(US Department of State, 2.Nov.2021) — Today, the United States, the European Union, and partners formally launched the Global Methane Pledge, an initiative to reduce global methane emissions to keep the goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius within reach. A total of over 100 countries representing 70% of the […]
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NRGBriefs: Argentina’s Vaca Muerta-San Jerónimo Pipeline
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Nov.2021) — Energy briefs including YPF’s President Pablo González saying the national government would be revealing details “within a few days” regarding a new gas pipeline project that would transport production from the Vaca Muerta formation to San Jerónimo and potentially on to Brazil; details of around […]
NRGBriefs: Hess Says Liza Phase 2 On Track
(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including Hess Corp. confirming that production from its Liza Phase 2 development in Guyana is on track to startup in early 2022; Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. entering into a share purchase agreement to indirectly acquire through the purchase of the shares […]
TechnipFMC and Saipem to Unlock New Opportunities
(TechnipFMC, 27.Oct.2021) — TechnipFMC (NYSE: FTI) (PARIS: FTI) and Saipem (MILAN: SPM) entered into a global commercial agreement that will allow them to identify projects worldwide that could be jointly executed for the benefit of clients. The commercial agreement will pursue specific Subsea Umbilicals, Risers and Flowlines (SURF) projects where […]
Alaska Air And AeroAvia to Develop Hydrogen Aircraft
(ZeroAvia, 26.Oct.2021) — ZeroAvia is gaining altitude as the leader in zero-emission passenger aircraft as it announces a development collaboration with Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines, for a hydrogen-electric powertrain capable of flying 76-seat regional aircraft in excess of 500 NM. Alaska is also joining the list of top investors for […]
Exxon Backs The Global Methane Pledge
(Exxon, 26.Oct.2021) — In September, the U.S. and European Union announced a Global Methane Pledge to reduce methane emissions by 30% below 2020 levels by 2030. More than 30 nations have now joined the Pledge, and more could be announced at the upcoming COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. ExxonMobil […]
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NRGBriefs: Venezuelan Production Goals [PDF Download]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including Venezuela’s near-term oil production goals; Petrobras’ plans to host two 3Q:21 webcasts using Microsoft Teams; B2Gold Corp. entering into a binding agreement w/ West African Resources Limited; and more. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Brazil — On 29 Oct. 2021 Petobras will […]
NRGBriefs: Colombia Eyes Net-zero Deforestation By 2030
(Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) announcing final results of a previously announced offer to purchase for cash outstanding notes due in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Colombia aiming to achieve net-zero deforestation by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050; Frontera Energy […]
Citgo Boards In Last-ditch Talks With Washington
(Reuters, 22.Oct.2021) — The supervisory boards of Venezuela-owned Citgo Petroleum, racing to stave off a breakup of the eighth largest U.S. oil refiner, have held talks with U.S. officials in Bogota, Colombia, seeking to extend Washington’s protection while Citgo pursues negotiations with creditors, Reuters has learned. Citgo is running out […]
NextEra Energy Buys Interest In 2,520MW Portfolio
(NextEra Energy Partners, 22.Oct.2021) — NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP) entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC to acquire a 50% interest in an approximately 2,520-megawatt (MW) renewables portfolio. In conjunction with the acquisition, NextEra Energy Partners has also entered into an approximately $824mn […]
KBR Reveals Settlement Deal Between JKC And Ichthys LNG Client
(KBR, 15.Oct.2021) — KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced that JKC Australia LNG Pty Ltd, a joint venture in which KBR has a 30% ownership interest, has entered into a binding settlement agreement that resolves outstanding claims and disputes between JKC and its client, ICHTHYS LNG PTY, Ltd (collectively, “the Parties”). “We […]
NRGBriefs: Renewable Energy Ops In The Caribbean
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including details of four renewable energy-exporting opportunities in the Caribbean in Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana; TotalEnergies extending the contract for the Maersk Voyager in Angola for Ondjaba-1; and more. EVENTS — The Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum 2021 takes place from […]
MSCI Upgrades Hess To AAA In ESG Rating Assessment
(Hess, 11.Oct.2021) — Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) received a AAA rating in the MSCI environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings for 2021 after earning AA ratings from MSCI ESG for 10 consecutive years. The AAA rating designates Hess as a leader in managing industry specific ESG risks relative to peers. […]
NRGBriefs: Suriname’s Oil Finds
(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including Blue Sky Uranium Corp.’s plans to implement a warrant exercise incentive program; Occidental revealing the date for its 3Q:21 conf. call; and more. LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Argentina — SSR Mining Inc. (NASDAQ: SSRM) (TSX: SSRM) (ASX: SSR) will release its 3Q:21 […]
NRGBriefs: Blinken Visits Lopez Obrador In CDMX
(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including US secretary of state Antony Blinken visiting Mexico City for the US-Mexico high-level security dialogue; Petrobras planning to boost petrol and cooking gas prices; Great Panther Mining Limited reporting production results in Brazil and Mexico; and more. LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Brazil […]
California Lawmakers Aim To Ban Offshore Drilling
(Reuters, 6.Oct.2021) — Democratic members of Congress from California seized on the oil spill off the state’s coast to promote federal legislation to ban all offshore oil drilling, as investigators searched for what caused the pipeline to burst. About 3,000 barrels (126,000 gallons) of crude oil spilled into the Pacific […]
Biden Stole Trump’s Foreign Policy
(New York Times, 6.Oct.2021) — When President Donald Trump in 2020 signed a trade deal with China after years of escalatory tariffs, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden blasted the agreement. ‘China is the big winner of Trump’s “phase-one” trade deal with Beijing,’ Biden said after the agreement was finalized. He wasn’t alone. Many trade experts […]
Algonquin Sets Net-Zero Goals
(Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., 5.Oct.2021) — Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (TSX: AQN) (NYSE: AQN) announced its commitment to a net-zero by 2050 target. This target is rooted in Algonquin’s purpose of sustaining energy and water for life and is a reflection of the company’s track record of being a […]
Petrobras Releases Teaser For GOM E&P Assets
(Petrobras, 4.Oct.2021) — Petrobras started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), regarding the sale of the entire 20% stake held by its subsidiary Petrobras America Inc. (PAI) in the company MP Gulf of Mexico, LLC. (MPGoM), located in Texas, USA, which owns offshore fields in the Gulf of Mexico. The teaser, […]
Select Energy Closes Acquisition Of Agua Libre Midstream
(Select Energy, 4.Oct.2021) — Select Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: WTTR) announced that, effective 1 October 2021, it has successfully closed on the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Agua Libre Midstream, LLC and certain water-related assets and operations of Basic Energy Services, L.P. and assumed liabilities in connection […]
NRGBriefs: Trinidad Missing Out On European Gas Crisis
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including SSR Mining Inc. setting the date for 3Q:21 quarterly call; Trinidad and Tobago’s Finance Minister Colm Imbert readies national budget presentation; Trinidad and Tobago struggling to boost LNG exports amid European gas crisis; talks set to resume again on 15 Oct. 2021 […]
Nucor Affiliates Reveal Two Acquisitions
(Nucor, 1.Oct.2021) — Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) announced two acquisitions today on behalf of The David J. Joseph Company (DJJ). The addition of these new recycling locations, representing a 10% growth in capacity, is consistent with Nucor’s growth strategy and demonstrates our commitment to expanding the regional recycling platforms supporting […]
Eve And Bristow Order Up To 100 eVTOLs
(Bristow, 23.Sep.2021) — Eve Urban Air Mobility, LLC, an Embraer company, and Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL) announced a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to develop an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) for Eve’s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The partnership will develop an Urban Air Mobility (UAM) […]
NRGBriefs: ANP Resolution, Ramirez Extradition Request
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Sep.2021) — Energy briefs from the LAC region including: Brazil’s ANP approving a resolution to regulate a reduction in royalties, a court in Rome rejects Nicolas Maduro’s request to extradite former PDVSA head Rafael Ramirez, and the BODs of APA Corp. declaring a regular cash dividend. LATIN […]
ConocoPhillips Steps Up Push To Collect PdV Debt
(Argus, 23.Sep.2021) — ConocoPhillips stands out in Venezuela’s vast universe of jilted creditors and claimants as a potential future commercial partner for state-owned PdV, a distinction that is driving aggressive international enforcement actions and quiet overtures for Caracas to resume payments of the company’s arbitration debt. The US independent’s $10bn […]
Vertical And Bristow Team Up To Electrify Helicopter Market
(Bristow, 21.Sep.2021) — Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL) and Vertical Aerospace Group Ltd announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under which the two firms will cooperate on the certification, operational planning and potential purchase of up to 50 eVTOL aircraft. Bristow’s pre-order of 25 aircraft, along with the option for […]
Joint US-EU Global Methane Pledge
(White House, 18.Sep.2021) — The United States and European Union announced today the Global Methane Pledge, an initiative to reduce global methane emissions to be launched at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in November in Glasgow. President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged countries […]
US To Consider Citgo Shares Sale Next Year
(Bloomberg, 15.Sep.2021) — The U.S. will consider authorizing the sale of Citgo Petroleum Corp. shares early next year, after the mandate of the Venezuela opposition government ends, according to a court document. The U.S. Treasury said it may reasses the sale of shares of Citgo’s parent company, PDV Holding Inc., […]
LatAm Briefs: Argentina Lithium Acquisition, Citgo Challenges
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Sep.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentina Lithium & Energy Corp. acquiring high quality lithium projects, Citgo Petroleum executives warning of threats from biofuels amid the energy transition, and much more. LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Argentina — The Center for International […]
McDermott’s Amazon Tapped For Deepwater GOM Development
(McDermott, 13.Sep.2021) — McDermott‘s Amazon vessel, following a sophisticated upgrade to its ultra-deepwater capabilities, is coming to the Gulf of Mexico to support a subsea contract for the Whale Development in Alaminos Canyon. “This contract, which will take place in a water depth of more than 9,000 feet, is a […]
Creedence Recapitalizes Magna Energy
(Creedence, 13.Sep.2021) — Creedence Energy Services, a portfolio company of Tower Arch Capital, recapitalized Magna Energy Services, LLC in partnership with its CEO, Adam Kelly. Founded in 2006, Magna Energy Services is headquartered near Farmington, NM and led by Adam Kelly. Magna provides a comprehensive suite of production chemicals to […]
Agnico Eagle Prices Private Placement At $0.45/unit
(Agnico Eagle, 1.Sep.2021) — Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE: AEM) (TSX: AEM) agreed to subscribe for 13,333,333 units of Candelaria Mining Corp. (TSX-V: CAND) in a non-brokered private placement at a price of $0.45 per unit for total consideration of approximately $6,000,000 Canadian dollars. Each Unit is comprised of one […]
Hess Reveals Regular Quarterly Dividend On Common Stock
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Sep.2021) — The Board of Directors of US-based Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share payable on the company’s common stock on 30 September 2021 to holders of record at the close of business on 15 September, the company announced in […]
Venezuela still attractive: Amos Global Energy’s Ali Moshiri says
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Sep.2021, Words: 1,400) — Venezuela, home to the world’s largest oil reserves, still has an opportunity to capitalize on producing oil amid the energy transition, Ali Moshiri, head of Amos Global Energy tells Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). “Investment is going to […]
Electric Vehicle Sales Surpass 6 Million In 2021
(WoodMac, 31.Aug.2021) — Global electric vehicle (EV) sales are expected to vault over 6 million this year, says Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK). EV sales in H1 2021 nearly tripled worldwide compared to the first half of last year. Some of the increase can be attributed to slow […]
Noble Updates Rig Status After Hurricane Ida
(Noble, 29.Aug.2021) — Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) announced that all personnel onboard the Pacific Sharav, Noble Globetrotter I, and Noble Globetrotter II ultra-deepwater drillships in the US Gulf of Mexico are safe and accounted for following Hurricane Ida. Each rig successfully secured its respective well in progress and took evasive actions […]
Noble Provides Preliminary 2022 Guidance
(Noble, 26.Aug.2021) — Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) announced that subsidiaries of the company have reached a definitive agreement to sell four jackups to ADES International Holding Ltd., through its subsidiary, for $292mn. The company expects to generate approximately $285mn in cash from the transaction net of fees, expenses, and the […]
Talos Wins Bid For Carbon Capture And Storage Site
(Talos, 25.Aug.2021) — Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO), along with its partner Carbonvert, Inc., was the sole winning bidder partnership for the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) Jefferson County, Texas carbon storage site (the “Project Site”) located near Beaumont and Port Arthur, Texas. Following finalization of lease documentation, the award […]
The Creation Of Inflation
(HSBC Bank plc, 23.Aug.2021) — Amid vast uncertainty, inflation has spiked raising fears that price stability is over. The risks of “error” – in both directions – have risen hugely. Late expectations Those most relaxed about inflation typically point to an absence of any serious increase in inflationary expectations. This […]
Citgo Envisions Oil ‘Bridge’ To Venezuela
(Argus, 23.Aug.2021) — US refiner Citgo has been effectively cut off from its Venezuelan state-owned parent PdV since 2019, but it is still constrained by heavy debt while multiple creditors nip at its heels. In the first part of a two-part interview, chief executive Carlos Jordá spoke with senior contributing […]
Citgo Returns To Profitability
(Citgo, 16.Aug.2021) — Citgo Petroleum Corporation reported its second quarter 2021 performance results, including net income of $3mn, EBITDA1 of $214mn and adjusted EBITDA2 of $208mn, marking the company’s first profitable quarter since the third quarter of 2019. “Given the multiple challenges we have faced during 2020 and the first half […]
The Energy Basket: A Non-Binary Approach to the Energy Transitions
(The Way Ahead, Fernando C. Hernandez, 12.Aug.2021) — I became a proponent of the energy basket concept, while deployed offshore, as it became apparent that an ROV’s upward and downward movement (heave) could be harnessed as a renewable energy to power subsea equipment. In this article, I will share my […]
Citgo Names Mark Holstein New General Counsel
(Citgo, 10.Aug.2021) — Citgo Petroleum Corporation announced the appointment of Mark Holstein as the company’s new General Counsel, overseeing all aspects of the company’s legal strategy and material litigation, while providing legal counsel and advising senior management. Holstein will report directly to Jack Lynch, Vice President of Legal and Government […]
APA Reports 2Q:21 Net Income of $388mn
(APA, 5.May.2021) — APA Corporation (Nasdaq: APA) announced its financial and operational results for the first-quarter 2021. APA reported net income attributable to common stock of $388mn, or $1.02 per diluted share. When adjusted for items that impact the comparability of results, APA’s first-quarter earnings were $346mn, or $0.91 per […]
Argus Launches LPG Freight Prices
(Argus, 27.Jul.2021) — Global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus has launched 10 new freight price assessments for tankers transporting liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). These prices are a response to market demand for greater transparency in the growing and increasingly complex global trade in LPG, which comprises butane and […]
US Still Shows Strong Appetite For Russian Oil
(S&P Global, 3.Aug.2021) — The US is still showing strong demand for imports of Russian crude and fuel oil feedstocks, which analysts expect to continue as long as the economy is recovering and US sanctions keep Venezuelan crude off the market. The trend comes at a tricky time in US-Russia […]
Brattle Welcomes Antitrust Expert
(The Brattle Group, 2.Aug.2021) — The Brattle Group welcomed economist Veronica Irastorza as a new Principal in its global Antitrust & Competition practice, based in San Francisco. Ms. Irastorza brings deep expertise in antitrust, contract disputes, and damages to a broad range of matters in the energy industry, including regulation, planning, […]
Whistler Pipeline Placed in Service in Texas
(WhiteWater, 2.Aug.2021) — The Whistler Pipeline began full commercial service on 1 July 2021 providing approximately 2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of incremental natural gas transport capacity to the Texas Gulf Coast markets from the Permian basin, which will help ensure sufficient reliable gas takeaway and reduce natural […]
CSI Compressco Reports 2Q:21 Results
(CSI Compressco, 30.Jul.2021) — CSI Compressco LP (NASDAQ: CCLP) announced second quarter 2021 results. Second Quarter 2021 Summary: Total revenues for the second quarter 2021 were $69.8mn, compared to $65.7mn in the first quarter 2021. Compression and related services revenue increased sequentially to $55.3mn in the second quarter 2021 compared […]
Chevron Reveals 2Q:21 Results
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Jul.2021) — Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) reported earnings of $3.1bn or $1.60 per share – diluted for second quarter 2021 (2Q:21) compared to a loss of $8.3bn ($4.44) per share – diluted in the 2Q:20. Included in the current quarter were remediation charges associated with previously sold […]