(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jan.2022) — Ecuador’s oil production has returned to 93% of levels seen before preventive stoppages were executed at the country’s oil and […]
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Ecuador Oil Sector to See Busy Year
(S&P Global Platts, 3.Jan.2022) — Ecuador’s oil and gas industry is on track for a busy year of privatization and E&P contract overhauls in 2022 […]
NRGBriefs: Ecuador Eyes Restarting OCP
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including Ecuador expecting to restart ops at OCP on 31 Dec. 2021; and Y&V Ingeniería y Construcción saying […]
NRGBriefs: Ecuador’s Oil Production Around 91 Mb/d
(Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including Ecuador’s crude oil production reaching around 91,480 b/d this week; APA Corp. revealing ratification of a modernized […]
NRGBriefs: NGC Embarks on New Design-Build Project in Ghana
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including Ecuador’s Subsecretariat of Control and Nuclear Applications (SCAN), together w/ different national public entities, announcing the International […]
NRGBriefs: Ecuador Prevents Environmental Damage In Napo Region
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including Ecuador’s gov’t saying the halting of transport operations along the SOTE due to soil erosion problems prevented […]
NRGBriefs: Venezuela’s Oil Minister El Aissami Says He’s Fine
(Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including EP PetroEcuador announcing it has sufficient fuel supplies at all its terminals despite transport issues impacting Ecuador’s […]
Ecuador Declares Force Majeure On All Oil Contracts
(Bloomberg, 13.Dec.2021) — Ecuador declared force majeure on all oil contracts, including exports and imports, as the threat of soil erosion forced the shutdown of […]
NRGBriefs: Ecuador Declares Force Majeure On Oil Exports
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including Ecuador’s gov’t declaring force majeure on 12 Dec. 2021 on oil exports due to erosion issues around […]
NRGBriefs: Orea Prepping for Maripa Gold Project
(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including Fitch Ratings affirming Frontera‘s IDR at ‘B’; Orea Mining Corp. commencing preparation for a diamond drilling program […]
Solaris Announces Proposed Spin-Out Of Non-Core Assets
(Solaris, 6.Dec.2021) — Solaris Resources Inc. (TSX: SLS) (OTCQB: SLSSF) announces its intention to transfer its non-core assets held in Ecuador, Peru, Chile and Mexico into a newly incorporated wholly-owned subsidiary of […]
NRGBriefs: Solaris Provides Assay Results In Ecuador
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Nov.2021) — Energy briefs including Solaris Resources Inc. (TSX: SLS) (OTCQB: SLSSF) reporting assay results from a series of additional holes from […]
NRGBriefs: Shell And YPF Eye Bajada De Añelo Investment
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Nov.2021) — Energy briefs including Shell Argentina and YPF looking to commence development of the Bajada de Añelo area w/ an anticipated […]
NRGBriefs: Venezuelan Production Goals [PDF Download]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including Venezuela’s near-term oil production goals; Petrobras’ plans to host two 3Q:21 webcasts using Microsoft Teams; B2Gold Corp. […]
NRGBriefs: Colombia Eyes Net-zero Deforestation By 2030
(Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) announcing final results of a previously announced offer to purchase […]
GeoPark Accelerates Colombia Drilling Activity
(GeoPark, 19.Oct.2021) — GeoPark Limited (NYSE: GPRK) announced its operational update for the three-month period ended 30 September 2021 (3Q:21). Highlights Consolidated oil and gas […]
NRGBriefs: EP PetroEcuador Awards Export Deals
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including the IMF advising Argentina to lower its deficit and estimating Venezuela’s inflation at 2,700% this yr, Colombia’s […]
NRGBriefs: ANH Eyes 17th Bid Round
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including Brazil’s ANP holding its 17th bid round; Ecuador’s oil production holding steady; Panama’s Generadora Gatún natural gas […]
Ecuador To Spend $80mn On Thermal Power Stations
(Reuters, 26.Aug.2021) — Ecuador’s state-run power company CELEC said on Thursday it will spend $80 million to repair idle thermal power plants to prepare them […]
LatAmBriefs: TGI Eyes Buenaventura LNG Import Project
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Aug.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentina fining Edesur and Edenor; Transportadora de Gas Internacional (TGI) […]
LatAm Briefs: Raizen IPO, Bolivian Gas
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Aug.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentina’s YPF Sociedad Anónima repurchasing Class XII Notes, YPFB and […]
LatAm Briefs: Rio Negro Drilling, Ecuador Production
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jul.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: plans to reactivate 77 wells in Argentina’s Río Negro region, […]
Ecuador Races To Move Oil Pipelines
(Reuters, 1.Jul.2021) — Two dozen workers using six excavators cleared a strip of heavy forest in the foothills of Ecuador’s Reventador volcano on an overcast […]
Switzerland Investigates Gunvor Links To Ecuador
(Reuters, 30.Jun.2021) — Swiss prosecutors said on Wednesday they are investigating whether bribery, money laundering or other crimes linked to Ecuador oil trading were committed […]
LatAm Briefs: Chile’s Green Plans, Venezuelan Oil Output
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Jun.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Chile and Germany inking a green hydrogen deal, EP PetroEcuador […]
Solaris Reveals Results Of Annual General Meeting
(Solaris, 29.Jun.2021) — Solaris Resources Inc. (TSX: SLS) (OTCQB: SLSSF) announces that all matters presented for approval at Solaris’ annual meeting of shareholders held today, […]
Ecuador Begins Crude Exports In Larger Vessels
(Reuters, 28.Jun.2021) — Ecuador for the first time on Monday exported a cargo of one of its flagship crudes, Oriente, aboard a very large crude […]
EP PetroEcuador To Tender For Oriente, Napo Crude Oils
(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Jun.2021) — EP PetroEcuador will hold two new spot sales on 3 June 2021, including one for the export of 2,160,000 barrels […]
NRGBriefs: Pemex Deer Park Refinery Deal, Lasso Sworn In
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.May.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Pemex’s Deer Park refinery acquisition being labeled a mistake by […]
Ecuador Indigenous Protestors Block Access To Petroecuador Oil Field
(Reuters, 15.May.2021) — An indigenous community in Ecuador’s Amazon region is blocking access to one of state oil company Petroecuador‘s main fields in a protest […]
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 […]
EP PetroEcuador Opens Doors To Corruption Investigation
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Apr.2021) — EP PetroEcuador offered Ecuador’s attorney general’s office access to all the necessary facilities it sees fit to collect any type […]
Ecuador Judge Orders Pre-trial Detention Of Officials In Oil Graft Case
(Reuters, 14.Apr.2021) — An Ecuadorean judge ordered that the country’s current comptroller and former energy minister be placed under pre-trial detention on charges of organized […]
LatAm Briefs: Lasso Wins Run-off, Ecuador Oil Output
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Apr.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Guillermo Lasso Mendoza winning Ecuador’s run-off election and Andean oil […]
US Sends Congrats To Guillermo Lasso
(US State Department, 13.Apr.2021) — On behalf of the people of the United States, I congratulate Guillermo Lasso on his election as the next President […]
Ecuador Bonds Rally As Millionaire Banker Wins Ecuadorian Presidency
(Bloomberg, 11.Apr.2021) — Ecuadorean bonds rallied after career banker Guillermo Lasso won the presidential election with a late surge in support, reassuring investors in the […]
Tipco Wins Bid To Export Napo Crude
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Apr.2021) — EP PetroEcuador awarded the Thai company Tipco Asphalt Public Company Limited a deal for the export of 720,000 barrels of […]
Trafigura Wins Bid For Oriente Crude
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Apr.2021) — EP PetroEcuador awarded an export deal for 1,080,000 barrels of Oriente crude to Singapore company Trafigura PTE. LTD. The volume […]
‘Triple Pandemic’ Devastating Ecuador’s Amazon Communities
(El Pais, 9.Apr.2021) — The fuel that flowed into the Napo and Coca rivers in the northeastern rainforest of Ecuador more than a year ago […]
EP PetroEcuador Continues With Preventive Pipeline Work
(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Apr.2021) — One year after the rupture of the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE), the Shushufindi-Quito Products Pipeline, operated by EP PetroEcuador, and […]
EP PetroEcuador Dispatches 517 Million Gallons Of Fuel
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Apr.2021) — During the first quarter of 2021, EP PetroEcuador dispatched 516.72 million gallons of fuel including Super, Extra, Ecopaís, Artisanal Fishing […]
LatAm Briefs: Mendoza Province Asset Grab, Ecuador Elections
(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Apr.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Mendoza taking back an area in the Neuquina Basin from […]
LatAm Briefs: Kircher On IMF, OCP President Resignation
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Mar.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentina’s Cristina Kircher insisting the International Monetary Fund (IMF) give […]
LatAm Briefs: PDVSA Pipeline Attack, EP PetroEcuador Replanting
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Mar.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Venezuela state oil giant denouncing an attack on a pipeline […]
LatAm Briefs: Pemex Costs, Ecuador Output
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Mar.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Banco do Brasil CEO resigning under pressures from Brazil’s President […]
Ecuador Dedicates $300mn To Coastal Electrification Plan
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Mar.2021) — Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (MENNR) as well as the country’s Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments […]
Solaris Appoints Thomson To Board
(Solaris Resources, 16.Mar.2021) — Solaris Resources Inc. announced appointment of Mr. Kevin Thomson to its Board of Directors effective immediately. Mr. Thomson brings over 35 […]
Ecuador, PTT Renegoitiate New Oil-For-Loan Deal
(Reuters, 11.Mar.2021) — Ecuador has reached a preliminary agreement with a unit of Thailand’s state-run PTT PCL to extend to 2024 the payment period of […]
Quito Electric Inaugurates Pifo Substation
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Mar.2021) — The Quito Electric Company (EEQ) inaugurated substation (S/E) No. 46 Inga Bajo, located in the Itulcachi sector, in the rural […]
Ecuador Eyes Conolophus Photovoltaic Project
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Mar.2021) — Ecuador plans to install 14.8 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaic generation with 40.9 MWh batteries on Santa Cruz Island with estimated […]