CARACAS, VENEZUELA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Jun.2026, Words: 199) — Venezuela confirmed by satellite imagery a new oil spill originating from the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The spill surpasses the magnitude of the spill that occurred in May and confirms the flow of contaminants into Venezuelan waters, posing […]
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Trinidad and Tobago energy
Shell and PDVSA eye expanding production, optimization of gas handling
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Jun.2026, Words: 175) — Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) president Héctor Obregón and his counterpart at Shell‘s Exploration and Production division Peter Costello evaluated projects to expand production, optimize gas handling, and improve operational reliability. The alliance between the 2 companies is part of […]
MEEI approves Oxy’s investment in TTUD-1 ultra-deep block
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Jun.2026, Words: 199) — Officials from Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) met with representatives from ExxonMobil Trinidad and Tobago Limited and Occidental Petroleum (Oxy). The meeting took place at MEEI’s head office, International Waterfront Complex, Port of Spain.
PRESS DIGEST 8 JUN 2026: Oxy TTO deal; Santa Cruz eyes Canadian investors
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (By editors and writers with Energy Analytics Institute and Editores LatinPetroleum CA, 8.Jun.2026, Words: 345) — The following briefs are compiled from varied media outlets across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and beyond and span company details on the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI), ExxonMobil, […]
Touchstone announces WRAP deal to raise up to $1mn
CALGARY, ALBERTA (By Touchstone, 4.Jun.2026, Words: 475) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. announced a retail offer via the Winterflood Retail Access Platform (“WRAP”) to raise up to US$1mn (approximately £0.74mn / C$1.4mn) (the “WRAP Retail Offer”) through the issue of new common shares of no par value in the capital of […]
Touchstone updates on Carapal Ridge 3, Cascadura and WD-8 blk
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 15.May.2026, Words: 300) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. updated on its ongoing activities in Trinidad and Tobago spanning from the Carapal Ridge 3 (CR-3) to the Cascadura infrastructure, and oil block drilling (WD-8). In specific, the Calgary, Alberta-based company said it successfully delivered […]
ANALYSIS: PetroCaribe 2.0? Venezuela, Delcy and the future of oil diplomacy in the Caribbean
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 12.May.2026, Words: 2087) — As Caracas courts Caribbean partners again — signaled most recently by a new deal with Barbados — Venezuela’s interim leader Delcy Rodríguez appears to be testing the waters for a PetroCaribe reboot. But any “PetroCaribe 2.0” will operate […]
Trinidad and Tobago’s MEEI reports on Heritage oil spill, containment efforts
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 10.May.2026, Words: 325) — Heritage Petroleum Company Limited detected an oil spill in the Main Field at 0725 hrs on 1 May 2026, and immediately activated its oil spill response protocols. Heritage instantly informed relevant regulatory authorities, including Trinidad and Tobago’s […]
Venezuela concerned about oil spill in Trinidad, environmental impacts
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 9.May.2026, Words: 228) — Venezuela expressed concern regarding an oil spill originating from neighboring Trinidad and Tobago. The spill has reportedly caused serious environmental damage in the Gulf of Paria and coastal areas of the Venezuelan states of Sucre and Delta Amacuro.
MEEI reveals oil spill at Heritage Petroleum’s Main Field
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.May.2026, Words: 82) — Heritage Petroleum Company Limited detected an oil spill in the Main Field at 0725 hrs on 1 May 2026. Heritage immediately activated its oil spill response protocols, Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) […]
Chevron announces asset swap, consolidates heavy oil position in Venezuela
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Apr.2026, Words: 300) — Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiaries with interests in Venezuela, agreed to an asset swap with Petroleos de Venezuela, S. A. (PDVSA) and subsidiaries of PDVSA in a mutually beneficial agreement which will consolidate all parties’ focus on strategic […]
Guyana’s president Irfaan Ali and Trinidad’s PM Persad-Bissessar talk bilateral trade
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Apr.2026, Words: 226) — Guyana’s president Mohamed Irfaan Ali, and Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar held bilateral discussions in Trinidad. Both leaders agreed on a development, trade, and economic agenda that would see enhancement of each […]
PRESS DIGEST 11 APR. 2026: TTO and GUY bilateral talks; US sanctions on BCV
MONTERREY, MEXICO (By editors with Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Apr.2026, Words: 323) — The following briefs are compiled from varied media outlets across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and beyond and span country specific updates from the US, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana to Venezuela, among others. Energy Analytics Institute […]
Trinidad and Tobago’s MEEI inks deals with Perenco for blocks 2(c) and 3(a)
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Apr.2026, Words: 300) — The head of Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) Roodal Moonilal signed agreements to effect amendments to the production sharing contracts for blocks 2(c) and 3(a) with Perenco Trinidad and Tobago Limited. This milestone […]
Touchstone says CR-3 well successfully tied into Central block natural gas facility
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Mar.2026, Words: 285) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. said the Carapal Ridge 3 (CR-3) well was successfully tied into the Central block natural gas facility and brought onstream on 28 Mar. 2026. The well is currently flowing natural gas and condensate as […]
ANALYSIS: skepticism over Trump’s summit without 3 essential Latin American voices
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Mar.2026, Words: 1,090) — If US president Donald Trump’s Shield of the Americas Summit was supposed to be about freedom, security, and prosperity for the hemisphere, then Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico and its leaders — Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Gustavo Petro, and […]
Short analysis: Shield of the Americas … a missed opportunity for real hemispheric leadership
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Mar.2026, Word: 230) — In Doral, Florida, US president Donald Trump recently convened what was billed as the first-ever Shield of the Americas summit. There, Trump and his secretary of sate Marco Rubio welcomed a coalition of 13 countries seemingly “committed to freedom, security, […]
PRESS DIGEST 10 MAR. 2026: Frontera to accept Parex offer; Viridien offshore India
MONTERREY, MEXICO (By editors with Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Mar.2026, Words: 820) — The following briefs are the top stories from the top media outlets on 10 Mar. 2026 across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and beyond, as compiled by editors from Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). EAI has not verified […]
Touchstone reports on pre-tax PV10 value of 2P reserves in Trinidad
CALGARY, ALBERTA (By Touchstone, 25.Feb.2026, Words: 490) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. announced details related to its 2025 year-end reserves as prepared by GLJ Ltd. with an effective date of 31 Dec. 2025. Highlights of our total proved developed producing (PDP), total proved (1P), and total proved plus probable (2P) reserves from […]
EAI brief: Chevron Corp. eyes growth in Argentina, Guyana and Venezuela
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Feb.2026, Words: 149) — Chevron Corporation eyes future production growth in Argentina, Guyana and Venezuela, according to new details revealed to investors in a Feb. 2026 presentation. RELATED: BP’S EVP BIRRELL SAYS TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO DISCOVERIES MOVE UP IN QUEUE Argentina
Trinidad’s MEEI head Moonilal comments on US OFAC GL50, Venezuelan gas and Atlantic LNG
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Feb.2026, Words: 416) — Issuance of US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) general license 50 (GL50) is expected to generate a significant boost for cross-border gas initiatives between Venezuela and its neighbor Trinidad and Tobago. “We welcome the US government’s decision […]
EAI brief: Trinidad and Tobago discoveries move up in queue, Birrell says
MONTERREY, MEXICO (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Feb.2026, Words: 96) — Regarding bp’s ongoing program in Trinidad and Tobago, executive vice president of production & operations Gordon Birrell said the UK-based company had a number of discoveries that will push close to the front of the queue. RELATED: BPTT COMPLETES […]
Noble reveals awards totaling $1.3bn, updates on Guyana, Trinidad and Suriname operations
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO and HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Jan.2026, Words: 610) — Noble Corporation plc announced new contract awards for 9 rigs comprising approximately $1.3bn of backlog, including a 3-year contract for the harsh environment semisubmersible Noble GreatWhite, which will expand the company’s existing Norway presence into […]
BP interested in cross-border opportunities with Venezuela, company’s Trinidad head says
PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (By Curtis Williams, Reuters 26.Jan.2026, Words: 309) — BP‘s head of Trinidad and Tobago said on Monday the oil and gas major is still interested in cross-border opportunities with Venezuela, despite the government in Caracas suspending all bilateral energy agreements with its neighbor last year. […]
EAI brief: Venezuela’s Mariscal Sucre projects fields and production potential
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Jan.2026, Words: 150) — Venezuela’s Mariscal Sucre project offshore comprises 4 fields: Dragón, Patao, Mejillones and Río Caribe. The 4 fields associated with Mariscal Sucre, located in water depths between 328-427ft (100-130m), are situated nearly 25 miles north of Venezuela’s Paria peninsula […]
EAI brief: LatAm conflicts to watch in 2026 (from Colombia and Mexico to Venezuela)
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Jan.2026, Words: 361) — Energy Analytics Institute (EAI) expects the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region to continue to confront tensions on the political front in 2026 and beyond. This, amid rising US tensions under Trump 2.0 as North American president Donald Trump […]
ExxonMobil updates MEEI ministers regarding TTUD-1 activities offshore Trinidad
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Dec.2025, Words: 183) — Officials with Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) met with a high-level delegation from the US Embassy and Spring, Texas-based ExxonMobil Corporation to receive updates on the progress of operations related to the recently awarded […]
EAI brief: Venezuela terminates plans to supply gas to Trinidad and Tobago
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Dec.2025, Words: 156) — Venezuela has decided to terminate plans to supply natural gas to neighboring Trinidad and Tobago. The administration of Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro announced termination of contracts, agreements, and negotiations for the supply of gas to its nearest Caribbean […]
EOG Resources names John D. Chandler to BODs
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Dec.2025, Words: 157) — EOG Resources, Inc. appointed John D. Chandler to its board of directors, effective 10 Dec. 2025. Chandler served as senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of The Williams Companies, Inc. from 2017 until his retirement in […]
EAI brief: Touchstone updates MEEI execs about ongoing operations in Trinidad
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Dec.2025, Words: 145) — Officials with Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) met with executives from Touchstone Exploration (Trinidad) Limited. At the meeting held on 8 Dec. 2025 at the MEEI International Waterfront Complex in Port-of-Spain, Touchstone updated ministry executives […]
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EAI brief: US on “reassertion and enforcement” of Monroe Doctrine [pdf download]
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Dec.2025, Words: 120) — The US government under president Donald Trump laid out its national security strategy, which shines light on its military build up in the Caribbean, among other actions under Trump 2.0. “After years of neglect, the United States will reassert […]
EAI brief: bpTT completes Cypre project offshore Trinidad
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Nov.2025, Words: 234) — bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT), owned by bp (70% WI) and Repsol (30% WI), successfully completed the final 3 wells of the Cypre gas field development project. This, ahead of schedule, according to the head of Trinidad and […]
bpTT says Cypre project safely completed off Trinidad
PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (By bpTT, 20.Nov.2025, Words: 314) — bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) announced that it has safely completed the Cypre 7-well drilling program following delivery of first gas in Apr.2025. The Cypre development is made up of 7 wells tied back into bpTT’s existing Juniper platform. 4 wells were drilled […]
Proman welcomes removal of 15% US tariffs on critical fertilizers
PT LISAS, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (By Proman, 18.Nov.2025, Words: 276) — Proman, the sole producer of urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) in Trinidad and Tobago and the world’s second-largest exporter of UAN to the US, welcomes the US government’s decision to remove the 15% tariffs previously imposed on imports of fertilizers into […]
EAI brief: Southern Command jets conduct routine flying operations in the Caribbean
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Nov.2025, Words: 101) — US Marine Corps F-35B Lightning Il aircraft continued to conduct routine flying operations in the Southern Command area of responsibility. US military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the Southern Command mission supported by the […]
EAI brief: MEEI heads visit TRINGEN complex at Point Lisas
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Nov.2025, Words: 245) — Trinidad and Tobago’s co-heads at Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEE) Roodal Moonilal and Ernesto Kesar and and MEEI director of the downstream petroleum management division Ayasha Nickie met with Yara Trinidad Ltd. and Trinidad Nitrogen Company […]
EAI brief: MEEI officials with Hungary ambassador Balázs Heincz
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Nov.2025, Words: 245) — The co-head of the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) Ernesto Kesar along with deputy permanent secretary (Ag.) Marc Rudder and international relations and affairs advisor to the minister Sheena Gosine, welcomed the ambassador […]
MEEI head Moonilal addresses Trinidad’s mining industry licenses
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Nov.2025, Words: 287) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) acknowledged receipt of a letter dated 28 Oct. 2025 from an organization which called itself the Trinidad and Tobago Aggregate Producers Alliance (TTAPA) seeking dialogue with the head […]
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BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Nov.2025, Words: 2,000) — The Energy Analytics Institute (EAI) NRG Dashboard — a must read for investors, students, academics and energy executives among others interested or already following the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region energy sector in particular and the global energy […]
Trinidad and Tobago’s Energy Chamber calls for renewed domestic gas focus
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Oct.2025, Words: 265) — The Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago announced a call for a renewed national focus on securing and expanding the Caribbean country’s domestic natural gas supplies to safeguard the country’s economic, energy and national security. This call […]
Venezuela’s hydrocarbon minister proposes canceling energy deals with Trinidad
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Oct.2025, Words: 250) — Venezuela is set to cancel is energy deals with Trinidad and Tobago, which primarily relate to the export of its natural gas to its gas-short neighbor. This, as the government of the small island-nation continues to […]
Venezuela arrests mercenaries with details of a CIA attack to start a military conflict
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Oct.2025, Words: 282) — Venezuela accused Trinidad and Tobago of carrying out a military provocation with the help of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to provoke a war in the Caribbean. To this end, Venezuela announced the arrest of a […]
Touchstone announces private placement and retail offer
CALGARY, ALBERTA (By Touchstone, 24 Oct. 2025, Words: 537) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. has conditionally raised £6.32mn ($8.44mn) by way of a private placement of 57,454,545 new common shares in the company with no par value to certain new and existing investors at a price of 11 pence (C$0.206) per common share. […]
US and Trinidad announce launch of joint defense forces exercises
PORT OF SPAIN (By US Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago, 24.Oct.2025, Words: 375) — The USS Gravely (DDG-107) will visit Trinidad and Tobago from 26-30 Oct. 2025, mooring in Port of Spain, while the 22nd US Marine Expeditionary Unit will train alongside the Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (TTDF) during […]
MEEI head Moonilal comments on Nutrien’s discussions with downstreamers in Trinidad
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Oct.2025, Words: 290) — Trinidad and Tobago head at the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) Roodal Moonilal confirmed a number of downstream producers have been in talks with National Energy Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NEC) regarding use of […]
EAI brief: US Embassy Port of Spain issues security alert to American citizens
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Oct.2025, Words: 140) — Due to a heightened state of alert, the US Embassy Port of Spain suggested American citizens avoid and refrain from visiting all US government facilities in Trinidad and Tobago through the holiday weekend. RELATED: Venezuela’s EVP Delcy Rodriguez […]
EAI brief: Trinidad in deal to secure $5mn grant from The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Oct.2025, Words: 127) — Trinidad and Tobago prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar revealed details around $5mn in grant funding from The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The funding seeks to build and expand on the long and friendly relations between both countries, The […]
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BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Oct.2025, Words: 2,000) — The Energy Analytics Institute (EAI) NRG Dashboard — a most read for investors, students, academics and energy executives among others interested or already following the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region energy sector in particular and the global energy […]
Trinidad secures 6 month OFAC license for Venezuela’s Dragon gas
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Oct.2025, Words: 305 — Twin-island nation Trinidad and Tobago secured a 6-month license from the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) enabling negotiations with neighboring Venezuela related to procurement of natural gas from the Dragon field, […]
US supportive of OFAC licenses for Trinidad-Venezuela cross-border developments
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Sep.2025, Words: 233) — Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar obtained the support of the US for the development of the Caribbean country’s hydrocarbon cross-border resources. This support was secured during high-level discussions with US secretary of state Marco Rubio at […]