PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Sep.2025, Words: 392) — The Venezuelan economy, anchored by the economic, political, social, and equality independence […]
Category: Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexico includes $14 billion in 2026 budget to pay Pemex debt
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Scott Squires, Bloomberg, 9.Sep.2025, Words: 505) — Mexico’s budget includes 263.5 billion pesos ($14.1 billion) for its embattled state oil company […]
EAI brief: Mexico announces arrests related to hydrocarbon theft
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Sep.2025, Words: 174) — As part of the efforts to combat hydrocarbon theft, Mexican law enforcement […]
Sheinbaum’s 2026 economic package addresses welfare programs, Pemex bailout
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Sep.2025, Words: 791) — Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo submitted Mexico’s 2026 economic package, which includes […]
Moody’s confirms Pemex’ BCA, upgrades Pemex’ CFR [pdf download]
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Sep.2025, Words: 278) — Moody’s Ratings confirmed Petroleos Mexicanos‘ (Pemex) baseline credit assessment (BCA) of ca, […]
Aris Mining to join S&P/TSX Composite Index
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Sep.2025, Words: 331) — Aris Mining Corporation, as disclosed by S&P Dow Jones Indices on 5 Sep. 2025, […]
Ecopetrol inks confidentiality agreement with Canada’s Canacol Energy
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Sep.2025, Words: 156) — Ecopetrol S.A. entered into a confidentiality agreement with Canadian gas producer Canacol Energy […]
EAI brief: Luca Mining intersects 14m of 7 g/t gold at Tahuehueto mine in Durango, Mexico
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Sep.2025, Words: 313) — Luca Mining Corp. reported new high-grade results from its ongoing Phase 2, […]
EAI brief: Golden Arrow reports new gold results at the San Pietro in Chile
SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Sep.2025, Words: 229) — Golden Arrow Resources Corporation reported results of its summer exploration program at the promising […]
EAI brief: Mexico boasts 6th highest minimum wage in the LatAm region [chart]
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Sep.2025, Words: 98) — Claudia Sheinbaum’s Mexico boasts the 6th highest monthly minimum wage in the […]
Guyana’s president is to be sworn in for a second term as oil wealth transforms the nation
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By AP, 7.Sep.2025, Words: 393) — Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali was sworn in for a second term on Sunday after officially being declared winner […]
US congratulates Guyana’s president Irfaan Ali on his re-election, conducts aircraft flyover
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Sep.2025, Words: 233) — The US said it looks forward to continued work with the government […]
EAI brief: major fire at CFE substation in Monterrey leaves residents without power
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Sep.2025, Words: 147) — A fire inside a Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) substation has left hundreds […]
Viridien and TGS reveal megabar extension phase I offshore northern Brazil
SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Sep.2025, Words: 454) — Viridien, in collaboration with joint venture partner TGS, commenced the megabar […]
EAI brief: Mexico reports inflation of 3.49% in first 15 days of Aug. 2025 [chart]
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Sep.2025, Words: 86) — Mexico reported inflation of 3.49% in the first 15 days of Aug. […]
Semar, FGR and SSPC arrest executives and persons involved in illegal fuel market
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Sep.2025, Words: 175) — In a coordinated operation, derived from an investigation process that is still […]
EAI brief: New Stratus Energy reports financial results through 30 Jun. 2025
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Sep.2025) — New Stratus Energy Inc. announced consolidated financial and operating results for the 3 months and […]
Vizsla Silver enters $220mn project finance mandate with Macquarie for Panuco project
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Sep.2025, Words: 523) — Vizsla Silver Corp. executed a mandate letter with Macquarie Bank Limited as lead […]
Fitch places Pemex on rating watch positive following tender offer announcement
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (By Fitch, 9.Sep.2025, Words: 1,225) — Fitch Ratings has placed Petroleos Mexicanos’ (PEMEX) ‘BB’ Long-Term Local and Foreign Currency Issuer Default […]
Event in focus: Caracas Gas Forum 2025
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Sep.2025, Words: 222) — The 4th edition of the CARACAS GAS FORUM 2025 is slated to […]
Arelion launches 2nd route from Querétaro to Monterrey, enhancing AI connectivity in Mexico
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (By Arelion, 4.Sep.2025, Words: 504) — Arelion has launched a second fully diverse dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) route from Querétaro to Monterrey, Mexico, enabling it to […]
In boat strike, Trump repurposes ‘war on terror’ for Latin American crime
WASHINGTON, DC (By Joseph Stepansky, Al Jazeera, 4.Sep.2025, Words: 1,326) — In the days following its deadly attack on a vessel allegedly transporting Venezuelan drug smugglers through […]
Carter Center commends Guyana on smooth voting process
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA (By The Carter Center, 3.Sep.2025, Words: 311) — Guyana should take pride in the peaceful, orderly way its election day unfolded, The Carter […]
Petrobras prices 5.125% and 6.250% dollar-denominated global notes
SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Sep.2025, Words: 205) — Petrobras priced 2 series of global notes denominated in US dollars […]
Venezuela’s Maduro boasts enlistment of over 8.2 million citizens
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Sep.2025, Words: 157) — In Venezuela, the enlistment sessions for the Combatant Corps of the Bolivarian […]
Operaciones Petroleras Soledad proposes Pemex suspend current work program
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Sep.2025, Words: 248) — Operaciones Petroleras Soledad S. de R.L. de C.V (OPS), the operator, and […]
Pemex offers to buy 11 series of its securities for maximum cash amount of $9.9bn
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Pemex, 2.Sep.2025, Words: 2,500) — Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), a state-owned public company of the Federal Government of the United Mexican States, announced today the commencement […]
Fuel shortage in Bolivia impacts international transport operations
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Sep.2025, Words: 297) — The Bolivian transport sector is feeling the pressure of a fuel shortage. This […]
Brava reports Aug. 2025 production of 92,400 boe/d, up 1.6% M-O-M [tables]
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (By Brava, 2.Sep.2025, Words: 415) — Brava Energia S.A. achieved an average daily production of 92.4 thousand boe in Aug. 2025, […]
TechnipFMC announces awarded of 2 flexible pipe contracts by Petrobras
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (By Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Sep.2025, Words: 197) — TechnipFMC has been awarded 2 subsea contracts by state-owned Petrobras for flexible pipe […]
Maduro says “to threaten Venezuela is to threaten the entire continent”
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Sep.2025, Words: 217) — Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro Moros said the homeland of Simón Bolívar faces […]
US Embassy in Guyana shows support for democratic elections
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Sep.2025, Words: 97) — US ambassador Theriot is participating in the US Embassy’s observation mission for […]
EP Petroecuador awards export deals for 8.6 MMbbls of Oriente, 4.3 MMbbls of Napo
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Sep.2025, Words: 190) — EP Petroecuador looks to net revenues in excess of $700mn related to the […]
Venezuela opens 945 registration points for militia enlistment
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Aug.2025, Words: 260) — Venezuela officially opened 945 registration points where Venezuelans can voluntarily participate in […]
Sheinbaum says no former or present Pemex engaged in corruption will be protected
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO and HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Fidencio Casillas and Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Aug.2025, Words: 351) — Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo […]
Mexican government highlights earnings, pension payments to former Pemex workers
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Aug.2025, Words: 245) — In the case of state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), 15 people earn more […]
Sungrow showcases new solar and storage solutions at Intersolar South America 2025
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL (By Sungrow, 29.Aug.2025, Words: 1,115) — Sungrow showcased its latest innovations in solar and storage technologies at Intersolar South America, held 26-28 Aug. 2025. The company […]
PDVSA says gasoline + diesel production averaged 156,200 b/d in May 2025
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Aug.2025, Words: 120) — Refineries owned by state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), and more importantly, still operable, produced combined gasoline […]
Argentina approves $255mn investment in Olavarría wind project under RIGI
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Aug.2025, Words: 125) — Argentina has approved a $255mn investment in the Olavarría wind project. The project […]
EP Petroecuador dispatches 116,722 bbls of asphalt in Aug. 2025
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Aug.2025, Words: 117) — During Aug. 2025, EP Petroecuador dispatched 116,721.611 barrels of asphalt, which was […]
Ecopetrol and National University ink alliance to support higher education in Catatumbo
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Aug.2025, Words: 283) — State-owned Ecopetrol and the National University of Colombia signed an alliance within the […]
Luca buys key mining concession adjacent to Tahuehueto mine in Durango, Mexico
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Aug.2025, Words: 315) — Luca Mining Corp. executed a purchase agreement and closed a transaction with Minera Mexicana […]
Q&A: the pre-operational test (POT) in the Equatorial Margin
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (By Petrobras, 28.Aug.2025, Words: 428) — The Pre-Operational Test (POT), conducted by Ibama, is the final stage of the environmental licensing process for drilling in block […]
EAI brief: Trinidad would grant access to US if Venezuela attacked Guyana
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Aug.2025, Words: 228) — The government of Trinidad and Tobago clarified its position on CARICOM, Venezuela […]
Petrobras reports nomination of BODs member Marcelo Weick Pogliese
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (By Petrobras, 27.Aug.2025, Words: 261) — Petrobras received a letter from the Ministry of Mines and Energy appointing Mr. Marcelo Weick […]
Paratus reports 2Q:25 results, updates on overdue receivables in Mexico
HAMILTON, BERMUDA (By Paratus, 26.Aug.2025, Words: 1,065) — Paratus Energy Services Ltd. reported operational and financial results for the second quarter of 2025, highlighted by $107mn in combined […]
Former US ambassador James Story downplays US plans to attack Venezuela
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Aug.2025, Words: 263) — The former US ambassador in Venezuela, James Story, denied speculation that a […]
Mexico eyes bidding process for 2 solar thermal power plants in Baja California Sur
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Aug.2025, Words: 725) — The bidding process for the construction of 2 solar thermal power plants […]
Luca Mining updates on Tahuehueto and Campo Morado
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Aug.2025, Words: 625) — Luca Mining Corp. highlighted its strong throughput in the second-quarter 2025 (2Q:25) […]
Galan Lithium completes funding for construction of Phase 1 of Hombre Muerto West
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Aug.2025, Words: 480) — Galan Lithium Limited said all conditions relating to its $20mn share placement to the […]