(Reuters, 5.Jun.2020) — OPEC and its allies led by Russia will meet on Saturday to discuss extending record oil production cuts and to push laggards […]
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BJ Services’ Milestone With Fracturing Technology
(BJ Services, 4.Jun.2020) — At the end of April 2020, BJ Services completed a 1,000-hour field trial of its next-generation direct-drive turbine fracturing pump, TITAN™. […]
JinkoSolar On Non-Infringement In US
(JinkoSolar, 4.Jun.2020) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that the United […]
After The Crash: Five Key Changes In The US GOM
(WoodMac, 4.Jun.2020) — The oil price crash has come at a time when the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) is leaner and nimbler. It is […]
US Sanctions Four Firms For Transporting Venezuelan Oil
(Aljazeera, 2.Jun.2020) — The United States Treasury Department on Tuesday said it had sanctioned four shipping firms for transporting Venezuelan oil, the latest escalation in […]
Mexico Probes Libre Abordo Pact With Venezuela
(Reuters, 2.Jun.2020) — The Mexican government’s financial crime department is investigating Libre Abordo, a Mexico-based firm that received millions of barrels of Venezuelan crude under […]
Greenbrier Marine Announces Vessel Delivery
(Greenbrier, 2.Jun.2020) — Greenbrier Marine, a division of The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., announced it has delivered the OSG 204, a 204,000 barrel capacity oil and […]
CITGO Proposes $750mn Private Offering
(Citgo, 2.Jun.2020) — Citgo Petroleum Corporation has commenced a private offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of $750 […]
Bristow Group Announces Stock Repurchases
(Bristow Group, 1.Jun.2020) — Bristow Group Inc. entered into privately negotiated stock repurchase agreements to repurchase 142,721 shares of its common stock and 98,784 shares […]
Bristow Group Announces Stock Repurchases
(Bristow, 1.Jun.2020) — Bristow Group Inc. announced entry into privately negotiated stock repurchase agreements to repurchase 142,721 shares of its common stock and 98,784 shares […]
Pioneer Energy Services Emerges from Chapter 11
(Pioneer, 1.Jun.2020) — Pioneer Energy Services Corp. has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, successfully completing its debt restructuring process and implementing the Chapter 11 […]
US Senators Expected To Sanction Nord Stream 2
(Reuters, 29.May.2020) — Two U.S. senators are expected to introduce next week sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline that Russia is trying […]
Op-Ed: My Love Affair With Tulsa University
(Gustavo Coronel, 27.May2020) — An April morning in 1951, I left New York City for Tulsa, Oklahoma. I had been studying English for 15 weeks […]
Frontera Announces Annual, Special Meeting Results
(Frontera, 20.May.2020) — Frontera Energy Corporation held its annual general and special meeting of shareholders, where each of the eight nominees proposed as directors and […]
US Court Declines To Hear Appeal In Crystallex Case
(Reuters, 18.May.2020) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Venezuela’s appeal of a lower court ruling allowing Canadian gold mining company Crystallex […]
Coronavirus Amplifies LatAm Sovereigns’ Pressures
(Fitch, 18.May.2020) — LatAm sovereigns’ weak public finances make them particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus crisis, Fitch Ratings says, by limiting both their counter-cyclical policy […]
Venezuela Spurned By US Court In Citgo Clash
(Bloomberg, 18.May.2020) — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Venezuela in its fight to retain control of oil refiner Citgo Holding Inc., putting […]
McDermott Awarded Middle East Engineering Contract
(McDermott, 18.May.2020) — McDermott International, Inc. today announced it has been awarded a sizeable* contract from a Middle East customer to carry out front-end engineering […]
Touchstone Reports 1Q:20 Results, Operational Update
(Touchstone, 14.May.2020) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. reports its operating and financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Selected information is outlined below […]
Nynas: Removal Of Venezuela-related License
(OFAC, 12.May.2020) — The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is revoking and archiving on its website Venezuela-related General License (GL) […]
Hess Reports Estimated Results For 1Q:20
(Hess, 7.May.2020) — Hess Corporation reported a net loss of $2,433 million, or $8.00 per common share, in the first quarter of 2020, including impairment and […]
PetroTal Provides Update On Financing Arrangements
(PetroTal, 7.May.2020) — PetroTal Corp. announces that the Northern Oil Pipeline (“ONP”) operated by Petroperu S.A. has been shut down by a public health directive […]
AES Makes Progress On Strategic Objectives
(AES, 7.May.2020) — The AES Corporation reported financial results for the quarter ended 31 March 2020. HIGHLIGHTS Strategic Accomplishments — Completed construction of 1.4 GW […]
AES Conference Call Information
(AES, 7.May.2020) — The AES Corporation will host a conference call on Wednesday 7May 2020 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Interested parties may […]
FMC To Acquire Ingredient Assets From Isagro S.p.A.
(FMC, 6.May.2020) — FMC Corporation and Isagro S.p.A. have agreed to a binding offer whereby FMC will acquire Isagro’s Fluindapyr active ingredient assets for €55 […]
Nutrien Temporarily Shuts Trinidad Ammonia Facility
(Nutrien Litd., 5.May.2020) — Nutrien Ltd. has made the difficult decision to temporarily shut down one of the four ammonia (NH3) plants at its Trinidad […]
Global LNG Demand Resilient Amid COVID-19
(IHSMarkit, 30.Apr.2020) — The COVID19 pandemic has led to lockdowns across the globe and severe downgrades for short-term macroeconomic indicators. A major re-evaluation is needed […]
US Seeks To Investigate Mexico Oil-For-Food Pact
(Reuters, 29.Apr.2020) — The U.S. State Department, the Treasury Department and the U.S. Embassy in Mexico are investigating at least two Mexican firms involved in […]
Diamond Commences Chapter 11 Proceedings
(Diamond, 27.Apr.2020) — Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. announced that the Company and select subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under chapter 11 of the […]
Cameron LNG Begins Train 3 Final Commissioning
(Cameron LNG, 22.Apr.2020) — Sempra LNG, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, announced that Cameron LNG has entered the final commissioning stage for the Phase 1, […]
Talos Energy To Announce 1Q:20 Results 6 May 2020
(Talos, 22.Apr.2020) — Talos Energy Inc. intends to release first quarter 2020 results for the period ended March 31, 2020 on Wednesday 6 May 2020 […]
Brazilian Producer Appoints MiX To Monitor Its Fleets
(MiX, 21.Apr.2020) — MiX Telematics confirmed that one of Brazil’s largest ethanol and sugar producers have appointed MiX Telematics to assist in modifying driver behavior […]
Zahroof Valves Appoints Two New Hires For Latin America
(Zahroof, 16.Apr.2020) — Zahroof Valves, Inc. (ZVI) appointed Larry Lapko as Director of Business Development and Rodger Duke as its Regional Director, Latin America (LATAM). […]
Chevron Sells Azerbaijan Assets To MOL Hungarian Oil And Gas
(Chevron, 16.Apr.2020) — Chevron Corporation announced its affiliate companies have sold their non-operating interests in the Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashli (ACG) oil fields (including interests in the […]
CSI Compressco Provides Financial And Ops Update
(CSI, 13.Apr.2020) — CSI Compressco LP announced that, in light of the current, significant macroeconomic uncertainty resulting from the recent decline in oil prices and […]
Collapsing Demand Sets Terms In OPEC+ Battle
(WoodMac, 9.Apr.2020) — Since OPEC+’s failure to agree on production restraint on 5-6 March, the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic have become far clearer, sparking […]
WoodMac On OPEC+ Production Plan
(WoodMac, 9.Apr.2020) — As OPEC+ agreed at cut of 10 million b/d, WoodMac’s Ann-Louise Hittle said: “A 10 million b/d cut would be very supportive […]
Brief Intro Remarks By OPEC Secretary General
(OPEC, 9.Apr.2020) — Delivered by HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, OPEC Secretary General, at the 9th (Extraordinary) OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting, 9 April 2020, via […]
Brazil’s State Oil Giant Petrobras Cancels Dividend
(Petrobras, 8.Apr.2020) — Petrobras informs, in addition to the press release disclosed on 7 April 2020 about cancellation of the Annual General Meeting (AGM), that […]
Equinor Reports GOM Oil Discovery
(Equinor, 6.Apr.2020) — Equinor and co-venturers Progress Resources USA Ltd and Repsol E&P USA Inc. have encountered oil in the Monument exploration well in the […]
IEnova To Report 1Q:20 Earnings April 22
(Sempra, 4.Apr.2020) — Sempra Energy’s Mexican subsidiary, Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.B. de C.V. (IEnova), plans to release its first-quarter 2020 earnings by 6 p.m. ET, […]
Angel Olmeta To Retire From Citgo Petroleum BODs
(Citgo, 2.Apr.2020) — The Citgo Petroleum Corporation Board of Directors and the Citgo President and Chief Executive Officer Carlos Jordá, announced today that Angel Olmeta […]
US$210bn Of New Spend In Firing Line
(WoodMac, 2.Apr.2020) — The oil price crash has hit the upstream sector hard. Deep cuts are being made across the board, but it will have […]
Triple Whammy: Oil Crash, Covid-19, LNG Oversupply
(WoodMac, 1.Apr.2020) — In its latest short-term gas and LNG outlook report, Wood Mackenzie weighs the risks coronavirus, sustained low oil prices and LNG oversupply […]
Falling LatAam Fuel Demand Leaves Hurt US Refiners
(Reuters, 27.Mar.2020) — Demand for refined products in Latin America is quickly drying up as the coronavirus pandemic worsens, leaving U.S. refiners without their primary […]
Citgo Foundation To Support Covid-19 Efforts In Venezuela
(Citgo, 26.Mar.2020) — The Simón Bolívar Foundation Inc. (SBF), the non-profit, private foundation of Citgo Petroleum Corporation, is launching a special round of its small […]
Touchstone Updates On Trinidad Operations
(Touchstone, 26.Mar.2020) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. reports its operating and financial results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2019. Selected information is […]
Canadian Solar Reports Financial Results
(Canadian Solar, 26.Mar.2020) — Canadian Solar Inc. announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2019. Fourth Quarter 2019 […]
Sempra’s Virtual Investor Day Focuses On Resilience
(Sempra, 24.Mar.2020) — Sempra Energy’s senior management team is providing an update on the company’s business strategy on an Investor Day conference call, including details […]
Talos Energy Reports Budget Reductions
(Talos, 23.Mar.2020) — Talos Energy Inc. announced updated full year 2020 financial guidance, inclusive of $170 million of reductions in capital, operating and G&A expenses. […]