(TotalEnergies, 31.Mar.2022) — TotalEnergies and Sempra are expanding their North American strategic alliance with the signing of two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU): one for the Vista […]
Petrobras on Rio De Janeiro Court of Justice Decision
(Petrobras, 31.Mar.2022) — Petrobras informs that the Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro (TJ-RJ) decided, by majority vote, to grant the appeal of the […]
PDVSA Seeks Tankers in Anticipation of US Sanctions Easing
(Reuters, 31.Mar.2022) — Venezuela’s state-run energy firm PDVSA is in talks to buy and lease several oil tankers amid a possible expansion in exports, according […]
Petrobras, PetroRio Advance in Albacora Leste Talks
(Reuters, 31.Mar.2022) — Brazilian oil company PetroRio SA is close to agreeing on terms to purchase the Albacora Leste field from state-run oil company Petrobras, […]
Distressed Argentina Oil Firm Leads Emerging-Market Bonds
(Bloomberg, 31.Mar.2022) — Only 14 months ago Argentina’s YPF SA was a nightmare for investors caught out by a $6 billion distressed debt restructuring. Now, […]
Shell Trinidad and Tobago Delivers First Gas from Colibri Project
(Shell Trinidad and Tobago, 31.Mar.2022) — Shell Trinidad and Tobago (through BG International, a subsidiary of Shell plc), announces that production has started on Block 22 and […]
CNOOC Reports Record Net Profit from Growth of Reserves and Production
(CNOOC, 30.Mar.2022) — CNOOC Limited (SEHK: 00883) announced its 2021 annual results for the year ended 31 December 2021. In 2021, CNOOC Limited adhered to […]
Ecopetrol Gets Approval For Profit Distribution for Fiscal Year 2021
(Ecopetrol, 30.Mar.2022) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC) reports that the ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting, held on 30 March 2022, approved the profit distribution proposal […]
Bridgestone Awarded Energy Grant to Advance Guayule Natural Rubber Research
(Bridgestone, 30.Mar.2022) — Bridgestone Americas has been awarded a research grant by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute to advance its optimization […]
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HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Mar.2022, Words: 583) — Energy briefs including ExxonMobil Angola celebrating an important milestone for the Kizomba A FPSO […]
Gazprom Expresses Interest in Selling LNG to Argentina
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Mar.2022) — Gazprom expressed interest in supplying liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Argentina to replace market share lost due to sanctions imposed […]
Petrobras Says BODs Approved TCP with Novonor/Odebrecht
(Petrobras, 31.Mar.2022) — Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors approved the execution of the Term of Closing of Pendencies (TCP) between, on the one […]
Petroperu Board Reshuffle to Strengthen Operational Capacity
(Andina, 30.Mar.2022) — The President of the Republic Pedro Castillo on Thursday affirmed that the reshuffle of Petroperu‘s board of directors will enable the State-run company to […]
YPF Taking Steps to Provide Diesel to Farmers Amid Shortage Concerns
(S&P Global, 30.Mar.2022) — YPF, the biggest oil producer and refiner in Argentina, said late March 29 that it is taking steps to meet farmers’ […]
How NOCs are Tackling the Energy Transition
(WoodMac, 30.Mar.2022) — Despite their scale, national oil companies (NOCs) have until now largely escaped the heavy scrutiny experienced by international oil companies (IOCs) around […]
Lectron Unveils New Retail Partnership with AutoZone
(Lectron, 29.Mar.2022) — Lectron, an electric vehicle charging brand, has entered a retail partnership with auto parts giant, AutoZone (NYSE: AZO), in a bid to make […]
Proman, CropX to Invest in Technology to Make Farming More Sustainable
(Proman, 29.Mar.2022) — Proman, an integrated energy company and one of the world’s top ten nitrogen fertilizer producers, announced a new strategic partnership with CropX, […]
NRGBriefs: Lula Participates in Discussion about Fuel Prices in Brazil
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva participating in a chat w/ specialists with the Federation […]
Presidential Candidate Petro’s Oil, Pension Proposals Give Investors Pause
(Reuters, 29.Mar.2022) — Leftist Colombia presidential candidate Gustavo Petro’s promises to halt new oil projects and redistribute pension funds could put the country’s economic stability […]
Pemex Crude Exports Rise 11% m/m in Feb. to 925,000 bpd
(Reuters, 29.Mar.2022) — Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) said it exported 925,000 barrels of crude per day (bpd) on average in February, up 11.2% from the previous […]
Shell Adds Deep-Water US GOM Production with PowerNap
(Shell, 29.Mar.2022) — Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Shell plc, announces the start of production at PowerNap, a subsea development in the US Gulf of […]
JinkoSolar Reached Delivery Milestone of 100GW of Total Solar Panels
(JinkoSolar, 29.Mar.2022) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE: JKS) has delivered 100GW of solar modules globally. JinkoSolar is the first company in history to achieve this […]
Ecopetrol Trading Asia to Dispatch 90,000 Barrels to Sinochem
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Mar.2022) — Ecopetrol Trading Asia, an affiliate of Ecopetrol Group with an office in Singapore, realized its first commercial operation to sell […]
QatarEnergy Buys 40% Stake in Offshore Egypt Exploration Block
(QatarEnergy, 29.Mar.2022) — QatarEnergy entered into an agreement with ExxonMobil to acquire a working interest in an exploration block offshore Egypt. Under the terms of […]
Transocean Invests in Exploration of Seabed Minerals to Support Renewable Supply Chain
(Transocean, 29.Mar.2022) — Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) purchased a minority interest in Ocean Minerals Ltd., a company engaged in the exploration of seabed resources containing metals critical […]
Murphy Oil Says Cutthroat-1 Exploration Well Offshore Brazil Didn’t Find Oil
(Murphy Oil, 28.Mar.2022) — Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE: MUR) announced that drilling has concluded at the Cutthroat-1 exploration well in block SEAL-M-428 in the Sergipe-Alagoas […]
NGC Inks Gas Supply Contract with TCL
(NGC, 28.Mar.2022) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) signed a Gas Sales Contract (GSC) with local cement manufacturer, Trinidad Cement […]
EIG and Fluxys Partner in GNL Quintero S.A. Plant in Chile
(EIG, 28.Mar.2022) — EIG, an institutional investor to the global energy and infrastructure sectors, and Fluxys, an energy infrastructure company, announced they jointly will acquire […]
NRGBriefs: Atlantic LNG Could Save Venezuela Cos. Money Needed for Export
(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including Touchstone Exploration Inc. (TSX, LSE: TXP) reported its 4Q:21 and YE:21 operating and financial results; and Caracas-based […]
Talos Reveals Finalization of the Zama Unitization Process
(Talos, 28.Mar.2022) — Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO) has received the final Unitization Resolution (“UR”) from Mexico’s Ministry of Energy (SENER) regarding the development of […]
Tellurian’s Driftwood LNG Begins Construction
(Tellurian, 28.Mar.2022) — Tellurian Inc. (NYSE American: TELL) issued a limited notice to proceed to Bechtel Energy Inc. under its executed Engineering, Procurement and Construction […]
Peru’s President Avoids Impeachment after Marathon Debate
(Al Jazeera, 28.Mar.2022) — Peru’s President Pedro Castillo avoided impeachment by the country’s opposition-dominated legislature on Monday after a parliamentary debate lasting more than eight hours. Fifty-five […]
Brazil Government Plans to Replace Petrobras CEO Joaquim Silva E Luna
(WSJ, 28.Mar.2022) — Brazil’s Mining and Energy Ministry said Monday the government intends to replace Joaquim Silva e Luna as chief executive of state-controlled Petróleo […]
Vermilion Energy Reveals Acquisition of Montney Assets
(Vermilion Energy, 28.Mar.2022) — Vermilion Energy Inc. (TSX: VET) (NYSE: VET) entered into an arrangement agreement to acquire Leucrotta Exploration Inc. for a net cash purchase […]
Triangle Lithium LLC Starts Antofalla Drilling Campaign in Argentina
(Triangle Lithium, 28.Mar.2022) — Triangle Lithium LLC’s subsidiary Triangle Lithium Argentina, SA (Trila), a joint venture with Lithium Energi Argentina, SA (LEA), finalized and executed […]
War Turns Argentina’s Shale Boom Dream into Gas-Buying Nightmare
(Bloomberg, 28.Mar.2022) — Argentina, home to some of the world’s vastest gas reserves, is bracing for the unthinkable: rationing one of its chief natural resources. Despite having shale-gas […]
Petrobras CEO Ousted Amid Spat Over Fuel Prices
(Bloomberg, 28.Mar.2022) — Latin America’s biggest oil producer Petroleo Brasileiro SA will have its third chief executive officer since early 2021 after Joaquim Silva e […]
Petrobras on Letter from the Mines and Energy Ministry
(Petrobras, 28.Mar.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 03/05/2022, informs that it received a letter from the Ministry of Mines and Energy […]
EAI brief takeaway: Venezuela and US sanctions
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Mar.2022, Words: 364) — Venezuela’s petroleum sector is again front center on Washington’s radar due to […]
Attend the Madrid Energy Conference from 6-8 Apr. 2022
(Global Event Partners, 26.Mar.2022) — The Madrid Energy Conference has become the nexus for Latin American and European energy leaders to discuss energy transition solutions and […]
NRGBriefs: Venezuela Petroleum Flows to Asia-Pacific Trending Downward
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Stuart Young meeting with Touchstone Exploration executives about […]
HF Sinclair and HollyFrontier Commence Private Exchange Offers
(HF Sinclair Corporation, 24.Mar.2022) — HF Sinclair Corporation (NYSE: DINO) and HollyFrontier Corporation (HFC) announced the commencement of private offers to all Eligible Holders (as defined […]
Purchase Oil From Canada, Not Venezuela
(Forbes, 24.Mar.2022) — Gasoline prices are reaching record highs and Russian oil imports are ending. As the Biden Administration makes overtures to Venezuela to request […]
GCL SI to Supply 71MW Solar Modules in Brazil
(GCL SI, 24.Mar.2022) — GCL System Integration Technology Co., Ltd. (GCL SI) (Shenzhen:002506), a photovoltaics (PV) company in China, will launch a project, dubbed Casa Blanca, […]
NRGBriefs: Venezuela Oil Production Tendencies in Early 2022
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including Trinidad and Tobago’s Vision 2030 laying out a development agenda to address major National Development Strategy challenges; […]
CGG Wins Another Major 4D OBN Imaging Contract Offshore Brazil
(CGG, 24.Mar.2022) — CGG has been awarded a two-part Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) seismic imaging project by PXGEO over the Sapinhoá Shared Reservoir in the […]
NextDecade and Guangdong Energy Announce Binding Heads of Agreement
(NextDecade Corporation, 24.Mar.2022) — NextDecade Corporation (NASDAQ: NEXT) announced the execution of a binding Heads of Agreement (“HOA”) with Guangdong Energy Group Natural Gas Co., Ltd. […]
Frontera Finds 27.2 Degree API Light Oil At The Tui-1 Well In Ecuador
(Frontera, 24.Mar.2022) — Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) has discovered 27.2 degree API light crude oil at the Tui-1 exploration well on the Perico block […]
Electrolux Reduces Sea Transport Emissions by 15% in 2022
(Electrolux, 23.Mar.2022) — Electrolux will now use more sustainable fuels for 25% of its total sea freight. By partnering with shipping companies Maersk and CMA […]
World Must Double-Down on Plans to Achieve Net Zero by 2050
(WoodMac, 23.Mar.2022) — Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK), reveals in its latest Accelerated Energy Transition (AET) 1.5-Degree scenario report, that the world needs to double-down […]