New Buyers Spur Rise In Venezuela Oil Exports
(Reuters, 3.Dec.2020) — Venezuela’s oil exports almost doubled in November from the previous month as new customers linked to a Russian trading firm stepped in to boost purchases from state-run...
Venezuela Eyes Oil Reform And Dialogue With US
(Reuters, 3.Dec.2020) — Venezuela's ruling Socialist Party would consider reforming the country's oil law if it retakes control of the legislature after the Dec. 6 election, Nicolas Maduro Guerra, son...
Heard Mexico: Braskem Ideas Shuts PE Complex
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Dec.2020) — Brazilian-based Braskem Idesa has shut down its Ethylene XXI polyethylene (PE) complex in the city of Coatzacoalcos, after a Mexican state energy agency shut off...
Petrobras Receives Bids On Four Refineries
(Petrobras, 2.Dec.2020) — Rio de Janeiro-based Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 1 October 2020, has received binding proposals for four refineries: Landulpho Alves (RLAM), in Bahia,...
Bright Future For Suriname And Guyana
(Petroleum Economist, 2.Dec.2020) — Crumbling oil prices and volatile energy demand have tipped Latin America into a sharp recession, exacerbated by one of the world’s worst Covid-19 mortality rates. But...
Fitch Affirms Ecopetrol’s Investment Grade Rating
(Ecopetrol, 1.Dec.2020) — Ecopetrol reports that rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has affirmed the company’s credit rating at BBB- with a negative outlook and its standalone credit profile (without incorporating government...
Petrobras On Favorable Arbitration Decision
(Petrobras, 1.Dec.2020) — Petrobras informs that it received, on this date, a favorable partial decision in one of the arbitrations proceeding before the Market Arbitration Chamber (CAM) of B3, initiated...
Petrobras To Join Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE)
(Petrobras, 1.Dec.2020) — Petrobras will be part of B3 Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE) again. The company will integrate the main Brazilian index under the aspect of corporate sustainability in 2021,...
Petrobras Comments On Gaspetro Divestment
(Petrobras, 30.Nov.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 27 November 2020, regarding the divestment of Petrobras Gás S.A. (Gaspetro), clarifies that the company Compass Gás Energia S.A....
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USO Requests Investigation Into Ecopetrol Refinery Fire
(Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Nov.2020) — The Obrera Oil Union (USO) requested an investigation into the causes of the fire that occurred at Ecopetrol’s refinery in Barrancabermeja, Santander, announced RCN RadioBucaramanga...
Compass Gas Energia Out Of Running For Gaspetro
(Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Nov.2020) — Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras announced that regarding divestment of Petrobras Gás S.A. (Gaspetro) that Compass Gás Energia S.A. wasn’t qualified for the continuation of...
Gustavo Petro Leads Early Polls In Colombia
(Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Nov.2020) — Presidential hopefully Gustavo Petro tops a recent opinion poll in Colombia, leading with 25.9% popularity in the Andean country. Colombians were surveyed by polling company...
Frontera Extends Guyana Drilling Deadline One Year
(Frontera, 27.Nov.2020) — Frontera Energy Corporation and CGX Energy Inc, the joint venture partners, announced their constructive and collaborative discussions with the government of Guyana have been concluded with respect...
Venezuela Judge Convicts Citgo-6, Orders Prison
(AP, 27.Nov.2020) — Six American oil executives held for three years in Venezuela were found guilty of corruption charges by a judge Thursday and immediately sentenced to prison, dashing hopes...
Venezuela Resumes Direct Oil Shipments To China
(Reuters, 26.Nov.2020) — Venezuela has resumed direct shipments of oil to China after U.S. sanctions sent the trade underground for more than a year, according to Refinitiv Eikon vessel-tracking data...
Petrobras Says Not Party In Arbitrations
(Petrobras, 26.Nov.2020) — Petrobras, in relation to the news published in the Exame magazine yesterday, informs that it is not a party in the arbitrations that are jointly pending before...
Pemex To Begin 2021 Oil Hedge Contracting Soon
(Reuters, 26.Nov.2020) — Mexican oil giant Pemex is about to start the process of contracting an oil hedge for 2021, a senior source at the company told Reuters, after the...
Mexico Oil Executive Asked To Resign
(Bloomberg, 26.Nov.2020) — A director at the trading arm of Mexico’s state oil company was asked to resign after authorizing payments under a profit-sharing plan, according to a person familiar...
Webinar: Developing Wind Projects
(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Nov.2020) — The webinar will highlight issues around developing wind resources and panelists will discuss developing wind projects in different parts of the world, financing and available...
Venezuela Briefs: Exchange Rate; PDVSA Isn’t Bankrupt
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Nov.2020) — Foreign exchange rate and energy related briefs from OPEC oil producer Venezuela related to the rising Bolivar currency as well as comments from President Nicolas...
Petrobras Reveals Strategic Plan 2021-2025, Cuts CAPEX
(Petrobras, 25.Nov.2020) — Petrobras announced its Board of Directors approved, in a meeting held today, the Strategic Plan for the five-year period 2021-2025 (SP2021-25). The plan maintains the five pillars...
Heard Venezuela: Falcon Oil Spill, Los Roques Buildout
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Nov.2020) — Heard on the street from Venezuela related to a supposed oil spill in Morrocoy National Park as well as word of commercial developments in Los...
New YPFB Head Zelaya Eyes Key Projects
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Nov.2020) — Wilson Zelaya Prudencio, the new executive president of Bolivia’s state oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), eyes a short list of projects as he...
Esmeraldas Refinery To Undergo Maintenance Work
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Nov.2020) — EP PetroEcuador general manager Ricardo Merino supervised scheduled maintenance work at the non-catalytic units 2 and 3 of the Esmeraldas Refinery. Work on the units...
Petrobras Launches “More Value Program”
(Petrobras, 24.Nov.2020) — Petrobras launched the “More Value Program” (Programa Mais Valor), a new financial solution tool for suppliers. The pilot started last week and, in November 30th, the tool...
Petrobras Release Dates For Petrobras Day
(Petrobras, 24.Nov.2020) — Petrobras informs that the Petrobras Day will be held in Portuguese on 30 November 2020 and in English on 1 December, when it will present its 2021-25...
Petrobras Updates On Papa-Terra Field Rumors
(Petrobras, 24.Nov.2020) — Petrobras, in relation to the news published in the media, regarding the divestment of the Papa-Terra field, Campos Basin, clarifies that the stage of receiving binding offers...
Elliott Management Invests In Guyana Oil Explorer
(Reuters, 24.Nov.2020) — Activist hedge fund Elliott Management Corp has invested at least $30 million in Cataleya Energy, a small firm focused on oil exploration in Guyana, the world's newest...
Geopark To Divest 10% Stake In Manati Gas Field In Brazil
(GeoPark, 23.Nov.2020) — GeoPark Limited announced its Board of Directors has approved an agreement to sell its 10% non-operated working interest in the Manati gas field in Brazil to Gas...
Canadian Solar Inks Deals With BTG And Furnas
(Canadian Solar, 23.Nov.2020) — Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies, announced that it recently signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with BTG Pactual and that...
Braskem And Haldor Topsoe Production MEG From sugar
(Braskem, 23.Nov.2020) — Braskem, the largest petrochemical company in the Americas and a world leader in the production of biopolymers, and Denmark-based Haldor Topsoe, a global leader in supply of...
YPFB Eyes Gomero X1 IE Well In Northern Amazon
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Nov.2020) — Bolivia’s state oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) is turning its attention to the Andean country’s northern Amazonian region with the drilling of the...
Petrobras Redeems Five Series Of Notes
(Petrobras, 23.Nov.2020) — Petrobras’ wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (PGF) has delivered notices of redemption to the holders of the outstanding 5.375% Global Notes due 2021 (“5.375% Notes”), 8.375%...
YPFB Names Zelaya As New President
(Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Nov.2020) — Bolivia’s state oil and gas entity Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) named engineer Wilson Zelaya Prudencio as the company’s new executive president. Zelaya was born...
YPF Acquires Own Shares
(Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Nov.2020) — Argentina’s state-controlled oil and gas entity YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF) acquired its own shares in the market (articles 64 and related articles of the Capital...
Venezuelan Union Leader Girot Detained
(Reuters, 19.Nov.2020) — Venezuelan authorities arrested oil workers' union leader Eudis Girot, other union officials said on Thursday, as the government's crackdown on dissent at troubled state oil company Petroleos...
Petrobras Starts Carmópolis Cluster Non-binding Phase
(Petrobras, 19.Nov.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 23 October 2020, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase regarding the sale of all of its stakes in...
Work Starts On Vuelta Larga, Tabiazo, Crnel Highways
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Nov.2020) — EP PetroEcuador general manager Ricardo Merino and Esmeraldas prefect Roberta Zambrano participated in the start of road rehabilitation work along the Vuelta Larga, Tabiazo and...
Chevron Eyes Biden To Preserve Venezuela Foothold
(Bloomberg, 18.Nov.2020) — Chevron’s willingness to keep a foothold in oil-rich Venezuela will now be a thorny political issue for President-elect Joe Biden to sort out. The U.S. Treasury Department...
Envision Commissions Wind Farm In Argentina
(Envision, 18.Nov.2020) — Envision Energy, a leading green tech company today announced the commissioning of Vientos Del Secano, a 50-megawatt wind farm in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. This...
Petrobras Comments On Liquigás Divestment
(Petrobras, 18.Nov.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 19 November 2019, informs the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), in a Court session held on this date,...
Exxon’s To Plug Tanager-1 Well Offshore Guyana
(Westmount, 17.Nov.2020) — Westmount Energy Ltd., further to the announcement by Ratio Petroleum Energy Limited Partnership dated today, that the Tanager-1 well, offshore Guyana, has been reported as an oil...
Sempra Announces FID Of Costa Azul LNG Project
(Sempra Energy, 17.Nov.2020) — Sempra Energy announced that its subsidiary ECA Liquefaction (ECA LNG), a joint venture between Sempra LNG and Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.B. de C.V. (IEnova), has reached a...
Frontera Inks Deal To Resolve Transport Disputes
(Frontera, 17.Nov.2020) — Frontera Energy Corporation, Cenit Transporte y Logística de Hidrocarburos S.A.S. and Oleoducto Bicentenario de Colombia S.A.S. separately announced they have reached an agreement for the joint filing...
Argentina Offers Profit Repatriation For Gas Investment
(Argus, 17.Nov.2020) — Argentina's government is offering hard currency access to energy companies that sign up to a new program designed to stimulate natural gas production through state-subsidized wellhead prices....
Venezuela Supports Three Month Opec Extension
(Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Nov.2020) — Opec producer Venezuela continues to support a three month extension of production levels of 7.7 million barrels per day. “Venezuela ratifies its commitment to continue...
Petrobras Starts Non-binding Phase For Albacora
(Petrobras, 17.Nov.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 25 September 2020, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase regarding the sale of all of its stakes in...
Petrobras Starts Teaser For Campos Basin Assets
(Petrobras, 16.Nov.2020) — Petrobras started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of 50% of its stakes in the concessions of Marlim, Voador, Marlim Leste and Marlim Sul,...
Peru’s Interim President Merino Resigns
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Nov.2020) — Congressional President Manuel Merino De Lama resigned as Peru’s interim presidency within less than a week of assuming the power void created by the impeachment...
Mexico To Give Sempra LNG Export Permit
(Reuters, 13.Nov.2020) — Mexico will give the local unit of U.S.-based Sempra Energy an export permit for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in northwest Mexico, as long as the...
Ecuador Inaugurates $34.3mn La Concordia Line
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Nov.2020) — The new $34.3mn La Concordia-Pedernales transmission line in Ecuador will enhance productive, tourist and residential development in the Manabí province. Of the amount, the Inter-American...
Brazil’s ANP To Hold 2nd Permanent Bid Round
(Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Nov.2020) — Brazil’s National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP by its Portuguese acronym) will hold its second permanent bid round where it will offer 14...
EP PetroEcuador Awards $54.8mn Insurance Policy
(Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Nov.2020) — Ecuador’s state oil and gas company EP PetroEcuador awarded an $54.8mn insurance to Hispana de Seguros to cover all oil risks as well as maritime...
PetroAmazonas EP Producing 408,163 B/D
(Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Nov.2020) — Production from Ecuador’s state entity in charge of oil and gas exploration and exploitation, PetroAmazonas EP, reached 408,163 barrels per day (b/d) on 12 November...
Petrobras Board Approves Deadline For Sete Brasil Deal
(Petrobras, 12.Nov.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 28 September 2020, announced its Executive Board approved a new change in the deadline for certain conditions set forth...
Colombia Bid Round To Investigate Fracking Projects
(Reuters, 11.Nov.2020) — Colombia will hold a second bidding round to potentially grant contracts to companies interested in exploring non-conventional oil and gas deposits, using techniques like fracking, the National...
Court Annuls Petros Sentence Arbitration
(Petrobras, 11.Nov.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 21 and 29 July, 26 August and 9 October 2020, hereby informs that a judicial decision was issued at...
Pampa Energía Announces Quarterly Results
(Pampa Energía, 11.Nov.2020) — Pampa Energía S.A., the largest independent energy integrated company in Argentina, with active participation in the country's electricity and gas value chain, announces the results for...
Peru LNG Continues Ops Amid Political Turmoil
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Nov.2020) — Operations at Peru LNG, the company that runs South America’s first gas liquefaction plant located in Pampa Melchorita, have yet to be affected by the...
Slew Of Tankers Head Toward Venezuela
(Reuters, 11.Nov.2020) — At least 18 oil tankers are expected to load oil for export from Venezuela in the coming weeks, according to tracking data and internal documents from state-run...
YPF Reports $482mn Net Loss In 3Q:20
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Nov.2020) — Argentina’s state-controlled YPF announced operating and financial results for the third quarter of 2020. What follows is a summary of key data. MAIN HIGHLIGHTS OF...
YPF Faces Mountain Of Debt Payments
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Nov.2020) — Argentina’s state owned oil and gas entity YPF will face around $8.05bn in debt payments between the fourth quarter of 2020 and 2026 and beyond....
Exxon Guyana Conducts Maintenance Operations
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Nov.2020) — ExxonMobil Guyana recently conducted maintenance on some oil spill response equipment located offshore the small South America country. “This maintenance and training activity involved deploying...
Argentina And Chile Briefs: IMF Debt, Pension Reform
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Nov.2020) — Briefs on Argentina and Chile related to IMF officials in Argentina to renegotiate around $44bn in debt and tensions rise in Chile over pension reform....
Venezuela Oil Exports Between 1999-2019
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Nov.2020) — Venezuela, home to the largest crude oil reserves and sizeable natural gas reserves, reported total oil exports of $984.9bn between 1999 and the first quarter...
Goliathberg Voltzberg North To Spud Offshore Suriname
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Nov.2020) — Ratio Suriname, an affiliate of Tel Aviv-based Ratio Petroleum announced the decision to drill the Goliathberg Voltzberg North (GVN) prospect in Suriname’s Block 47 during...
Braskem On Carbon Neutrality By 2050
(Braskem, 10.Nov.2020) — Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas and leading producer of biopolymers in the world, announces its latest sustainability ambitions to significantly expand its efforts to...
ANH Readies For Second Pilot Project Round
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Nov.2020) — Colombia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency will conduct a second round for the award of Special Research Project Contracts (CEPI by its Spanish acronym). “The purpose of...
Guyana Says Getting Better Oil Deal
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Nov.2020) — The government of Guyana, the newest petro-state in the Latin America and Caribbean region, announced it has made strides in extracting better benefits from oil...
Equinor Awards Bacalhau Drilling Contracts
(Equinor, 10.Nov.2020) — Equinor has, on behalf of the partners ExxonMobil and Petrogal Brasil, awarded Baker Hughes, Halliburton and Schlumberger contracts for drilling and well services on the Bacalhau field...
YPF To Boost Output In The Rincón del Mangrullo Block
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Nov.2020) — Argentina’s YPF plans to drill 24 wells in the Rincón del Mangrullo Block at two unconventional developments between now and 2021. The developments on the...
Peru Looks To 2021 Elections Amid Political Uncertainties
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Nov.2020) — Peru’s Congress is eyeing presidential elections in 2021 amid turmoil created by the impeachment of President Martín Vizcarra Cornejo owing to corruption allegations. Peru’s Congress...
Essar, Raizen And Ultra Eye Bid For Petrobras’ Refinery
(Reuters, 9.Nov.2020) — Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA is set to receive binding offers on Dec. 10 for its Rio Grande do Sul state refinery Refap, with Indian conglomerate Essar Group...
Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra Impeached
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Nov.2020) — Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra was impeached over the weekend after a vote over corruption allegations. Manuel Merino, the head of Peru’s Congress, will assume the...