(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 19.Aug.2021) — Two former ministers of energy are contending that climate-change policy is what would have driven the merger between the BHP Group and Woodside Petroleum...
(S&P Global, 19.Aug.2021) — The presidents of Guyana and Suriname said Aug. 19 their countries will craft a joint strategy to develop their natural gas reserves to fuel their economic...
(Reuters, 19.Aug.2021) — Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has given up its 49% stake in a Dominican refinery as part of a swap for some of its defaulted bonds, the...
(Ecopetrol, 18.Aug.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE; EC) announced that the risk rating agency Standard & Poor's maintained the international long-term rating of Ecopetrol at BB+ and the individual...
(Reuters, 18.Aug.2021) — Guyana and Suriname expect continued exploratory drilling over the next two years by oil majors in their joint offshore basin after a string of recent discoveries, government...
(DPI, 18.Aug.2021) — Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo MP, has issued a clarion call for developed countries to pull their weight in the fight against climate change. The Vice President...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Aug.2021) — Guyana’s Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo took part in the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) held in Houston between 16-19 August 2021. What follows are brief details...
(Reuters, 17.Aug.2021) — Guyana aims to increase its oil royalties and revamp other contract terms as part of a new profit-sharing agreement (PSA) for future crude and gas projects now...
(Baker Institute, 17.Aug.2021) — Shale oil’s short-cycle production protects foreign investors from the risk of expropriation — government taking private property for public use — providing an opportunity for the...
(Orvana, 16.Aug.2021) — Orvana Minerals Corp. (TSX: ORV) announces that a rock fall has occurred at a legacy open pit wall at El Valle. The fallen material impacted the east...
(Ecopetrol, 16.Aug.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL;NYSE: EC) informs that by means of Resolution 1928 of 13 August 2021, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (MHCP) authorized the company...
(Cox Energy, 16.Aug.2021) — Cox Energy América, S.A.B. DE C.V. (BIVA: COXA *, BMV: COXA *), the region's only listed pure play photovoltaic renewable solar energy company, announces as part...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Aug.2021) — Executives with ExxonMobil provided technical details of the company’s initial, current and planned activities in Guyana. What follows are excerpts from their presentations during the...
(DPI, 16.Aug.2021) — This is Guyana’s second time participating at this international conference in Houston, Texas. The Government of Guyana through GO-Invest, is collaborating with several private sector organisations and...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Aug.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: YPF reducing its total debt, Petrobras’ tax collections to the government, Exxon’s Liza Unity FPSO...
(Sempra, 12.Aug.2021) — Sempra (NYSE: SRE) (BMV: SRE) announced that it has launched a tender offer to purchase for cash the 3.6% of the outstanding shares of IEnova (Infraestructura Energética...
(MPC Energy, 12.Aug.2021) — MPC Energy Solutions (MPCES) and Akuo Energy commenced construction of Parque Solar Planeta Rica, a solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Colombia. The project is a joint...
(AS/COA, 12.Aug.2021) — A new round of negotiations is set to start on Friday, August 13, in Mexico between representatives of the de facto regime of Nicolás Maduro and the interim administration of Juan Guaidó. This is not...
(By Platts, Sheky Espejo, 12.Aug.2021) — Mexico's state oil company Pemex has stopped drilling Valeriana 1, a high-temperature high-pressure appraisal well located in the state of Tabasco, after new interpretation...
(Argus, 12.Aug.2021) — Guyana plans to create a new authority by the end of 2021 to regulate its growing hydrocarbon revenues and allow orderly and transparent management and development of...
(Ecopetrol, 11.Aug.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL;NYSE: EC) informs that on 11 August 2021, it signed the Inter-administrative Share Purchase Agreement with the Colombian Ministry of Finance and Public Credit...
(Oceaneering, 10.Aug.2021) — Oceaneering International has been awarded a contract from Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) to provide two surveys offshore Guyana. The contract award covers a towed...
(Trinidad Express, 10.Aug.2021) — Improper waste disposal may be one of the reasons for the major flooding that wreaked havoc in north-west Trinidad and Tobago last Tuesday afternoon. According to...
(By Ft, Michael Stott, 10.Aug.2021) — Once Venezuela’s most famous political prisoner, he is best known for escaping from house arrest and appearing outside a Caracas military base in an...
(Trinidad Express, 10.Aug.2021) — In its 2021 annual report, the T&T Government’s investment holdings company, National Enterprises Ltd (NEL) states that “the full impairment of the Train 1 plant at...
(Reuters, 10.Aug.2021) — Guyana's Natural Resources Ministry said on Monday the country earned nearly $80 million from a July crude cargo sold to an Indian refiner, the highest figure since...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Aug.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentina fining Edesur and Edenor; Transportadora de Gas Internacional (TGI) eyes developing Colombia’s second liquefied...
(Fundación Libertad y Desarrollo, 9.Aug.2021) — The president of Fundación Libertad y Desarrollo, Dionisio Gutiérrez, spoke with the leader of the Venezuelan opposition and National Coordinator of Vente Venezuela, María...
(Trinidad Express, 9.Aug.2021) — The Environmental Management Authority and Paria Fuel Trading Company Ltd yesterday confirmed an oil spill in the Gulf of Paria. Fishermen and Friends of the Sea...
(Argus, 9.Aug.2021) — Colombia has issued a draft roadmap for hydrogen development that would start by leveraging the country's coal and natural gas resources for "blue" production before moving into...
(Stabroek News, 8.Aug.2021) — To recap, this long-running series of Sunday Stabroek columns focusing on Guyana’s emergent oil and gas sector commenced just four months short of five years ago;...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Aug.2021) — Trinidad and Tobago’s former energy minister Kevin Ramnarine commented on the recent downgrade by Standard and Poor’s rating agency. What follows below are his comments...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Aug.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentina’s YPF Sociedad Anónima repurchasing Class XII Notes, YPFB and Ambar Energía Ltda. inking a...
(APA, 5.May.2021) — APA Corporation (Nasdaq: APA) announced its financial and operational results for the first-quarter 2021. APA-1Q2021-Quarterly-Results-05-05-2021APA Corp. 2Q:21 Results APA reported net income attributable to common stock of...
(Shell, 5.Aug.2021) — Shell Brazil Holding B.V., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc marks the start of trading in shares of Raízen S.A., the renewable energy joint venture between...
(Motley Fool, 4.Aug.2021) — Colombia’s state oil giant Ecopetrol hosted its second quarter 2021 conference call to discuss operational and financial details. What follows is the transcript of the call....
(Reuters, 5.Aug.2021) — Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA) has hired JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) as adviser to sell its stake in petrochemical company Braskem SA (BRKM5.SA),...
(Trinidad Guardian, 4.Aug.2021) — It was in 1973 that the world experienced the first oil-price shock. It was spurred by the Yom Kippur War in the Middle East in which...
(Reuters, 4.Aug.2021) — Brazil's Petrobras beat second quarter profit estimates on Wednesday, as higher Brent prices, strong natural gas sales and relatively controlled expenses boosted the company's bottom line. In...
(NGC, 4.Aug.2021) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) signed a Consolidated Gas Supply Contract (CGSC) with Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Limited (MHTL), part of the Proman...
(Reuters, 4.Aug.2021) — Guyana received bids from 15 different companies aiming to market the government's share of the crude produced off the South American country's coast, according to Guyana's National...
(Bloomberg, 4.Aug.2021) — Investors sent a warning message to Argentina’s Treasury on Tuesday night -- don’t expect us to finance the government’s increased spending ahead of November’s midterm elections unless...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Aug.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: New Pacific Metals Corp. commencing a diamond drilling program in Bolivia, Ecopetrol’s strong second quarter...
(Ecopetrol, 3.Aug.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL;NYSE: EC) announced the Ecopetrol Group's financial results for the second quarter and the first half of 2021. In words of Felipe Bayón Pardo,...
(Reuters, 3.Aug.2021) — Colombia’s majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol’s second-quarter net profit soared to 3.72 trillion pesos ($951 million), boosted by strong sales, the company said on Tuesday, compared with...
(NGC, 4.Aug.2021) — DeNovo Energy Limited and The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (NGC) signed a Zandolie Field development Gas Sales Contract (GSC) for commercialisation of the Zandolie...
(DPI, 3.Aug.2021) — The Government is seeking an amendment of the law which would give it greater control over the use of lands, both public and private, by petroleum operators....
(The Brattle Group, 2.Aug.2021) — The Brattle Group welcomed economist Veronica Irastorza as a new Principal in its global Antitrust & Competition practice, based in San Francisco. Ms. Irastorza brings deep...
(Ecopetrol, 2.Aug.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL;NYSE: EC) informs that during the meeting held on Friday 30 July 2021, its Board of Directors authorized the Legal Representative of the company...
(Ecopetrol, 2.Aug.2021) — By means of Resolution 1824 of 30 July 2021, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit authorized the execution of a contingent credit line ("Committed Credit Line")...
(Eni, 2.Aug.2021) — Eni announces an oil find in Upper Miocene sequences on the Sayulita Exploration Prospect in Block 10 in the mid-deep water of the Cuenca Salina Sureste Basin,...
(Ecopetrol, 2.Aug.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL;NYSE: EC) was notified of the decision issued by the Administrative Court of Santander that voided the 22 December 2011 and 8 August 2016...
(Petrobras, 30.Jul.2021) — Petrobras has celebrated a new addendum to the Term of Commitment to Cessation (TCC) signed with the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), with the purpose of...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Jul.2021) — Perenco’s CEO, Benoît de la Fouchardière responded to questions from Energy Analytics Institute (EAI) about its operations in Trinidad and Tobago. What follows are highlights...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Jul.2021) — Argentina’s state entity YPF Sociedad Anónima announced several changes in the first level of its senior management structure. YPF revealed the details on 30 July...
(Gold Fields, 30.Jul.2021) — Gold Fields Limited (JSE: GFI) (NYSE: GFI) advises that basic earnings per share for the six months ended 30 June 2021 (H1 2021) are expected to be...
(Petrobras, 29.Jul.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 11 September 2020, signed contracts for the sale of its 20% stakes in Termelétrica Potiguar S.A. (TEP) and 40%...
(NewsAmericas, 29.Jul.2021) — Tempers flared and the temperature escalated as the Guyana EPA, Ministry of Natural Resources and the Gas-to-Shore project were under fire recently. As participants asked a multiplicity...
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 29.Jul.2021) — Energy company bpTT on Wednesday expressed concern and disappointment over a newspaper report which claimed there would be a major shortfall in natural gas...
(Trinidad Express, 29.Jul.2021) — Rating agency Standard and Poor's says it expects T&T’s oil and natural gas production to rise next year. But the rating agency, which assessed T&T as...
(Ecopetrol, 29.Jul.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: Ecopetrol;NYSE: EC) reports that on 28 July 2021, it filed a statement in opposition to the preliminary injunctive relief requested within a public action (acción...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Jul.2021) — Colombia’s state oil giant Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL;NYSE: EC) will release its financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2021 (2Q:21) on 3...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Jul.2021) — Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) plans to release its second quarter 2021 (2Q:21) results after markets close on 11 August 2021. A conference call for...
(TotalEnergies, 29.Jul.2021) — TotalEnergies, through its affiliate Total Venezuela, has decided to transfer its non-operated minority participation of 30.32% in Petrocedeño S.A. to Corporation Venezonala de Petróleos (CVP), an affiliate...
(TotalEnergies, 29.Jul.2021) — TotalEnergies and Apache Corporation encountered oil in the Sapakara South-1 well on Block 58 off the coast of Suriname. This announcement follows previous discoveries at Maka Central,...
(Equinor, 29.Jul.2021) — Equinor and state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) have completed a transaction whereby Equinor will transfer its 9.67% non-operated interest in the Petrocedeño project onshore Venezuela to Corporación...
(WoodMac, 29.Jul.2021) — Wood Mackenzie’s Latin America upstream senior analyst Luiz Hayum commented on the latest exploration results offshore Guyana and Suriname: “In a year thin of deepwater discoveries, Guyana...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jul.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: rising Brazilian imports of US LNG, Ecopetrol’s electric vehicles fleet, Hess reports 2Q:21 results, Trinidad...
(ExxonMobil, 28.Jul.2021) — ExxonMobil said it made a discovery at Whiptail in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The Whiptail-1 well encountered 246 feet (75 meters) of net pay in high...
(Petrobras, 28.Jul.2021) — Petrobras informs that the rating agency S&P Global Ratings raised its stand-alone credit profile (intrinsic risk) by one notch, from "bb" to "bb+". The agency affirmed the...
(Petrobras, 28.Jul.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 10 June 2020 and 30 December 2020, informs that it has signed a contract with the company Compass Gás...
(Petrobras, 28.Jul.2021) — Petrobras informs that, on this date, it became aware of a favorable decision handed down by the Minister Reporter of the Federal Supreme Court, in appeals filed...
(Seeking Alpha, 28.Jul.2021) — The earnings call transcript from Hess Corporation’s (NYSE:HES) second quarter 2021 earnings conference call on 28 July 2021. Corporate Participants Jay Wilson - VP, Investor Relations...
(Hess, 28.Jul.2021) — Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) announced a significant oil discovery on the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana at Whiptail. The Whiptail-1 well encountered 246 feet (75 meters) of net...
(MEEI, 27.Jul.2021) — The Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister The Honourable Stuart R. Young M.P delivered the feature address at...
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