(S&P Global Platts, 8.Jan.2021) — Brazilian state-led oil company Petrobras set a fresh record for annual output in 2020 on better-than-expected performance at the Buzios […]
Category: Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexican President Wants To Dissolve Energy Regulators
(Argus, 8.Jan.2021) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador plans to dissolve Mexico’s independent energy, telecommunications and competition regulators, incorporating them into government ministries. “These […]
Hess Reveals 4Q:20 Earnings Conference Call Date
(Hess, 8.Jan.2021) — Hess will hold a conference call on Wednesday 27 January 2021 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss its fourth quarter 2020 […]
Petrobras Inks Deal To Divest Mangue Seco 1
(Petrobras, 7.Jan.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 4 May 2020, informs that it signed today with V2I TransmissĂŁo de Energia ElĂ©trica […]
Suriname Oil Drilling To Expand
(St. Kitts-Nevis Observer, 7.Jan.2021) — Bahamas Petroleum Company PLC told investors it is on-track to add further wells to its operations in Trinidad and also […]
Petrobras Inks Deal To Divest Mangue Seco 3 And 4
(Petrobras, 7.Jan.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 12 June 2020, informs that it signed today with V2I TransmissĂŁo de Energia ElĂ©trica […]
Petrobras Reports Record Production In 2020
(Petrobras, 7.Jan.2021) — Petrobras registered records in its 2020 annual oil production and total annual production (oil and gas) of, respectively, 2.28 million barrels per […]
Methanex To Cut 60 Employees At Titan Facility
(Methanex, 7.Jan.2021) — Methanex Corporation announced today that it expects its Titan methanol facility in Trinidad (875,000 annual operating capacity) will remain idled indefinitely. As […]
Crown Point And Centaurus Enter Into Term Sheet
(Crown Point, 7.Jan.2021) — Crown Point Energy Inc., a Calgary-based oil and gas company with Argentine upstream conventional oil and gas assets, and Centaurus Energy […]
Colombia Said To Review Divesting Stake In ISA
(Bloomberg, 6.Jan.2021) — Colombia’s government is reviewing plans to sell a stake in Interconexion Electrica SA that is attracting interest from publicly owned companies, according […]
EU’s Declaration On Backing Venezuela’s Juan Guaido
(EU Council, 6.Jan.2021) — The Venezuelan elections of 6 December 2020 for the National Assembly regrettably went ahead without a national agreement on electoral conditions. […]
EU, Lima Group Sour On Juan Guaido
(Argus, 6.Jan.2021) — The EU and the Lima Group of Latin American countries and Canada have implicitly dropped support for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido […]
Pompeo On Win-Win Solutions, Capital Storming
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jan.2021) — US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo comments on win-win mineral solutions in certain countries from DRC to Brazil as well […]
Peru Oil And Gas Industry Eyes Rebound
(Argus, 5.Jan.2021) — Peru’s oil and gas industry is hoping for a rebound in 2021 following a year marred by the COVID-19 pandemic, violent indigenous […]
Venezuela’s New National Assembly Steps In
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jan.2021) — Venezuela’s new National Assembly, elected in parliamentary elections on 6 December 2020, assumed power today in Caracas. Jorge Rodriguez will […]
Exxon Spuds Bulletwood, Offshore Guyana
(Offshore Engineer, 5.Jan.2021) — U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has reportedly started drilling at the Bulletwood-1 well site on the Canje Block, offshore Guyana. The news […]
ElĂas Matta To Continue Heading Energy Commission
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jan.2020) — ElĂas Matta will retain his post as the president of the energy and petroleum commission of the National Assembly, sources […]
Sungrow Shipments To The Americas Cross 10 GW
(Sungrow, 4.Jan.2021) — Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, announced recently that its cumulative shipments in the Americas hit a significant milestone […]
Apache Creates Holding Company Structure
(Apache, 4.Jan.2021) — Apache Corporation announced that its Board of Directors authorized the company to create a holding company structure. Upon its formation, APA Corporation, […]
Petrobras Comments On IESA Oleo e Gas Case
(Petrobras, 4.Jan.2021) — Petrobras informs that an arbitral panel seated in New York, has issued an award in an arbitration initiated by IESA Ă“leo e […]
Forestry Commission To Be Fully Operational Again
(DPI, 4.Jan.2021) — Minister of Natural Resources Hon. Vickram Bharrat has said the capacity of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has been strengthened and the […]
Venezuela’s Oil Exports Sink To 1940’s Level
(Reuters, 4.Jan.2021) — Pressured by strict U.S. sanctions, Venezuela’s oil exports plunged by 376,500 barrels per day (bpd) in 2020, according to Refinitiv Eikon data […]
EP PetroEcuador Completes Merger With PetroAmazonas
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jan.2021) — The long awaited merger of Ecuador’s two state oil and gas entities EP PetroEcuador and PetroAmazonas EP was approved by […]
Guyana Oil Company Doubled Profits In 2019
(The Rio Times, 3.Jan.2021) — GuyOil, the report notes, has been able to maintain a market share of just about 25% and in 2019 sales […]
Pemex Investigates Offshore Pipeline Fire
(Argus, 2.Jan.2021) — Mexico’s state-run Pemex is investigating the cause of a fire that broke out yesterday on a pipeline that carries hydrocarbons from an […]
20 Companies: The Biggest Polluters In The World
(Insider Monkey, 2.Jan.2021) — In this article we are going to list the 20 companies that are the biggest polluters in the world. Click to […]
YPFB And IEASA Ink Fifth Gas Addendum
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Jan.2020) — Bolivia’s state oil and gas entity Yacimientos PetrolĂferos Fiscales Boliviano (YPFB) and Argentina’s IEASA signed onto a fifth addendum to […]
Trinidad And Tobago: GECF Country Brief
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Jan.2021) — Trinidad and Tobago is the leading producer of oil and gas in the Caribbean, and these resources play an important […]
Brazil Eyes Oil Industry Reforms To Lure Investors
(S&P Global, 31.Dec.2020) — Brazil needs to continue making important oil industry reforms in 2021 to remain as one of the world’s top destinations for […]
Q&A: Bolivia Doubles Down On Gas
(Argus, 31.Dec.2020) — Bolivia’s new government is looking to cut diesel imports by encouraging exploration with a focus on liquids and transitioning its transportation sector […]
Venezuela Briefs: Halliburton Layoffs
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Dec.2020) — Briefs from Venezuela related to Halliburton layoffs and the year end message from PetrĂłleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) President AsdrĂşbal Chávez. […]
Petrobras Comments On Gaspetro’s Divestment
(Petrobras, 30.Dec.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on November 30, 2020, regarding the divestment of Petrobras Gás S.A. (Gaspetro), informs that it […]
Petrobras Closes Equity Interest In Sete Brasil Group
(Petrobras, 30.Dec.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 20 December 2019, informs that its Dutch subsidiary Petrobras Netherlands B.V. transferred, today, to […]
Heard Bolivia: Hydrocarbon Reserves, Ecological Fuels
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Dec.2020) — Heard on the street from Bolivia related to the Andean country’s plans to boost hydrocarbon reserves and development of projects […]
University Of Los Llanos Inaugurate Meta Campus
(Ecopetrol, 30.Dec.2020) — Ecopetrol and the University of Los Llanos “Unillanos” gave the service the second phase of works of this educational institution at the […]
Carlos Vecchio Says GuaidĂł Govt Saved Citgo
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Dec.2020) — Houston-based refiner Citgo Petroleum, owned by Venezuela’s state oil and gas company PetrĂłleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), continues to benefit from […]
UAE Emerges As Hub For Cos. Helping Venezuela
(Reuters, 29.Dec.2020) — In June, the United States imposed sanctions on half a dozen oil tankers managed by established shipping firms. It was a major […]
Petrobras On Vitol Leniency Agreement
(Petrobras, 29.Dec.2020) — Petrobras informs that it received, as of today, the amount of R$232.6mn, as a result of a leniency agreement entered into between […]
Petrobras On Transpetro Share Capital Reduction
(Petrobras, 29.Dec.2020) — Petrobras informs that, as sole shareholder, it approved today the reduction of share capital of its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Transporte S.A. (Transpetro), […]
Petrobras Starts Arbitration Against Odebrecht
(Petrobras, 28.Dec.2020) — Petrobras presented today a request for arbitration with an indemnity claim estimated at approximately R$800mn, against Odebrecht S.A., based on the shareholders’ […]
Guyana Gets Fourth Oil Lift
(Stabroek News, 28.Dec.2020) — At a price of close to US$49.50 per barrel of oil, Guyana has received its fourth one million barrels of oil […]
Perenco To Compensate Workers In Quarantine
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 26.Dec.2020) — Perenco TT Ltd has assured that it has and will continues to fulfil its contractual obligations to its workforce, […]
Bolivia Finds 1+ Tcf At Boicobo Sur X-1 Well
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Dec.2020) — Bolivia announced discovery of more than 1 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas at the Boicobo Sur X-1 well […]
Colombian Officials On Ecopetrol And Shell Deal [VIDEO]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Dec.2020) — Officials from Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) and Ministry of Mines commented on approval of assignment of a 50% interest […]
ANH Approves Deal Between Ecopetrol And Shell
(ANH, 24.Dec.2020) — The ANH approved the entry of Shell EP Offshore Ventures Limited, Colombian branch as operating partner of three Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production […]
SBM Offshore Extends Lease For FPSO Espirito Santo
(SBM Offshore N.V., 23.Dec.2020) — SBM Offshore reports a contractual lease extension for FPSO Espirito Santo in Brazil and expects a potential increase in the […]
Petrobras Inks Deal To Sell Onshore Fields In Bahia
(Petrobras, 23.Dec.2020) — Petrobras informs that it signed today with PetrorecĂ´ncavo S.A. a contract for the assignment of its entire stake in 12 onshore exploration […]
Trinidad Co. Shuts Offshore Platforms Over Covid-19
(Trinidad Guardian, 23.Dec.2020) — Perenco Trinidad and Tobago Limited yesterday shut down COVID-hit offshore platforms in its Teak, Samaan and Poui fields and transported all […]
Petrobras Concludes Redemption Of Global Notes
(Petrobras, 23.Dec.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 18 December 2020, announced its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (PGF) concluded today […]
Venezuela’s Oil Unions Accuse Govt Of Persecution
(AFP, 23.Dec.2020) — Venezuela’s vital oil industry is failing and the socialist government is feeling the pressure, and now the regime of President Nicolas Maduro […]