(Reuters, 8.Oct.2019) — Citgo Petroleum Corp this week named a former BP lawyer to take on the company’s top legal job as it faces creditors […]
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Energy Cos Caught In Spat Over Venezuela Sanctions
(Chron, Sergio Chapa, 7.Oct.2019) — Frequent power outages, theft of equipment, a political tug-of-war and billions of dollars in losses would seem to signal to […]
Exxon Mobil Bars Use Of Oil Tankers Linked To Venezuela
(Reuters, Jonathan Saul and Collin Eaton, 4.Oct.2019) — Exxon Mobil Corp this week banned the use of vessels linked to oil flows from Venezuela in […]
Petrobras Reveals 3Q:19 Release Date
(Petrobras, 4.Oct.2019) — Petrobras reports that on October 17, after market closes, the company will release its quarterly production and sales report for 3Q19 and […]
PdV Floods Cuba With Stranded Oil
(Argus, 3.Oct.2019) — At least three Venezuelan fuel tankers are heading towards Cuba today, part of a flotilla meant to free up domestic storage space […]
Brazil Approves 14 Firms For November Oil Tender
(Reuters, 30.Sep.2019) — Fourteen companies have been officially approved by Brazilian authorities to participate in an oil bidding round in November, in which total signing bonuses […]
Ibank Jefferies Cuts Bankers As M&A Slows
(Reuters, Gary McWilliams and David French, 27.Sep.2019) — Jefferies Financial Group has laid off 15 people in its energy investment banking team, as the bank […]
Guaido IDB Envoy Hausmann Resigns Post
(Argus, 26.Sep.2019) — Venezuela’s parallel administration headed by opposition leader Juan Guaido has lost its most prominent figure, former planning minister and Harvard professor Ricardo […]
IEnova Inks Solar Deal With Liverpool And Circle K
(Sempra, 26.Sep.2019) — Sempra Energy announced that its Mexican subsidiary, Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.B. de C.V. (IEnova) (BMV: IENOVA), has signed two 15-year clean energy […]
Pemex Announces Early Participation Results
(Pemex, 26.Sep.2019) — Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) announced the early participation results of (a) its offers to exchange any and all of its outstanding series of […]
US Press Secretary Statement On Venezuela
(White House Press Secretary, 25.Sep.2019) — Today, President Donald J. Trump and other United States officials hosted leaders from Western Hemisphere countries to discuss the […]
Venezuela Oil Exports To Cuba Rising: Sources
(Reuters, Mircely Guanipa and Marianna Parraga, 25.Sep.2019) — Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA ordered an increase in exports to ally Cuba to ease fuel shortages […]
US Targets Entities, Vessels Moving Venezuelan Oil To Cuba
(US Treasury, 24.Sep.2019) — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated four entities that operate in the oil […]
US Actions Against Entities Assisting Venezuela
(US Treasury, 24.Sep.2019) — On September 24, the United States designated four companies that operate in Venezuela’s oil sector as sanctioned, and identified as blocked […]
Maduro Plots Assembly Grab, Oil-For-Food Floated
(Argus, 24.Sep.2019) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido’s constitutional claim to the Opec country’s interim presidency could be undermined by today’s tumultuous return of the […]
Jinkosolar Invited To UN Climate Action Summit 2019
(JinkoSolar, 23.Sep.2019) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. has been invited to the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, which will be held at the UN headquarters […]
Argentina’s Vaca Muerta Comparable to Permian Basin
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Sep.2019) — “The massive Vaca Muerta formation is geologically comparable to the best US oil basins, particularly the Permian Basin in West […]
Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan Awarded Module Fabrication Contract
(McDermott, 17.Sep.2019) — McDermott International, Inc. announced that its joint venture Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd (QMW) in Qingdao, China, has been awarded […]
Sur de Texas Marine Pipeline Achieves Commercial Operation
(IMG, 17.Sep.2019) — Infraestructura Marina del Golfo (IMG), a joint venture between TC Energy Corporation (TC Energía) and Infraestructura Energética Nova (IEnova), announced commencement of […]
ExxonMobil Reports Tripeltail Find Offshore Guyana
(Exxon, 16.Sep.2019) — ExxonMobil made an oil discovery on the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana at the Tripletail-1 well in the Turbot area. The discovery adds […]
Alaska Airlines Launches #FillBeforeYouFly
(Alaska Airlines, 12.Sep.2019) — Alaska Airlines today announced its #FillBeforeYouFly initiative to partner with guests and employees to continue reducing the use of single-use plastics […]
CNPC Skips Venezuelan oil Loading For Second Month
(Reuters, Chen Aizhu, 10.Sep.2019) — China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), a leading buyer of Venezuelan oil, will skip cargo loadings for a second month in […]
Rosneft Issues Statement On Venezuela
(Rosneft, 10.Sep.2019) — In connection with statements by US special envoy Elliott Abrams, Rosneft reaffirms its position regarding the Company’s operations in Venezuela. Rosneft is […]
Bolton Exit Shifts Oil Market Outlook
(Bloomberg, Lucia Kassai and David Wethe, 10.Sep.2019) — The firing of U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton gave oil markets some near-term supply comfort, while […]
Live At State With Elliott Abrams
(US Treasury, 10.Sep.2019) — U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams discussed issues related to Venezuela during a Live At State from Washington, D.C. MODERATOR: […]
Moody’s: PEMEX Ratings Close To Boundary
(Moody’s, 9.Sep.2019) — The credit ratings of a substantial number of energy companies in the Americas are currently near the “crossover zone,” or the boundary […]
Petrobras On Class Action Decision
(Petrobras, 6.Sep.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the disclosure made on June 25, 2018, reports that on August 30, 2019, the Court of Appeals for […]
S&P Removes Citgo From Credit Watch
(Citgo, 5.Sep.2019) — Standard & Poor’s (S&P), a leading credit rating agency, has removed Citgo Holding, Inc. and Citgo Petroleum Corporation’s outlook from credit watch […]
Mexichem Unveils Business Transformation
(Mexichem, 5.Sep.2019) — Mexichem, S.A.B. de C.V. reached the next milestone in its human-centered transformation, unveiling its new corporate name, Orbia, and its commitment to […]
Exxon, Chevron See U.S. Shale Field Consolidation
(Reuters, 4.Sep.2019) — The two largest U.S. oil and gas companies on Tuesday left the door open for more acquisitions in the country’s top shale […]
McDermott Announce First Cargo from Freeport LNG T1
(McDermott, 4.Sep.2019) — McDermott International, Inc. along with its partners, Chiyoda International Corporation and Zachry Group, announced today that the first commissioning cargo of liquefied […]
Cheniere Takes Delivery Of Bechtel-built Corpus Christi Train 2
(Cheniere, 4.Sep.2019) — Cheniere Energy and Bechtel have announced the substantial completion of Train 2 at the Corpus Christi Liquefaction (CCL) project. Cheniere is now […]
Michelin Announces Theme For 20th Design Program
(Michelin, 30.Aug.2019) — Michelin North America will celebrate its 20th global design competition, Michelin Challenge Design, in 2020 by linking the past to the future […]
BP Sells Alaska Business To Hilcorp In $5.6bn Deal
(WoodMac, 27.Aug.2019) — Speaking after BP announced the sale of its Alaska business to Hilcorp in a US$5.6 billion deal, Wood Mackenzie analyst Rowena Gunn […]
Citgo Petroleum Announces 2Q:19 Results
(Citgo, 26.Aug.2019) — The Board of Directors of Citgo Petroleum Corporation is pleased to report significant progress on top company goals. Following its appointment in […]
SQM To Hold Investor Day In New York
(SQM, 26.Aug.2019) — SQM will hold an Investor Day in New York on September 10, 2019. Ricardo Ramos, Pablo Altimiras and Gerardo Illanes will present. […]
Citgo Profits Hit By Fallout From Split-CEO
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, 22.Aug.2019) — The two new top executives at Citgo Petroleum disclosed this week that net income in the second quarter slid to […]
TechnipFMC Inks GOM EPCI Contract For PowerNap
(Technip, 22.Aug.2019) — TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant(1) integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (iEPCI™) contract by Shell for the PowerNap project, located in […]
Capital Discipline In GOM Lease Sale: WoodMac
(WoodMac, 21.Aug.2019) — Capital discipline remains key for offshore operators, judging by the results of today’s US Gulf of Mexico region-wide lease sale. Lease Sale […]
Venture Global Announces FID For Calcasieu Pass LNG
(Venture Global LNG, 20.Aug.2019) — Venture Global LNG, Inc. is proud to announce the final investment decision (FID) and closing of the project financing for […]
Cameron LNG Starts Ops For Train 1 Export Project
(Cameron LNG, 19.Aug.2019) — Sempra LNG, a Sempra Energy subsidiary, today announced that Cameron LNG’s first train of the liquefaction-export project in Hackberry, La., has […]
OPEC Sees Bearish Oil Outlook For Rest Of 2019
(Reuters, Alex Lawler, 16.Aug.2019) — OPEC delivered a downbeat oil market outlook for the rest of 2019 on Friday as economic growth slows and highlighted […]
US Set To Sanction Rosneft Oil, Fuel Trade With PDVSA
(S&P Global Platts, 15.Aug.2019) — The US is set to impose sanctions on Rosneft if it continues to trade crude oil and fuel with Venezuela’s […]
Citgo Petroleum Corp. Names Carlos E. Jorda As CEO
(Citgo, 14.Aug.2019) — The Board of Directors of Citgo Petroleum Corporation has selected Carlos E. Jorda to occupy the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) position after […]
PDVSA Partners Fear Latest U.S. Sanctions: Sources
(Reuters, Luc Cohen, 14.Aug.2019) — Foreign joint venture partners with Venezuelan state-owned oil company PDVSA are concerned the latest set of U.S. sanctions on the […]
Guaido Names Execs To Debt Renegotiating Commission
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 13.Aug.2019) — Venezuela’s National Assembly leader Juan Guaido announced creation of a special commission dedicated to renegotiating the OPEC country’s […]
Citgo To Name New CEO
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, 13.Aug.2019) — Citgo Petroleum Corp has selected Carlos Jorda as its next chief executive, according to three people familiar with the matter, […]
Data Consortiums Signal The Future Of Oil And Gas
(WoodMac, 7.Aug.2019) — The energy industry has a data problem: Every major exploration and production company collects petabytes of data, but their analysis is limited […]
U.S. Expands Sanctions Against Venezuela
(WSJ, Vivian Salama, 6.Aug.2019) — The Trump administration imposed a total economic embargo against the government of Venezuela, a significant escalation of pressure against the […]
Trump Imposes New Curbs In Bid To Pressure Maduro
(Bloomberg, 6.Aug.2019) — President Donald Trump imposed further sanctions on Venezuela, freezing the government’s assets in the U.S. and adding immigration restrictions in a move […]