(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.May.2021) — The Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago will host its virtual energy conference between 7-9 June 2021. Details, including the […]
Category: Latin America and the Caribbean
Brazil Faces Worst Dry Spell In 91 Years
(Reuters, 28.May.2021) — Brazil’s government agencies warned of droughts this week as the country faces its worst dry spell in 91 years, increasing fears of […]
Talos Energy Updates On ESG Initiatives Before Releasing ESG Report
(Talos Energy, 27.May.2021) — Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO) provided an update on its ongoing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives. The company further strengthened […]
Trinidad Briefs: Touchstone Share Options And Share Purchase [PDF Downloads]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 27.May.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Touchstone Exploration Inc.’s director share purchase and Touchstone’s annual share […]
LatAm Briefs: Ecopetrol’s Barrancabermeja Refinery, Venezuela Oil Forecast
(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.May.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: loads reported steady at Ecopetrol’s Barrancabermeja Refinery; and Venezuela’s production […]
Hess Corp. Talks Guyana At UBS Event [PDF Download]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.May.2021) — Hess Corporation presented at the UBS Global Energy Conference on 26 May 2021. What follows are key points and key […]
Hess Eyes Higher, New Nameplate Capacity At Liza Destiny FPSO
(Aaron Simonsky, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.May.2021) — The Liza Destiny floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit offshore Guyana in the Stabroek Block is expected […]
Ecopetrol Says Protests Impacting Its Operations
(Ecopetrol, 26.May.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) informs about certain adverse consequences in the operation of its upstream, midstream, downstream and commercial and […]
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 […]
Touchstone Updates On Trinidad Operations
(Touchstone, 25.May.2021) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. (TSX, LSE: TXP) provides an operational update, highlighted by the recovery of pressure gauges from the Cascadura Deep-1 well […]
Maduro Receives Harsh Economic Blow From An Unlikely Source: China
(Miami Herald, 25.May.2021) — A recently approved Chinese tax might translate into a severe economic blow to the Nicolás Maduro regime by almost doubling the […]
LNG-short Peru Rationing Gas Distribution
(Argus, 24.May.2021) — One of Peru’s top natural gas distributors is rationing supply and exploring options after the early May outage of the Peru LNG […]
Shell to Sell Interest in Deer Park Refinery to Partner Pemex
(Shell, 24.May.2021) — Shell Oil Company, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has reached an agreement for the sale of its interest in Deer […]
Pemex To Acquire Shell’s Interest In Deer Park Refinery
(Shell, 24.May.2021) — Shell Oil Company, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, reached agreement for the sale of its interest in Deer Park Refining […]
Enbridge, Fluxys, EIG Bid For Brazil’s Top Import Pipeline: Sources
(Reuters, 21.May.2021) — A consortium of Canada’s Enbridge, Belgium’s Fluxys and U.S. private equity firm EIG Global Energy Partners has submitted a non-binding offer for […]
Orvana Completes Taguas Property Acquisition
(Orvana Minerals, 21.May.2021) — Orvana Minerals Corp. (TSX: ORV) completed the requisite steps to transfer ownership of the Taguas property to Orvana Argentina S.A., a […]
S&P Downgrades Ecopetrol Rating
(Ecopetrol, 21.May.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) informs that, in line with the downgrade of the rating of the Republic of Colombia, the […]
InvestChile’s E-Book On Green Energy Boom In Chile [PDF Download]
(InvestChile, 20.May.2021) — InvestChile, Chile’s foreign investment promotion agency, has just launched its new e-book on the energy market in this South American country, which […]
Wall Street Giants Bet On Colombia Sinking Deeper Into Junk
(Reuters, 20.May.2021) — Wall Street banks predicted on Thursday that Fitch would downgrade Colombia’s credit rating to junk before the year is out and spark […]
Colombia Production Falls Below 700,000 B/D On Protests, Road Blockages
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.May.2021) — Ongoing protests and road blockades in Colombia have caused more than 560,000 barrels of oil to stop being produced in […]
LatAm Briefs: NGCs’ Methane Initiatives, Deloitte’s Decarbonization Challenge 2030
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.May.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC)’s […]
NGC Joins Global Methane Partnership
(NGC, 19.May.2021) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) has strengthened its proactive and assertive campaign to reduce its carbon impact […]
Colombia Briefs: Oil Production Impacts, Duque On Protests
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.May.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Colombia’s President Iván Duque saying his government was pursuing national […]
US Oil Service Group Seeks $100mn From Mexico In Arbitration Claim
(Reuters, 18.May.2021) — A U.S. oil service group introduced a $100 million claim before a World Bank arbitration court alleging Mexico violated investor protections under […]
Gran Tierra Impacted By Protests And Blockades In Colombia
(Gran Tierra, 17.May.2021) — Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (NYSE American: GTE) (TSX: GTE) (LSE: GTE) announced an update on the impact of the ongoing national […]
Protests In Colombia Impact GeoPark
GeoPark, 17.May.2021) — GeoPark Limited announced that ongoing protests in Colombia have impacted its production. Following a new tax reform proposal, a national strike started […]
New Chinese Tax Narrows Venezuela’s Oil Export Options
(Argus, 17.May.2021) — A Chinese tax overhaul threatens to orphan up to 400,000 b/d of Venezuelan heavy sour crude that has been a lifeline for […]
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 […]
Exxon To Restart Gas Compressor At Guyana Platform In June
(Reuters, 14.May.2021) — Exxon Mobil Corp said on Friday it will reinstall a gas compressor at its Liza Destiny platform off Guyana’s coast in June, […]
Maduro Should Be Tried for Ecocide
(Foreign Policy, 14.May.2021) — It isn’t uncommon to hear charges of “genocide” leveled at the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro due to the humanitarian […]