(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 7.Jun.2019) — Heard on the street related to the Bolivian upstream, midstream, downstream and renewable energy sectors including: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plans to meet...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 7.Jun.2019) — UOCRA union leader Juan Carlos Levi was reportedly arrested in Argentina after a search of his home, online media Diariamente Neuquen reported. Levi...
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 7.Jun.2019) — Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Ltd’s (TPHL) decision to amend the terms of its exchange offer for its bonds due this year and 2022, has been...
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Sean Douglas, 7.Jun.2019) — The refined oil imported by Paria Fuel Trading Company for local consumption after the closure of the Petrotrin refinery does not include...
(Petrobras, 6.Jun.2019) — Petrobras said the Plenary of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) reversed the provisional injunction granted by Minister Ricardo Lewandowski in ADI 5624, which conditioned the sale of...
(Neo Lithium, 6.Jun.2019) — Neo Lithium Corp. announced report new drilling results from its wholly-owned Tres Quebradas lithium brine project ("3Q Project") in Catamarca Province, Argentina. The Company filed a...
(Reuters, Roberta Rampton, 6.Jun.2019) — The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday tightened its pressure on Venezuela’s state-owned oil company by making clear that exports of diluents by international shippers could...
(Reuters, Stefanie Eschenbacher and Ana Isabel Martinez, 6.Jun.2019) — Investors at six of the world’s largest asset managers, all of whom own the bonds of Mexican national oil company Pemex,...
(WoodMac, 6.Jun.2019) — After three highly competitive exploration bid rounds in 2018, momentum is building for Brazil's three-round licensing bonanza that starts later this year. While the PSC Round 6...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 6.Jun.2019) — Executives from the Japanese companies Mitsubishi Motors, Nexi Nippon Export and Investment Insurance and Bank of Tokyo conducted meetings with EP PetroEcuador General...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 6.Jun.2019) — EP PetroEcuador awarded for export 3,960,000 barrels of Oriente crude oil of 24-degree API plus/minus 5% to Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company LLC,...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 6.Jun.2019) — Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) inaugurated a new solar powered water pumping system in Ovejas in Sucre with investments from ANH and Hocol...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 6.Jun.2019) — Echo Energy plc says activities at Tapi Aike in Argentina have moved to the west of the basin as infrastructure has been established...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 6.Jun.2019) — Argentina’s Energy Secretariat Gustavo Lopetegui met 6 June with Brazil’s Minister of Mines and Energy Bento Albuquerque under the framework of President Jair...
(Ultrapar, 6.Jun.2019) — Ultrapar International S.A. announced the early tender results of its offer to purchase for cash up to U.S.$200,000,000 aggregate principal amount. (Incorporated in the Grand Duchy of...
(Reuters, 6.Jun.2019 ) — Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Carmen Lucia voted on Thursday to allow the divestment of state-run firms and subsidiaries without congressional approval, but added that all divestments,...
(Reuters, 6.Jun.2019) — The chief executive officer of Engie SA in Brazil, Mauricio Bahr, said he expects the country's highest court to approve the French company's $8.6 billion acquisition of...
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, 6.Jun.2019) — Citgo Petroleum Corp, the U.S. arm of Venezuela’s state-run oil firm PDVSA, is moving toward appointing a new chief executive, with candidate names including former...
(Reuters, 5.Jun.2019) — In a double blow for Mexico, credit ratings agency Fitch downgraded the nation’s sovereign debt rating on Wednesday, citing risks posed by heavily indebted oil company Pemex...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 5.Jun.2019) — A new addendum to an existing contract between Bolivia and Argentina will lead to a price increase for exports of natural gas from...
(Jamaica Gleaner, 5.Jun.2019) — Lubricating Specialties Company (LSC) is adding another 500,000 gallons in capacity at its facility in Rockfort, Kingston, for which it already has the green light from...
(AFP, 5.Jun.2019 ) — Maria Lopez complains about gasoline rationing that Venezuela -- home to the world's largest oil reserves -- has started introducing in some areas to tackle extreme...
(Oilprice.com, Julianne Geiger, 5.Jun.2019) — Venezuela’s oil exports slumped in May as the sanctions levied by the United States staunched the flow of oil from the troubled Latin American country...
(CNN, Matt Egan, 5.Jun.2019) — The Trump administration's threatened tariffs on Mexico couldn't come at a worse time for America's oil refineries. Mexico is the No. 2 foreign source of...
(Reuters, 4.Jun.2019) — Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol said late on Tuesday it closed the valves on a section of its Cano Limon pipeline in central Boyaca province after crude...
(Reuters, 4.Jun.2019) — Seven companies have put in bids for 11 oil exploration contracts in Colombia, the government said on Tuesday, as the Andean country seeks to revitalize its oil...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 4.Jun.2019) — Odebrecht S.A., the controlling shareholder of Braskem S.A., notified Petrobras that negotiations regarding the potential transaction involving the sale of Odebrecht’s entire stake...
(Reuters, Marcela Ayres and Marcelo Teixeira, 4.Jun.2019) — The Brazilian government on Tuesday paved the way for ethanol makers to sell the fuel directly to gas stations, by passing a...
(Lonely Planet, Kelly Magyarics, 4.Jun.2019) — This week, La Feria in Santiago, Chile’s Barrio Bellavista became the first nightclub in the world to sustainably cover 100% of the energy it...
(Energy Chamber, 4.Jun.2019) — The Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago is hosting its Energy Efficiency and Renewables Conference on 10-11 June 2019 at the Ballroom, Hilton Trinidad and Conference...
(GeoPark, 3.Jun.2019) — GeoPark Limited drilled and completed the Jauke 2 gas well in the Fell block (GeoPark operated, 100% WI) to a total depth of 9,701 feet to the...
(GeoPark, 3.Jun.2019) — GeoPark Limited signed final participation contracts on 22 May 2019 for the Espejo (GeoPark operated, 50% WI) and Perico (GeoPark non-operated, 50% WI) blocks in Ecuador, which...
(InSight Crime, Lara Loaiza, 3.Jun.2019) — Rural gas stations in Colombia are allegedly selling vast quantities of fuel to criminal groups to be used in coca paste processing, with as...
(Argus, 3.Jun.2019) — Trinidad and Tobago agreed with BP and Shell to discuss restructuring Atlantic LNG to try to forestall the shutdown of Train 1, which represents 20pc of capacity....
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 3.Jun.2019) — Echo Energy announced Fiona MacAulay is stepping down from the board as a non-executive director with immediate effect, after providing support to her...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 3.Jun.2019) — Cepsa, operating under the Red Energy brand in Mexico, plans to open more than 150 service stations over the next two years in...
(GeoPark, 3.Jun.2019) — GeoPark Limited drilled and completed the Praia dos Castelhanos 1 exploration well in the REC-T-128 block (GeoPark operated, 70% WI) to a total depth of 8,431 feet....
(GeoPark, 3.Jun.2019) — GeoPark Limited announced the flowline connecting the Llanos 34 block (GeoPark operated, 45% WI) to the Oleoducto de los Llanos (ODL), one of Colombia’s principal pipelines, is...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 2.Jun.2019) — Mexico initiated construction activities related to the Dos Bocas Refinery, the country’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador President announced via a social media...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 2.Jun.2019) — Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reiterated his decision to build the new Dos Bocas Refinery and continue with the planned modernization of...
(Reuters, 2.Jun.2019) — Argentine oil company YPF SA said on Sunday that it began loading the first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for export from Argentina. The shipment includes...
(Forbes, Robert Rapier, 2.Jun.2019) — Last week the Trump Administration announced plans to impose a 5% tax on all goods imported from Mexico unless "the illegal migration crisis is alleviated."...
(JHI Associates, 1.Jun.2019) — JHI Associates, Inc. and Mid-Atlantic Oil & Gas, Inc. (MOGI) provided details concerning award of the Canje Block offshore Guyana in 2015. As a statement of...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 1.Jun.2019) — Junellie González Quiles was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She studied at the Colegio Congregación Mitain Hato Rey, Puerto Rico before later...
(TPHL, 31.May.2019) — Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Limited (TPHL) announced that in connection with its ongoing negotiations with a syndicate of financial institutions to enter into a new senior secured term...
(bptt, 31.May.2019) — BP’s Upstream chief executive Bernard Looney yesterday emphasized the company’s long-term commitment to Trinidad and Tobago during a meeting with the Honourable Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley...
(Reuters, Anastasia Moloney, 31.May.2019) — Colombia is fighting a losing battle against the destruction of its rainforests in war-hit regions where the government remains weak, a Norwegian climate envoy said...
(ANH Colombia, 30.May.2019) — After having been validated by the firm ‘Gestión y Auditoría Especializada S.A.S., independent auditor, the National Hydrocarbons Agency of Colombia published the final list of investors...
(Frontera, 30.May.2019) — Frontera Energy Corporation’s board of directors has declared a dividend of C$0.205 per common share, which will be paid on or about July 17, 2019 to shareholders...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 30.May.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to Brazil’s Petrobras requesting lower natural gas volumes from Bolivia’s YPFB, investments to industrialize Bolivian...
(AP, 30.May.2019 ) — Guyana's top energy official said Thursday that interest in oil drilling and development operations in the South American country is unprecedented. Department of Energy head Mark...
(Reuters, 30.May.2019) — At least twenty-two companies are qualified to bid for new exploration contracts for 20 oil blocks in Colombia, the government said on Thursday, as the Andean country...
(Reuters, 30.May.2019) — Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras has received a request for information from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission regarding the firm's trading activities, the company said in...
(Reuters, Ricardo Brito, 30.May.2019) — Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras and sectors of the government are mobilizing in the lead-up to a Supreme Court session next week that could have...
(Baker Institute, Mark P. Jones, 30.May.2019) — Chubut will elect its governor and the members of its provincial legislature for four-year terms on June 9. The pragmatic centrist Peronist governor...
(AP, Bert Wilkinson, 29.May.2019) — Guyana's State Assets Recovery Agency said Wednesday it has launched an investigation into whether corruption played a role in the previous government's 2015 decision to...
(Scoot, 28.May.2019) — Scoot, the original shared electric vehicle company, is launching their new shared ebike in the Las Condes district of Santiago, Chile. Mayor Lavin with Scoot at ebike...
(Oilprice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 28.May.2019) — Tankers carrying gasoline and ships transporting food for Venezuela were sabotaged last week to prevent them from reaching Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro said in a televised...
(Chron.com, Sergio Chapa, 28.May.2019) — Booming energy exports and shifting patterns in international commerce have made the Port of Laredo the nation’s top center for trade, supplanting the longtime leader,...
(New York Times, Kirk Semple and Azam Ahmed, 28.May.2019) — The administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico has launched its first major anticorruption prosecution, delivering on a...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 27.May.2019) — Brazil’s state oil and gas entity Petrobras started the opportunity disclosure phase or Teaser, related to divestment of its total equity interest in...
(LoopTT, 27.May.2019) — Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Monday slammed the Prime Minister’s 10-day energy trip, accusing him of meddling in the energy affairs of Trinidad and Tobago. In a...
(Reuters, 27.May.2019) — The board of Brazilian petrochemicals producer Braskem SA has approved an agreement with authorities to pay 410 million reais ($101 million) to settle its involvement in the...
(Reuters, Carolina Mandl, 27.May.2019) — Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA has set a June 7 deadline to receive non-binding proposals for its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distribution unit...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.May.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to another oil spill along the Caño Limón-Coveña pipeline and this time in La Gloria...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.May.2019) — Rating agency Fitch revised the outlook for Colombia’s state oil company to Negative from Stable, stating the adjustment made to the Colombia's Sovereign...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 27.May.2019) — Argentina’s Environmental Crimes prosecutor Maximiliano Breide Obeid anticipates more samples will be taken from Treater’s oil waste plant located in Añelo in Argentina....
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 27.May.2019) — Petrobras, responded to recent news published in media, says it hasn’t yet been summoned of the injunction issued by Supreme Court Judge Edson...
(CNN, Stefano Pozzebon, 26.May.2019) — For many Venezuelans, oil is a birthright in the country blessed with the largest crude reserves in the world. Despite wild hyperinflation, Venezuela's government has...
(Oxford Business Group, 25.May.2019) — On April 19 the World Bank revised its forecast from earlier in the month, which had predicted that T&T would slip into a recession. In...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 24.May.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to the state entity YPF’s plans to ship natural gas to Chile through May 2020,...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 24.May.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to YPFB being the withholding agent for transport carriers in Chaco, and YPFB and Shell...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 24.May.2019) — As part of Energy Analytics Institute’s ongoing coverage of the Latin America and Caribbean energy sectors from conventionals, unconventionals to renewables, Colombia’s Hydrocarbons...
(TPHL, 24.May.2019) — Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Limited announced the expiration date has been extended until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 14, 2019, unless extended or earlier terminated...
(Staatsolie, 24.May.2019) — Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V. and Decker Petroleum Marketing Co. LTD, from Trinidad, signed the production sharing contract (PSC) for the Nickerie block on 24 May 2019. Decker...