Interoil Releases 3Q:22 Details
(Interoil, 29.Nov.2022) — In July 2022 Interoil Exploration and Production ASA successfully closed its share offering. The final number of shares that were subscribed and issued in the Share Issue...
Energy Analytics Institute’s NRGBriefs: November 2022
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Nov.2022) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and politics during November 2022 including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcoming resumption of Venezuelan-led...
YPF Sociedad Anónima 3Q22 Earnings Call Transcript
(Seeking Alpha, 10.Nov.2022) — Executives with Argentina’s state oil giant YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) held a third quarter of 2022 earnings conference call with analysts. What follows is a transcript...
Pan American Silver Reports 3Q:22 Results
(Pan American Silver, 9.Nov.2022) — Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ: PAAS) (TSX: PAAS) reported unaudited results for the quarter ended 30 September 2022 ("Q3 2022"). "Our Q3 results reflect the industry-wide challenge...
Pan American and Agnico Terminate the Gold Fields Transaction
(Pan American Silver, 8.Nov.2022) — Pan American Silver Corp. (TSX: PAAS) (Nasdaq: PAAS) and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (TSX: AEM) (NYSE: AEM) announced that the arrangement agreement with Yamana Gold Inc. which...
Interoil Releases Sep. 2022 Production Report (Argentina / Colombia)
(InterOil, 14.Oct.2022) — In September 2022, the average daily operated production from fields in Argentina and Colombia combined increased by 32 boepd representing one percent against the month of August....
Energy Analytics Institute’s NRGBriefs: September 2022
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Sep.2022) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and politics during September 2022 including EXMAR closing the sale of the floating liquefaction barge Tango...
Vaca Muerta Shale Day in Houston 2022
(IAPG, 27.Sep.2022) — Since its first wells more than ten years ago, Argentina’s Vaca Muerta has come a long way to become the most relevant shale play outside North America....
Argentina: TotalEnergies Launches Fenix Offshore Gas Project
(TotalEnergies, 19.Sep.2022) — TotalEnergies approved the final investment decision for the Fenix gas development, located 60 km off the coast of Tierra del Fuego in southern Argentina. Through its Total...
Interoil’s August 2022 Production Report
(Interoil, 12.Sep.2022) — In August 2022, the average daily operated production from fields in Argentina and Colombia combined decreased by 48 boepd representing a decline of less than two percent...
Argentina Eyes Record Oil and Gas Output from Vaca Muerta
(Reuters, 6.Sep.2022) — Argentina is on track to hit record oil output this year from its massive shale deposits, which are already responsible for record natural gas production, a key...
First Hole HMN Li Project, Argentina Second Drill Rig on Site
(Lithium South, 25.Aug.2022) — Lithium South Development Corporation (TSX-V: LIS) (OTC-QB: LISMF) (Frankfurt: OGPQ) provided an update on the drilling campaign currently underway at the Hombre Muerto North Lithium Project (HMN...
Argentina to Send Humanitarian Aid to Cuba after Oil Fire
(Xinhua, 14.Aug.2022) — The Argentinean Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday that three batches of humanitarian aid will be sent to Cuba to alleviate the severe consequences of an oil fire...
YPF Ups Capex Forecast on Inflation, Increased Activity
(Reuters, 11.Aug.2022) — Argentine national oil company YPF is increasing its forecast 2022 capital expenditures by some 10% to $4 billion, on inflationary pressures and above-expected activity, executives said on Thursday. The...
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NRGBriefs: YPF Produces 504,000 boe/d in 2Q:22 [PDF Downloads]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Jul.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentina’s state-owned oil and gas producer YPF reporting combined production of 504,000 boe/d in the 2Q:22. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Argentina...
Eni Acquires the Tango FLNG to Export LNG from the Republic of Congo
(Eni, 5.Aug.2022) — Eni has acquired the company Export LNG Ltd, which owns the Tango FLNG floating liquefaction facility, from Exmar group. The facility will be used by Eni in the...
EXMAR Sells Floating Liquefaction Unit to Eni
(EXMAR, 5.Aug.2022) — EXMAR has signed an agreement with Eni for the sale of the TANGO FLNG. TANGO FLNG floating liquefaction plant, delivered in 2017, has a storage capacity of...
IDB Approves $1.14bn Credit Line to Argentina to Decarbonize its Energy Sector
(IDB, 27.Jul.2022) — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a $1.14bn conditional line of credit for investment projects to decarbonize Argentina’s energy sector. The IDB Group remains committed to supporting...
Argentina to Have Third Economy Minister in a Month: Clarin
(Bloomberg, 27.Jul.2022) — Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez is poised to name lower house Speaker Sergio Massa as the country’s new economy minister, appointing a second person for the job in...
NRGBriefs: Bristow Inks 1.6bn 10-year Deal
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Jul.2022) — Energy briefs including Bristow Helicopters Ltd (NYSE: VTOL) signing a £1.6bn 10-year contract for the Second-Generation Search and Rescue Aviation program; Golden Arrow Resources Corporation (TSXV: GRG)...
NRGBriefs: Fitch Upgrades Petrobras’ Credit Rating; Vista’s Earnings
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Jul.2022) — Energy briefs including Fitch upgrading Petrobras’ credit rating; and Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: VIST; BMV: VISTA) planning to release its consolidated financial statements...
Argentina Economy Minister Guzman Resigns as Divisions Grow
(Bloomberg, 2.Jul.2022) — Argentine Economy Minister Martin Guzman resigned Saturday, marking the biggest departure of President Alberto Fernandez’s government after infighting within the ruling coalition escalated. Guzman announced his decision...
NRGBriefs: Argentina’s Econ. Minister Resigns; Colombia’s New Environmental Minister
(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Jul.2022) — Energy and economic briefs including Argentina’s Economic Minister Martín Guzmán resigning from his position on 2 July 2022, according to a letter he posted on...
Argentina Signs Deal with Tenaris to Move Gas from Vaca Muerta
(Reuters, 17.Jun.2022) — Argentine state company Energia Argentina signed a contract June 16 with pipeline producer Tenaris, a critical step toward completing a pipeline to transfer natural gas from Argentina's giant Vaca Muerta shale formation. The government says the pipeline...
Orvana Reveals Taguas Project Phase I Infill & Growth Drilling Results
(Orvana, 6.Jun.2022) —Orvana Minerals Corp. (TSX: ORV) announced the recent completion of Phase I of its infill and resource-growth drilling campaign targeting the Oxides Horizon of its 100%-owned Taguas Project in San...
Global Energy Upheaval Offers Argentina’s ‘Dead Cow’ a New Lease of Life
(FT, 2.Jun.2022) — Can the EU’s ban this week on most Russian oil imports breathe new life into a dead cow in Patagonia? Argentina’s president Alberto Fernández thinks so. He...
NRGBriefs: Vista’s Sustainability Report; Excelerate CEO on LNG Market
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.May.2022) — Energy briefs including Vista Oil & Gas revealing its 2021 sustainability report; and Excelerate Energy President & CEO Steven Kobos commenting on the red hot...
Orvana’s Revises Guidance Due to Impacts on Orovalle Operation
(Orvana, 10.May.2022) — Orvana Minerals Corp. (TSX: ORV) reports consolidated financial and operational results for the quarter ended 31 March 2022 and announces revised guidance for fiscal year 2022 for the Orovalle operation to...
NRGBriefs: Pampa Energía Annual Report; Coho Trenching Starts
(Energy Analytics Institute, 16.May.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentine oil producer Pampa Energía S.A. revealing its annual report for year-end 2021; and Touchstone Exploration saying that trenching has commenced at...
Pampa Energia: 1Q:22 Results Boosted by Exports, Operating Performance
(Pampa Energía S.A., 12.May.2022) — Pampa Energía S.A. (NYSE: PAM; Buenos Aires Stock Exchange: PAMP), an independent company with active participation in Argentina's electricity and gas value chain, announces the results for the...
NRGBriefs: Venezuela Share Offerings; Sempra Dividend
(Energy Analytics Institute, 12.May.2022) — Energy briefs including Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro looking to offer between 5%-10% of the shares of public companies and “empresas mixtas” for national and international...
NRGBriefs: YPF Reports Strong 1Q:22 Results; Ecopetrol Growth
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.May.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentina’s state-owned YPF delivering strong results during the 1Q:22 and again achieving higher hydrocarbon production; Ecopetrol CEO Felipe Bayón saying the Colombian...
Golden Arrow Options its Mogote Copper-Gold Project, Argentina
(Golden Arrow, 11.May.2022) — Golden Arrow Resources Corporation (TSXV: GRG) (FSE: G6A) (OTCQB: GARWF) has optioned its Mogote Copper-Gold Project, in San Juan Province, Argentina to Australian-based Syndicate Minerals Pty. This is the third property option...
Lithium South Picks Groundwater Insight for Services Regarding Hombre Muerto
(Lithium South, 11.May.2022) — Lithium South Development Corporation (TSX-V: LIS) (OTCQB: LISMF) (Frankfurt: OGPQ) has retained Groundwater Insight Inc. of Halifax, Nova Scotia to provide technical services regarding the Hombre Muerto North Lithium Project (HMN...
Pampa Energía BODs Approves Share Buyback Program
(Pampa Energía, 11.May.2022) — Pampa Energía S.A. (NYSE: PAM; ByMA: PAMP) informs that on the date hereof, the Board of Directors of Pampa approved the new program to repurchase own...
Edenor Reveals Expiration and Final Tender Results for its Senior Notes due 2022
(Edenor, 10.May.2022) — Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) announced that its offer to exchange any and all of its outstanding 9.75% Senior Notes due 2022 (the "Existing Notes") for...
Livent Reports 1Q:22 Revenue of $143.5mn
(Livent Corporation, 3.May.2022) — Livent Corporation (NYSE: LTHM) reported results for the first quarter of 2022. Revenue was $143.5mn, up 17% from the fourth quarter of 2021 and 56% higher compared to...
NRGBriefs: FMC LatAm Sales; Rig Mobilized in Suriname
(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.May.2022) — Energy briefs including FMC Corp.’s LatAm sales rising 31% YOY in 1Q:22 "driven by robust volume growth in soybean, corn and sugarcane as well as...
Argentina Lithium Delineates Potential Extent of Aquifers at Rincon West
(Argentina Lithium, 2.May.2022) — Argentina Lithium & Energy Corp. (TSXV: LIT) (FSE: OAY3) (OTC: PNXLF) announces the completion of geophysical surveys at its Rincon West lithium project in Salta Province, Argentina. The results...
NRGBriefs: May Day Celebrations, No Expropriations Expected
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.May.2022) — Energy briefs including Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley and Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Stuart Young visiting Washington, DC to discuss regional...
Vaca Muerta Drilling Slated for Argentina’s Mata Mora Norte Area
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Apr.2022) — Argentina’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources for the Province of Neuquén visited with Phoenix Global Resources together with Gas y Petróleo del Neuquén S.A....
Argentina Seeking $10bn Investment to Jump-Start LNG Exports, Minister Says
(Reuters, 27.Apr.2022) — Argentina, battling a deep and costly energy deficit, is looking to attract some $10 billion in private investment to help it jump start exports of liquefied natural...
NRGBriefs: Chevron Dividend; Guyana Oil Demand; Argentina’s LNG Growth
(Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentina’s Economic Minister Martín Guzmán saying that the country could generate around $15bn per year from exporting LNG starting in 2027; Sempra...
Lithium South Drill Program to Begin at Alba Sabrina Claim Block
(Lithium South Development Corporation, 26.Apr.2022) — Lithium South Development Corporation (TSX-V: LIS) (OTCQB: LISMF) (Frankfurt: OGPQ) announced initiation of a resource expansion drill program at the Hombre Muerto North Lithium Project...
YPF Reports Higher Production, Revenues and Operating Profit
(Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Apr.2022) — Argentina's state-owned oil giant YPF Sociedad Anónima reported total production of 470 thousand equivalent barrels per day (Mboe/d) in 2021, up 1% versus 467 Mboe/d...
NRGBriefs: BHP Barbados Farm-out; YPF on Form 20-F; Chevron Venezuela
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. planning to have an extraordinary shareholders' meeting on 26 April 2022; Argentina’s Energy Secretariat Dario...
NRGBriefs: Argentina Extends Austral Basin Concession for Ten Years
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentina’s government issuing Decree 195/2022 to extend a hydrocarbon exploitation concession in the offshore Austral Basin granted in 1994 and which was...
NRGBriefs: Mexico Approves Mining Reform; Argentine Inflation Around 6.7%
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Mexico's Chamber of Deputies approving the Mining Law reform, which reserves exploration, exploitation and use of lithium to the state; Argentina’s inflation...
Guzmán Says YPF’s Recuperation “Was an Act of Sovereignty”
(Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Apr.2022) — The recovery of Argentina’s state oil giant YPF some 10 years ago was an act of sovereignty that changed the dynamics of the sector and...
NRGBriefs: Argentina Inflation Likely to Exceed 6% in March 2022
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including economists in Argentina expecting inflation in Mar. 2022 to exceed 6%; and Energy Analytics Institute's short takeaway on US sanctions on the...
The World Bank: LAC Returns to Pre-Pandemic “Unsatisfactory Growth Rates”
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Apr.2022) — This week The World Bank published its 62-page semiannual report for Latin America and the Caribbean (April 2022) dubbed “Consolidating the Recovery: Seizing Green Growth...
GeoPark Announces 1Q:22 Operational Update
(GeoPark, 11.Apr.2022) — GeoPark Limited announced its operational update for the three-month period ended March 31, 2022 (“1Q2022”). All figures are expressed in US Dollars. Growth comparisons refer to the...
Argentine Oil Union Wants Back Jobs Lost in Pandemic Amid Rise in Business
(Reuters, 11.Apr.2022) — Argentina's largest oil union called on the industry to restore jobs lost during the COVID-19 pandemic following a significant increase in production, the union's leader told Reuters....
NRGBriefs: Mexicans Back Recall Vote; Neuquén Officials on Houston Roadshow
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including approximately 90% of Mexican citizens voting this past weekend to back a recall election that would allow President Andrés Manuel López Obrador...
NRGBriefs: Argentina Grants Chevron El Trapial Este Concession
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentina granting the El Trapial Este hydrocarbon concession to Chevron; and EP PetroEcuador reporting average production of 372,609 b/d in 2021. LATIN...
Latin America Inflation Shocks Raise Prospect of More Rate Hikes
(Bloomberg, 8.Apr.2022) — Latin America’s central bankers are facing renewed pressure to extend aggressive interest-rate hikes after consumer prices stormed past estimates across the region, driven by soaring costs of...
Argentina Gov’t Says Bolivia Gas Deal to Save $769mn, Replace LNG Imports
(Reuters, 8.Apr.2022) — Argentina's new deal with Bolivia to up natural gas imports will bring savings of $769 million in foreign-exchange reserves and replace 14 vessels of increasingly expensive liquefied...
NRGBriefs: Ecoanalitica Sees Venezuela’s Oil Rising Between 31%-91% in 2022
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Caracas-based Econanalitica is forecasting Venezuela’s oil production and oil income will grow in 2022 vs 2021 under three different scenarios; Argentina’s Economic...
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NRGBriefs: Mantaro Names New CEO, Petrobras Cash Tender Offers [PDF Download]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Mantaro Precious Metals Corp. (TSXV: MNTR) (OTCQB: MSLVF) (FSE: 9TZ) naming Craig Hairfield to the position of CEO; Argentine agriculture sector worried about a...
NRGBriefs: Exxon, Hess, and CNOOC FID Yellowtail Development
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including ExxonMobil, Hess and CNOOC taking a final investment decision (FID) for their fourth development offshore Guyana called Yellowtail, cos.’ biggest yet w/...
Orvana CEO Optimistic About Taguas Project in Argentina
(Orvana Minerals, 31.Mar.2022) — Orvana Minerals Corp. (TSX: ORV) reported on infill and expansion drilling results for the company's 100%-owned Taguas Project in San Juan, Argentina. As of 27 March 2022, 24 DDH holes...
Distressed Argentina Oil Firm Leads Emerging-Market Bonds
(Bloomberg, 31.Mar.2022) — Only 14 months ago Argentina’s YPF SA was a nightmare for investors caught out by a $6 billion distressed debt restructuring. Now, in a swift turnaround, the...
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NRGBriefs: Chevron Corp.’s $2bn Debt in Venezuela [PDF Downloads]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including ExxonMobil Angola celebrating an important milestone for the Kizomba A FPSO in its achieving its 1000th crude offload; Petrobras filing its Form...
Gazprom Expresses Interest in Selling LNG to Argentina
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Mar.2022) — Gazprom expressed interest in supplying liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Argentina to replace market share lost due to sanctions imposed by the US and Europe...
YPF Taking Steps to Provide Diesel to Farmers Amid Shortage Concerns
(S&P Global, 30.Mar.2022) — YPF, the biggest oil producer and refiner in Argentina, said late March 29 that it is taking steps to meet farmers' diesel demand during the spring...
Triangle Lithium LLC Starts Antofalla Drilling Campaign in Argentina
(Triangle Lithium, 28.Mar.2022) — Triangle Lithium LLC’s subsidiary Triangle Lithium Argentina, SA (Trila), a joint venture with Lithium Energi Argentina, SA (LEA), finalized and executed all the contracts required to...
War Turns Argentina’s Shale Boom Dream into Gas-Buying Nightmare
(Bloomberg, 28.Mar.2022) — Argentina, home to some of the world’s vastest gas reserves, is bracing for the unthinkable: rationing one of its chief natural resources. Despite having shale-gas deposits to rival those in...
Argentine Gas Transporter Adding Capacity from Vaca Muerta Shale Play
(S&P Global, 23.Mar.2022) — Transportadora de Gas del Sur, or TGS, the biggest gas transporter in Argentina, said late March 22 it plans to invest $60 million to build a...
POSCO Holdings Inc. Invests $839mn in Lithium Business in Argentina
(POSCO Holdings, 23.Mar.2022) — POSCO Holdings started construction of a plant to commercialize brine lithium in Argentina. The POSCO Group is Argentina's first to produce lithium hydroxide for batteries through the...
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NRGBriefs: Argentina Inflation Could Touch 5.5% in Mar. 2022 [PDF Download]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including Suriname and Guyana with 13bn bbls of discovered resources and continuing exploration and where opportunities are tremendous, but still with challenges given...
Argentina Lithium Starts Geophysics Program at Rincon West Project
(Argentina Lithium & Energy Corp., 21.Mar.2022) — Argentina Lithium & Energy Corp. (TSXV: LIT) (FSE: OAY3) (OTC: PNXLF) commenced advanced geophysical imaging surveys at its Rincon West Lithium Project, located at...
NRGBriefs: Argentina’s Oil Production Reaches 571,000 b/d in Feb. 2022
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentina’s oil production rising in Feb. 2022 to 571,000 b/d, its highest mark since Dec. 2011; and Neuquén Province’s Governor Omar Gutiérrez...
Lithium South Completes Environmental Baseline Study in Argentina
(Lithium South, 17.Mar.2022) — Lithium South Development Corporation (TSX-V: LIS) (OTCQB: LISMF) (Frankfurt: OGPQ) announced finalization of the Environmental Baseline Study for the Hombre Muerto North Lithium Project (HMN Li Project),...
NRGBriefs: Washington yet to Ease Sanctions on Venezuela
(Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentina Lithium & Energy Corp. (TSXV: LIT) (FSE: OAY3) (OTC: PNXLF) receiving TSX Venture Exchange approval of a definitive agreement with vendors; and...
SWVL Commits FDI to Argentina to Improve Mass Transit
(Swvl Inc., 15.Mar.2022) — Swvl Inc., a global provider of transformative tech-enabled mass transit solutions, and the government of Argentina announced that Swvl will become a significant foreign direct investor in Argentina to improve...