(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Sep.2013) – Modernization activities advance at the 230,000 barrel per day Barrancabermeja Refinery, reported the daily newspaper Portafolio.co. ***
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Sep.2013) – Nicaragua's purchases of oil and oil derivatives during the first four months of 2013 were $367.9 million compared with $424.1 million in the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Sep.2013) – The Star project will allow Pacific Rubiales to double recovery rates at the Quifa field, El Espectador reported, citing Pacific Executive Director Ronald...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Sep.2013) – The urea plant in Bulo Bulo, Cochabamba will generate 3,000 jobs, reported the daily newspaper La Razon, citing Vice Minister of Industrialization, Commercialization,...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Sep.2013) – Guatemala announced its initial gas discovery at the Ocultun well in the Peten region. The well was drilled to nearly 3 km, reported...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 11.Sep.2013) – Gas To Liquid International (GTLI) is in the process of returning four exploration areas to Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB). There are 104...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 11.Sep.2013) – Uruguay's ANCAP will increase the price of combustibles by an average 9.7%, reported the daily newspaper La Red 21. ***
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 11.Sep.2013) – Malaysia's Petronas will exit the Petrocarabobo project in Venezuela's Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt or Faja, according to Venezuela's Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez. The...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 10.Sep.2013) – PDVSA President Rafael Ramirez, who also serves as Venezuela's Oil Minister, said that the debt owed to PDVSA by Petroleos de Paraguay (Petropar)...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 9.Sep.2013) – PDVSA Refining Director Jesus Luongo spoke briefly with Energy Analytics Institute on the sideline of a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela. What follows...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 8.Sep.2013) – Venezuela's Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez participated in the 11th meeting of the Council of Petrocaribe Ministers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti according to an official...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 8.Sep.2013) – PDVSA announced a flatboat with 20 workers overturned and sank in Lagunillas in Zulia state. All the workers were rescued, reported the daily...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 8.Sep.2013) – Venezuela's Finance Minister Nelsen Merentes comments on Venezuelan state television or VTV. "OPEC production restrictions limit growth of Venezuela's petroleum sector GDP as...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 8.Sep.2013) – Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez comments on the oil worker's strike in 2002-2003 against PDVSA. "Venezuelan opposition has spent 10-years saying PDVSA would...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 29.Aug.2013) – The Camisea gas compression plant will be ready in December 2015. The plant will require an investment of $318 mln and will allow...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 28.Aug.2013) – Eni Chief Executive Officer Paolo Scaroni comments during a special event at PDVSA’s headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela about his company's participation in activities...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 26.Aug.2013) – Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez met with his counterpart from Trinidad and Tobago, Kevin Ramnarine in Caracas to discuss a development plan for...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 25.Aug.2013) – Development of the offshore fields Dragon, Patao, Mejillones and Rio Caribe located in the Northern Paria Peninsula will allow for initial production of...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 25.Aug.2013) – During a trip with reporters in Guiria, PDVSA President Rafael Ramirez commented about the company's CITGO Corporation refineries in the USA: "PDVSA's USA...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 20.Aug.2013) – Energy sector analyst from Medley to Harvard Kennedy spoke at an energy forum at IESA in Caracas. Quote highlights from the forum follow:...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 15.Aug.2013) – Rosneft and PDVSA are reviewing plans to extract gas in Sucre state and in the Gulf of Venezuela, according to a PDVSA official....
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 15.Aug.2013) – Venezuela inaugurated the first part of the Northeastern Gas Pipeline in Jefe Jose Francisco Bermudez. The pipeline extends from Barbacoa in Anzoategui state...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 14.Aug.2013) – Rosneft President Igor Sechon said his company would utilize Russian technology at the Petromonagas heavy oil project to increase production to 160,000 b/d...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 14.Aug.2013) – PDVSA and Russia's Rosneft signed an agreement to create the JV company Petrovictoria, which will operate Carabobo Block 2 in Anzoategui and Monagas...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 13.Aug.2013) – The Energy Orientation Center (COENER) announced the Amuay refinery explosion will cost PDVSA $1.8 billion. The explosion at the Amuay refinery was caused...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 9.Aug.2013) – Oil Outlook President Carl Larry spoke with Energy Analytics Institute in a brief interview from Houston, Texas. What follows are excerpts from...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 7.Aug.2013) – Chevron Latin America Business Unit Public Affairs and Communications Coordinator Susana Brugada spoke with Energy Analytics Institute in a brief interview from...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 31.Jul.2013) – PDVSA President Rafael Ramirez held a small round table with journalist in Caracas, Venezuela. What follows are excerpts from the discussion. Rafael Ramirez...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.Jul.2013) – The Governor of Bolivar state in Venezuela, Francisco José Rangel Gómez, commented on the Faja. "Chavez gave us political independence and now we...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.Jul.2013) – Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez comments on development of the Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt and the Venezuelan mining sector. "The Faja project was...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.Jul.2013) – PDVSA's and Venezuela’s Oil Minister President Rafael Ramirez spoke at the closing of the Sixth National Production Meetings in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. What...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 19.Jul.2013) – Fitch’s Latin America Corporates Group Director Lucas Aristizabal spoke with Energy Analytics Institute in a brief interview from New York City, New...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 19.Jul.2013) – Tissot Associates Consultant Roger Tissot spoke with Energy Analytics Institute in a brief interview from Canada. What follows are excerpts from the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 18.Jul.2013) – PDVSA's and Venezuela’s Oil Minister President Rafael Ramirez spoke with journalist in Cumana, Venezuela. What follows are excerpts from the discussion. Rafael Ramirez...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 17.Jun.2013) – The Public Affairs Manager with Houston-based Citgo Petroleum, Fernando Garay, comments via phone regarding declining imports of Venezuelan crude oil in the U.S....
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 19.Jul.2013) – Brookshire Advisory and Research President Gianna Bern spoke with Energy Analytics Institute in a brief interview from Chicago, IL. What follows are...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Jul.2013) – Sinovensa President Erwin Hernandez and China's Development Bank Vice President Wang Yongshen signed a financing agreement in Beijing for $4 million for the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 10.Jul.2013) – Venezuela's Energy and Petroleum Minister Rafael Ramirez and his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi meet in Tokyo to review advances under a MOU signed...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 6.Jul.2013) – With the five distillation plants at Amuay Refinery operating, average processing levels at the Paraguana Refining Center (CRP) were 717,000 b/d in June...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 3.Jul.2013) – PDVSA initiated wind studies in 2007 and by December 2012 the company had 23 turbines in place with a processing capacity of 33...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 25.Jun.2013) – PetroEcuador holds open market committee meetings in Houston, Texas. Highlights from the discussion follow: Comments from PetroEcuador International Commerce Executive Nilsen Arias: "Oil's...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 17.Jun.2013) – The Public Affairs Manager with Houston-based Citgo Petroleum, Fernando Garay, comments via phone regarding declining imports of Venezuelan crude oil in the U.S....
(Total, 9.Jul.2012) — Total announces, together with its partners Repsol, Inepetrol and Otepi, having taken the final investment decision for a new development phase of the Yucal Placer gas field,...
(CSMonitor, 12.May.2012) — Argentina's renationalization of its biggest oil company, YPF, recently caused an outcry. But the cases of oil nationalization in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela show that outcomes can...
(Total, 3.May.2012) — Total has been awarded an exploration license for Uruguay’s offshore Block 14, following the second bidding round held by the national company, ANCAP. This license remains subject...
(Galp Energia, 2.Sep.2010) — Galp Energia and its consortium partners Petrobras and YPF have signed today in Montevideo, an exploration and production agreement for the Uruguayan continental platform with Acap,...
(TulsaWorld, Rod Walton, 2.Jul.2010) – The action comes amid a payment dispute in which the company left the equipment idle. Helmerich & Payne's 52-year business relationship with Venezuela came to...
(EVWind, 14.Apr.2010) — Paraguana peninsula in Falcon state, located in the northwestern region, about 453 kilometers from the city of Caracas, is the first place in the country where they...
(IDB, 29.Oct.2007) — The Camisea natural gas project has transformed Peru, reducing energy costs, increasing national revenue and spurring economic growth, according to a study released by Apoyo Consultoría ,...
(Reuters, 26.Jun.2007) — Petro-Canada has pulled out of Venezuela by rejecting new nationalistic terms for oil projects and passing its stake in one discovery to President Hugo Chavez's government, it...
(NPR, 11.Oct.2006) — An oil discovery in Belize could be a windfall for this poor, underdeveloped Central American country. But there are concerns that the government will mismanage the resource...
(Council on Foreign Relations, Carin Zissis, 12.May.2006) — In a region seen as turning leftward, forging alliances would seem a natural course of events. But Bolivian President Evo Morales’ decision...
