(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 […]
Category: Europe
Europe energy
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 […]
Phoenix Global Announces Departure Of CEO Anuj Sharma
(Phoenix, 23.Apr.2019) — Phoenix Global Resources plc announces that Mr. Sharma has served a notice on the company, which the company is treating as a […]
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 […]
Repsol Cuts Swap For Venezuelan Oil Under U.S. Pressure
(Reuters, Collin Eaton and Marianna Parraga, 17.Apr.2019) — Spain’s Repsol suspended its swaps of refining products for crude with Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA, people […]
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 […]
This New Oil Hotspot Is Replacing Venezuelan Crude
(Oilprice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 15.Apr.2019) — The U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry have tightened the global heavy to medium crude oil market, sending oil buyers […]
Chevron Buys Anadarko In $50bn Cash-And-Stock Deal
(WoodMac, 12.Apr.2019) — Commenting on Chevron’s US$50 billion cash-and-stock acquisition of Anadarko, Roy Martin, senior analyst, corporate analysis, said: “This is the biggest upstream deal […]
Enel Ups Stake In Chile Unit, Supports $3.5bn Capital Hike Plan
(Renewables Now, 11.Apr.2019) — Italian renewables-focused utility Enel SpA (BIT:ENEL) on Wednesday said it has concluded the purchase of an additional 4.62% stake in its […]
TechnipFMC Inks Significant Subsea Deal For The Lapa Pre-Salt Field In Brazil
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 9.Apr.2019) — TechnipFMC said it has been awarded a significant contract for the Lapa field by Total E&P do Brasil […]
Repsol And Petro-Peru Raise Fuel Prices Again In Peru
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 8.Apr.2019) — Repsol and Petro-Peru released details of their new fuel prices over the weekend. According to the details, fuel […]
Shell Invests In Nature In Move To Tackle CO2 Emissions
(Shell, 8.Apr.2019) — Carbon-neutral driving launch in the Netherlands complements investments in new electric vehicle charge points. Reforestation partnerships announced in the Netherlands and Spain […]
Knowledge Exchange Spurs China-Argentina Infrastructure Projects
(Xinhua, 8.Apr.2019) — Knowledge exchange between Chinese and Argentine technicians spurs large-scale joint infrastructure projects within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), […]
Chile, India, And Jordan Set The Green Standard
(The Christian Science Monitor, Timmy Broderick, 8.Apr.2019) — Solar panels, wind turbines, geothermal vents – all three are technologies that were once solely the province […]
Students Put Energy Efficient Cars To The Test At Shell Eco-marathon Americas
(Shell, 7.Apr.2019) — Make the Future Live California featuring Shell Eco-marathon Americas drew more than 1,000 students to Sonoma Raceway to compete for the title […]
New U.S. Sanctions Seek To Block Venezuelan Oil Shipments To Cuba
(NYT, Annie Karni and Nicholas Casey, 5.Apr.2019) — The Trump administration announced on Friday its latest round of economic sanctions against the government of President […]
Venezuela Blackouts Cut Oil Output by Half During March
(Bloomberg Fabiola Zerpa, 4.Apr.2019) — Power failures that plunged Venezuela into darkness for much of March also briefly slashed the country’s crude production by half, […]
IGU Releases 2019 World LNG Report As Global Trade Continues To Grow
(IGU, 2.Apr.2019) — The International Gas Union (IGU) released its 2019 World LNG Report – an annual, in-depth analysis of the current state of the […]
Wintershall Says Low Costs Will Boost Profits After Merger With DEA
(Reuters, Vera Eckert, 21.Mar.2019) — BASF’s oil and gas subsidiary Wintershall will boost profitability after its planned merger with rival DEA, drawing on cost cuts […]
Germany’s Wintershall Says Focusing On Brazil Offshore Oil Among Other Regions
(Reuters, 21.Mar.2019) — BASF’s oil and gas subsidiary Wintershall on Thursday said it would build up its presence in the Brazilian offshore oil sector this […]
OPEC Releases MOMR With Data Thru Feb. 2019
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 14.Mar.2019) — OPEC announced publication of its Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR) as of 14 March 2019 with details on […]