(Reuters, 19.Apr.2019) — The cash-strapped government is becoming increasingly reliant on the Kremlin. Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has asked at least two of its […]
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Indian Refiners Turn To OPEC, Mexico, U.S. To Make Up Iran Oil Gap
(Reuters, 18.Apr.2019) — All four Indian state-owned refiners that buy Iranian oil are confident of securing additional barrels from other producers, officials from the companies […]
Exclusive: Venezuela Skirts U.S. Sanctions By Funneling Oil Sales Via Russia
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, 18.Apr.2019) — President Nicolas Maduro is funneling cashflow from Venezuelan oil sales through Russian state energy giant Rosneft as he seeks to […]
Shell Awards Contract To Halliburton For Offshore Project In Brazil
(Chron.com, Sergio Chapa, 17.Apr.2019) — Royal Dutch Shell has awarded a three-year contract to Houston oilfield service company Halliburton to explore and develop two projects […]
Altus Power Acquires 19 MW Operating Solar Portfolio
(Altus, 17.Apr.2019) — Altus Power America, Inc. completed the acquisition of a multistate operating portfolio of ground-mounted solar assets. The 19 megawatt (MW) DC portfolio […]
Cameron LNG Reaches Final Commissioning Stage Of First Liquefaction Train
(Sempra, 15.Apr.2019) — Sempra Energy announced that Cameron LNG has begun pipeline feed gas flow to the first liquefaction train of the liquefaction-export project as […]
This New Oil Hotspot Is Replacing Venezuelan Crude
(Oilprice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 15.Apr.2019) — The U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry have tightened the global heavy to medium crude oil market, sending oil buyers […]
Chevron To Gain Anadarko’s Offshore Guyana Oil Assets After Takeover
(Stabroek News, 14.Apr.2019) — Guyana could see oil exploration activity in the ultra-deepwater region picking up pace in the near future with United States oil […]
Permian Water Disposal Volumes To Double By 2022: Wood Mac
(Wood Mac, 12.Apr.2019) — Water disposal volumes in the Permian Basin are expected to double within the next two to three years, new analysis from […]
Chevron Buys Anadarko In $50bn Cash-And-Stock Deal
(WoodMac, 12.Apr.2019) — Commenting on Chevron’s US$50 billion cash-and-stock acquisition of Anadarko, Roy Martin, senior analyst, corporate analysis, said: “This is the biggest upstream deal […]
Delek Acquires Shell Deepwater Assets, Expanding E&P Footprint
(Wood Mac, 11.Apr.2019) — Delek Group has stepped out of the Gulf of Mexico shelf and into the deepwater, signing an agreement to acquire Shell’s […]
Lights Dimming On Big Oil In Venezuela
(Argus, Patricia Garip, 10.Apr.2019) — Darkness has befallen Venezuela in more than one sense, and incumbent oil companies are scrambling for a ray of light. […]
US Acknowledges Guyana’s Right To Renegotiate Exxon Deal If It So Chooses
(Stabroek News, 10.Apr.2019) — The United States acknowledges that it is within Guyana’s sovereign right to renegotiate the controversial Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) between the […]
Mexican President Warns Retailers: Keep Gas Prices In Check
(Oilprice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 9.Apr.2019) — The Mexican government may consider creating a small network of gas stations that would sell gasoline at lower, “fair prices”, […]
Texas’ Pete Olson Calls For Maduro To Release Citgo 6
(The Katy News, 8.Apr.2019) — Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) issued the following statement calling on the Maduro regime to release the six Citgo executives, five […]
KBR Awarded Pre-FEED Contract For BP’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Project
(KBR, 9.Apr.2019) — KBR, Inc. announced that BP has awarded KBR’s UK operating subsidiary the Pre-FEED Services contract for Phases 2 and 3 of BP’s […]
KBR Adds BHGE To Development Of Mid-Scale LNG Reference Design
(KBR, 8.Apr.2019) — KBR, Inc. announced it has selected Baker Hughes, a GE company, as part of the ongoing development of KBR’s standardized mid-scale Liquefied […]
Students Put Energy Efficient Cars To The Test At Shell Eco-marathon Americas
(Shell, 7.Apr.2019) — Make the Future Live California featuring Shell Eco-marathon Americas drew more than 1,000 students to Sonoma Raceway to compete for the title […]
New U.S. Sanctions Seek To Block Venezuelan Oil Shipments To Cuba
(NYT, Annie Karni and Nicholas Casey, 5.Apr.2019) — The Trump administration announced on Friday its latest round of economic sanctions against the government of President […]
Indigo Natural Resources LLC Provides Operational Update
(Indigo, 4.Apr.2019) — Indigo Natural Resources LLC, a privately-owned natural gas and natural gas liquids company with assets in the Haynesville Shale, the Bossier Shale […]
Venezuela Blackouts Cut Oil Output by Half During March
(Bloomberg Fabiola Zerpa, 4.Apr.2019) — Power failures that plunged Venezuela into darkness for much of March also briefly slashed the country’s crude production by half, […]
Sempra Gets Licenses To Export US LNG Out Of Mexico
(Argus, 2.Apr.2019) — The US Department of Energy (DOE) has authorized the Energia Costa Azul (ECA) LNG export project in northwest Mexico to re-export US […]
ECA LNG Receives US Non-FTA Approval For Liquefaction Exports
(Sempra, 1.Apr.2019) — Sempra Energy has announced that its subsidiary Energía Costa Azul (ECA) LNG received two authorizations from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) […]
Citgo Reports Higher Exports, Crude Throughputs
(Argus, 1.Apr.2019) — Citgo increased fuel exports and domestic crude processing last year, the company said in rare public guidance on the Venezuelan-controlled independent refiner’s […]
LatAmNRG Q&A Series With Refinitiv’s Carl Larry
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 31.Mar.2019) — As part of Energy Analytics Institute’s ongoing coverage of the Latin America and Caribbean energy sectors from conventionals, […]
OPEC Releases MOMR With Data Thru Feb. 2019
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 14.Mar.2019) — OPEC announced publication of its Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR) as of 14 March 2019 with details on […]