(Shell, 27.Dec.2018) — Oil & Gas Development Ltd S.A. (Shell Argentina) announced the decision to move into the development phase of the Sierras Blancas, Cruz de Lorena and Coiron Amargo...
(Ecopetrol, 27.Dec.2018) — Ecopetrol S.A. redeemed in advance the entire ten-year international bond issued in 2009, as it was announced in a press release on November 27, 2018. Consistent with...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 27.Dec.2018) — Amerisur Resources Plc announced Stephen Foss will step down from the Board in order to pursue other executive business interests at an established...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.Dec.2018) — Petroecuador completed its fourth spot market sale of crude oil in 2018, with the export of 1,080,000 barrels of Oriente crude of 24-degree...
(Oilprice.com, Nick Cunningham, 27.Dec.2018) — Last Friday, the Guyanese government fell after a no-confidence vote, a move that likely was viewed as an opportune moment of weakness in Caracas. A...
(EXMAR, 27.Dec.2018) — EXMAR announced its Floating LNG Liquefaction Unit (FLNG), to be renamed Tango FLNG, has left China to the destination of its liquefaction operations: Bahia Blanca, Argentina. Tango...
(S&P Global Platts, 27.Dec.2018) — Shell plans to start a full-scale development project in Vaca Muerta next year, betting on the shale play to ramp up oil and natural gas...
(SeekingAlpha, Carl Surran, 27.Dec.2018) — Royal Dutch Shell says it plans to begin development of unconventional oilfields in Argentina's Vaca Muerta basin, one of the world's biggest shale plays, aiming...
(Petrobras, 27.Dec.2018) — Petrobras, in addition to the material facts disclosed on 10/14/2016 and 06/30/17, informs that its Executive Board approved, yesterday, a complementary protection mechanism, aiming to give additional...
(Petrobras, 27.Dec.2018) — Petrobras announced that in November its total production of oil and gas, including natural gas liquids (NGL), was 2.62 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed),...
(ARPEL, 27.Dec.2018) — During October and November, various training courses on ARPEL Oil Spill Response Planning and Readiness Assessment Manual and the tool RETOS® (Readiness Evaluation/Excel Tool for Oil Spills)...
(Reuters, Alexandra Ulmer and Marianna Parraga, 26.Dec.2018) — Last July 6, Major General Manuel Quevedo joined his wife, a Catholic priest and a gathering of oil workers in prayer in...
(Bladex, 26.Dec.2018) — Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. (Bladex) announced the recent closing of a $75 million, senior unsecured, amortizing 3-year term loan facility in favor of YPF Energía...
(Petrobras, 26.Dec.2018) — Petrobras, further to the Material Fact published on December 18, 2018, hereby informs that it submitted to the CVM, on this date, the request for registration of...
(ExxonMobil, 26.Dec.2018) — ExxonMobil said today that drilling and development operations offshore Guyana are unaffected by an incident involving seismic acquisition vessels on Saturday. Two vessels operated by Petroleum Geo-Services...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, Ian Silverman, and Piero Stewart, 26.Dec.2018) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs on Shell Argentina’s Vaca Muerta plans; YPFB to double purchases of...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 26.Dec.2018) — Shares of Goldman Sachs shares have fallen 30% due to the investment firm’s decision to finance the Venezuelan government, reported online media El...
(Reuters, 25.Dec.2018) — Venezuela’s foreign ministry on Tuesday described as “interventionist and disrespectful” U.S. comments on a weekend incident in which the country’s navy stopped two ships exploring for oil...
(MPC, 25.Dec.2018) — MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Ltd has raised US$11 million from its initial public offering (IPO) on the Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago stock exchanges. The offering opened...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 24.Dec.2018) — Rowan Companies plc, a global provider of contract drilling services with a fleet of 25 mobile offshore drilling units, composed of 21 self-elevating...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 24.Dec.2018) — Rowan Companies plc, with a fleet that operates worldwide, including the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the UK and Norwegian sectors of the North...
(Oilprice.com, Irina Slav, 24.Dec.2018) — Exxon has suspended exploration activities in the western part of the Stabroek block offshore Guyana after the Venezuelan Navy intercepted this weekend two exploratory vessels...
(Reuters, 24.Dec.2018) — Exxon Mobil and a seismic research company it hired to search for oil off the coast of Guyana declined on Monday to say when they might resume...
(Jamaica Observer, Garfield Myers, 24.Dec.2018) — A leading executive in the renewable energy sector is urging electricity provider Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to stay focused on improving efficiency and...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 23.Dec.2018) — Shell Brasil signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) related to the commercialization of Bolivian natural gas in...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 22.Dec.2018) — Clandestine pipeline connections between January and October of 2018 rose 45% to 12,581 compared to 8,664 in the same period last year, and...
(PetroPerú, 22.Dec.2018) — Given the statement of various indigenous organizations about the recent attack on Km. 193 of the North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP), PetroPerú states the following: PetroPerú carries out...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman and Piero Stewart, 21.Dec.2018) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs on YPFB’s estimated value after nationalization; a potential nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium plant...
(Echo Energy, 21.Dec.2018) — Echo Energy announces, further to its announcement of 2 November 2018, that Gavin Graham, a non-executive director of the company, was formerly, in the five years...
(Petrobras, 21.Dec.2018) — Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors approved the dismissal, on 12/31/2018, of Mr. Ivan de Souza Monteiro of the position of the company’s CEO. In view...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 21.Dec.2018) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs on Argentina’s renewable energy sector, Maurel & Prom’s acquisition of Shell’s interest in the Urdaneta West...
(Renewables Now, 21.Dec.2018) — Argentine thermal and renewable energy group Genneia SA has switched on 100 MW of renewable power plants, the Ministry of Energy and Mines announced on Thursday....
(Reuters, 20.Dec.2018) — Brazil’s state-controlled oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA has suspended oil and refined products trading with Vitol, the company said in a statement to Reuters. Petrobras, as the...
(Jamaica Gleaner, Steven Jackson, 21.Dec.2018) — Natural gas supplier New Fortress Energy has erected its new floating regasification vessel called the Golar Freeze offshore Old Harbour, under a long-term deal...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 21.Dec.2018) — Executives with Bolivia's Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) and Brazil’s Ambar Energía signed a Memorandum of Understanding to execute projects for the supply...
(Petrobras, 21.Dec.2018) — Petrobras reports that yesterday it signed with the French company Total new documents related to the strategic partnership between the two companies announced on 03/01/2017. In the...
(Ecopetrol, 21.Dec.2018) — Ecopetrol S.A. closed a deal with companies of the Shell and Chevron groups, which will allow it to expand its stake in Brazil’s Pre-Salt Region. The agreement...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 20.Dec.2018) — PDVSA Intevep and Hartung Hermanos Sucesores, C.A. signed a Letter Of Intent (LOI) with the aim to implement technology that will assist in...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 20.Dec.2018) — Pan American Energy’s (PAE) first renewable energy market development, the Garayalde Wind Farm located in the province of Chubut about 200 km from...
(Maurel & Prom, 20.Dec.2018) — Etablissements Maurel & Prom announced in the press release published on 12 October 2018 the signature of a Share Sale and Purchase Agreement (the “SSPA”)...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 20.Dec.2018) — ExxonMobil was named 2018 Large Cap Company of the Year and Explorer of the Year by the World Oil and Gas Council in...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 20.Dec.2018) — Irving, Texas-based ExxonMobil announced a recap of some of its most important activities during the year in the Latin America and Caribbean region,...
(Oilprice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 20.Dec.2018) — U.S. oil production will continue to grow at a rapid pace until 2025, while Venezuela’s crude output is set for further declines, Fatih Birol, the...
(DemeraraWaves, Denis Chabrol, 20.Dec.2018) ) — Guyana has spent GYD$780 million (US$3.7 million) from the US$18 million signing bonus from ExxonMobil on legal fees for the settlement of the border...
(Petrobras, 20.Dec.2018) — Petrobras announced early results of its previously announced debt tender offers. As of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 19, 2018 (the “Early Tender Deadline”)...
(Petrobras, 20.Dec.2018) — Petrobras, in relation to the news published in the media on the injunction rendered on December 19, 2018 by Minister Marco Aurélio Mello, in a declaratory action...
(Petrobras, 20.Dec.2018) — Petrobras announced that in December it pre-paid bank debts and contracted new financing, according to the tables below. The operations are in line with the company's liability...
(AP, 19.Dec.2018) — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador detailed plans Saturday to “rescue” the national oil industry by boosting crude production at the state-owned oil company by 45 per...
(Atlas, 19.Dec.2018) — Atlas Renewable Energy has won one of the Bonds & Loans Latin America Awards 2019, in the category of Structured Bond Deal of the Year. Following more...
(Enel Generación Chile, 19.Dec.2018) — ENEL GENERACIÓN CHILE S.A. announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved the voluntary delisting of its American Depositary Shares (ADSs) from The New...
(Speedcast, 19.Dec.2018) — Speedcast International Limited announced its Brazilian entity SC Caprock has extended its relationship with one of its leading global Energy customers, with a new multi-year contract extension...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 19.Dec.2018) — Ecuador’s state oil company Petroecuador and Amerisur Exploración Colombia Limitada signed a contract for the transport of Colombia crude through the SOTE, from...
(S&P Global Platts, 19.Dec.2018) — OPEC enters a pivotal third year of production cuts in a volatile oil market with its least experienced minister at the helm. Venezuela’s Manuel Quevedo,...
(Colombia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy, 18.Dec.2018) — María Fernanda Suárez Londoño is a Business Administrator from the College of Superior Studies in Management (CESA) and has a Master's Degree...
(Pampa, 18.Dec.2018) — Pampa Energía S.A. joined the special stocks quote panel called ‘Corporate Governance Plus’ (the +GC Panel) launched by Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos S.A. (ByMA). Pampa is one...
(Petrobras, 18.Dec.2018) — Petrobras announced its Board of Directors approved in a meeting held today, to submit for the analysis of the Secretariat for the Coordination and Governance of State-Owned...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 18.Dec.2018) — Heard on the street and other LatAmNRG briefs from BPTT and its sanction for two new gas developments in Trinidad, President Energy’s success...
(Petrobras, 18.Dec.2018) — Petrobras reports that its Board of Directors approved in a meeting held today, the advance distribution of earnings to shareholders as Interest on Capital (IOC), as defined...
(Petrobras, 18.Dec.2018) — Petrobras, in compliance with the provisions of Instruction no. 358 of January 3, 2002, issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil (CVM), hereby informs that...
(Rowan, 18.Dec.2018) — Rowan Companies plc announced that the Ralph Coffman, a 240-C Class harsh environment jack-up rig, has been awarded a one-well contract from CGX Resources in Guyana for...
(Reuters, 18.Dec.2018) — Colombia has canceled two auctions of rights to explore for oil in dozens of areas of the Andean nation and plans to relaunch bidding early next year,...
(JA Solar, 18.Dec.2018) — JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd., a world-leading manufacturer of high-performance photovoltaic products, announced that it will supply all bifacial mono PERC double glass modules for SolarGrid’s...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 18.Dec.2018) — President Energy announced drilling success at the company’s third new well, PF0 1005, located in Puesto Flores, Rio Negro Province, Argentina. The well...
(Frontera Energy, 18.Dec.2018) — CGX Energy Inc. and Frontera Energy Corporation amended a letter agreement previously disclosed in a news release of CGX and Frontera on December 4, 2018 to...
(Frontera Energy, 18.Dec.2018) — Frontera Energy Corporation entered into an unsecured loan agreement with Puerto Bahia, pursuant to which the company has agreed to loan the aggregate amount of $10.75...
(Frontera Energy, 18.Dec.2018) — Frontera Energy Corporation announced the option for a Dividend Reinvestment Plan. As initially announced on December 6, 2018, Frontera has now adopted a Dividend Reinvestment Plan...
(BPTT, 17.Dec.2018) — BP Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT) announced the sanction for two new gas developments offshore Trinidad, Cassia Compression and Matapal. The Cassia Compression project will enable BPTT to...
(AFP, 17.Dec.2018) — A major group of indigenous people living in Argentine Patagonia are taking some of the world's biggest oil and gas multinationals to court for “environmental contamination,” Greenpeace...
(Chron.com, Jordan Blum, 17.Dec.2018) — The small South American nation Guyana led the way in 2018 for new oil and gas discoveries followed by Russia and the United States as...
(Energy Voice, Mark Lammey, 17.Dec.2018) — The first project will help BP produce low pressure gas reserves from existing fields in the Greater Cassia Area. The project will involve the...
(NGI, Christopher Lenton, 17.Dec.2018) — Though hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has transformed the energy sector in the United States, only Argentina in Latin America has followed its lead in commercially developing...
(Reuters, Marta Nogueira, 17.Dec.2018) — Brazil’s National Council for Energy Policy (CNPE) in a meeting on Monday approved the sixth-round auction for the country’s pre-salt offshore oil area to be...
(Bloomberg, Mohammed Sergie and Anthony Dipaola, 16.Dec.2018) — Qatar Petroleum is buying stakes in three offshore oil blocks in Mexico from Eni SpA, as the Arab country signs another global...
(Eni, 16.Dec.2018) — His Excellency Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs and President & CEO of Qatar Petroleum, and Claudio Descalzi, Chief Executive Officer of Eni, signed...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, Ian Silverman and Aaron Simonsky, 16.Dec.2018) — Heard on the street and other LatAmNRG briefs from Chile on its $515 million Energy Access Fund, Mexico’s...