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Mexico energy
Transocean Reveals $518mn Ultra-Deepwater Contract
(Transocean, 18.Jul.2023) — Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) announced that an independent operator awarded a 1,080-day contract for a high-specification seventh-generation, ultra-deepwater drillship in the Gulf of Mexico offshore Mexico. One of three drillships will be selected by Transocean from among Deepwater Invictus, Deepwater Thalassa, and Deepwater Proteus no later than one year prior to the earliest date in the commencement window. […]
Welligence Reveals LNG Outlook to 2030
(Welligence Energy Analytics, 7.Jul.2023) — Our LNG outlook report, published this week to clients, reveals key insights into the industry’s future. Can the LNG market overcome increasingly scarce supply, adapt to more concentrated production, embrace progressively floating infrastructure and meet Net Zero pressures? Growing LNG competition from Asian importers will keep gas prices elevated, averaging over US$13/MMbtu in Europe, […]
Mexico Pacific and Zhejiang Ink Long-Term LNG SPA
(Mexico Pacific, 5.Jul.2023) — Zhejiang Energy International Limited and Mexico Pacific Limited signed a sales and purchase agreement for Zhejiang Energy to offtake 1.0 million tons per year (MTPA) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Mexico Pacific’s anchor LNG export facility, Saguaro Energia, located in Puerto Libertad, Sonora, Mexico.Under the sales […]
EAI’s NRGBriefs: Jun. 2023
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Jun.2023) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and projects during June 2023 including YPF and Petronas updating on their joint plans to develop a 25 MTPA LNG facility in Argentina; Caterpillar Inc. saying its chief legal officer and general counsel Suzette M. Long will retire […]
Sempra Commemorates 25 Years of Innovation and Safety
(Sempra, 29.Jun.2023) — Sempra (NYSE: SRE) (BMV: SRE) begins its 25th year of business, marking a quarter century of continued performance and progress toward its mission to be North America’s premier energy infrastructure company. “Over the past 25 years, we have been connecting people to safer, more reliable and cleaner energy sources, empowering communities and providing value […]
Maxeon Solar Ribbon Cutting Ceremony in Mexicali
(Maxeon Solar, 26.Jun.2023) — Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MAXN) hosted a ribbon cutting event in its recently expanded and renovated manufacturing plant in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. Maxeon was honored to welcome the Governor of the State, Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda, among other distinguished guests. Leadership members of Maxeon hosted the celebration. For […]
Vehya and Utilimaster Extend EV Installations into Mexico
(Vehya, 26.Jun.2023) — Vehya, the dedicated marketplace platform for Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE), announces a strategic partnership with Utilimaster, a go-to-market brand of The Shyft Group’s Fleet Vehicles & Services business unit, and Stellantis N.V., a automaker and mobility provider, as they expand their services into Mexico. Building on their ongoing […]
Woodside makes $7.2bn FID for Trion offshore Mexico [PDF download]
PERTH, AUSTRALIA (By Woodside, 20.Jun.2023, Words: 257) — Woodside has made a final investment decision to develop the large, high-quality Trion resource in Mexico. The expected returns from the development exceed Woodside’s capital allocation framework targets and deliver enduring shareholder value. First oil is targeted for 2028. The development is subject to […]
Mexico City Mayor Sheinbaum to Step Down Ahead of 2024 Elections
(Bloomberg, 12.Jun.2023) — Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum will resign from her post on June 16 to start her presidential campaign ahead of next year’s election. “I have made the decision to permanently resign from my post on June 16 with the purpose of becoming the first female in the history of […]
New Fortress Gets Export Approval for Altamira Fast LNG
(New Fortress Energy, 2.Jun.2023) — New Fortress Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NFE) has received an export permit for its Altamira Fast LNG facility from Mexico’s Ministry of Energy (Secretaría de Energía (SENER)). Under the permit granted by SENER, NFE is now authorized to export up to 7.8 million metric tons through […]
EAI’s NRGBriefs: May 2023
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.May.2023) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and politics during May 2023 including Venezuela planning to issue a license next month to Eni SpA and Repsol SA to export natural gas, Petrobras receiving an arbitration award that fully rejected the claims made by […]
GoGold Intercepts High Grade at Los Ricos South
(GoGold Resources, 31.May.2023) — GoGold Resources Inc. (TSX: GGD) (OTCQX: GLGDF) announced additional drilling results from Los Ricos South, within the Eagle Deposit, including an exceptionally wide, high-grade intercept from hole LRGAG-22-165. The hole intercepted 50.0m of 1,126 g/t silver equivalent (“AgEq”), including 7.8m of 6,334 g/t AgEq which also included a very high-grade interval of 46,822 g/t […]
Talos Energy announces Mexico transaction, including stake in Zama
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.May.2023, Words: 337) — Talos Energy Inc. announced that Zamajal, S. A. de C.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Grupo Carso, agreed to acquire a 49.9% interest in Talos’s Mexican subsidiary (Talos Mexico), which holds the company’s 17.4% interest in Zama. Carso […]
LatAm Gas Resources and Development Challenges: WoodMac
(WoodMac, 3.May.2023) — Latin America has significant gas resources that have not been prioritised for development. Natural gas demand in the region will continue to grow, however, driven by the replacement of coal in power generation and industrial processes. To meet this demand, Latin America will need to maximise its […]
Ecopetrol on 1Q:23 Earnings Report, Conference Calls
(Ecopetrol, 2.May.2023) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) announces that on Tuesday, 9 May 2023, after market close, it will release its financial and operating results for the first quarter 2023. On Wednesday, 10 May 2023, Ecopetrol’s senior management will host two conference calls to review the results, one in Spanish and the […]
EAI’s NRGBriefs: Apr. 2023
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Apr.2023) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and politics during April 2023 including the US not blocking the court-ordered sale of shares of Citgo Petroleum Corp.’s parent company, PDV Holding, to pay off creditors who have sought payment from the Venezuelan state; OFAC authorizing […]
Wintershall Dea Reports Important Shallow Water Find Offshore Mexico
(Wintershall Dea, 25.Apr.2023) Operator Wintershall Dea and its partners Harbour Energy and Sapura OMV have made a significant oil discovery on the Kan exploration prospect in Block 30, located in shallow waters of the Cuenca Salina in the Sureste Basin, offshore Mexico. Based on preliminary estimates the discovery may contain […]
Argentina Lithium Delineates Concentrated Lithium Brine Zone
(Argentina Lithium, 24.Apr.2023) — Argentina Lithium & Energy Corp. (TSXV: LIT) (FSE: OAY3) (OTC: PNXLF) reports continued positive lithium brine results at its Rincon West Project in Salta Province, Argentina, including a 178 m* section with results ranging from 241 to 340 mg/l lithium (*no sample was collected from 30 m of this interval) from the seventh […]
NatGas in Transition to Low-Carbon Economies [PDF Download]
(IGU, OLADE, ARPEL, 17.Apr.2023) — The world needs to transition to low-carbon economies to reduce global warming while continuing to promote sustainable socioeconomic development for a growing global population. Achieving this massive goal requires a radical transformation in how energy is supplied and used worldwide, as 73% of global greenhouse […]
Avino Reports Steady Production in 1Q:23
(Avino, 18.Apr.2023) — Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX: ASM) (NYSE: ASM) (FSE: GV6) reports another quarter of strong production results of 678,247 silver equivalent ounces, bringing the 12-month trailing total to 2.9 million silver equivalent ounces from the Avino Mine. Production Highlights – Q1 2023 (Compared to Q1 2022) Silver equivalent production […]
Silver Viper Renegotiates Rubi-Esperanza Cash and Option Agreement
(Silver Viper, 6.Apr.2023) — Silver Viper Minerals Corp. (TSXV: VIPR) (OTC: VIPRF) has renegotiated terms of the Rubi-Esperanza Option Agreement to purchase three mineral concessions, originally signed in June of 2018 (see news release of 25 June 2018). On 21 June 2019, the first agreement addendum was signed. A second addendum to the […]
GoGold Reports Parral Production for Quarter Ending Mar. 2023
(GoGold Resources, 6.Apr.2023) — GoGold Resources Inc. (TSX: GGD) (OTCQX: GLGDF) reported production for the quarter ending 31 March 2023 of 400,145 silver equivalent ounces, consisting of 173,717 silver ounces, 2,016 gold ounces, and 143 tonnes of copper. “We continue to focus on completion of the preliminary economic assessment in Los Ricos North, followed […]
Arctech to Provide 365MW Solar Tracking Solution in Mexico
(Arctech, 3.Apr.2023) — Arctech, a solar tracking and racking solution provider, is poised to provide 365.8MW SkyLine II solar tracking solution to Puerto Penasco Solar Park in Mexico. Once completed, this project would become the largest solar plant in a single unit in Mexico and 8th in the world. Located in Puerto Penasco in […]
Wintershall DEA Completes Acquisition of 37% Stake in Hokchi Block
(Wintershall DEA, 31.Mar.2023) — The acquisition of a 37% non-operated participating interest in the oil producing Hokchi Block offshore Mexico by Wintershall Dea was completed on 30 March. All government approvals were obtained and Wintershall Dea, together with the remaining partners in the Hokchi Block have signed the corresponding Production […]
Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report [PDF Download]
(The World Bank, 31.Mar.2023) — After a decade of little progress, global gas flaring volumes fell by around 3% in 2022. However, despite this welcome reduction, greater and sustained efforts are needed to end this wasteful and polluting practice. The growing sense of urgency in tackling global gas flaring is […]
Elon Musk Plans to Build the World’s Largest Tesla Plant in Mexico
(Mexican Gov’t, 2.Mar.2023) — Elon Musk announces plan to build the largest Tesla plant in the world in Mexico. Highlights: –Construction of the factory will create between five to six thousand jobs in Mexico, with an investment reaching $5bn –The investment is part of the Mexican Foreign Ministry’s electromobility strategy […]
EAI’s NRGBriefs: Feb. 2023
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Feb.2023) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and politics during February 2023 including Repsol commenting on improvement of prospects for operations in Venezuela; earnings updates and webcasts from Pemex, Noble Corporation, bp, Repsol and TotalEnergies; Venezuela reactivates first drilling rig, the PDVEN-778, in […]
Sempra to Develop NatGas Transportation Infrastructure in Mexico
(Sempra, 14.Feb.2023) — Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra (NYSE: SRE) (BMV: SRE), Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (Comisión Federal de Electricidad, CFE), and Carso Energy, a subsidiary of Grupo Carso, announced today a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance a potential strategic alliance for the joint development of natural gas […]
Mexico Pacific to Sell LNG from Sonora Export Plant to Exxon Mobil
(Reuters, 7.Feb.2023) — Mexico Pacific said that a unit of Exxon Mobil Corp had agreed to buy liquefied natural gas from the Mexican company’s proposed Saguaro Energia LNG export plant in Sonora state. Mexico Pacific said in a news release that ExxonMobil will buy about 2 million tonnes per annum […]
MPC Energy Solutions Start Operations for its Solar Plants in El Salvador
(MPC Energy Solutions, 6.Feb.2023) — MPC Energy Solutions (MPCES) announced the start of operations for its Santa Rosa and Villa Sol solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in El Salvador, which have a combined installed capacity of 21.3 MW. Santa Rosa and Villa Sol are the third and fourth projects in the company’s portfolio to start […]
Mexico’s President Says he Won’t Seek an Unconstitutional Second Term
(NPR, 3.Feb.2023) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is still immensely popular in Mexico. Across the country you’ll find graffiti and placards that say “Que siga el presidente” (Let the president continue.) In Mexico, there has been a lot of handwringing over the undemocratic tendencies of President Andrés Manuel López […]
Sempra to Report 4Q:22 and FY:22 Earnings 28 Feb. 2023
(Sempra, 3.Feb.2023) — Sempra (NYSE: SRE) (BMV: SRE) plans to release its fourth-quarter and full-year 2022 earnings by 7 a.m. ET, Tuesday, 28 February 2023. Sempra executives will conduct a conference call at 12 p.m. ET, Tuesday, 28 Feb. Investors, media, analysts and the public may listen to a live webcast of the conference call by […]
Eviation Announces Order From Aerus For 30 Alice All-Electric Commuter Aircraft
(Eviation, 17.Jan.2023) — Eviation Aircraft, a manufacturer of all-electric aircraft, announced that Aerus, an emerging regional airline in Mexico, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for 30 commuter Alice aircraft. Aerus intends to utilize Alice for middle-mile travel across regions including Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Coahuila and Veracruz, providing historically underserved communities in northern areas of […]
Silver Viper Presents Positive G&G Survey Results at La Virginia
(Silver Viper, 12.Jan.2023) —Silver Viper Minerals Corp. (TSXV: VIPR) (OTC: VIPRF) provided an update on exploration activities within the La Virginia Silver-Gold Project, located in Sonora, Mexico. Exploration activities continued throughout 2022 at the northern portion of the La Virginia Project, principally along the south and south-east extensions of the El Rubi […]
LatAm Politics Today from Argentina to Peru
(Reuters, 23.Dec.2022) — The latest in Latin American politics today: ex-ministers in Peru recount Castillo’s dramatic final day, U.S. court rejects Maduro ally’s bid to dismiss charges, CEO of Brazil’s Petrobras to resign before end of April, and Panama aims to reach ‘fair’ deal with miner First Quantum. Argentine president […]
Broxel Releases First Emissions Report
(Broxel, 22.Dec.2022) — Broxel, a leading FinTech company in Latin America, released its first emissions report as part of the company’s commitment to become carbon neutral. The inaugural report includes Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and outlines the company’s plan to meet climate targets. “This emissions report […]
Pemex Lays Out Strategic Plan 2023-27 [PDF Download]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Dec.2022) — Mexico’s state-owned energy giant Pemex revealed its Strategic Plan for 2023-2027 with production growth targets among others for the five-year period. ____________________ By Aaron Simonsky. © Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). All Rights Reserved.
Tesla to Announce Mexico EV Plant as Soon as Next Week
(Reuters, 16.Dec.2022) — Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is finalizing plans to build an electric vehicle assembly plant in an industrial area of northeastern Mexico and may announce the factory as early as next week, Bloomberg News reported late Friday. The plant will be located in Santa Catarina in Monterrey city, the capital of […]
NFE Finalizes Deals with Pemex Regarding Lakach Offshore Gas Field
(New Fortress Energy, 22.Nov.2022) — New Fortress Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NFE) has finalized its agreements with Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Mexico’s state-owned oil company, to develop and operate an integrated upstream and natural gas liquefaction project off the coast of Veracruz in Southeastern Mexico. The agreements comprise a long-term strategic partnership, expressly supported by His Excellency […]
Pan American Silver Extends Silver zone at La Colorada Skarn
(Pan American Silver, 1.Nov.2022) — Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ: PAAS) (TSX: PAAS) released results for 45 new infill and exploration drill holes totaling 34,239 metres at the company’s 100% owned La Colorada Skarn project in Zacatecas, Mexico. The results include five new drill holes that further define a zone of high-grade mineralisation […]
Wintershall Dea Expands Presence in Mexico
(Wintershall Dea, 24.Oct.2022) — Wintershall Dea signed an agreement with Hokchi Energy, the Mexican subsidiary of Pan American Energy, to acquire a 37% non-operated participating interest in the Hokchi Block, with a conditional option to increase its participation up to 40% at a later stage. Wintershall Dea is thus expanding […]
Fuel Tanker Crash Sparks Huge Blaze in Mexico
(Reuters, 21.Oct.2022) — A dozen people were rescued from burning homes after a tanker truck crashed into a railway overpass in the central town of Aguascalientes A huge blaze erupted in central Mexico after a fuel tanker truck crashed into an overpass by a rail line, scorching homes, engulfing the area in […]
Borr Drilling reveals new 3-year contracts for drilling rigs in Mexico
(Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Oct.2022) — Borr Drilling Limited announced its joint venture (JV) company in Mexico Perfomex entered into new contracts for the company’s 5 premium jack-up rigs “Galar”, “Gersemi”, “Grid”, “Njord” and “Odin” with OPEX Perforadora S.A. de C.V. and Perforadora Profesional Akal I S.A. de C.V., providers of integrated well services to state-owned Pemex. The contracts are effective from […]
Business Confidence in Mexico Drops in September 2022
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Oct.2022) — Inflationary pressures, low economic growth, higher interest rates and investment uncertainty led to the fourth consecutive deterioration of business confidence in Mexico, the daily La Jornada reported on 3 October 2022, citing data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi by its Spanish […]
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 FLNG to Eni; the Venezuelan government officially regaining control of the petrochemical company Monómeros, a subsidiary of the state-owned PDVSA; […]
Pemex Confirms Damage to Ethane Pipeline in Tabasco
(Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Sep.2022) — State-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) said an excavator accidentally hit one of its pipelines, which caused an ethane gas leak that triggered a fire. Pemex confirmed the damaged infrastructure was a 24-inch ethane pipeline that runs from Ciudad Pemex to Cangrejera, the company announced on 20 […]
Equinox Gold Reports on Illegal Blockade, Suspension of Operations at Los Filos Mine
(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Sep.2022) — Equinox Gold Corp. (TSX: EQX) (NYSE American: EQX) announced mining activities at its Los Filos Mine in Mexico have been temporarily suspended due to an illegal blockade by members of the nearby Mezcala community. Equinox said 8 September 2022 in an official statement that the […]
Pemex Acknowledges Releasing Methane Plume
(The Associated Press, 8.Sep.2022) — Mexico’s state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos oil company acknowledged Thursday it released a plume of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, in the Gulf of Mexico late last year, but said it was far smaller than Spanish researchers said. A report published in June by Spanish university researchers in the […]
Maersk Secures Extension with Shell for Maersk Voyager Drillship
(Maersk Drilling, 8.Sep.2022) — Shell has exercised an option to extend the provisioning of the 7th generation drillship Maersk Voyager for drilling services offshore Mexico. The contract extension is expected to commence in April 2023, in direct continuation of the rig’s current contract, with a firm duration of six months. The contract […]