(Noble, 19.Feb.2020) — Noble Corporation plc reported a net loss attributable to the Company for the three months ended December 31, 2019 (fourth quarter) of $33 million, or $0.13 per...
(IMF, 19.Feb.2020) — An IMF team, led by Julie Kozack Deputy Director of the Western Hemisphere Department and Luis Cubeddu Mission chief for Argentina, visited Buenos Aires [1] from February...
(Reuters, 19.Feb.2020) — Washington’s move this week to sanction a trading unit of Russian oil giant Rosneft for its ties with Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA escalated threats facing non-U.S. firms and...
(Bloomberg, 19.Feb.2020) — Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro declared an “energy emergency” as he announced a commission to revamp state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA, redoubling efforts to shore up...
(AP, 19.Feb.2020) — Family members of six American oil executives jailed in Venezuela are accusing Nicolas Maduro’s government of “forced disappearance” after the men were inexplicably missing for the scheduled...
(S&P Global Platts, 18.Feb.2020) — The Trump administration's decision to sanction Rosneft's trading arm Tuesday may be a sign that Chevron's waiver allowing it to continue its work in Venezuela...
(S&P Global Platts, 18.Feb.2020) — Argentina plans to lift controls on power and natural gas tariffs as soon as June, a senior government official said, in a move seen as...
(Reuters, 18.Feb.2020) — The United States on Tuesday tightened financial restrictions on Venezuela, blacklisting a subsidiary of Russian state oil major Rosneft that President Donald Trump's administration has said provides...
(Rosneft, 18.Feb.2020) — The sanctions announced by the U.S. Treasury Department against Rosneft’s subsidiary RTSA and its Chairman are illegal, unjustified, and an act of legal abuse. Rosneft has been...
(AP, 18.Feb.2020) — In October 2016, the head of Russia’s largest oil company traveled to the birthplace of Hugo Chávez, in the empty, sweltering plains of Venezuela, to unveil a...
(S&P Global Platts, 18.Feb.2020) — US efforts to starve Venezuela’s Maduro regime of oil revenues have substantially increased the role of Russian energy in the US Gulf Coast, an outcome...
(Frontera, 18.Feb.2020) — Frontera Energy Corporation said Fourth quarter and full year 2019 results are expected to be released after market on Thursday, March 5, 2020 followed by a conference...
(Ecopetrol, 18.Feb.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. announces that on February 25, 2020 after market close, it will release its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year 2019,...
(Talos 18.Feb.2020) — Talos Energy Inc. announced full year 2020 operating and financial guidance. The Company also announced that it expects to close the previously announced acquisition of affiliates of...
(Frontera, 18.Feb.2020) — Frontera Energy Corporation announced the results of its annual independent reserves assessment and provided notice of fourth quarter and full year 2019 financial results and conference call....
(FPSO Network, 18.Feb.2020) — Following 2 successful events since 2018, the FPSO Brasil Congress, taking place on 25 – 27 May 2020 is returning to Rio de Janerio. It will...
(Office of the PM of Trinidad and Tobago, 17.Feb.2020) — Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr the Hon. Keith Rowley and Prime Minister of Barbados, the...
(Eni, 17.Feb.2020) — Eni announces a new oil discovery on the Saasken Exploration Prospect in Block 10, located in the mid-deep water of the Cuenca Salina in the Sureste Basin,...
(S&P Global Platts, 14.Feb.2020) — Venezuela's state owned PDVSA has 677,000 b/d of crude available to sell for February, but no buyers because of US sanctions, according to a company...
(Reuters, 14.Feb.2020) — Venezuela’s state energy firm PDVSA has been shipping more oil this month to close ally Cuba, as tighter U.S. sanctions have worsened fuel shortages on the Caribbean...
(The Globe and Mail, 13.Feb.2020) — In terms of its trademark nationalist approach to its economy – the crown jewel of which has long been the country’s oil industry –...
(Petrobras, 13.Feb.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release dated 29 January 2020, reports that its request to withdraw from the Corporate Governance Program for State-Owned Companies (Program) was answered...
(Reuters, 12.Feb.2020) — Guyana is getting ready to export in the coming days the first cargo of Liza crude entitled to the government as share of the oil produced by...
(Argus, 11.Feb.2020) — Juan Guaido is finally returning to Caracas today, with a vow to dislodge the “usurper” so he and his team of exiles can Make Venezuela Great Again....
(Petrobras, 11.Feb.2020) — Petrobras informs about a favorable arbitration award to the company, which rejected a claim made by an investor in Sete Brasil Participações S.A. (in reorganization), in arbitration...
(Noble, 11.Feb.2020) — Noble Corporation plc and ExxonMobil today announced the execution of a unique commercial enabling agreement for drilling services in the Guyana-Suriname Basin. The agreement defines contract terms...
(Citgo, 11.Feb.2020) — Citgo Petroleum Corporation announced the appointment of Jack Lynch as the company’s new Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer. Lynch will continue to serve as the Vice President...
(Reuters, 10.Feb.2020) — Brazil’s Petrobras hit a new production record in the fourth quarter, of over 3 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), thanks largely to the ramp-up...
(S&P Global Platts, 10.Feb.2020) — Brazilian state-led oil company Petrobras was cleared by a local labor court judge to hire emergency workers to maintain operations while unionized oil workers remained...
(Atlantic LNG, 10.Feb.2020) — Over our years of expansion, between 1999 - 2005, we first tripled the capacity of Train 1 with Trains 2 and 3, and then nearly doubled...
(Argus, 10.Feb.2020) — US Gulf Coast refiners have been increasing their imports of a crude oil residue from Russia in response to both sanctions on Venezuelan crude exports and declining...
(Reuters, 10.Feb.2020) — Guyana is aiming to complete talks with the Exxon Mobil Corp-led consortium producing oil off its coast over crude pricing, lifting costs, and scheduling before the government...
(S&P Global Platts, 10.Feb.2020) — A indefinite strike by oil workers in Brazil is dragging on despite local labor court rulings classifying the work action as politically motivated and ordering...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 10.Feb.2020) — Select photos from the Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference 2020 hosted by the Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago and held in Port...
(Argus, 28.Feb.2020) — Venezuela's PdV has exhausted its storage capacity and is now considering digging open-air pits to hold swelling stocks that US sanctions are keeping off the export market,...
(Office of the PM of Trinidad and Tobago, 7.Feb.2020) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister the Honourable Keith Rowley provided details related to the agreement for the development of the...
(Petrobras, 7.Feb.2020) — Petrobras has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), regarding the sale of all its equity stake in its Nitrogen Fertilizer Unit III (UFN-III). The teasers, which contain...
(PPGPL, 7.Feb.2020) — Phoenix Park Gas Processors Limited announced its acquisition of a US entity. Effective February 1, 2020, PPGPL through its wholly owned US subsidiary, Phoenix Park Energy Marketing...
(Ecopetrol, 7.Feb.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. and Shell, through its subsidiary Shell EP Offshore Ventures Limited, signed an agreement whereby Shell will acquire a 50% stake in Fuerte Sur, Purple Angel...
(Touchstone, 6.Feb.2020) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. announced flowback testing of the first stage of the Cascadura-1ST1 well has been completed, confirming that the well is a significant liquids rich natural...
(Canadian Solar, 6.Feb.2020) — Canadian Solar Inc. announced the acquisition of a 47.5 MWp portfolio of solar projects under development in Chile. These projects will become operational in two different...
(Petrobras, 6.Feb.2020) — Petrobras announced that on February 5, 2020, it priced the global offering by Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social – BNDES (the “Selling Shareholder”) of 734,202,699...
(Reuters, 6.Feb.2020) — Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said he is prepared to eliminate federal fuel taxes if state governors eliminate the "ICMS" state tax on gasoline and diesel. ICMS is...
(Reuters, 6.Feb.2020) — Mexico spent more than 25 billion pesos ($1.37 billion) on its 2020 oil hedging program, the country's finance ministry confirmed on Wednesday after financial website Sentido Comun...
(Trinidad Newsday, 6.Feb.2020) — Caribbean banks are well aware of the potential for investing in renewable energy across the region. What is required, however, is a more streamlined approach to...
(Frontera, 6.Feb.2020) — Frontera Energy Corporation provided an exploration update in relation to prospects in Colombia in the Lower Magdalena Valley, including its exploration joint venture with Parex Resources Inc....
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 21.Feb.2020) — Empresa Pública PetroEcuador completed negotiations with Thailand state-owned company PTT International Trading PTE. LTD. related to reprogrammed 6,480,000 barrels of crude oil, equivalent...
(Forbes, 5.Feb.2020) — As ExxonMobil kicks off production on the world’s largest emerging oil projects, debate has intensified over the terms of contracts signed between the global oil giant and...
(BPTT, 5.Feb.2020) — BPTT’s Matapal and Cassia C projects are on track, according to Project General Manager Michael Daniel. Daniel gave an update on BPTT’s major projects at the company’s...
(Trinidad Newsday, 5.Feb.2020) — One of the biggest lessons we can take away from the pausing of the landmark cross-border agreement between TT and Venezuela is how our interests are...
(McDermott, 5.Feb.2020) — McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a large* contract by BHP to provide subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF), transportation and installation (T&I), pre-commissioning of one jacket...
(Reuters, 4.Feb.2020) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Venezuela on Friday in a show of support for President Nicolas Maduro, a socialist who Washington wants out of power....
(Office of the PM of Trinidad and Tobago, 4.Feb.2020) — The Government will independently develop the natural gas from the Loran-Manatee field on Trinidad and Tobago’s side of the maritime...
(Petrobras, 4.Feb.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 17 February 2020, informs the beginning of the binding phase related to the sale of 100% of the...
(Petrobras, 3.Feb.2020) — Petrobras informs that will pay, on Friday 7 February 2020, the third and fourth installments of shareholders remuneration for the 2019 fiscal year, both of those as...
(Petrobras, 3.Feb.2020) — Petrobras, in relation to the news published in the media, concerning the sale of its 51% stake in Petrobras Gás SA (Gaspetro), clarifies that the sale model...
(Petrobras, 3.Feb.2020) — Petrobras has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of its entire stake of the Papa-terra field, located in deepwater in the Campos Basin....
(Aljazeera, 3 Feb 2020) — Trinidad and Tobago has cancelled an agreement with Venezuela for the joint development of a natural gas field straddling their maritime border because of United...
(Petrobras, 3.Feb.2020) — Petrobras reports that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of part of its equity interest in exploratory blocks, belonging to the...
(Ecopetrol, 3.Feb.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. reports that having completed all legal and accounting analyses regarding the ruling issued by the Supreme Court of Justice dated October 30, 2019, reported by...
(Petrobras, 3.Feb.2020) — Petrobras reports that on February 10, after market closes, the company will release its quarterly production and sales report for 4Q19 and on February 19, also after...
(Reuters, 31.Jan.2020) — Oil firms Equinor and Shell have signed a preliminary agreement with Argentina state energy firm YPF to acquire an additional 11% participation in the Bandurria Sur region...
(Equinor, 31.Jan.2020) — Equinor and its partner Shell have completed a joint acquisition of the 49% interest held by Schlumberger in the Bandurria Sur onshore block in Argentina’s Neuquén province....
(Schlumberger, 31.Jan.2020) — Schlumberger announced today that it has completed the sale of its 49% interest in the Bandurria Sur Block in Neuquén, Argentina to Shell Argentina S.A. and Equinor....
(Petroleum Economist, 31.Jan.2020) — Guyanese offshore success in recent years has become almost synonymous with US giant ExxonMobil—the hot streak of oil discoveries achieved in the country’s waters has added...
(Sycar, 31.Jan.2020) — SYCAR LLC is working with a mayor LNG Trading firm for the development of a LNG import terminal for Ecuador, South America. The project includes port facilities...
(Petrobras, 31.Jan.2020) — Petrobras has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), regarding the sales of all of its equity stakes in the companies Eólica Mangue Seco 1 and Eólica Mangue...
(Petrobras, 31.Jan.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 10/24/2019, informs the beginning of the binding phase related to the sale of downstream assets, which includes: Isaac...
(Ecopetrol, 30.Jan.2020) — Ecopetrol has adhered to the Bank World-let initiative called "Zero Routine Flaring by 2030", whose goal is to eliminate the routine flaring of gas in the oil...
(Argus, 30.Jan.2020) — Argentina's government said Thursday it has extended a freeze on diesel and gasoline prices until the end of February, as it tries to reel in one of...
(Energy Chamber, 30.Jan.2020) — The Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference is the major annual conference of the energy sector in Trinidad and Tobago. The conference is one of the largest...
(Schlumberger, 30.Jan.2020) — Schlumberger announced an award to Subsea Integration Alliance of an exclusive contract by Equinor for the front-end engineering design (FEED) on its Bacalhau (formerly Carcará) project offshore...
(Modec, 30.Jan.2020) — Modec Inc. has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Equinor Brasil Energia Ltda, a subsidiary of Equinor ASA, to supply a Floating Production Storage and...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 31.Jan.2020) — The presidents of YPF, and European companies Equinor and Shell meet to discuss the scope of signed agreements and plans for the development...
(MODEC, 30.Jan.2020) — MODEC, Inc. ("MODEC," head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Yuji Kozai), Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui," head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Tatsuo Yasunaga), Mitsui...