(Pemex, 16.Oct.2018) — Petróleos Mexicanos in September disclosed the application of a series of operating and marketing measures could generate an improvement of 30 billion pesos on the 2018 balance […]
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Mexico’s AMLO Presses Big Oil To Start Pumping From Recent Finds
(Oilprice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 16.Oct.2018) — Mexico wants Big Oil to start producing from the recently discovered oil fields in Mexico as soon as possible, incoming President Andrés Manuel López Obrador […]
Mexico And Brazil’s Crude Politics
(Foreign Policy, Lisa Viscidi, .16.Oct.2018) — A potential return to resource nationalism could set both countries back. Until this year, resource nationalism—when a government asserts its control over a country’s […]
Texas Would Have A ‘Party’ If Mexico Prohibited Fracking
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 16.Oct.2018) — Prohibiting fracking in a generalized manner, as announced by Mexico’s president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), would be an error that would benefit […]
Argentina Looks to Cease Bolivian Gas Imports By 2020
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 16.Oct.2018) — With its own gas projects to develop, Argentina is seeking to reduce imports of natural gas and by 2020 it expects to stop […]
Mexico’s Lopez Obrador Pushes Big Oil To Hurry, But Offers Little
(Reuters, David Alire Garcia, Marianna Parraga, 16.Oct.2018) — At his first meeting with foreign oil majors, Mexico’s leftist president-elect pushed the companies to prove themselves by quickly pumping oil from […]
Echo Energy, YPFB Sign Technical Evaluation Agreement For Rio Salado Block
(Echo Energy plc, 15.Oct.2018) — Echo Energy plc signed on 12 October 2018 a Technical Evaluation Agreement (TEA) for the Rio Salado Block, onshore Bolivia, directly with YPFB (Yacimientos Petrolíferos […]
Engie And Caisse Said To Plan $9B Pipeline Bid
(Bloomberg, Cristiane Lucchesi, Francois Beaupuy, Scott Deveau, 15.Oct.2018) — French utility Engie SA and a Canadian pension fund plan to offer as much as $9 billion (34 billion reals) for […]
Petrobras Expects To Revive TAG Deal Over The Next Month: Sources
(Reuters, Tatiana Bautzer, 15.Oct.2018) — Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA expects to revive the sale of its pipeline operator TAG over the next month, if it can get […]
Echo Energy Announces Successful Initial Perforation At EMS-1001 Well In Argentina
(Echo Energy plc, 15.Oct.2018) — Echo Energy plc announced an update on the initial perforation phase on the third Argentinian well. The company previously drilled four wells across its onshore […]
PDVSA Preparing $950mn Payment On 2020 Bond
(Reuters, 15.Oct.2018) — Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA is preparing to pay holders of its 2020 bond some $950 million this month, after failing to make interest payments on most […]
Echo Energy Continues To Progress Argentina Wells, Signs New Deal In Bolivia
(Proactive Investors, 15.Oct.2018) — Echo Energy Plc told investors that it has confirmed that its third Argentinian well will be suitable for mechanical stimulation, and, it will now move on […]
Bolivia’s Oil Revenue To Reach $2.2 Billion
(Xinhua, 14.Oct.2018) — Bolivia’s oil revenue this year is estimated to reach 2.2 billion U.S. dollars as it “will be able to fulfill” contracts with its southern American partners, Minister […]
Air BP Nationalization In Bolivia “Technically” Not Finalized
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 14.Oct.2018) — Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Minister Luis Alberto Sánchez, acknowledged that nationalization of Air BP, a subsidiary of British Petroleum, in charge of marketing jet fuel […]
Guyana, Canadian Province Signing Oil And Gas Pact
(Stabroek News, 13.Oct.2018) — The Guyana government and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador will be signing a technical cooperation agreement on oil and gas in the coming week, […]
Colombian Court Rules Community Referendums Cannot Block Mining, Oil Projects
(TeleSur, 13.Oct.2018) — The Colombian Constitutional Court has ruled to restrict the power of popular consultations to halt extractive projects. Colombia’s Constitutional Court ruled in favor of a Mansarovar Energy, […]
Venezuela Solicits Audit of Pacific Coast Refinery, Río Napo
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 13.Oct.2018) — Venezuela has solicited an audit of costs related to the Pacific Coast Refinery and Río Napo JV in order to discuss potential investment […]
Uruguay Sets Deadline To Seek Renewable Energy Fiscal Incentives
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 13.Oct.2018) — Companies seeking to benefit from renewable energy tax benefits will have until October 24, 2018 to submit details related to their projects. Companies […]
Shell Seeks To Sell Venezuela JV Stake
(Reuters, 12.Oct.2018) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc is negotiating the sale of its stake in a Venezuelan oil joint venture to Paris-based Maurel & Prom , three sources said this […]
BP: Angelin Reaches Milestone
(BP, 12.Oct.2018) — The Angelin facility marked a major milestone on October 12, 2018 with the completion of the McDermott EPCIC scope called the Total Facility Handover. Other activities completed […]
Bolivia’s Gas Lower than LNG, Vaca Muerta Shale: Sánchez Says
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 12.Oct.2018) — Bolivian natural gas is more competitive than liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas from Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale formation, announced Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Minister […]
Guyana’s Oil And Gas Capacity Building Project
(Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources, 12.Oct.2018) — The Guyana Oil and Gas Capacity Building Project (the ‘Project’) is supported by the World Bank and aims to enhance the Government’s capacity […]
Analysis: Brazil Presidential Frontrunner’s Advisers Clash Over Petrobras
(Reuters, Alexandra Alper, Tatiana Bautzer, Rodrigo Viga Gaier, 12.Oct.2018) — Nationalistic and free market advisers to Brazil’s right-wing presidential frontrunner are deeply split about the future of state-run oil company […]
Maurel & Prom Confirms Discussions With Shell Over Urdaneta West Field In Venezuela
(Maurel & Prom, 12.Oct.2018) — Etablissements Maurel & Prom notes recent press articles and confirms it is working on the acquisition of Shell Exploration and Production Investments B.V.’s 40% interest […]
Mexico Plans To Enforce Odebrecht Fines Via Seizure -Official
(Reuters, 12.Oct.2018) — Mexico plans to enforce fines imposed on Odebrecht over corruption allegations by confiscating some $30 million owed by state oil company Pemex to the Brazilian firm, a […]
Pemex Rolls Out New Fuel Additive To Protect Gasoline Engines
(Pemex, 11.Oct.2018) — Pemex introduced the new gasoline additive that will be added into Pemex Magna and Pemex Premium fuels, the additive will be promoted under the brand name of […]
Bolsonaro Plans More Power Plants In The Amazon
(Reuters, Ricardo Brito, 11.Oct.2018) — Brazil’s presidential front-runner Jair Bolsonaro would tackle chronic energy shortages by expanding nuclear and hydroelectric power in the Amazon despite environmental concerns, the adviser overseeing […]
Ecuador, Peru In Talks To Explore Oil And Gas Blocks: Energy Minister
(Reuters, Alexandra Valencia, 11.Oct.2018) — Ecuador has begun talks with neighboring Peru to jointly explore two oilfields at the border and allow state-run Petroamazonas to operate natural gas areas in […]
Bolivia Gas Exports To Argentina To-date Averaging 18 MMcm/d
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 11.Oct.2018) — Bolivian natural gas exports shipped by YPFB to Argentina to-date have averaged 18 million cubic meters per day (MMcm/d). These volumes are below […]
Petrobras, Murphy Oil Create US Gulf Joint Venture
(S&P Global Platts, 11.Oct.2018) — Brazilian state-led oil company Petrobras and Murphy Oil will combine production assets in the US Gulf of Mexico in a joint venture that will produce […]
Why Murphy Oil Corporation’s Stock Is Soaring Today
(The Motley Fool, Matthew DiLallo, 11.Oct.2018) — The oil company made a needle-moving deal. What happened Shares of Murphy Oil Corporation took off on Thursday, rising more than 12% by […]
Pemex Hopes Gulf Discoveries Mesh With New President’s Goals
(Houston Chronicle, Jordan Blum, 11.Oct.2018) — Leaders of Mexico’s state oil company Pemex initially feared the inevitable election of leftist presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who spoke of rolling […]
YPF In Talks To Sell Stake In Power Unit To Asian Fund
(Bloomberg, Pablo Rosendo Gonzalez, 11.Oct.2018) — YPF SA, Argentina’s state-run oil company, is in advanced talks to sell a minority stake in its power unit to an Asian fund, said […]
Coca Codo Sinclair Hydroelectric Plant Operating With 5 of 8 Turbines
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 10.Oct.2018) — The dispatch of energy from the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant, located between Napo and Orellana, was carried out Oct. 9 “with restrictions […]
Kosmos Energy To Abandon Suriname Well After Coming Up Dry
(Seeking Alpha, Carl Surran, 10.Oct.2018) — Kosmos Energy says it is abandoning an offshore well in Suriname after failing to find oil, its second straight dry well in the region […]
Costa Rica Crime Groups Diversifying Oil Theft Techniques
(InSight Crime, Parker Asmann, 10.Oct.2018) — The ways in which gangs of fuel thieves in Costa Rica are tapping oil pipelines in order to steal and later resell the good […]
Venezuela Sets New Wages For Oil Workers As Protests Simmer
(Reuters, Alexandra Ulmer, 10.Oct.2018) — Venezuela on Wednesday increased wages for workers at state energy company PDVSA after employees staged small protests to decry meager salaries amid the OPEC nation’s […]
Añelo: The Two Realities of this Small Town in the Heart of Neuquen
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 10.Oct.2018) — Añelo is a small oil town located in the heart of Neuquen and the Vaca Muerta shale revolution. This small town with a […]
IFC, Related Funds Exercise Rights Under the Pacific Midstream Limited Agreement
(Frontera Energy, 10.Oct.2018) — Frontera Energy Corporation announced the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and related funds have provided notice to the Company that they have exercised their right under the […]
Frontera Energy Announces Exploration Discovery in Colombia
(Frontera Energy, 10.Oct.2018) — Frontera Energy Corporation announced a light oil discovery from its Acorazado-1 exploration well on the 100% owned and operated Llanos-25 block in Colombia. Frontera also provided […]
Pemex: 2 New Wells Have 180 Million Barrels 3P Oil
(AP, 9.Oct2018) — Mexico’s state-owned oil company says two wells in shallow Gulf of Mexico waters have found about 180 million barrels of proven, probable and possible oil and gas […]
Pemex Finds 2 New Oil Fields in Gulf of Mexico
(FT, Jude Webber, 9.Oct.2018) — Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex said it had discovered two new shallow water fields that, combined with other discoveries in recent years, would add production […]
Pemex Announces Oil Field Find In Shallow Waters Of Southeast Basin
(Pemex, 9.Oct.2018) — Pemex CEO, Carlos Treviño, confirmed the discovery of seven reservoirs in two new wells in Mexico’s Southeast Basin, named Manik-101A and Mulach-1, which will allow the company […]
Jamaica’s Oil Search Could Suffer Due to Climate Change, Warns Expert
(RJR News, 9.Oct.2018) — There is an ominous warning about the possible economic fallout for Jamaica due to changes in the climate, as outlined in the latest United Nations report […]
IEA Urges Opec to Open Taps as Oil Markets Enter ‘Red Zone’
(Bloomberg, Javier Blas, Grant Smith & Francine Lacqua, 9.Oct.2018) — Oil prices have rallied to a four-year-high due to US sanctions on Iran and the Venezuelan crisis, even as Saudi […]
Cutting India’s Dependence on Middle-East Oil: 60% More Oil Lifted from Colombia
(Financial Express, Huma Siddiqui, 9.Oct.2018) — With the India-Colombia bilateral trade $1.5 bn, India lifted oil close to $ 400 million from January to July this year– an increase of […]
Petrobras Updates On Sale Of Onshore Fields Opportunity Disclosure
(Petrobras, 8.Oct.2018) — Petrobras announced the beginning of the opportunity disclosure stage (Teaser) related to the sale of its entire equity share in three onshore production fields (Lagoa Parda, Lagoa […]
Pemex Spill Prompts Evacuations In Mexico
(The Oil&Gas Year, 8.Oct.2018) — Around 300 people were evacuated in the Mexican state of Veracruz as hydrocarbons spilled from a vandalised Pemex pipeline into the Tepeyac creek, which flows […]
Guyana May be the Next Big Beast in Global Oil
(The National, Robin Mills, 8.Oct.2018) — One of the few major new conventional oil provinces discovered this century could see the country emerge as the top per capita producer. Who […]
Vaca Muerta Looks To Attract $7 Bln In Investments In 2019
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 6.Oct.2018) — Investors could inject $7 billion into the Vaca Muerta in 2019, announced Neuquén Governor, Omar Gutiérrez. “In 2019, we will have 15 new […]