(Reuters, 25.Jun.2020) — Officials from Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela have spoken with private contractors about paying for work fixing the country's refineries with fuel and byproducts, a...
(Scania, 25.Jun.2020) — Scania has started the delivery of 355 Euro 6 buses for Santiago de Chile's public transport system. Deliveries to the operator Express Uno commences in June and...
(Argus, 25.Jun.2020) — LNG exporter Trinidad and Tobago has reduced the crude and natural gas price assumptions in its national budget. According to the finance ministry's mid-year economic review obtained...
(Total, 25.Jun.2020) — Total and its partners announce the start-up of the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) P-70 of the Iara cluster (Block BM-S-11A), located in the deepwater Santos...
(Petrobras, 25.Jun.2020) — Petrobras reports that it started today the production of oil and natural gas from the shared deposit of Atapu, through platform P-70, in the eastern portion of...
(Reuters, 24.Jun.2020) — Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro SA is set to receive binding offers for the country’s second-largest refinery on Thursday, five people with knowledge of the matter said, as the...
(Reuters, 24.Jun.2020) — Tankers carrying nearly two months worth of Venezuelan oil output are stuck at sea as global refiners shun the nation’s crude to avoid falling foul of U.S....
(Sputnik, 24.Jun.2020) — Earlier this month, the US Treasury Department announced that it was imposing Venezuela-related sanctions against four companies and four oil tankers belonging to these entities over their...
(WoodMac, 24.Jun.2920) — Gas pricing and market regulation are again under discussion in Argentina. The coronavirus pandemic has weakened an already vulnerable economy, with the impact felt in the gas...
(Newsweek, 24.Jun.2020) — Russia vowed to support Venezuela in its campaign to counter U.S.-backed regime change after the Pentagon sailed warships nearby in the Caribbean to challenge the Latin American...
(Trinidad Prime Minister, 24.Jun.2020) — Prime Minister Dr the Hon Keith Rowley’s Feature Address – Energy Efficiency and Renewables Conference 2020. Ladies and Gentlemen, a very good morning to you...
(Khiron, 24.Jun.2020) — Khiron Life Sciences Corp., a vertically integrated cannabis leader with core operations in Latin America and Europe, announces the completed installation of a state-of-the-art 2,600 panel solar...
(Petrobras, 24.Jun.2020) — Petrobras reports that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, approved the appointment of Mr. Ruy Flaks Schneider for the position of member of the...
(Petrobras, 24.Jun.2020) — Petrobras, regarding to the news published in the media, clarifies that the date to receive the binding proposals for the divestment project of the Landulpho Alves refinery...
(Petrobras, 24.Jun.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on December 20, 2019, informs that its Executive Board approved a change in the deadline for certain conditions set forth...
(Reuters, 23.Jun.2020) — Foreign investment in Latin America risks “drying out” due to economic turmoil and fiscal instability sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially if Chinese-led commodity demand remains weak,...
(Reuters, 23.Jun.2020) — The fiscal fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices could affect Colombia for several years, Richard Francis, director of sovereign ratings at ratings agency Fitch,...
(Reuters, 22.Jun.2020) — Mexico's antitrust regulator said on Monday it had filed a suit at the Supreme Court against the energy ministry, arguing that steps taken by the government last...
(JinkoSolar, 22.Jun.2020) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that it will supply 60.9 MW of bifacial...
(AP, 22.Jun.2020) — Venezuela's socialist government tried to recruit then-Congressman Pete Sessions to broker a meeting with the CEO of Exxon Mobil at the same time it was secretly paying...
(Petrobras, 21.Jul.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release dated 22 June 2020, filed a motion to vacate a partial arbitration award rendered in an arbitration filed by Petros and...
(Oilprice.com, 20.Jun.2020) — Paths to economic development might vary, ranging all the way from ruthless dictatorships hewing their way with an iron fist to established democracies laboring towards the well-being...
(AP, 20.Jun.2020) — Venezuela's socialist government tried to recruit then-Congressman Pete Sessions to broker a meeting with the CEO of Exxon Mobil at the same time it was secretly paying...
(Bloomberg, 20.Jun.2020) — Oil revenue, the financial lifeline of Venezuela, is quickly drying up, adding to the growing instability of Nicolas Maduro’s embattled regime. Crude exports that once accounted for...
(Oilprice.com, 20.Jun.2020) — Paths to economic development might vary, ranging all the way from ruthless dictatorships hewing their way with an iron fist to established democracies laboring towards the well-being...
(Bloomberg, 20.Jun.2020) — Oil revenue, the financial lifeline of Venezuela, is quickly drying up, adding to the growing instability of Nicolas Maduro’s embattled regime. Crude exports that once accounted for...
(Argus, 19.Jun.2020) — Another senior Venezuelan opposition figure has resigned following the government's leak of a strategy to favor ConocoPhillips in an escalating battle for Venezuelan state-owned PdV's US refining...
(Petrobras, 19.Jun.2020) — Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of its entire stake in the Atum, Curimã, Espada and Xaréu fields,...
(Argus, 19.Jun.2020) — Another senior Venezuelan opposition figure has resigned following the government's leak of a strategy to favor ConocoPhillips in an escalating battle for Venezuelan state-owned PdV's US refining...
(Argus, 18.Jun.2020) — ExxonMobil has restored crude production offshore Guyana to 80,000 b/d after correcting a technical glitch, according to the head of the country's environmental agency EPA Vincent Adams....
(Bloomberg, 18.Jun.2020) — The U.S. Treasury Department levied sanctions on Mexican trading company Libre Abordo SA de CV for buying Venezuelan oil via oil-for-humanitarian-aid agreements with the embattled country. Libre...
(Argus, 18.Jun.2020) — ExxonMobil has restored crude production offshore Guyana to 80,000 b/d after correcting a technical glitch, according to the head of the country's environmental agency EPA Vincent Adams....
(US Department of Treasury, 18.Jun.2020) — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated three individuals and eight foreign entities, and identified two vessels...
(Reuters, 17.Jun.2020) — Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA is resuming plans to unload its remaining stake in the country’s top gas station operator, Petrobras Distribuidora SA, two people...
(Petrobras, 17.Jun.2020) — Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of its entire stake in a set of seven onshore and shallow...
(Petrobras, 17.Jun.2020) — Petrobras, regarding to the news published in the media, referring to the sale of its stake in BR Distribuidora S.A. (BR), clarifies that, according to the press...
(Touchstone, 16.Jun.2020) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. announced on 15 June 2020 the conditions precedent were satisfied in respect of its previously announced $20 million, seven-year term loan agreement with Republic...
(GECOM, 16.Jun.2020) — After considerable deliberations at the Commission on the report submitted by Chief Election Officer(CEO), Mr. Keith Lowenfield on the National Recount of votes cast in the 2...
(Reuters, 16.Jun.2020) — Surinamese President Desi Bouterse, a former military ruler who has dominated the country’s politics in recent decades, lost last month’s national election, the country’s electoral authority said...
(Reuters, 16.Jun.2020) — Venezuela’s oil exports have fallen nearly 28% in the first half of June, on course for the lowest level in over 70 years as tanker owners and...
(Petrobras, 16.Jun.2020) — Petrobras’ Board of Directors approved the date of 22 July 2020 for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in accordance with the Provisional Measure No. 931/2020 and CVM...
(Reuters, 16.Jun.2020) — Surinamese President Desi Bouterse, a former military ruler who has dominated the country's politics in recent decades, lost last month's national election, the country's electoral authority said...
(The Carter Center, 16.Jun.2020) — The Carter Center commends the Guyana Elections Commission on the completion of the recount process and welcomes the Caricom report, which indicates that despite minor...
(Tudor Pickering, 16.Jun.2020) — Reports out last night that XOM was forced to reduce output at its Liza Phase 1 project in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana due to an...
(Reuters, 15.Jun.2020) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday his country would, for “humanitarian” reasons, sell gasoline to Venezuela if asked to do so, despite a raft...
(Touchstone, 15.Jun.2020) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. announced final production test results from the Cascadura-1ST1 well on the Ortoire exploration block. The final test results for both the lower test (6,056...
(Reuters, 15.Jun.2020) — Iran could send two to three cargoes a month in regular gasoline sales to ally Venezuela, sources say, helping offload domestic oversupply but risking retaliation from U.S....
(Reuters, 15.Jun.2020) — Mexico will have to pay more for less coverage under its giant oil revenue insurance policy for 2021, but will likely go ahead anyway to avoid further...
(Reuters, 15.Jun.2020) — Mexico will have to pay more for less coverage under its giant oil revenue insurance policy for 2021, but will likely go ahead anyway to avoid further...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Jun.2020) — Venezuela’s production of crude oil continues in a free fall, reaching 411,900 barrels per day on 15 June 2020, down by 206,800 barrels per day...
(Bloomberg, 13.Jun.2020) — Oil production in Venezuela, the country with the world’s largest reserves of crude, has fallen to a 75-year low with U.S. sanctions continuing to cripple the country’s...
(Petrobras, 12.Jun.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 13 March 2020 and 4 May 2020, announces the beginning of the binding phase regarding the joint sale,...
(Petrobras, 12.Jun.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 21 May 2020, announces the beginning of the binding phase related to the sale of 100% of the...
(Reuters, 12.Jun.2020) — The United States is investigating a Venezuelan shipping magnate for possibly violating U.S. sanctions by bringing fuel to gasoline-short Venezuela, according to two senior Trump administration officials....
(Reuters, 12.Jun.2020) — Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro SA has told shippers it will not hire any tankers that have visited Venezuela in the past 12 months, the state-controlled oil company said...
(Reuters, 12.Jun.2020) — Utilization rates at refineries owned by Brazil’s Petrobras are nearing pre-pandemic levels, as lower fuel imports by competitors and resilient international demand for bunker fuel provide a...
(Zacks, 12.Jun.2020) — Petrobras recently grabbed a bargain with a new five-year deal to supply naphtha to Braskem SA’s BAK unit in Bahia and Rio Grande do Sul states. Per...
(Mirage, 11.Jun.2020) — Mirage Energy Corporation signed an agreement with Energy Agency of the State of Puebla to develop a pipeline infrastructure project to deliver natural gas to the state...
(Argus, 11.Jun.2020) — Brazil's state-owned pre-salt marketing firm PPSA took around 17pc of crude from three production-sharing contracts in April, according to monthly data published by the firm for the...
(Reuters, 11.Jun.2020) — An influential Mexican business lobby on Thursday warned a hike in the price that private power producers pay to access the country’s main electricity transmission grid will...
(Bloomberg, 11.Jun.2020) — Venezuela’s fall from oil superpower to failing producer can be illustrated in one image: a single drilling rig working the world’s largest oil reserves. As fields across...
(Petrobras, 10.Jun.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 13 May 2020, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase regarding the sale of four thermal power plants,...
(Petrobras, 10.Jun.2020) — Petrobras signed new long-term contracts for the supply of petrochemical naphtha with Braskem S.A. for the units in the states of Bahia and Rio Grande do Sul....
(Petrobras, 10.Jun.2020) — Petrobras, in reference to the press released on 1 June 2020, regarding the sale of a part of its interest in the exploratory blocks belonging to the...
(Argus, 10.Jun.2020) — Vessel tracking data shows a fleet of 44 international tankers on the water holding 40.5mn bl of Venezuelan oil as shipowners face growing risk of US sanctions...
(Petrobras, 10.Jun.2020) — Petrobras filed its 2019 Sustainability Report today. In addition to presenting Petrobras' operational, economic, social, environmental, and governance performance in 2019, the report also includes data regarding...
(Argus, 10.Jun.2020) — The restart of an oil refinery in the US Virgin Islands is poised for another delay because of pandemic restrictions. The refinery was supposed to reopen in...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Jun.2020) — Bolivia’s state oil company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) increased, as of 1 June, natural gas exports requested by Integración Energética Argentina S.A. (IEASA) to...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Jun.2020) — Bolivia’s state oil and gas entity Yacimientos Petrolifos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) has boosted natural gas exports as of 1 June 2020 as requested by Integración...
(Argus, 9.Jun.2020) — Guyana's crude production has plunged by 65pc to 27,500 b/d from early May because of technical problems with compression equipment. "We do not know how long this...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Jun.2020) — Echo Energy has a portfolio of five production concessions in the Austral Basin, Santa Cruz province. The company provided an update on its Santa Cruz...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Jun.2020) — YPFB Logística SA, a subsidiary of Bolivia’s state oil company Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), categorically denies malicious intentions related to alleged irregularities in the...
(Sempra, 9.Jun.2020) — Sempra Energy and State Grid International Development Limited (SGID) have jointly announced today that both companies remain firmly committed to completing the sale of Sempra Energy's equity...
(Argus, 8.Jun.2020) — Opposition parties pledging oil policy changes in Guyana and Suriname are close to taking power, but incumbents are signaling reluctance to step down. Guyana's opposition People's Progressive...
(Argus, 8.Jun.2020) — State-owned PetroEcuador restarted the 360,000 b/d Sote crude pipeline today after completing a second bypass. Heavy rains ruptured the line in early April and caused erosion around...