a program designed to boost ecological conservation, restoration and education, The Conservation Foundation (TCF) […]

PetroTrin Refinery to Close

(Trinidad Express, Ria Taitt, 28.Aug.2018) — The Government has decided to shut down the refinery of State oil company Petrotrin. The country can no longer […]

Carolyn Wants Details on Dragon Gas Deal

(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Sean Douglas, 28.Aug.2018) — Four questions have been posed by Congress of the People leader and former energy minister Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan […]

Pemex Insider Destined for Key Post Under AMLO

(Bloomberg, Amy Stillman, 28.Aug.2018) — Mexico President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will name Fluvio Ruiz Alarcon as Petroleos Mexicanos’s next exploration and production chief, according […]

Trinidad Imports 40% of Oil from Russia

(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 27.Aug.2018) —Trinidad and Tobago is relying on Russia as its main source of imported crude oil. Between January and June […]

Renaissance Oil Reports 2Q:18 Results

(Renaissance Oil Corp., 27.Aug.2018) — Renaissance Oil Corp. reported second quarter 2018 results. All dollar figures are Canadian dollars, unless otherwise noted. SECOND QUARTER 2018 […]

PDVSA, Citgo Evaluating Aruba Gas Plan

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 25.Aug.2018) — Venezuela is evaluating a plan to implement a natural gas project with Aruba. Officials from Venezuela’s state oil […]

Venezuela to Send Dragón Gas to Trinidad

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 25.Aug.2018) — Venezuela will send its Dragón field natural gas to Trinidad for processing. That’s according to a deal signed […]

Golar Applies for FSRU Permits in Brazil

(TO&GY, 24.Aug.2018) — Offshore midstream company Golar LNG has started the process to acquire an environmental permit for its Terminal Gas Sul (TGS) project in […]

Ecopetrol to Focus Spending on Drilling: CEO

(Reuters, Devika Krishna Kumar, 24.Aug.2018) — Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol SA will focus spending for the rest of the year on increased drilling activity […]