(Petrobras, 13.Nov.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the release dated 09/13/2019, reports on the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of its stakes in two onshore concessions, including...
(AZP, 13.Nov.2019) — There is a crisis in the energy sector in Trinidad and Tobago. This is the view of former energy minister Kevin Ramnarine after the announcement by Yara...
(Reuters, 13.Nov.2019) — Mexican national oil company Pemex will not pay a ransom demanded by suspected cyberattackers who targeted the firm's computer systems, Energy Minister Rocio Nahle told reporters on...
(Yara, 13.Nov.2019) — Yara regrets to announce the closure of its wholly-owned ammonia plant in Point Lisas, Trinidad. The Yara Trinidad plant is one of three ammonia plants operated by...
(NGC, 13.Nov.2019) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) notes the decision taken by Yara Trinidad Limited to cease operations of its ammonia plant located at...
(Bloomberg, Amy Stillman, William Turton and Alyza Sebenius, 13.Nov.2019) — The hacker behind a cyberattack that has crippled Petroleos Mexicanos’s computer systems since the weekend is hoping to squeeze almost...
(NGC, 13.Nov.2019) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) notes the decision taken by Yara Trinidad Limited to cease operations of its ammonia plant located at...
(Ecopetrol, 13.Nov.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. completed the joint venture transaction announced last July 31, 2019. Through this deal, the company and Occidental Petroleum Corp agreed to form a strategic alliance...
(Argus, 12.Nov.2019) — Bolivia's deepening political crisis is starting to take a toll on its vital hydrocarbons industry. YPFB, Bolivia's state-owned oil and natural gas company, warned Argentina it may...
(S&P Platts Global, Alisdair Bowles, 12.Nov.2019) — Venezuelan state-owned PDVSA signed a five-year deal earlier this year with Indian company Flash Forge Private Limited (F-F) to help restore crude oil...
(EXMAR, 12.Nov.2019) — Exmar announced the first commercial LNG cargo has left Argentina for export. It was produced on board Exmar’s Tango FLNG and is now being transported by Excalibur,...
(Petrobras, 12.Nov.2019) — Petrobras started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser) relating to the sale of its fuel, lubricant and fertilizer distribution business in Uruguay. In this project, the company aims...
(Reuters, 12.Nov.2019) — Ecuadorean Oil Minister Carlos Perez on Tuesday announced his resignation in what he called a personal decision to spend more time with his family, weeks after the...
(S&P Global Platts, 12.Nov.2019) — Chubut is preparing to hold an auction of assets in Cerro Negro, a maturing conventional block in the southern Argentinian province, part of a wider...
(IRENA, 12.Nov.2019) — Latin America and the Caribbean could grow their installed solar capacity by a factor of 40 by 2050, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 12.Nov.2019) — The company UTE announced it will invest $500 million in the Punta del Tigre B 540-megawatt combined cycle plant located in the department...
(Michelle Wiese Bockmann, 12.Nov.2019) — Rosneft’s trading arm is vital to Venezuelan crude sales as Chinese refiners shun direct purchases since the US administration tightened sanctions in August. Instead Venezuela...
(Pampa Energia, 11.Nov.2019) — Pampa Energía S.A. announced the results for the nine-month period and quarter ended on September 30, 2019. The Company adopted the US Dollar as functional currency...
(Petrobras, 11.Nov.2019) — Petrobras, following communications disclosed on 08/09/2019, 10/04/2019 and 11/04/2019, reports that it proceeded to the withdrawal of the public offering regime in Argentina and that, therefore, today...
(Pemex, 11.Nov.2019) — In the light of the tidal wave of false rumors and press releases, articles and social media posts that claim there was an attack on the internal...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 11.Nov.2019) — Pampa Energía S.A. announced it will host a conference call to discuss the company’s Q3 19 results on Tuesday 12 Nov. 2019 at...
(Reuters, Jessica Jaganathan and Ekaterina Kravtsova, 8.Nov.2019) — Argentine oil company YPF SA has loaded its first commercial liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo for export from a new floating facility,...
(Argus, 8.Nov.2019) — A warehouse and offices owned by US drilling services firm Baker Hughes were seized yesterday by a local mayor in Zulia state for alleged municipal tax evasion....
(Petrobras, 7.Nov.2019) — Petrobras reports that, as part of the competitive process for divestment of its entire shareholding in Liquigás Distribuidora S.A., the group comprised of Copagaz, Itaúsa and Nacional...
(Guyana Times, 7.Nov.2019) — With oil production expected to begin later this month, ExxonMobil will be getting the first shipment of oil, while Guyana will have to wait until sometime...
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, Gram Slattery and Marta Nogueira, 7.Nov.2019) — Major global oil firms snubbed a second Brazilian oil auction in a row on Thursday, passing up promising offshore blocks...
(Argus, 7.Nov.2019) — Brazil's pre-salt auction today mirrored the lackluster results from yesterday's much-hyped Transfer of Rights offer, raising questions about bonus pricing, the appeal of the country's production-sharing terms...
(Frontera, 7.Nov.2019) — Frontera Energy Corporation announces that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend of C$0.205 per common share, which will be paid on or about January 17,...
(Centaurus, 7.Nov.2019) — Centaurus Energy Inc., formerly Madalena Energy Inc., announced that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) approved a change in the company's stock symbol on the OTC...
(Petrobras, 7.Nov.2019) — Petrobras reports that the consortium in which will be the operator, holding 80% of work interest, in partnership with CNODC Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda. has acquired...
(ANP, 7.Nov.2019) — The 6th Production Sharing Bidding Round, held today (November 7) by ANP, bid the block Aram in the Santos Basin. The Round raised R$ 5.05 billion in...
(WoodMac, 7.Nov.2019) — Speaking after this morning’s PSC round, Juliana Miguez, from Wood Mackenzie’s Latin America upstream team, said: “Petrobras has returned to the headlines. One day after it dominated...
(Bloomberg, Sabrina Valle, Peter Millard, and Luiza Ferraz, 6.Nov.2019) — Brazil’s largest-ever auction of oil deposits flopped, sending the real tumbling, after state-controlled Petroleo Brasileiro SA did most of the...
(Ecopetrol, 6.Nov.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. reports that, as mentioned in certain media and in searches on the Judiciary website, the Colombian Supreme Court of Justice has handed down a ruling...
(Reuters, Gram Slattery, Marta Nogueira, Marianna Parraga, 6.Nov.2019) — Brazil’s biggest-ever oil auction frustrated expectations on Wednesday, as high prices and the dominant role of state-run oil company Petrobras scared...
(Argus, 6.Nov.2019) — Venezuela is offering sweeter fiscal terms to Russia's state-controlled Rosneft for two offshore natural gas fields that are well-positioned to supply nearby Trinidad and Tobago, but the...
(ANP, 6.Nov.2019) — The Transfer of Rights Surplus Bidding Round, held today (November 6) by ANP, had two of the four areas on offer acquired (Búzios and Itapu), generating R$...
(Welligence, 6.Nov.2019) — Brazil’s Surplus Transfer of Rights round (6th November 2019), the biggest resource opportunity of the year globally, has ended in huge disappointment. Only two (Buzios and Itapu)...
(WoodMac, 6.Nov.2019) — Brazil’s largest-ever auction of oil licences – the Transfer of Rights round – saw state-controlled Petrobras walk away with the biggest prizes, the Búzios and Itapu blocks....
(Petrobras, 5.Nov.2019) — Petrobras clarifies that it has been fully complying with the schedule of commitments made in the agreement signed with the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) on...
(Reuters, Gram Slattery and Marta Nogueira, 5.Nov.2019) — As Brazil approaches the biggest oil auction in its history — and one of the world's most expensive ever — the field...
(Project Syndicate, Mauricio Cárdenas, 5.Nov.2019) — Some regard Latin America as the world’s new oil frontier, and think that the region could potentially add three million barrels per day to...
(Bloomberg, Mac Margolis, 5.Nov.2019) — Early last month, Guyanese President David Granger was knees-down in a community garden brandishing a spade. Granger was there to plant a tree — it was...
(Americas Quarterly, Naki Mendoza, 5.Nov.2019) — A pre-salt auction 20 years in the making could have broad repercussions for the economy and Jair Bolsonaro’s government. Since its first pre-salt auction...
(Flexential, 4.Nov.2019) — Flexential announced it is expanding its FlexAnywhere offering, providing customers direct access to Seaborn Networks' transoceanic platform for the low latency, high-speed, 72-terabits-per-second seamless connection to Latin...
(Argus, 4.Nov.2019) — Spanish integrated firm Repsol further reduced its exposure to its upstream business in Venezuela in the third quarter thanks to a small provision and a rise in...
(Petrobras, 4.Nov.2019) — Petrobras informs, in addition to the press releases issued on August 9 and October 4, 2019, that it has decided to extend until November 11, 2019 the...
(Reuters, Daniel Ramos and Vivian Sequera, 3.Nov.2019) — Bolivia's chief opposition leader on Sunday called for new elections to resolve the political crisis engulfing the nation since a disputed Oct....
(Reuters, Luc Cohen, 3.Nov.2019) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday pledged funds for a state-owned Argentine shipyard to finish building two long- overdue tankers for state oil company Petroleos...
(BBC, 2.Nov.2019) — Brazilian officials suspect a Greek-flagged tanker was the source of an oil spill that has stained about 2,500km (1,553 miles) of Brazil's coastline. Federal police in the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 2.Nov.2019) — Uruguay generated a total of 60.7 gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy on 30 Oct., of which more than half (32.7 GWh, 54% of...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 2.Nov.2019) — Uruguay’s UTE plans to spend approximately $1,248 million during the five-year budget period 2019-2023, of which a quarter of the amount, or $312...
(AP, 2.Nov.2019) — Brazil says small amounts of oil from a spill along the northeast coast have reached a national marine park. Naval and environmental officials said Saturday that oil...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 1.Nov.2019) — Production from Ecuador’s Block 43 ITT (Ishipingo, Tiputini, Tambococha), exceeded 86,618 barrels per day of oil on 31 Oct. 2019. At this level...
(Argus, 1.Nov.2019) — Brazil is targeting a Greek-flagged tanker as the source of a catastrophic oil spill that has spread across the northeastern coast. Federal police say the Suezmax Bouboulina...
(Petrobras, 1.Nov.2019) — Petrobras reports that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser) regarding the sale of its interest in 15 onshore exploratory blocks, located in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin....
(Petrobras, 1.Nov.2019) — Petrobras, following on the press release issued on 08/08/2019, reports that its subsidiary Petrobras Biocombustíveis S.A. (“PBIO”) completed today the sale of its 50% stake in Belem...
(Petrobras, 1.Nov.2019) — Petrobras, following the press release issued on October 31, 2019, reports that it has signed today the Amendment to the Transfer of Rights Agreement. The signing of...
(AAWSAT, Mosaed al-Zayani, 31.Oct.2019) — Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday he was keen for his country to join OPEC, a move that would add the most significant new producer...
(Oilprice.com Julianne Geiger, 31.Oct.2019) — Exxon may not be interested in stepping up to the bidding plate at Brazil’s massive $50 billion transfer of rights auction next week, because the...
(Petrobras, 31.Oct.2019) — Petrobras in addition to the press release issued on October 23, 2019, reports that the signing of the Amendment to the Transfer of Rights Agreement was postponed...
(Reuters, Stephen Kalin, Rania El Gamal, Alex Lawler, 30.Oct.2019) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday that he wants his country to join OPEC, a move that would add...
(Chron.com, Jordan Blum, 30.Oct.2019) — Exxon Mobil and Hess Corp. said they are moving up the start date for first oil production in Guyana to December instead of the previous...
(S&P Global Platts, 30.Oct.2019) — Colombia's state-controlled Ecopetrol is targeting 2020 production of 740,000-760,000 barrels of crude and equivalents per day, up to 4% more than expected average output this...
(Argus, 29.Oct.2019) — Mexico expanded its clean energy certificates (CELs) to legacy, mostly hydropower generators previously excluded from the program, which was created primarily to boost new wind and solar...
(Ecopetrol, 29.Oct.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. announced the Ecopetrol Group's financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2019, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards...
(FT.com, Gideon Long, 28.Oct.2019) — Colombia’s proven oil reserves will run out within the next seven years and its gas reserves within 10. Faced with that bleak prospect, it needs...
(McDermott, 28.Oct.2019) — McDermott International, Inc. announced substantial completion of PEMEX Exploracion y Produccion's Abkatun-A2 Platform. The production platform is located in Mexico's Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of...
(Caribbean Life, George Alleyne, 25.Oct.2019) — In what may be emerging as a Caribbean energy triangle of sorts, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago have signed a pact governing natural gas...
(Petrobras, 24.Oct.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the press release issued on September 13, 2019, reports the beginning of the non-binding phase related to the sale of downstream assets, which...
(Reuters, 26.Oct.2019) — Mexican prosecutors have requested help from Interpol to locate the former head of Mexico’s oil workers union, Carlos Romero Deschamps, just days after he resigned amid allegations...
(Kallanish, 23.Oct.2019) — Brazil has collected some 900 tonnes of oil residue from its northeastern beaches since early September, the government said in a joint note Monday. According to the...
(Argus, 23.Oct.2019) — Colombian oil supplier Petromil is offering low API gravity, high viscosity 0.5pc sulphur maximum fuel oil for bunkering in Colombia. Petromil's low-sulphur fuel has typical sulphur content...
(Petrobras, 23.Oct.2019) — Petrobras, in addition to the press release issued on May 21, 2019, reports that its Board of Directors has ratified the signature and approved adjustments to the...
(Reuters, Devika Krishna Kumar and Stefanie Eschenbacher, 23.Oct.2019) — Mexico’s finance ministry has completed a majority of its annual oil hedging program, working with at least four top investment banks...
