Jamaica Archives - Energy Analytics Institute (EAI)

LAC region to be impacted by uncertainty permeating from Trump’s US [tables]

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Ofelia Paredes, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Aug.2025, Words: 527) — “Rising trade barriers and heightened uncertainty globally are weighing on activity in Latin […]

Excelerate ups EBITDA guidance related to New Fortress Energy Jamaica deal [pdf download]

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Jul.2025, Words: 230) — Excelerate Energy, Inc. raised its full year 2025 adjusted EBITDA guidance range […]

Excelerate Energy closes $1.055bn acquisition of NFE’s business Jamaica

BELIZE CITY, BELIZE (Aaron Simonsky, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.May.2025, Words: 335) — Excelerate Energy, Inc. closed its $1.055bn acquisition of New Fortress Energy Inc.‘s business […]

Excelerate Energy announces proposed $700mn offering of senior notes due 2030

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Ian Silverman, Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Apr.2025) — Excelerate Energy, Inc. announced that its subsidiary Excelerate Energy Limited Partnership commenced an offering of $700mn […]

EAI’s 1Q:25 “NRG Prospector” full version [183-pg emag download]

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Apr.2025, Words: 20,000) — Download Energy Analytics Institute‘s 183-page full version of the 1Q:25 NRG Prospector, which is […]

Excelerate to acquire New Fortress Energy’s Jamaica business for $1.1bn [PDF download]

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Mar.2025, Words: 865) — Excelerate Energy, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement with New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) […]

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Meets with High-level Caribbean Officials in Jamaica

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Mar.2025) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with numerous Caribbean officials in Kingston, Jamaica as […]

BMR Energy Divests Operating Plants in the Caribbean and Guatemala to InterEnergy

(Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Jan.2025) — BMR Energy LLC completed its reorganization and divestiture plan. The company has ﬁnalized the sale of its British […]

Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference 23-25 January 2023

(Trinidad and Tobago Energy Chamber, 15.Dec.2022) — The Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference takes place at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain from 23-25 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Geophyxs’s Search for Gold Continues

(Jamaica Observer, 2.Jan.2022) — Mineral exploration company Geophysx Jamaica Limited following preliminary findings from a series of exploration activities done locally has moved to roll-out phase […]

Record Gas Prices in Jamaica

(Jamaica Observer, 30.Dec.2021) — Pump prices touch a new record today after jumping by the most in two months. Petrojam on Wednesday hiked the price […]

Banks Express Belief in Caribbean Renewable Energy Future

(Jamaica Observer, 29.Dec.2021) — Even with Jamaica not having any new request for proposal (RFP) since early 2016, more banks and other lenders have begun […]

NRGBriefs: CFIUS Approves Pemex’s Deer Park Refinery Purchase

(Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including Chile being chosen for the 2nd consecutive yr as the most attractive emerging mkt to invest in […]

West Indies Petroleum Wins in Lime Tree Refinery Auction

(Jamaica Observer, 22.Dec.2021) — News portal, the Virgin Islands Consortium, reports that Jamaica-based West Indies Petroleum (WIP) won an auction for the Lime Tree Bay Refinery […]

NRGBriefs: Renewable Energy Ops In The Caribbean

(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including details of four renewable energy-exporting opportunities in the Caribbean in Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana; […]

Sagicor Group Jamaica Finances Leaseback

(Sagicor, 17.Jun.2021) — Sagicor Group Jamaica will be structuring a $285mn sale and leaseback of the combined heat and power plant in Clarendon owned by […]

Petrol Retailers Warn Of ‘Mobile’ Gas Stations

(Jamaica Observer, 29.Jul.2020) — The Jamaica Gasoline Retailers Association (JGRA) on Monday last warned a parliamentary committee reviewing the proposed Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) […]

Tullow Writes Off Jamaican Oil Exploration Licence

(Jamaica Gleaner, 20.Mar.2020) — Tullow Oil Plc has fully written off its oil exploration licence for the Walton-Morant Basin offshore Jamaica, on which it has […]

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 […]

Ad Hoc PDVSA Board Suggest Jamaica Suspending Petrojam Takeover

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 16.Jun.2019) — The ad hoc administrative board of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) appointed by interim Venezuelan president Juan Guaidó requested […]

JPS To Get Tax Break On Lithium Batteries

(Jamaica Gleaner, Neville Graham, 9.Jun.2019) — Light and power supplier Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is in line for a tax break as it follows […]

LSC Expanding Rockfort Lubricants Facility

(Jamaica Gleaner, 5.Jun.2019) — Lubricating Specialties Company (LSC) is adding another 500,000 gallons in capacity at its facility in Rockfort, Kingston, for which it already […]

Wigton Windfarm Shares To Be Listed Soon On Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)

(Jamaica Observer, Balford Henry, 17.May.2019) — The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) says that the Wigton Windfarm IPO shares will be listed and begin trading […]

SOL Petroleum To Shutter Businesses In Jamaica

(Jamaica Observer, Karena Bennett, 8.May.2019) — SOL Petroleum Jamaica Limited will shutter its lubricant and bunkering business across the island, effective June 30. The announcement […]

Wigton Has Saved Jamaica $54 Million In Oil Imports

(JIS News, Serena Grant, 15.Apr.2019) — Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, says that Wigton Windfarm Limited has saved the Government expenditure […]

JPS Invests $25m In Storage Facility To Address Power Fluctuations

(Jamaica Gleaner, Steven Jackson, 14.Apr.2019) — Power utility Jamaica Public Service Company, JPS, will commission a US$25 million storage facility in phases this year as […]

$4b Energy Deal – Inter-Energy Acquires JPPC From I Squared Capital

OPEC Releases MOMR With Data Thru Feb. 2019

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 14.Mar.2019) — OPEC announced publication of its Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR) as of 14 March 2019 with details on […]