(Reuters, 13.Jun.2018) – Canadian energy company Enbridge Inc. said it started construction of the offshore border crossing section of its US$1.6-billion Valley Crossing natural gas pipeline between Texas and Mexico,...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 12.Jun.2018) – Venezuela will continue to forgo substantial oil revenues this year due to its collapsing production. In the last four years of the administration...
(Jamaica Gleaner, 13.Jun.2018) – Gas prices are to go down by $0.21 effective Thursday, June 14. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 will sell for $132.12 per litre...
(Pemex, 12.Jun.2018) – Pemex reports that, due to the arrival of Hurricane Bud to the shores of the Mexican Pacific, it is continuously monitoring the situation and preparing to activate...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 1.Jun.2018) – A brief look at PDVSA’s PDVAL. https://youtu.be/RhJVz4aLies
(Denis Chabrol, DemeraraWaves, 12.Jun.2018) – ExxonMobil on Tuesday reconfirmed that Guyana will pump up its first barrel of oil in March 2020, even as the Guyana government continued to fend...
(UPI, Daniel J. Graeber, 12.Jun.2018) -- New data taken from an oil reservoir on the northern coast of Cuba confirm the assessment of a highly prospective site, Australia's Melbana Energy...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Jun.2018) – Canada’s Frontera Energy Corporation continues its active drilling program in Colombia. The company had six (6) drilling rigs operating continuously in the first...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Jun.2018) – Frontera Energy Corporation entered into an unsecured loan agreement with Puerto Bahia. The agreement is pursuant to which Frontera has agreed to loan...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 12.Jun.2018) – Illegal pipeline connections detected by state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) continue their upward trend. In April of 2018, the illegal connections rose...
(Reuters, Deisy Buitrago, Marianna Parraga, 12.Jun.2018) – Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA [PDVSA.UL] and partners have halted operations at two upgraders that convert extra-heavy oil into exportable crude and plan to stop...
(OilPrice.com, Robert Rapier, 12.Jun.2018) – On May 21st President Donald Trump signed a new executive order prohibiting certain oil-related transactions with Venezuela. GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, argues...
(ExxonMobil, 12.Jun.2018) – The Liza Phase 1 development continues to rapidly progress, with the commencement of development drilling offshore Guyana, ExxonMobil said. Development drilling began in May for the first...
(Velda Addision, Senior Editor, Digital News Group Hart Energy, 12.Jun.2018) — Working at energy sites in some parts of Mexico could mean coming face-to-face with locals wanting to see the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Jun.2018) – The offer will consist of a two-for-one share split of the company's issued and outstanding common shares. The record date of the Share...
(Kallanish Energy, 11.Jun.2018) -- Venezuela’s PDVSA has reportedly completed its first ship-to-ship (STS) transfer last week, in a move to tackle the severe bottleneck of tankers around its main crude...
(Oil and Gas Journal, Robert Brelsford, 11.Jun.2018) – Mexico’s Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), through its processing subsidiary Pemex Transformacion Industrial (formerly Pemex Refinacion), has let a contract to a partnership of...
(Kallanish Energy, 11.Jun.2018) -- As refineries and traders await clarity on whether they will be able to make reductions in their crude purchases from Iran or be forced to stop...
(Control Risk, Armando Ortega, 11.Jun.2018) — For decades, the most relevant compliance legislation for international companies operating in Mexico was the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Now, as a result...
(Financial Times, Nick Butler, 10.Jun.2018) Among this year’s many elections — from Iraq to Malaysia to Russia — none is more important for the international energy business than the presidential...
(The Jamaica Observer, 9.Jun.2018) – Government sources told the Jamaica Observer they are awaiting a response from Venezuela on its offer to repurchase their 49 per cent share in the...
(Reuters, 9.Jun.2018) -- US oil producer Chevron Corp permanently assigned its Brazil country chief to run its Venezuelan operations, three sources said this week, after the months-long detention of two...
(Reuters, 9.Jun.2018) -- Howard Energy Partners told U.S. energy regulators that it began injecting natural gas into the Impulsora natural gas pipeline project from Texas to Mexico on May 30,...
(Stabroek News, 8.Jun.2018) – Having long established itself as a significant contributor to tertiary education in Guyana, the Critchlow Labour College is seeking to embrace the demand for training in...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 8.Jun.2018) – Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH by its Spanish acronym) says it has no plans to carry out fracking activities in Boyacá department. The...
(Efe, 7.Jun.2018) – Brazil raised 3.15 billion reais (around $830 million) in fixed signing bonuses on Thursday in its fourth auction of oil blocks in a deepwater region of the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 7.Jun.2018) – Kevin Ramnarine discusses the regional deep-water industry in the southern Caribbean during a technical speech in Trinidad on the emerging regional deep-water province of...
(Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago, 7.Jun.2018) -- The Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago invites you to our Clean Energy Conference 2018, now in its 2nd year and themed...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 7.Jun.2018) – Cuba’s foreign currency will be under pressure this year. “Difficulties with fuel supply and a drop in exports have continued to put pressure...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 7.Jun.2018) --That’s according to comments by former Trinidad and Tobago Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine. “On average, deep-water projects need an oil price of US$42 per...
(ExxonMobil, 7.Jun.2018) – ExxonMobil has increased its holdings in Brazil’s pre-salt basins after winning the Uirapuru exploration block with co-venturers Equinor and Petrogal Brasil during Brazil’s 4th pre-salt bid round....
(Efe, 6.Jun.2018) – Brazil’s Electricity Sector Monitoring Committee (CMSE) announced special operational measures to ensure that the country will not have problems with its energy supply during the 2018 World...
(Tsvetana Paraskova, OilPrice.com, 6.Jun.2018) -- Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has accused the United States of infiltrating senior positions at the Venezuelan oil industry. “There was a process of penetration and...
(Nick Cunningham, OilPrice.com, 6.Jun.2018) -- Venezuela might have to declare force majeure on its oil exports as production plunges and its ports are unable to ship enough crude. The ongoing...
[caption id="attachment_2842" align="alignnone" width="629"] Juhern Kim, acting representative of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in Colombia, gives a presentation on the intergovernmental organisation’s strategies. Credit: GGGI Colombia[/caption] (Inter Press...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 5.Jun.2018) – Decree No. 3368, dated April 12, 2018, and published in Gazette No. 41376, establishes a special transitional regime aimed at boosting Venezuela’s oil...
(Pemex, 5.Jun.2018) – The CEO of Petróleos Mexicanos, Carlos Treviño Medina, and the Governor of the State of Hidalgo, Omar Fayad Meneses, signed a memorandum of understanding, to promote and...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 5.Jun.2018) – Ivan de Souza Monteiro is the new president of Petrobras. Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras announced controlling shareholder informed the company of the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 5.Jun.2018) – Venezuela’s Oil Minister Manuel Quevedo says the state oil company has identified 23,319 wells which have potential to recover Venezuela’s oil production by...
(Pampa Energía S.A., 5.Jun.2018) – Pampa Energía S.A. was granted a 35-year period extension to the operation of the El Mangrullo block for the development of unconventional gas (shale and...
(Reuters, 5.Jun.2018) -- Venezuela’s state-owned PDVSA is considering a declaration of force majeure on some of its oil supply contracts in June unless its clients agree to accept volume reductions...
(Brookings, Carlos Pascual, David G. Victor, and Rafael Fernandez de Castro, 5.Jun.2018) – On July 1, Mexicans head to the polls to select their next president. While it has become...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, Jared Yamin) – Melbana Energy Limited Chief Geologist Errol Johnstone explains why the company choose Cuba. ***
(Reuters, Hadeel Al Sayegh, 3.Jun.2018) — Qatar Petroleum signed an agreement on Sunday with Exxon Mobil to acquire a 30 percent stake in two of Exxon’s affiliates in Argentina, giving...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 3.Jun.2018) – Canada’s Frontera Energy Corporation announced it was notified by Petroperu S.A. of a force majeure event affecting a portion of the NorPeruano pipeline...
(Al Jazeera, Daniel Schweimler, 2.Jun.2018) – Pedro Parente's resignation was one of the demands of striking workers due to worries that he was going to privatise Brazil's share of the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 1.Jun.2018) – Pedro Parente resigned as CEO of Petrobras. In an official statement, Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras confirmed Mr. Parente had resigned his position...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 1.Jun.2018) -- China plans investments of $10 billion across various sectors in Peru over the next three years. The Asian giant is planning to focus...
(Shell, 1.Jun.2018) — Peru LNG is the first natural gas liquefaction plant in South America and began operations in 2010 with a 4.45 mtpa capacity. It receives dry gas through...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 31.May.2018) – The partnership Saipem S.P.A / Saimexicana S.A. de C.V won the bid to rehabilitate the H-Oil Plant at the Miguel Hidalgo refinery. Mexico’s...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 31.May.2018) – Former Trinidad and Tobago Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine will speak in Port of Spain about the regional deepwater industry in the Southern Caribbean....
(Efe, 30.May.2018) – Brazilian oil workers defied a court order on Wednesday by launching a three-day strike affecting oil refineries. The FUP, a federation that assembles most of Brazil’s oil...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 30.May.2018) ‐- Kosmos Energy, Chevron Corporation and Hess Corporation are close to finalizing prospects tests in Block 42 in Suriname. The three companies are finalizing...
(Anthony Venezia, Energy Intelligence, 30.May.2018) -- The political and economic crisis afflicting Venezuela typically makes international headlines in connection with the possibility of sanctions being imposed on Caracas by the...
(Reuters, Marc Frank, 30.Apr.2018) -- French energy firm Total SA and German industrial giant Siemens AG hope to sign a deal soon with Cuba to build a 600 megawatt gas-fired...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 30.May.2018) – Fuel smuggling from countries neighbouring Guyana is a major issue. The small South American country has developed the Fuel Marking Programme to address...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 29.May.2018) ‐- Spain’s Gas Natural Fenosa is finally exiting Colombia. The company sold 15.46 million shares, representing the remaining 41.89% interest in gas distributor Gas...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 29.May.2018) ‐- South America’s Ecuador is producing 522,372 barrels per day. Total crude oil production from the small OPEC member nation was 522,372 barrels per...
(Reuters, 28.May.2018) -- India said on Monday it had no plans to use Venezuela's local cryptocurrency 'petro' in oil trade with the Latin American nation, which is facing sanctions from...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.May.2018) -- Venezuela’s upstream, downstream and midstream sectors remain attractive, yet unattractive to investors. Why the contradiction? The three sectors remain highly attractive due to the fact...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 28.May.2018) ‐- Ecopetrol plans to invest a total of COL$94.5 billion Colombian pesos on infrastructure and education. The funds for the seven projects will come...
(AP, 27.May.2018) – Venezuela's former oil czar said crude production in the OPEC nation will continue to plummet in the aftermath of President Nicolas Maduro's re-election, as the embattled socialist...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 27.May.2018) ‐- Thefts of elements from producing wells coupled with infrastructure sabotage at the Tibú field in the municipality by the same name in Northern...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 26.May.2018) – Canacol Energy Ltd., the exploration and production company with operations focused in Colombia, announced its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 25.May.2018) ‐- Venezuela’s state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela owes an estimated $1 billion to its partners in the Cardón IV natural gas project offshore....
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 25.May.2018) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a new two-year flexible credit line with Colombia for nearly $11.4 billion. The new credit replaces the former...
(Pampa Energía S.A., 24.May.2018) – Pampa Energía S.A. inaugurated its first Wind Farm named Engineer Mario Cebreiro (‘PEMC’), which given the technology and size, it is also the first project...
(Amsterdam News, Bert Wilkinson, 24.May.2018) – Jamaica is fancying its chances of becoming the latest Caribbean Community nation after Guyana to find commercial quantities of oil and gas in the...
(LoopTT, 24.May.2018) – Moody's Investors Service is projecting an Energy Sector-led rebound in growth to support the fiscal trajectory. On Wednesday, Moody's upgraded Trinidad and Tobago's Trinidad Drilling Ltd.'s (Trinidad) Corporate Family Rating...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 24.May.2018) – Ecopetrol and Talisman Colombia Oil & Gas (TCOG), a company of Repsol group, plan to initiate drilling of new production wells in late...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 24.May.2018) – Canacol Energy Ltd. announced it has mobilized a rig to drill the Borojo 1 exploration well. Located on the 100% operated Esperanza E&E...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 24.May.2018) – Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol announced plans to make social investments of 1.3 billion Colombian pesos in Meta department, where the company and...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 24.May.2018) – Energy Analytics Institute, formerly LatinPetroleum Inc., continues to promote its “Energy Education Initiative” in the Americas, also known as “NRG ED.” NRG ED...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 24.May.2018) – Venezuela’s reserves-to-production or R/P ratio was a remarkable 342 times in 2016 based on reserves of 300.9 billion barrels and production of...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 24.May.2018) – Canacol Energy Ltd. announced results of the Breva 1 natural gas exploration well located on its 100% operated VIM 21 block in the...