(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 since Shell and BG in 2015. “Chevron now joins the ranks of the UltraMajors – and the big three becomes the big four.” Once the […]
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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 22.45% non-operated interest in the Caesar-Tonga field in the Green Canyon protraction area for US$965 million. Commenting on the deal, Michael Murphy, research analyst with […]
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. It was hard enough for western oil companies to operate in Venezuela before the lights went out in March. Now it is nearing impossible, at […]
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 country and ExxonMobil and its partners if it so chooses, recently accredited US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch says. “We certainly believe that Guyana is […]
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”, if gas station operators in the country don’t keep gas prices in check, Mexico’s leftist President AndrĂ©s Manuel LĂłpez Obrador said on Tuesday. LĂłpez Obrador—in […]
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 of whom are Texans, who have been detained in Venezuela since November 2017: “The CITGO 6 are Texas and Louisiana residents who have been detained […]
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 Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project, for the further development of Tortue field beyond Phase 1, located at the maritime border of Senegal and Mauritania. These next […]
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 Natural Gas (LNG) design. The design utilizes ConocoPhillips’ Optimized Cascade® technology as part of a broader partnership previously announced by KBR and COP. The mid-scale […]
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 of most fuel-efficient vehicle. Northern Illinois University of DeKalb, Illinois took home first place in the Internal Combustion Engine Prototype category with their gasoline-fueled vehicle […]
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 Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, this time aimed at oil shipments between Venezuela and Cuba, a country that the administration has accused of propping up Mr. […]
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 and the Holly Vaughn formation today provided an operational update focused on Indigo net production, midstream joint venture gathering throughput and year-end 2018 Indigo reserves […]
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, according to people familiar with the situation. Rolling blackouts across much of the country that started on March 7 paralyzed most of the country’s oil […]
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 pipeline gas as LNG to countries that do not have free trade agreements (FTAs) with the US. The DOE on 29 March issued two 20-year […]
ECA LNG Receives US Non-FTA Approval For Liquefaction Exports
(Sempra, 1.Apr.2019) — Sempra Energy has announced that its subsidiary EnergĂa Costa Azul (ECA) LNG received two authorizations from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to export U.S. produced natural gas to Mexico and to re-export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have a free-trade agreement (non-FTA) […]
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 operations. The refiner reported crude throughputs of 716,000 b/d for 2018, a 9.1pc increase from the 656,333 b/d of crude processed in 2017, the company […]
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, unconventionals to renewables, Houston-based Refinitiv Market Development Manager Carl Larry weighs in on Peru LNG and issues it faces from increasing US natural gas volumes […]
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 producers in Latin America and the Caribbean from Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. *** © Energy Analytics Institute (EAI)