Latin America and the Caribbean Archives - Page 13 of 194

Venezuela lays foundation to boost petrol to $0.75/lt from $0.50/lt, Bloomberg Línea says

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Jun.2025, Words: 136) — The government of Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro is laying the foundations to implement […]

Venezuela’s ‘Black Gold’: 4 original upgraders Sincor, Petrozuata, Cerro Negro and Hamaca

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA / HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Jun.2025, Words: 1,143) — Venezuela is blessed with numerous heavy-oil reservoirs, but none compares […]

FACT SHEET: Pemex timeline, celebrating its 87th anniversary

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Jun.2025, Words: 297) — As part of the 87th anniversary of the creation of state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos […]

Trinidad’s MEEI minister Moonilal calls on Shell for more Manatee natural gas

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Jun.2025, Words: 370) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) is very focused […]

LatAmNRG heard: ENARSA LNG tenders; Chevron Venezuela; Mexico US gas imports above 7 Bcf/d

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jun.2025, Words: 447) — LatAm and other NRG highlights, headlines and “heard on the street,” for the week […]

Petrobras served lawsuit for drilling rigs projects by Sete Brasil Participações for R$36bn

SALVADOR, BRAZIL (Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jun.2025, Words: 165) — Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras has been served in a lawsuit filed by Sete Brasil Participações […]

Venezuela’s ‘Black Gold’: refinery versus upgrader

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA / HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jun.2025, Words: 649) — In the 1990s, international oil companies (IOCs) including ExxonMobil Corporation […]

Venezuela’s ‘Black Gold’: a brief history of heavy oil in Venezuela

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA / HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jun.2025, Words: 585) — In 1914, Venezuela’s first important heavy oil field, Mene Grande, […]

S&P maintains Ecopetrol’s global credit rating at BB+ [10-pg PDF download]

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 259) — S&P Global Ratings will maintain Ecopetrol SA‘s global credit rating at BB+ as […]

Trinidad stands solidly with Trump on Venezuelan issues, ready to use deadly force against vessels

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 354) — Tensions between neighbors Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago are starting to rise […]

Brava inks $65mn deal for midstream infrastructure with PetroReconcavo

SALVADOR, BRAZIL (Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 306) — Brava Energia SA entered into an asset purchase and sale agreement (PSA) with PetroReconcavo […]

EVENT SEOGS 2025: A new dawn in Suriname’s energy journey

PARAMARIBO, SURINAME AND HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 382) — The Suriname Energy, Oil & Gas Summit & Exhibition (SEOGS) returns for […]

Energy Argentina announces third public tender for liquefied natural gas (LNG)

SALVADOR, BRAZIL (Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 157) — Energy Argentina sent out a third request for proposal of 2025 for the tender […]

Delcy Rodríguez to present Essequibo development plan to VP Council

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 264) — Venezuela’s executive vice president Delcy Rodríguez will soon present a development plan […]

Maduro says armed group captured trying to enter Venezuela from Trinidad

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 154) — Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro announced that an armed group had been captured in […]

EVENT: Lithium Latin America Congress and Exhibition 2025

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 372) — For the sixth consecutive year, “Lithium Latin America Congress and Exhibition” will gather together […]

Mexico’s Sheinbaum calls Trump’s 50% steel and aluminum tariffs “unfair”

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 374) — Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said measures imposed by her US counterpart Donald […]

Blue Sky confirms potential of uranium discovery at its ISR Corcovo project, Argentina

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 545) — Blue Sky Uranium Corp.’s geological team reviewed and interpreted bore-hole survey data from […]

Pemex reports on reorganization, vertical integration strategy [434-pg pdf download]

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 377) —Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), following approval of secondary energy laws establishing the entity as a […]

IOCs built 4 upgraders in Venezuela in the 1990s, only PetroPiar continues to produce

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 343) — In the 1990s, international oil companies (IOCs) from Chevron Corporation and ExxonMobil Corporation […]

TotalEnergies and Shell ink deals related to Lapa and Gato do Mato Santos basin fields

SALVADOR, BRAZIL (Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 225) — TotalEnergies signed an agreement with Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda to exchange its 20% non-operated […]

Brava reports production of 88,561 boe/d in May 2025, up over Apr. 2025 [table]

SALVADOR, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 428) — Brava Energia achieved a historical record in May 2025 when production reaching an […]

EP Petroecuador and Sinopec kick off Block 44 drilling campaign

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 240) — EP Petroecuador started its 2025 drilling campaign with the Pucuna D 033 well […]

Big firms abandon wind energy plans in Colombia amid regulatory shifts, social issues and grid gaps

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Steven Grattan, AP, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 761) — Colombia’s ambitious plans for wind energy development, especially in the resource-rich La Guajira region, are […]

Pemex reports on situation regarding oil spill impacting beaches in Paraíso, Tabasco

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 328) — State-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) said that 28 days after learning of an oil […]

Venezuela’s oil exports stable as buyers in China receive more

(Reuters, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 473) — Venezuela’s oil exports remained almost unchanged last month as increased shipments to customers in China offset a decline in U.S.-authorized […]

Vista Energy boasts P1 reserves of 518.5 MMboe pro forma for PEPASA deal [PDF download]

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Jun.2025, Words: 229) — Mexico City-based Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. reported year-end 2024 proved (P1) reserves […]

Maduro says Venezuela producing 1.1 MMb/d amid unilateral coercive measures

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Jun.2025, Words: 211) — Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro said his country was on average producing close to […]

Venezuela’s Machado applauds Trump’s decision to end Chevron’s license to operate

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 31.May.2025, Words: 428) — Vente Venezuela national coordinator and opposition leader María Corina Machado thanked US president Donald Trump […]

China leans in hard to assist Cuba from drilling wells to installing photovoltaic parks

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 31.May.2025, Words: 218) — Chinese companies and technicians have become a mainstay in Cuba and the island’s […]

NRGBriefs May 2025: Chevron’s Wirth on Venezuela, GranMorgu, Petrobras on Proquigel

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 31.May.2025, Words: 5,844) — Global energy, finance and project briefs as well as other from the front pages […]

Maduro activates monitoring room to over see Venezuela’s hydrocarbon sector

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 255) — Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro activated a new situational control and monitoring room within […]

LatAmNRG heard: Mexico elections, Chevron Venezuela, Vaca Muerta, Venezuela LNG

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 339) — LatAm and other NRG highlights, headlines and “heard on the street,” for the week […]

Cuba spuds Santa Cruz 505 well, according to Ministry of Energy and Mines head O Levy

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 127) — Cuba recently spud the Santa Cruz 505 well as part of efforts to […]

EAI chartalk: Mexico’s piped-gas imports from the US averaged 6 Bcf/d in Mar. 2025

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 130) — Mexico’s piped-natural gas imports from the US averaged 6 billion cubic feet […]

bpTT, Perenco and Woodside Energy confirm commitments in Trinidad and Tobago

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.May.2025, Words: 729) — Officials from Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI), […]

Rodríguez says 3 Chevron Venezuela fields producing a combined 246,000 b/d

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.May.2025, Words: 228) — Venezuela’s executive vice president and hydrocarbon minister Delcy Rodríguez said state-owned company Petróleos […]

bpTT announces first gas from Mento offshore Trinidad’s southeast coast, eyes Coconut

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.May.2025, Words: 361) — bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) said its Mento development has safely delivered first […]

Chevron confirms expiration of GL 41B that impacts operations in Venezuela

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.May.2025, Words: 246) — Chevron Corporation confirmed expiration of General License 41B (GL41B), issued by the US […]

Petrobras approves R$3bn public offering of debentures

SALVADOR, BRAZIL (Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.May.2025, Words: 225) — Petrobras‘ executive board, in a meeting held on this date, pursuant to item VII […]

Trump, OFAC and Chevron’s “secret” license to operate in Venezuela

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.May.2025, Words: 274) — The administration of US president Donald Trump has authorized Chevron Corporation to continue […]

Petrobras’ new diesel hydrotreatment unit at Replan started operations

SALVADOR, BRAZIL (Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.May.2025, Words: 282) — Petrobras started operations at a new diesel hydrotreatment unit at the Paulínia Refinery (Replan), […]

Maduro says government to allocate resources for development of Essequibo territory

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 27.May.2025, Words: 335) — Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro Moros said his government will continue work on the […]

US grants Chevron narrow authorization to keep assets in Venezuela, sources say

(Reuters, 27.May.2025) — The Trump administration has issued a narrow authorization for U.S. oil producer Chevron to keep assets in Venezuela, including its stakes in oil […]

Shell divests Shell Mobility in Mexico to Iconn

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 27.May.2025, Words: 152) — Monterrey-based Iconn, which operates 7-Eleven convenience stores and Petro Seven petrol stations in […]

Colombia’s ANH says 3P gas reserves offshore reached 7.408 Tcf at YE:24 [PDF download]

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 27.May.2025, Words: 440) — Data released by Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH by its Spanish acronym), revealed 3P (proven + […]

Petrobras ponders issue of up to R$3bn in incentivized debentures

SALVADOR, BRAZIL (Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.May.2025, Words: 108) — Petrobras said it is considering a potential issue of incentivized debentures in the amount […]

Maduro says election marks birth of new sovereignty over “Guayana Esequiba”

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.May.2025, Words: 200) — Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro Moros said the Sunday 25 May 2025 election saw […]

EP Petroecuador controls fire at 110,000 b/d Esmeraldas refinery

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.May.2025) — A fire reported on 26 May 2025 at a fuel oil tank in the utility […]

The 180,000 b/d FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão begins operations in the Mero field

SALVADOR, BRAZIL (Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.May.2025, Words: 362) — Petrobras said the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Alexandre de Gusmão began […]