(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 […]
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Qatar Petroleum And Chevron Ink Deal For Mega US Petrochemical Plant
(Qatar Petroleum, 10.Jul.2019) — Qatar Petroleum has signed an agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC to develop a new world-scale petrochemical project in the […]
Chevron Seeks Relief From Trump’s Venezuela Oil Sanctions
(Bloomberg, Fabiola Zerpa, Peter Millard and Kevin Crowley, 2.Jul.2019) — Chevron Corp. is lobbying the U.S. for sanctions relief so it can continue doing business […]
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 — […]
Brazil Bets Storing Oil Will Boost China Sales
(Bloomberg, 27.Jun.2019) — Brazil is making it easier for China’s teapots to buy Lula crude as it seeks to win more market share in the […]
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 […]
LatAmNRG Ecuador Briefs: Quito Gasoline, Russia’s Tyazhmash To Finish Project
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 22.Jun.2019) — LatAmNRG briefs related to OPEC member country Ecuador and gasoline prices in Quito, recycled waste imports, Russian company […]
BPs’s Statistical Review Of World Energy, Edition 2019
(BP, 21.Jun.2019) — BP released its Statistical Review of World Energy, edition 2019, which provides a timely and objective insight into those developments and how […]
JinkoSolar Supplies 351 MW To Asia Pacific PV Projects
(JinkoSolar, 20.Jun.2019) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. announced it has supplied Power Construction Corporation of China with 351MW of solar modules, which were installed at […]
JinkoSolar Supplies 258MW Solar Modules In Vietnam
(JinkoSolar, 17.Jun.2019) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. announced it has supplied Trung Nam Group with 258MW of monocrystalline PERC double glass modules which were installed […]
Japan’s Inpex And Indonesia Sign HoA On Masela Project
(WoodMac, 17.Jun.2019) — Woodmac Research Director Andrew Harwood commented on the announcement of INPEX signing a HoA with the Indonesian government on the Masela project. […]
LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Putin-Morales Meeting, Lithium, Potassium Chloride
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 7.Jun.2019) — Heard on the street related to the Bolivian upstream, midstream, downstream and renewable energy sectors including: Russian President […]
CNOOC In Agreement For Acquisition Of 10% Equity Interest In Arctic LNG 2 LLC
(CNOOC, 7.Jun.2019) — CNOOC Limited and CEPR Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with Joint Stock Company Novatek […]
European Elections: Finally Becoming More Courageous About Climate Protection
(Wintershall, 6.Jun.2019) — The results of the European elections show that German voters are primarily interested in one issue: climate protection. Hugo Dijkgraaf, the member […]
EP PetroEcuador Hosts Executives From Japanese Companies
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 6.Jun.2019) — Executives from the Japanese companies Mitsubishi Motors, Nexi Nippon Export and Investment Insurance and Bank of Tokyo conducted […]
Exploring The Innovative Evolution Of Hydraulic Fracturing
(JPT, Matt Zborowski, 3.Jun.2019) — Fueled by a culture of innovation, hydraulic fracturing has transformed the energy landscape from inside North America out. But achieving […]
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 […]
LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Petrobras Volumes, Investments In Lithium
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 30.May.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to Brazil’s Petrobras requesting lower natural gas volumes from Bolivia’s […]
CNOOC Limited Announces Appomattox Field Commences Production
(CNOOC, 23.May.2019) — CNOOC Limited announced the Appomattox Field in the US Gulf of Mexico has safely commenced production ahead of schedule. Appomattox Field is […]
Saudi Aramco And Sempra Energy Ink Largest LNG Deal For 6 Years
(WoodMac, 22.May.2019) — Sempra Energy and Saudi Aramco today announced their respective subsidiaries, Sempra LNG and Aramco Services Company, have signed a heads of agreement […]
Argentina’s Financial Crisis Creates An Opportunity For China
(Bloomberg, Jonathan Gilbert 21.May.2019) — A pair of dams going up in Patagonia is a testament to Beijing’s growing influence. Set on a remote steppe […]
LatAmNRG Ecuador Briefs: PetroAmazonas Deals, Drilling, Output, And Merger
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 20.May.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to the Petroamazonas EP and contracts for $78.1 million with […]
OPEC Founder Venezuela Pumps Less Oil Than Three Of Its Neighbors
(Bloomberg, Lucia Kassai, 20.May.2019) —Venezuela, which sits atop more oil than Saudi Arabia, has fallen behind three other Latin American countries as years of mismanagement […]
JinkoSolar Prices Follow-on Offering Of 4,062,500 ADSs And Private Placement
(JinkoSolar, 15.May.2019) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. announced priced the follow-on offering of 4,062,500 American depositary shares (the “ADSs”), each representing four ordinary shares of […]
LatAmNRG Briefs: OPEC MOMR, EP PetroEcuador Import Awards
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 14.May.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to OPEC’s Monthly Oil Market Report, EP PetroEcuador awards Trafigura […]
Arctech Launches 120-Module 2P Solar Tracker In Industry First Move
(Arctech, 13.May.2019) — Arctech Solar, a leading solar tracking and racking system provider, has launched its latest research achievement SkySmart-2, the industry’s first independent single-axis […]
What Does IMO 2020 Mean For Downstream, Upstream, LNG and Bulks Sector
(Woodmac, 7.May.2019) — Implementation of IMO 2020 regulation is just eight months away and its implications will be felt beyond refining and shipping. Wood Mackenzie’s […]
Noble Corporation plc Reports 1Q:19 Results
(Noble, 1.May.2019) — Noble Corporation plc today reported a net loss attributable to the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2019 (first quarter) […]
Calling Students Ages 13-18 Years Old To Participate In Science And Math Contest
(Breakthrough, 1.May.2019) — The Breakthrough Prize Foundation announced today the launch of its fifth annual Breakthrough Junior Challenge, a global student science and mathematics competition […]
Petronas Enters SPA with Petrobras for Stake in Tartaruga Verde Field
(Petronas, 26.Apr.2019) — Petronas through its subsidiary, Petronas PetrĂłleo Brasil Ltda. (PPBL) entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with PetrĂłleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras), […]
Petrobras Inks Three Deals To Divest Of Assets Worth US$10.3 Billion
(Petrobras, 25.Apr.2019) — Petrobras informs that today it executed three sale and purchase agreements to sell assets in the total amount of US$ 10.3 billion […]
CNOOC Limited Announces Key 1Q:19 Operational Statistics
(CNOOC Ltd. 25Apr.2019) — CNOOC Limited announced its key operational statistics for the first quarter of 2019. The Company achieved a total net production of […]
Reuters Corrects Story Saying Venezuela Is Avoiding U.S. Sanctions by Funneling Oil Sales Through Russia
(The Moscow Times, 24.Apr.2019) — Reuters has corrected a story it published on April 18 saying Venezuela is funneling cash flow from oil sales through […]
Venezuela Imports Crude For The First Time In Five Years
(Bloomberg, Lucia Kassai, 24.Apr.2019) — Oil production in Venezuela has dipped so low that the owner of the world’s largest reserves is importing crude for […]
On South America’s Largest Solar Farm, Chinese Power Radiates
(Reuters, Cassandra Garrison, 23.Apr.2019) — In an arid, lunar-like landscape in the sunny highlands of northern Argentina, South America’s largest solar farm is rising, powered […]
McDermott Awarded Petrochemicals Contract In Kuwait
(McDermott, 22.Apr.2019) — McDermott International, Inc. and Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), today announced that KIPIC has […]
Gazprom Eyeing Gas Project In Argentina
(TASS, 22.Apr.2019) — Gazprom considers the possibility of acquiring a stake in one of the key producing assets of Argentina’s YPF, the company said on […]
ExxonMobil Inks 20-year LNG Deal With Zhejiang Energy
(Exxon, 22.Apr.2019) — ExxonMobil said today that it signed a sales and purchase agreement with Zhejiang Provincial Energy Group for liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]