PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Jul.2025, Words: 120) — Personnel with Cuba’s state-run oil monopoly Cubapetroleo (Cupet) conducted specialized technical maintenance […]
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EAI brief: Venezuelan officers receive military training in Russia and Cuba
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Jul.2025, Words: 185) — Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro Moros praised the training of 19 Venezuelan officers […]
EAI brief: Mexico continued to send oil, gasoline and refined products to Cuba during 1Q:25
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Jul.2025, Words: 150) — Mexico’s state-owned company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) continued to send crude oil, gasoline […]
China leans in hard to assist Cuba from drilling wells to installing photovoltaic parks
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 31.May.2025, Words: 218) — Chinese companies and technicians have become a mainstay in Cuba and the island’s […]
Cuba spuds Santa Cruz 505 well, according to Ministry of Energy and Mines head O Levy
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 127) — Cuba recently spud the Santa Cruz 505 well as part of efforts to […]
LatAmNRG heard: China-Russia-Venezuela, Rubio on Cuba, Mexico Pacific new CEO
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 16.May.2025, Words: 651) — LatAm and other NRG highlights, headlines and “heard on the street,” for the week […]
LatAm NRG matters: highlights, heard from Pampa Energia to Ecopetrol and Petrobras
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Nov.2024, Words: 489) — LatAm NRG highlights, headlines and “heard on the street,” for the week ended 1 […]
Oil Cargo from Mexico en Route to Cuba Amid Power Crisis, Data Shows
(Reuters, 28.Oct.2024) — A tanker carrying about 400,000 barrels of oil departed from Mexico’s Pajaritos port and was on Monday en route to Cuba, where […]
With Sweeping Blackouts in Cuba Why Has the Island’s Solar Buildout Been so Slow?
(AP, 23.Oct.2024) — Cuba’s large-scale blackouts that left 10 million people without power this month may not have happened if the government had built out […]
Mexico to offer monetary assistance to Cuba amid blackouts impacting the island
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Oct.2024, Words: 111) — Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum said her government would offer Cuba, which is suffering […]
LatAm NRG matters: highlights, heard from Brazil and Cuba to Mexico and Venezuela
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Oct.2024, Words: 494) — LatAm NRG highlights, headlines and “heard on the street,” for the week ended 18 […]
EAI’s NRGBriefs: Nov. 2023
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Nov.2023) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and projects during November 2023 including PDVSA and the French co. […]
Cuban Oil Tankers Becoming Regular Visitors to Mexican Ports
(Reuters, 10.Aug.2023) — Cuba has begun using its own tankers to ramp up crude imports from Mexico, which in the second quarter surpassed Russia as […]
Cuban Officials Return from Russia with Promises of Oil
(Reuters, 20.Jun.2023) — A delegation of high-level Cuban officials wrapped up an extended visit to Russia, according to state-run media reports on Tuesday, following up […]
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 […]
NRGBriefs: Caribbean Monthly Economic Report June 2022
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jun.2022) — Energy briefs including economic details not limited to inflation reaching 11.2% y/y in 1Q:22 in the Cayman Islands, Hurricane Agatha […]
Venezuela’s Oil Exports Drop 8% in April amid Quality-linked Delays
(Reuters, 6.May.2022) — Venezuela’s oil exports fell 8% in April from the previous month amid continued delays linked to poor-quality crude grades and insufficient oil […]
NRGBriefs: Exxon exits Sakhalin-1; LyondellBasell on seasonal demand
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Apr.2022, Words: 451) — Energy briefs including Exxon discontinuing operations at the Sakhalin-1 venture; and LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE: LYB) […]
Cuba Exceeds Fuel Import Budget: April 2022 Caribbean Monthly Economic Report
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Apr.2022) — Cuba exceeded its fuel import budget in the first quarter due to higher fuel prices while Trinidad & Tobago is […]
Cuba Struggles to Buy Fuel as Imports from Venezuela Dwindle -Data
(Reuters, 5.Apr.2022) — Cuba is struggling to cover a fuel deficit as imports from Venezuela and other countries remain below historical levels and global prices […]
Melbana Provides Positive Update from Alameda-1 Well Onshore Cuba
(Melbana Energy, 7.Feb.2022) — Melbana Energy Limited (ASX: MAY) (Melbana) provided this update on its drilling operations at its Alameda-1 exploration well in its Block […]
Uncertainties In Venezuela Around Arrival Of More Iranian Gasoline
(Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Jun.2021) — Venezuelan economist José Toro Hardy said it was unclear when additional Iranian tankers carrying gasoline would reach the South American […]
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, […]
Entities Look To Press Biden On Venezuela Fuel Swaps
(Reuters, 18.Jan.2021) — Representatives of fuel suppliers to Venezuela, importers of Venezuelan oil and advocacy groups said this month they plan to press the incoming […]
New Electricity Tariff In Cuba To Protect Vulnerable
(Prensa Latina, 14.Dec2020) — The new electricity tariff to be implemented in Cuba next January 1 as part of the monetary regulation process, will protect […]
Cash-short Cuba Orders More Power Cuts
(Argus, 26.Aug.2020) — Cuba is deepening power cuts as US sanctions on its main fuel supplier Venezuela make it harder for the island to keep […]
Maduro Sends Iranian Oil To Cuba
(Panam Post, 27.May.2020) — A Cuban vessel arrived in Venezuela to allegedly provide the island gasoline that has just arrived from Iran. According to the […]
PdV Restarts Coker For Export Via Cuba
(Argus, 20.May.2020) — State-owned PdV has partially restarted a 70,000 b/d delayed coker which had been off line for over a year at its 305,000 […]
PDVSA Steps Up Shipments To Cuba
(Reuters, 14.Feb.2020) — Venezuela’s state energy firm PDVSA has been shipping more oil this month to close ally Cuba, as tighter U.S. sanctions have worsened […]
US Cuts Venezuelan Flows Plans For China, Rosneft
(S&P Global Platts, 24.Dec.2019) — US sanctions on PDVSA shut down roughly 500,000 b/d of crude flows from Venezuela to Gulf Coast refineries within a […]
Venezuela And Cuba ‘Circumvent Sanctions’
(Miami Herald, Jim Wyss and Nora Gamez Torres, 3.Dec.2019) — Washington continued to tighten its grip on Venezuela and Cuba on Tuesday, naming six oil […]
US Acts Against Movement Of Venezuelan Oil To Cuba
(US Department of State, 3.Dec.2019) — On December 3, the United States identified six PDVSA-owned vessels, pursuant to E.O. 13884 or 13850, being used by […]
OFAC Adds Six Vessels To List
(Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Dec.2019) — The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) add six vessels to its SDN […]
Cuba Working To Boost Renewable Energy
(Xinhua, 29.Nov.2019) — Cuba hopes to generate a quarter of its energy needs from renewable sources over the next decade, an industry official said on […]
Apache To Explore Offshore Cuba
(Dominican Today, 27.Nov.2019) — The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) awarded Apache Dominican Republic Corporation, a subsidiary of the US Apache Corporation, an offshore […]
Venezuela Ships Petcoke Cargo To Cuba
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 25.Nov.2019) — OPEC member country Venezuela reportedly shipped a cargo of petroleum coke to Cuba valued at an estimated $1.7 […]
Maduro Pledges 30 MMbbls To Back Cryptocurrency
(Oilprice.com, Irina Slav, 21.Nov.2019) — Venezuela will use some 30 million barrels of oil it has in storage as backing for its national cryptocurrency, the […]
CUPET To Host Licensing Round Workshop
(GEP, 18.Nov.2019) — As the official CUPET meeting and roadshow to mark Cuba’s first offshore bid round, the Cuba Energy, Oil and Gas conference will […]
Venezuela Using Invisible Oil Tankers To Skirt Sanctions
(Oilprice.com, Irina Slav, 16.Nov.2019) — U.S. sanctions on Venezuela have been squeezing the life out of its economy in an attempt to remove the government […]
Reliance To Resume Venezuela Oil Loadings
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, 9.Oct.2019) — Indian refiner Reliance Industries Ltd is scheduled to resume loading Venezuelan crude in October after a four-month pause, according to sources […]
Energy Cos Caught In Spat Over Venezuela Sanctions
(Chron, Sergio Chapa, 7.Oct.2019) — Frequent power outages, theft of equipment, a political tug-of-war and billions of dollars in losses would seem to signal to […]
PdV Floods Cuba With Stranded Oil
(Argus, 3.Oct.2019) — At least three Venezuelan fuel tankers are heading towards Cuba today, part of a flotilla meant to free up domestic storage space […]
US Press Secretary Statement On Venezuela
(White House Press Secretary, 25.Sep.2019) — Today, President Donald J. Trump and other United States officials hosted leaders from Western Hemisphere countries to discuss the […]
Venezuela Oil Exports To Cuba Rising: Sources
(Reuters, Mircely Guanipa and Marianna Parraga, 25.Sep.2019) — Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA ordered an increase in exports to ally Cuba to ease fuel shortages […]
US Targets Entities, Vessels Moving Venezuelan Oil To Cuba
(US Treasury, 24.Sep.2019) — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated four entities that operate in the oil […]
US Actions Against Entities Assisting Venezuela
(US Treasury, 24.Sep.2019) — On September 24, the United States designated four companies that operate in Venezuela’s oil sector as sanctioned, and identified as blocked […]
Cuba Won’t negotiate On Venezuela, But Russia Might
(Miami Herald, Nora Gámez Torres and Michael Wilner, 24.Sep.2019) — Moscow has maintained communication with members of the Venezuelan opposition even as the Cuban government […]
Fallout From Sweet Oil Deal For Venezuela’s Neighbors
(NPR, 20.Jul.2019) — It sounded like such a good idea at the time. The year was 2005. Global oil prices were climbing dramatically. Countries in […]
Venezuelan Petroleum Exports To Cuba Surge In Response To US Sanctions
(Platts, 23.May.2019) — Venezuela has increased oil supplies to ally Cuba in May four-fold as US sanctions severely limit exports to other countries, PDVSA documents […]
Repsol Winds Down Operations In Venezuela
(VOA, Martin Arostegui, 21.May.2019) — Spain’s Repsol, the last western oil giant with major operations in Venezuela, is leaving the embattled country, as pressure mounts […]