Atlantic LNG’s Future Still Being Discussed
(Trinidad Guardian, 13.May.2021) — The future of Atlantic LNG’s operations and, more specifically, the status of Train 1 is still being discussed by stakeholders. This even though the National Gas...
LatAm Briefs: Colombia Unrest, Argentina President In Europe, Pampa Webcast
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.May.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: ongoing national strike and protests in Colombia impacting fuel supply; Argentina’s President to meet with...
Cuban Tanker En Route To Venezuela Reports Missing Sailor At Sea
(Reuters, 12.May.2021) — A crew member aboard a Cuba-flagged oil tanker on its way from a Mexican shipyard to Venezuela was reported missing this week, according to a shipping report...
Pampa Energía Reports 1Q:21 Results
(Pampa Energía, 12.May.2021) — Pampa Energía S.A. (NYSE: PAM; Buenos Aires Stock Exchange: PAMP), the largest independent energy integrated company in Argentina, with active participation in the country's electricity and gas value...
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YPF Reports 1Q:21 Results [PDF Downloads]
(YPF, 12.May.2021) — Argentina’s state oil entity YPF announced financial and operating results for the first quarter 2021. Details follow. MAIN HIGHLIGHTS OF THE QUARTER • Strong recovery in profitability...
Ecopetrol Names New Exploration VP
(Ecopetrol, 11.May.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL;NYSE: EC) announces that Jorge Arturo Calvache, Vice-President of Exploration has decided to retire as of 1 June 2021. The company acknowledges and thanks...
Venezuela Needs $58bn To Restore Oil Output To 1998 Levels-Document
(Reuters, 10.May.2021) — Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA would need $58 billion in investment to revive its crude production to the levels of 1998 before ex-President Hugo Chavez came to...
Petrobras To Host 1Q:21 Results Webcast
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.May.2021) — Petrobras will host two webcasts on 14 May 2021 to discuss its first quarter 2021 results. The first will be in Portuguese and the second...
Petrobras Divests Stake In Rabo Branco Field In Sergipe
(Petrobras, 10.May.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 11 December 2020, signed with Petrom Produção de Petróleo & Gás Ltda. a contract for the sale of its...
Petrobras Inks Deal For 7th Búzios Unit
(Petrobras, 10.May.2021) — Petrobras signed a contract with Keppel Shipyard Limited to build the P-78, the seventh unit to be installed in the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt...
ExxonMobil Submits Application For Yellowtail Development Project
(Kaieteur News, 7.May.2021) — ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), has submitted an application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to undertake its fourth oil project, the...
Atlas Executes 2nd Finance Project In Brazil
(Atlas Renewable Energy, 6.May.2021) — Atlas Renewable Energy obtained a $150mn loan from IDB Invest, a member of IDB Group, and from DNB Bank ASA (the largest financial services group...
Ecopetrol CEO Felipe Bayón On 1Q:21 Webcast
(Seeking Alpha, 5.May.2021) — Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol S.A. (NYSE:EC) hosted its 1Q:21 results earnings conference call on 5 May 2021. The transcript follows. Company Participants Felipe Bayón -...
Talos Energy Announces 1Q:21 Results
(Talos Energy, 5.May.2021) — Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO) announced its operational and financial results for the first quarter of 2021. Key Highlights: Successful high-impact sub-salt Miocene deepwater exploration discovery...
LatAm Briefs: Venezuela Oil Output, Ecopetrol Tactical Hedges
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.May.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Venezuela’s rising crude oil production and tactical hedges in place by Colombia’s Ecopetrol. Venezuela’s Oil...
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LatAm Briefs: Ecopetrol Results [PDF Download]; Roadblocks In Neuquén
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.May.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Ecopetrol reporting strong 1Q:21 financial results [see enclosed PDF download] and a Chilean congressman expressing...
Former PDVSA Executive Ortega Gets Two Year Prison Sentence
(AP, 5.May.2021) — A former Venezuelan oil executive was sentenced to more than two years in prison for taking at least $12 million in bribes from businessmen who allegedly raided...
Argentina’s Economy Buckles After Leader Puts Politics First
(Bloomberg, 4.May.2021) — In late March, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez sent his guy to Washington to smooth things over. With negotiations stalled, Economy Minister Martin Guzman had meetings with U.S....
LatAm Briefs: Petrol Shortages In Cali, Salary Deal In Argentina
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.May.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: foodstuff and petrol shortages in Cali, Colombia and Argentine entities reaching a salary agreement. Foodstuff...
Colombian President Urges Dialogue
(Reuters, 4.May.2021) — Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Tuesday the government is ready for national dialogue after days of protests led to over 20 deaths and international concern about...
PetroRio Eyeing Assets Beyond Petrobras’ Albacora Field-CEO
(Reuters, 4.May.2021) — Brazilian oil company PetroRio is still interested in acquiring the Albacora field in the Campos Basin from Petrobras, but is also eyeing other offshore assets, the company's...
Venezuelan Olive Branches Pressure US To Ease Sanctions
(Argus, 4.May.2021) — Venezuela's government has incorporated the political opposition into its electoral board, another olive branch that puts pressure on the US administration to ease sanctions. But President Joe...
BHP Reports First Oil From Ruby Offshore Trinidad And Tobago
(BHP, 4.May.2021) — BHP announced first oil production from the Ruby Project in offshore Trinidad and Tobago. Ruby is located offshore Trinidad and Tobago in the shallow water in Block...
Ecopetrol Group Reveals 1Q:21 Results
(Ecopetrol, 4.May.2021) — Ecopetrol SA announced the Ecopetrol Group's financial results for the first quarter of 2021, prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards applicable to Colombia. The...
Exxon To Change Compressor Manufacturer On Liza Unity, Prosperity
(DPI, 3.May.2021) — Minister of Natural Resources, Hon. Vickram Bharrat said ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), will switch the manufacturer of the compressor equipment it...
Petrobras Launches New Natural Gas Sales Products
(Petrobras, 3.May.2021) — Petrobras approved new contractual models for the sale of natural gas to distributors. The company will offer, in addition to the existing models, indexed to Brent oil...
LatAm Briefs: Wind Generation Capacity, Vaca Muerta Production
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.May.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Latin America’s wind generation capacity expands between 2000-2019, production from Argentina’s Vaca Muerta formation continues...
Venezuela’s Oil Exports Stabilize
(Reuters, 1.May.2021) — Venezuela's April oil exports were flat at about 700,000 barrels per day (bpd) for the third month in a row, with three-quarters of its shipments headed to...
Ecopetrol Reports On Sanction By ANLA
(Ecopetrol, 30.Apr.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A., informs that the National Authority on Environmental Licensing (ANLA), through Resolution No. 754 of 2021, declared the company responsible for carrying out works, during the...
Mexico Port Works On US-Sanctioned Tankers That Transport Venezuela’s Oil
(Reuters, 30.Apr.2021) — Three Cuban-flagged tankers that are under U.S. sanctions for transporting Venezuelan oil to the Communist-run island have been serviced in the port of Veracruz on Mexico’s Gulf...
Petrobras Commences Binding Phase For Divestment Of TBG And TSB
(Petrobras, 30.Apr.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 5 February 2021, informs the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of the totality of its stakes...
Brazil Exploring Green Hydrogen
(Argus, 30.Apr.2021) — Brazil is hosting a growing number of green hydrogen initiatives as the government prepares a national hydrogen plan and regulations. Hydrogen specialist Lavinia Hollanda, founding partner at...
Petrobras On Sale Of Braskem
(Petrobras, 30.Apr.2021) — Petrobras, regarding the piece of news published in the media, clarifies that its equity interest in Braskem is part of the non-core assets to divest by the...
Enel Américas Files 2020 Form 20-F
(Enel, 30.Apr.2021) — Enel Américas (NYSE: ENIA), announced that its 2020 Annual Report on Form 20-F has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on 30 April...
Petrobras Extends Maturity Of Revolving Credit Line
(Petrobras, 30.Apr.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 28 March 2019, has extended part of the Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) maturing in March 2024, in the amount...
Exxon CEO Leads 1Q:21 Results Webcast
(Seeking Alpha, 30.Apr.2021) — Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) hosted its 1Q:021 results conference call on 30 April 2021. What follows is a transcript of the call between company executives and...
Exxon Highlights Deepwater Ops In Guyana And Brazil
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Apr.2021) — ExxonMobil’s deepwater projects offshore Guyana and Brazil generate returns over 10% with an oil price below $35 per barrel, the company’s CEO Darren Woods told...
CSI Compressco Reports 1Q:21 Results
(CSI Compressco, 30.Apr.2021) — CSI Compressco LP (NASDAQ: CCLP) announced first quarter 2021 results. First Quarter 2021 Summary: Total revenues for the first quarter 2021 were $65.7mn, compared to $71.1mn...
Pampa Energía Files 2020 Annual Report
(Pampa Energía, 30.Apr.2021) — Pampa Energía S.A. (NYSE: PAM; Buenos Aires Stock Exchange: PAMP), the largest independent energy integrated company in Argentina, with participation in the electricity and gas value...
Golden Arrow Provides Update On Projects In Argentina, Chile, And Paraguay
(Golden Arrow Resources, 29.Apr.2021) — Golden Arrow Resources Corporation provided an update on exploration activities at its three most active projects, including the first results from the on-going trenching program...
Vista Oil & Gas Files Annual Report
(Vista Oil & Gas, 28.Apr.2021) — Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2020 with the...
Hess Corp. Reports 1Q:21 Results
(Hess 28.Apr.2021) — Hess reported net income of $252mn, or $0.82 per common share, in the first quarter of 2021, compared with a net loss of $2,433mn, or $8.00 per...
Ecopetrol On Release Of 1Q:21 Results
(Ecopetrol, 28.Apr.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. announces that on 4 May 2021 after market close, it will release its financial and operating results for the first quarter of 2021. On Wednesday,...
Guyana’s President Comments On Energy Matters, Others
(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Apr.2021) — Guyana’s President Mohamed Irfaan Ali held a press conference on 28 April 2021 and discussed energy matters while touching on oil revenues and local content,...
Big Carbon Gains From NGC’s Reforestation Project
(NGC, 28.Apr.2021) — After an extensive study of the large-scale reforestation project launched by The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) 2005, it was found that 2,885...
Sempra Releases 2020 Corporate Sustainability Report
(Sempra 28.Apr.2021) — Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) released its 2020 Corporate Sustainability Report, highlighting the company's actions to create long-term value for shareholders and other stakeholders by managing risks and...
Roadblocks Lifted At Argentine Fields
(Argus, 28.Apr.2021) — Protesters in Argentina have lifted roadblocks that had crippled shale oil and gas activity and thwarted fuel distribution for almost three weeks. Healthcare workers started blocking roads...
Hess Corp. CEO John Hess On 1Q:21 Results
(Seeking Alpha, 28.Apr.2021) — Hess Corporation reported its 1Q:21 results and held a conference call with analayst on 28 April 2021 to discuss the financial and operational details. What follows...
TPHL Announces BOD Changes
(TPHL, 27.Apr.2021) — Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Limited (TPHL) announced the membership of the Boards of Directors of the companies in the TPHL Group, following the reconstitution by the Government of...
TGS Files 2020 Annual Report
(TGS, 27.Apr.2021) — Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A. filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2020 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
Vista Oil Releases Sustainability Report
(Vista Oil & Gas, 27.Apr.2021) — Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. announced the publication of its inaugural 2020 Sustainability Report, underscoring the company's commitment to embed Environmental, Social...
Hess Finds Oil At Uaru-2, Offshore Guyana
(Hess, 27.Apr.2021) — Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) today announced another oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Uaru-2 well on the Stabroek Block, which will add to the previously announced gross...
ExxonMobil Finds Oil At Uaru-2 Offshore Guyana
(ExxonMobil, 27.Apr.2021) — ExxonMobil made an oil discovery at the Uaru-2 well in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. Uaru-2 will add to the previously announced gross discovered recoverable resource estimate...
ExxonMobil Pleased With Uaru-2 Appraisal Well: Senior VP Michael Cousins Says
(Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Apr.2021) — ExxonMobil’s Senior Vice President Michael G. Cousins commented on the company’s 19th oil find offshore Guyana in the prolific Stabroek Block. “I’m thrilled to share...
NGC, Proman Ink Interim Gas Supply Deal
(NGC, 27.Apr.2021) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) and Proman Trinidad announce the resumption of an interim gas supply arrangement which would facilitate an immediate...
LatAm Briefs: Terpel LPG Station In Cartagena, Hess Conf. Call
(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Apr.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Terpel inaugurating Colombia’s first LPG service station in Cartagena and Hess Corporation hosting its 1Q:21...
Argentina Ramping Up LNG Imports
(Natural Gas Intelligence, 26.Apr.2021) — Argentina has commissioned a second floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to meet higher-than-expected natural gas demand this upcoming winter in the Southern Hemisphere. The...
Guyana Should Consider Oil Hedge Now
(Stabroek News, 26.Apr.2021) — December 20th marked the one-year anniversary of oil being lifted from Guyana’s ocean floor. Who has benefitted the most from our oil? Is it the people...
India In Talks With Guyana For Long-Term Crude Supply
(Reuters, 25.Apr.2021) — India, the world's third-largest crude consumer and importer, has approached Guyana's government about a possible long-term deal to buy the South American country's oil, a Guyanese official...
Stakeholders: Young, Govt Must Provide Fiscal Incentives To Save Energy Industry
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 23.Apr.2021) — A heavy task lies ahead for the new Minister of Energy and Energy Industries, Stuart Young. Stakeholders on Thursday said Young must consider advising...
Pan American Announces Expiration Of Tender Offer
(Pan American Energy, 23.Apr.2021) — Pan American Energy, S.L., Argentine Branch, a branch of Pan American Energy, S.L., a Spanish limited liability company, announced today that the previously announced tender...
Pro-Pemex Bill Clears Mexico’s Lower House
(Bloomberg, 22.Apr.2021) — Mexico’s lower house of congress on Wednesday approved a reform to the country’s hydrocarbon law that removes one of the linchpins to promote private competition against state-run...
Peru Presidential Hopeful Eyes Gas, Mine Takeovers
(Argus, 22.Apr.2021) — Peru could nationalize natural gas and mining assets if little-known presidential candidate Pedro Castillo wins a 6 June run-off ballot. Castillo, a far-left rural school teacher who...
Protests Erode Argentina’s Shale Flow
(Argus, 21.Apr.2021) — Argentina's shale oil and gas production is starting to decline and fuel shortages are worsening because of prolonged roadblocks by healthcare workers in Argentina's southwestern province of...
SAS Strives To Combat Deforestation, Improve Reef Health And Lower Emissions
(SAS, 21.Apr.2021) — SAS' commitment to creating a more sustainable future through social innovation is highlighted this Earth Day, as the analytics innovator works with the Amazon Conservation and the...
Khan’s Unfinished Business
(Trinidad & Tobago Guardian, 21.Apr.2021) — Energy Minister Franklin Khan may have departed this world on Saturday, April 17 but if we are to judge by the last full length...
Vaca Muerta Production Impacted By Neuquén Protests
(Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Apr.2021) — Oil and gas production from Argentina’s prolific Vaca Muerta formation have been impacted by nearly two weeks of protests and road blockages by health care...
Stuart Young To Head The MEEI
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Apr.2021) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) announced appointment of the Honourable Stuart Young as the country’s newly appointed minister. Young replaces...
Atlantic Mourns Passing Of Minister Khan
(Atlantic LNG, 19.Apr.2021) — LNG production company Atlantic expresses heartfelt condolences on the passing of Senator the Honourable Franklin Khan, Minister of Energy and Energy Industries. We join the national...
Mercuria Breathes Life Into Curacao Oil Storage
(Argus, 19.Apr.2021) — Trading company Mercuria started using oil storage at the Bullen Bay terminal in Curacao under a previously undisclosed short-term lease signed in December. The Liberia-flagged Largo Sun...
Ramnarine: Appointment Of Energy Minister Critical To Economy
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 19.Apr.2021) — Former energy minister Kevin Ramnarine said it is critical for the Prime Minister to name a new Minister of Energy over the next two...
Petrobras CEO Nods To Price Parity
(Reuters, 19.Apr.2021) — Joaquim Silva e Luna, the new chief executive of Brazil's Petrobras, will look to respect the company's current pricing policy and keep investing in deepwater assets, he...
iWrc Creates Opportunity For Waste Workers In Brazil
(iWrc Global, 19.Apr.2021) — Recycling centers often lack the proper resources to protect their employees from hazardous and strenuous working conditions. iWrc collaborates with these cooperatives to improve the health, safety, and financial stability of employees. The...
LatAm Briefs: Petrobras Swears In CEO, Aker’s Mero 1 Project Update
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Apr.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Petrobras hosting an inauguration or swearing in ceremony for its new CEO Joaquim Silva e...
Trafigura Wins Bid To Export Fuel Oil No. 6
(Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Apr.2021) — EP Petroecuador awarded Singapore’s Trafigura PTE. LTD. an export deal for 1,900,000 barrels of Fuel Oil No. 6. The volume offered will be exported in...