Petrobras Refinery Sale Draws PetroChina

(Reuters, Tatiana Bautzer and Rodrigo Viga Gaier, 26.Aug.2019) — Brazil’s planned privatization of eight Petroleo Brasileiro SA refineries has lured several of the world’s largest […]

China Stays Venezuela Course

(Argus, 20.Aug.2019) — The Chinese government is so far showing no sign of curtailing its oil ties to Venezuela, despite state-owned PetroChina’s rescheduling of Merey […]

ONGC Videsh To Exit Colombian Blocks

(Cogencis, Sukalp Sharma, 20.Aug.2019) — ONGC Videsh Ltd plans to relinquish three exploratory blocks–RC-9, RC-10, and GUA OFF-2–in Colombia in the current financial year ending […]

CNPC Suspends Venezuelan Oil Loading

(Reuters, Chen Aizhu and Marianna Parraga, 18.Aug.2019) — China National Petroleum Corp, a leading buyer of Venezuelan oil, has halted August loadings following the latest […]

Petrobras Updates On CDB Debt Pre-Payment

(Petrobras, 14.Aug.2019) — Petrobras reports that today it fully prepaid a financing contract with China Development Bank (CBD) due in 2024, totaling US$ 3 billion. […]

Citgo To Name New CEO

(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, 13.Aug.2019) — Citgo Petroleum Corp has selected Carlos Jorda as its next chief executive, according to three people familiar with the matter, […]

U.S. Expands Sanctions Against Venezuela

(WSJ, Vivian Salama, 6.Aug.2019) — The Trump administration imposed a total economic embargo against the government of Venezuela, a significant escalation of pressure against the […]

Trump Imposes New Curbs In Bid To Pressure Maduro

(Bloomberg, 6.Aug.2019) — President Donald Trump imposed further sanctions on Venezuela, freezing the government’s assets in the U.S. and adding immigration restrictions in a move […]

US Escalates Venezuela Sanctions

(Platts, 6.Aug.2019) — The US escalated sanctions against Venezuela late Monday and may use the executive order to target crude flows to China and India, […]

Qatar Petroleum In Guyana Exploration Deal

(Trade Arabia, 5.Aug.2019) — Qatar Petroleum has entered into an agreement with French oil major Total for a share of exploration and production rights in […]

Trump Freezes All Venezuelan Govt Assets

(Reuters, Matt Spetalnick and Roberta Rampton, 5.Aug.2019) — U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a freeze on all Venezuelan government assets in the United States on […]

Venezuela Oil Exports Slid 17.5% In July-Data

(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, 1.Aug.2019) — Venezuela’s oil exports fell 17.5% in July to their second-lowest level since Washington imposed sanctions on the nation as state-run […]

Russian Fuel Flowing Miles To Venezuela

(Bloomberg, 1.Aug.2019) — Russian oil products are making their way to sanction-stained Venezuela, affording a reprieve for the Latin American nation as it battles persistent […]

Qatar Petroleum Enters Blocks In Guyana

(Qatar Petroleum, 29.Jul.2019) — Qatar Petroleum has entered into an agreement with Total for a share of exploration and production rights in two blocks offshore […]

India Boosts Imports Of Venezuelan Oil

(Argus, 29.Jul.2019) — India’s imports of Venezuelan crude jumped by 25pc year on year in June and by 37pc from May, reflecting the limited reach […]

Petropiar JV starts blending

(Reuters, 29.Jul.2019, Words: 316) — Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA said on Monday the Petropiar extra-heavy crude upgrader, part-owned by U.S. oil company Chevron Corp, […]

Core Laboratories Sets Earnings Call Schedule

(Core Laboratories, 24.Jul.2019) — Core Laboratories N.V. scheduled a conference call to discuss Core’s second quarter 2019 earnings announcement. The call will begin at 7:30 […]

TechnipFMC Awarded Contract For Arctic LNG 2

(Technip, 23.Jul.2019) — TechnipFMC has been awarded a major(1) Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract by Novatek and its partners for the Arctic LNG 2 […]

Sanctions Squeeze Venezuela’s EHCO Output

(Petroleum Economist, 18.Jul.2019) — Latin America’s economically troubled oil giant faces the difficult task of significantly raising Asian crude grades. Venezuela’s upgraders have been forced […]

JinkoSolar Commissions Solar Project In Abu Dhabi

(JinkoSolar, 1.Jul.2019) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. announced that the world’s largest[1] solar plant of 1,177MWp, which was jointly developed by the Company, Japan’s Marubeni […]

Venezuela Reshifts Oil Output

(Reuters, Marianna Parraga and Luc Cohen, 28.Jun.2019) — Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA is revamping one of its major processing operations geared to supplying U.S. […]

JinkoSolar Announces 1Q:19 Financial Results

(JinkoSolar, 28.Jun.2019) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019. First Quarter 2019 Highlights — […]

ReneSola And X-Elio To Develop Solar Projects

(ReneSola, 24.Jun.2019) — ReneSola Ltd entered into a development service agreement with X-Elio North America, a subsidiary of X-Elio, a Madrid, Spain-based company specialized in […]

Hydraulic Fracturing

(JPT, Zillur Rahim, Saudi Aramco, 1.Jun.2019) — As gas development focuses more on tight and ultratight formations, the challenges to produce economically become diverse and […]