Energy Analytics Institute (EAI)

Triple-frac extraction technique saves time and money in the Permian

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Chevron, 29.Jul.2025, Words: 196) — After the oil and gas industry began using hydraulic fracturing in shale plays, it took less than […]

Baker Hughes to buy Chart Industries in deal with total enterprise value of $13.6bn

HOUSTON, LONDON, ATLANTA (By Baker Hughes, 29Jul.2025, Words: 1,088) — Baker Hughes and Chart Industries announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Baker Hughes will acquire all outstanding […]

National Observatory of Brazil adopts STRYDE seismic systems for exploration and research

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND (STRYDE, 29.Jul.2025, Words: 384) — STRYDE, the world’s leading provider of cutting-edge nodal seismic acquisition technology, is proud to announce that the National Observatory […]

Vizsla updates on work at Santa Fé property in Panuco in western Mexico

VANCOUVER, BC (By Vizsla, 29.Jul.2025, Words: 2,900) — Vizsla Silver Corp. announced preliminary results from its recently completed HLEM survey covering the Copala and Napoleon Vein corridors at its flagship Panuco silver-gold […]

Woodside says to strengthen Australian operations with ExxonMobil Australia deal

PERTH, AUSTRALIA (By Woodside, 29.Jul.2025, Words: 474) — Woodside Energy agreed to assume operatorship of the Bass Strait assets, unlocking potential development of additional gas […]

EAI brief: LatAm countries and economic growth in 2025/2026 [table]

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jul.2025, Words: 169) — Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, 3 of the largest economic powers in the […]

Maduro says election victory commences new stage of territorial work

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jul.2025, Words: 205) — On Monday, 28 Jul. 2025, Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro Moros highlighted the […]

Maduro celebrates party win in municipal elections, including Maracaibo in Zulia

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jul.2025, Words: 289) — Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro Moros celebrated the victory of the Bolivarian Revolution […]

Pemex reports 2Q:25 financial and operational results [pdf downloads]

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jul.2025, Words: 125) — Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) reported its financial and operating results for the second-quarter […]

Venture Global announces $15.1bn FID and financial close for Phase 1 of CP2 LNG

ARLINGTON, VA. (By Venture Global, 28.Jul.2025, Words: 381) — Venture Global, Inc. is announcing a final investment decision (FID) and successful closing of the $15.1bn project […]

IMF and “tenuous resilience amid persistent uncertainty” [pdf download]

WASHINGTON, DC (By IMF, 28.Jul.2025, Words: 292) — Global growth is projected at 3% for 2025 and 3.1% in 2026, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) […]

White House gives Chevron green light to resume oil production in Venezuela: Politico

WASHINGTON, DC (By Politico, Ben Lefebvre and Isa Domínguez, 28.Jul.2025, Words: 167) — The Trump administration will allow U.S. energy giant Chevron to resume production […]

Petrobras updates distributors on natural gas prices

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jul.2025, Words: 315) — In accordance with contracts agreed upon by state-owned Petrobras and distributors, the sale […]

Chevron to transfer interest in Hess Toy Truck LLC in Apr. 2026

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jul.2025, Words: 533) — Effective as of 1 Apr. 2026, Chevron USA is expected to cause the […]

Citgo Corpus Christi refinery hosts “worst case drill exercise”

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jul.2025, Words: 267) — Citgo Petroleum Corpus Christi refinery (CCR) recently hosted the company’s annual “worst case […]

John B. Hess appointed to Chevron Corporation board

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (By Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jul.2025, Words: 342) — The board of directors of Chevron Corporation appointed John B. Hess as a […]

EU and US announce trade deal: What you need to know

(By Alex Kozul-Wright, Al Jazeera, 28.Jul.2025, Words: 1,082) — The United States and the European Union have reached a wide-ranging trade agreement, ending a months-long standoff and averting […]

Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum boasts 80% approval rating, according to Enkoll poll

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jul.2025, Words: 195) — Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo boasts an 80% approval rating in her first 10 […]

Maduro: the cradle of the liberators of the Americas “does not depend on anyone”

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Jul.2025, Words: 210) — Amid municipal elections in Venezuela, the country’s president Nicolás Maduro Moros emphasized […]

Marco Rubio says US standing with the Venezuelan people

WASHINGTON, DC (By US Secretary of State, 27.Jul.2025, Words: 194) — One year since dictator Nicolás Maduro defied the will of the Venezuelan people by baselessly […]

Maduro says Venezuela does not need licenses to produce oil

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Jul.2025, Words: 192) — Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro Moros said his country does not need a […]

EP Petroecuador resumes SOTE operations in Ecuador

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Jul.2025, Words: 197) — EP Petroecuador completed construction of the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE) bypass in […]

Eni eyes Argentina LNG Phase 3 FID by 1Q:26, Eni’s DG Guido Brusco says

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Jul.2025, Words: 376) — Itay’s Eni looks to take a final investment decision (FID) regarding its Argentina […]

US maximum pressure strategy on Venezuela “is circumstantial and unsustainable”

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Jul.2025, Words: 297) — Any citizen expects their government to develop pragmatic strategies that benefit their […]

Trinidad’s MEEI responds to fire at Ramco Industries facility in San Fernando

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Jul.2025, Words: 394) — Four employees at Ramco Industries Limited’s facility in San Fernando sustained injuries […]

Eni reports results: 2Q:25 and 1H:25 [pdf download]

SAN DONATO MILANESE, ITALY (By Eni, 25.Jul.2025, Words: 291) — Eni‘s Board of Directors, chaired by Giuseppe Zafarana, yesterday approved the unaudited consolidated results for the […]

US Treasury sanctions Venezuelan cartel headed by Maduro: OFAC

WASHINGTON, DC (By OFAC, 25.Jul.2025, Words: 960) — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Cartel de los Soles (a.k.a. Cartel […]

Ecopetrol announces changes in senior management

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Jul.2025, Words: 318) — Colombia’s state-owned Ecopetrol S.A. said that in its session on 25 Jul. 2025 that […]

North American environment ministers committed to strengthen environmental cooperation

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 25.Jul.2025, Words: 450) — The top environmental officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States met in Mexico City this week for the 32nd annual Council Session and Joint Public Advisory […]

China-EU trade relations are “win-win” in nature, China says

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Jul.2025, Words: 266) — China-EU economic and trade relations are mutually complementary and “win-win” in nature. As […]

EAI brief: US designates Cartel de Los Soles for supporting other “terrorist organizations”

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Jul.2025, Words: 120) — The US is designating the Venezuela-based Cartel de Los Soles for supporting US-designated […]

EAI brief: FDI in Mexico reached $45.337bn in 2024, only trailing Brazil in the LatAm region [charts]

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jul.2025, Words: 123) — Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Mexico reached $45.337bn in 2024, the second […]

EIB and Eni ink €500mn finance agreement to convert Livorno refinery into a biorefinery

ROME, ITALY (By Eni, 24.Jul.2025, Words: 899) — The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Eni signed a €500mn 15-year finance contract to support the conversion […]

TotalEnergies boasts upstream production of 2.53 Mboe/d in 2Q:25 [pdf download]

PARIS, FRANCE (By TotalEnergies, 24.Jul.2025, Words: 421) — The Board of Directors of TotalEnergles SE, chaired by CEO Patrick Pouyanné, met on July 23, 2025, […]

EAI brief: Washington to allow Chevron to continue work in Venezuela, WSJ says

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jul.2025, Words: 118) — The administration of US president Donald Trump has reversed course and will now […]

EAI brief: Stabroek Petroleum Agreement v. IFRS

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jul.2025, Words: 91) — The prolific Stabroek block offshore Guyana just welcomed in a new player: […]

Uptick in protests against “gringos” not expected to impact World Cup games in Mexico City

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jul.2025, Words: 287) — Three out of 4 residents of Mexico City, also commonly known as […]

Trump quietly renews Chevron’s license in Venezuela, marking shift in US policy

MIAMI, FLORIDA (By Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 24.Jul.2025, Words: 1,030) — In a marked shift in U.S. policy toward Venezuela, the Trump administration has quietly […]

Brazil’s president Lula speaks by phone with Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo

SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jul.2025) — Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum on […]

EAI brief: TotalEnergies CEO on Suriname GranMorgu and Argentina blocks

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (By Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jul.2025, Words: 421) — TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné said things were moving fast related to its GranMorgu project […]

TotalEnergies reports strong 2Q:25 results [pdf download]

PARIS, FRANCE (By TotalEnergies, 24.Jul.2025, Words: 53) — TotalEnergies reported cash flow of $6.6bn in the second-quarter 2025, driven by production growth of its energies, […]

Petrobras requests to joint merger review related to NSP Inv. deal

SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jul.2025, Words: 241) — Petrobras, in relation a petition filed with the Administrative Council for […]

Subsea7 and Saipem ink merger agreement [pdf downloads]

MILAN, LUXEMBOURG (By Saipem, 24.Jul.2025, Words: 75) — Saipem and Subsea7 announce that they have entered into a binding merger agreement, on terms and conditions […]

France’s president Emmanuel Macron to fully recognize Palestine as a state

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jul.2025, Words: 78) — France’s president Emmanuel Macron said his country would fully recognize Palestine as a […]

OEG to supply Peterson with 500 offshore containers through 2030

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jul.2025, Words: 434) — OEG secured a significant five-year contract with Peterson Energy Logistics in Den Helder […]

Eni and Sonatrach strengthen energy security cooperation

ROME, ITALY (Eni, 23.Jul.2025, Words: 232) — Eni and Sonatrach signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening cooperation in the field of hydrocarbons, energy […]

Iberdrola hired Barclays to sell assets in Mexico for $4.70bn, El Confidencial says

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Reuters, 23.Jul.2025, Words: 87) — Europe’s largest utility Iberdrola hired investment bank Barclays to sell 15 renewable power plants in Mexico to […]

Mexico’s Sheinbaum and Brazil’s Lula talk bilateral relations, ethanol, biodiesel, aerospace

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jul.2025, Words: 243) — Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo held a telephone discussion with her Brazilian […]

EAI brief: Woodside says Trion project at 35% completion mark at end of 2Q:25

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jul.2025) — Australia’s Woodside Energy said the Trion project offshore Mexico was 35% complete at the […]

EAI brief: Woodside says Calypso JV continues to review development options

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jul.2025, Words: 162) — Woodside Energy said the Calypso joint venture (JV) continues to review development […]