(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 Minister Martín Guzmán meeting with the Argentine Ambassador in Bolivia Ariel Basteiro to discuss issues related to a bilateral agenda […]
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NRGBriefs: Venezuela’s Oil Minister on Oil Market Stability and Supply
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including the US Energy Department saying it is ready to execute the president of the United States’ authorization of an immediate release of 1 million barrels per day for 6 months from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; and Trinidad and Tobago NGL Limited (TTNGL) […]
NRGBriefs: Lula Participates in Discussion about Fuel Prices in Brazil
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva participating in a chat w/ specialists with the Federation of Oil Workers (FUP by its Portuguese acronym) to discuss the price of fuel in Brazil; Shell Colombia and state owned Ecopetrol spudding their Gorgon-2 […]
Frontera Finds 27.2 Degree API Light Oil At The Tui-1 Well In Ecuador
(Frontera, 24.Mar.2022) — Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) has discovered 27.2 degree API light crude oil at the Tui-1 exploration well on the Perico block (Frontera 50% W.I. and operator) in Ecuador. Orlando Cabrales, Chief Executive Officer of Frontera, commented: “We are excited to announce a second consecutive light crude oil […]
Shell Among Companies Chasing Ecuadorian Oil After Russia Sanctions
(Bloomberg, 16.Mar.2022) — U.S. refiners Valero Energy Corp and Marathon Petroleum Corp., along with Shell Plc’s trading unit Shell Western Supply and Trading, are rushing to secure Ecuadorian barrels after America banned imports of Russian crude. Ecuador’s state oil company EP Petroecuador held back-to-back meetings this week in Louisiana with several refiners and […]
NRGBriefs: EP PetroEcuador Lays Out Production Plans 2022-26
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including Ecuador’s state-owned EP PetroEcuador laying out plans for investments of $12bn to almost double production to 804,323 boe/d by2026; Venezuela’s VP Delcy Rodriguez traveling to participate in meeting w/ Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to “reaffirm friendship bonds and deepen strategic cooperation; […]
NRGBriefs: YPF’s 4Q:21 and FY:21 Webcast; Citgo Sales Process Moving Forward
(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including Frontera spudding its first exploration well in the Espejo Block in Ecuador; Argentina’s YPF holding its 4Q:21 and FY:21 webcast to discuss financial and operational results; Exxon updating on its operations offshore Guyana during its virtual Investor Day 2022 webcast [PDF download]; […]
Frontera Announces 4Q:21 and YE:21 Results
(Frontera, 2.Mar.2022) — Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) reported financial and operational results for the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2021. All financial amounts in this news release are in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated. Gabriel de Alba, Chairman of the Board of Directors, commented: “Frontera continues to deliver on its strategic, […]
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NRGBriefs: Trinidad’s Future Depends on Venezuelan Gas [PDF Downloads]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentina looking to import 65 LNG cargoes in 2022 compared to 56 in 2021; Trinidad and Tobago’s reemergence over the short-term as a dominant LNG exporter will depend heavily on its ability to tap into Venezuelan offshore gas; Nucor Corp. (NYSE: NUE) revealing […]
How China Beat Out the US to Dominate South America
(Bloomberg, 17.Feb.2022) — In the hinterland of Argentina, Mario Pizarro’s office looks like a shrine to China. There’s the framed photo of a Chinese peasant with Pizarro’s face superimposed beneath the conical farmer hat. There’s the blue-robed smiling Buddha statue. And there’s the model wind turbine from a Chinese company […]
Frontera Announces CAPEX and Production Guidance for 2022
(Frontera, 16.Feb.2022) — Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) announced its full year 2022 capital and production guidance, provided an update on its normal course issuer bid (“NCIB”) and provided notice of its year end 2021 financial results and conference call. All values in this news release and the Company’s financial […]
Frontera Reveals YE:21 Reserves
(Frontera, 16.Feb.2022) — Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) announced the results of its annual independent reserves assessment conducted by DeGolyer and MacNaughton (D&M). All dollar amounts in this news release and the Company’s financial disclosures are in United States dollars, unless otherwise noted. All of the Company’s booked reserves for the year […]
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NRGBriefs: Vista Reporting a 42% Rise in P1 Reserves [PDF Downloads]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentina’s energy transition accompanying the country’s growth process; Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: VIST; BMV: VISTA) reporting its estimated YE:21 certified proved (P1) oil and gas reserves rising 42% YOY; and Kosmos Energy seeking to link executive compensation to […]
NRGBriefs: Maduro Says No Presidential Elections Until At Least 2025
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including Colombia signing a MOU w/ The Netherlands to create a hydrogen export channel; Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro saying there will be no presidential elections in 2024; and more. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Colombia — Colombia signed a MOU w/ The Netherlands […]
NRGBriefs: Argentina’s President Meets with Putin
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including Grupo Energía Bogotá commencing assembly of the first tower of its north project in Chocontá (Cundinamarca); Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez visiting Russia to discuss energy, industry, environmental and financing issues w/ his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin; and EP PetroEcuador General Manager ĺtalo […]
Ecuador Eyes Key Oil Sector Actions in 2022
(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Feb.2022) — The head of Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (MENRNR), Juan Carlos Bermeo Calderón, highlighted key goals the country looks to achieve in 2022. In 2022, the Andean country looks to renegotiate contracts for a voluntary migration to a participation scheme, develop the […]
MENRNR Head Approves Strategic Plan 2021-25
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Feb.2022) — The head of Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (MENRNR), Juan Carlos Bermeo Calderón, approved the Strategic Plan for 2021-25. The plan is seen as fundamental to promote actions that ensure compliance with current public policies and institutional attributions, within a framework of […]
NRGBriefs: De Novo Prepares Zandolie’s Subsea Structure
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Jan.2022) — Energy briefs including EP PetroEcuador and Abastecedora Ecuatoriana de Combustibles S.A. (ABASTIBLES S.A.) signing a petroleum products contract; shares of Frontera Energy and CGX Energy halting on rumors of a find offshore Guyana at the Kawa well; and DeNovo’s Zandolie subsea structure being readied for […]
Petroecuador Hopes to Boost Output to 425,000 boe/d by End of Year
(Reuters, 19.Jan.2022) — Ecuador’s state-owned oil company, Petroecuador, is targeting average output of 425,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed) by the end of 2022, manager Italo Cedeno said on Wednesday. Petroecaudor’s production averaged some 380,000 boed until November. It dwindled to a trickle in December after pumping through […]
Frontera Finds Oil at Jandaya-1 Well in Ecuador
(Frontera, 19.Jan.2022) — Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) discovered hydrocarbons at the Jandaya-1 exploration well on the Perico block (Frontera 50% W.I. and operator, GeoPark Limited 50% W.I.) in Ecuador. Orlando Cabrales, Chief Executive Officer of Frontera, commented: “We are pleased to announce a discovery at the Jandaya-1 exploration well. Jandaya-1 […]
Ecuador Indigenous Demand Rights to Consent on Extractive Projects
(Reuters, 18.Jan.2022) — Indigenous communities in Ecuador on Tuesday presented hundreds of thousands of signatures to the country’s top court to demand their right to make final decisions on use of ancestral lands they say are threatened by expansion of extractive projects. The indigenous A’i Cofan and Waorani communities, from […]
EP PetroEcuador Continues with Work on Pipeline Bypasses
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Jan.2022) — EP PetroEcuador continues with work on a seventh bypass for the Trans-Ecuadorian Oil Pipeline System (SOTE) aimed at protecting the infrastructure and avoiding further stoppages that affect the country’s economy. EP PetroEcuador General Manager Ítalo Cedeño together with company Transportation Manager, Washington Gallegos, and a […]
Ecuador Ratifies Creation Of New Galapagos Marine Reserve
(Ministerio de Ambiente, Agua y Transición Ecológica del Ecuador, 14.Jan.2022) — The newly created marine reserve adds 60,000 square kilometers to the Galapagos Marine Reserve. The marine reserve is divided into two halves, the first 30,000 square kilometers set a strict prohibition to any fishing activities; the other 30,000 is […]
NRGBriefs: Argentine Power Outage
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Jan.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentina’s Energy Secretariat Darío Martínez inspecting facilities in Buenos Aires in an attempt to restore electric power service to parts of the city amid a roaring heat wave; and Ecuador receiving its first import of liquefied natural gas from Sycar LLC. LATIN […]
NRGBriefs: Bolivia’s Urea Exports to Argentina, Brazil, and Peru
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jan.2022) — Energy briefs including Bolivia’s urea production gaining mkt shr in Argentina, Brazil and Peru in less than 4 mths; Chile building more than 6,600MW of renewable, solar and wind energy in 2021; EP PetroEcuador lifting force majeure after completing work on bypasses at the Trans-Ecuadorian […]
Ecuador Continues to Recover Production, Transport, Refining Operations
(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 product pipelines in early-December 2021 due to advancing soil erosion of the Piedra Fina river in Napo Province. “The decision to lift the force majeure […]
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 as President Guillermo Lasso seeks to open up the heavily indebted Andean country to foreign investment. Lasso’s new center-right government, which has set out to […]
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 it hasn’t diminished its operational capacity. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Ecuador — Operations at the 450,000 b/d capacity Heavy Crude Pipeline (OCP) are expected […]
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 PSC in Egypt; and more. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Ecuador — Ecuador’s oil production was just 91,480 b/d on 27 Dec. 2021, according to […]
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 Organization of Atomic Energy (IAEA) has approved new projects for Ecuador worth $2.8mn for the 2022-23 cycle; the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago […]
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 environmental damage in the Piedra Fina River area; the International Energy Agency (IEA) placing Chile among the four countries that will lead the production of […]
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 two oil pipelines and one derivatives pipeline; ExxonMobil reiterating the Liza Unity FPSO will commence ops by 2022 offshore Guyana; Venezuela’s oil minister Tareck El […]
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 the country’s two pipelines that transport crude across the Andes. The clause, which is invoked to remove liability from failing to honor contracts in the […]
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 the Piedra Fina River and other tributaries of the Quijos River; Argentina celebrating Petroleum Day; TechnipFMC being awarded three frame agreements by Petrobras; and more. […]
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 at the Maripa Gold Project, located in eastern French Guiana; — Frontera spud the Jandaya-1 exploration well on the Perico block in Ecuador; and more. LATIN […]
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 Solaris named Solaris Exploration Inc. pursuant to an internal re-organization. Following the Re-Organization, it is expected that 100% of the common shares of Solaris Exploration […]
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 ongoing resource growth and discovery drilling programs at its Warintza Project in SE Ecuador; SilverCrest Metals Inc. saying that at the end of 3Q:21 overall […]
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 investment of around $300mn; Ecuador’s oil production struggles to reach the 500,000 b/d range; Frontera Energy‘s plans to host its 3Q:21 conf. call; and more. […]
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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. entering into a binding agreement w/ West African Resources Limited; and more. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Brazil — On 29 Oct. 2021 Petobras will […]
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 for cash outstanding notes due in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Colombia aiming to achieve net-zero deforestation by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050; Frontera Energy […]
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 production of 37,859 boepd, up 4% compared to 2Q2021 Oil production of 32,844 bopd, up 6% compared to 2Q2021 due to increased production in Colombia […]
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 mines and energy minister Diego Mesa saying the country is committed to advancing its decarbonization goals; EP PetroEcuador awarding export deals to Shell Western Supply […]
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 power plant expecting to start providing electricity in 2024; and more. LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Brazil — Brazil’s ANP will hold its 17th Round of […]
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 to provide backup electricity supply, as raging river erosion threatens its massive Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant. CELEC said the $80 million will recover some […]
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) eyes developing Colombia’s second liquefied natural gas (LNG) import project in Buenaventura; and more from Ecuador, Mexico and Venezuela. Argentina — Argentina’s National Electricity Regulatory […]
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 Ambar Energía Ltda. inking a gas deal and Shell Brazil Holding B.V. marking the start of trading in shares of Raízen S.A., the renewable energy […]
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, EP PetroEcuador and Repsol Ecuador S.A. inking a deal for the use of a topping plant in Ecuador, Ecuador’s production reached 491,497 b/d on 1 […]
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 June morning, rushing to carve a new route for an oil pipeline in hopes of avoiding a repeat of the country’s worst oil spill in […]
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 in Switzerland following a U.S. criminal case against an ex-Gunvor Group employee. U.S. prosecutors are investigating “the suspected bribery of Ecuadorian public officials and money […]
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 reaching an agreement with the community of El Edén to lift a 45-day blockage, Venezuela’s oil production averaging around 570,000 barrels per day, and more. […]