(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Sep.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: ExxonMobil progressing its Payara project in Guyana for start-up in […]
Brazilian Congress Approves Decree Related To Health Benefits
(Petrobras, 2.Sep.2021) — The Brazilian Congress approved yesterday the Legislative Decree that suspends the effects of CGPAR Resolution No. 23, a rule that was in […]
JinkoSolar Subsidiary And CATL Ink Strategic Framework Agreement
(JinkoSolar, 2.Sep.2021) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE: JKS) announced that its principal operating subsidiary, Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement […]
Colombia Loses Gas Supply After Glitch
(Argus, 2.Sep.2021) — Colombia is working to restore natural gas supply after an outage at state-controlled Ecopetrol‘s Cusiana field, the country’s second supply hiccup in […]
Brazil Jan-Jul Gas Imports Top 2020 Levels
(Argus, 1.Sep.2021) — Brazil’s natural gas imports in January-July reached a total of 8.7bn m³ (310 Bcf), already reaching above the full-year total for 2020 […]
Petrobras Concludes TOR For Stake In Lapa Field
(Petrobras, 1.Sep.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 21 December 2018, informs that it has finalized the transfer of rights of its […]
Agnico Eagle Prices Private Placement At $0.45/unit
(Agnico Eagle, 1.Sep.2021) — Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE: AEM) (TSX: AEM) agreed to subscribe for 13,333,333 units of Candelaria Mining Corp. (TSX-V: CAND) in […]
CNPC prepares to revive Venezuela operations
(Bloomberg, 1.Sep.2021, Words: 597) — China’s top oil producer is laying the groundwork to revive output in Venezuela as President Nicolas Maduro finalizes legislation to […]
Moody’s Maintains Ecopetrol Rating
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Sep.2021) — Moody’s Investors Service affirmed the credit rating of Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol S.A. at Baa3 but changed its outlook […]
Hess Reveals Regular Quarterly Dividend On Common Stock
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Sep.2021) — The Board of Directors of US-based Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share payable […]
Brazil Warns Of Energy Crisis
(Reuters, 1.Sep.2021) — Brazil’s Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque is warning that the country’s energy crisis is worse than previously thought, as a record […]
Venezuela Still Attractive: Amos Global Energy’s Ali Moshiri Says
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Sep.2021) — Venezuela, home to the world’s largest oil reserves, still has an opportunity to capitalize on producing oil amid the energy […]
Drought May Force Brazil To Ration Power
(Reuters, 1.Sep.2021) — Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Wednesday a severe drought could lead to energy rationing in Brazil, contradicting other officials who […]
Electric Vehicle Sales Surpass 6 Million In 2021
(WoodMac, 31.Aug.2021) — Global electric vehicle (EV) sales are expected to vault over 6 million this year, says Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK). […]
Eco Atlantic Provides Operational Update
(Eco Atlantic, 31.Aug.2021) — Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. (AIM: ECO, TSX‐V: EOG) announced its results for the three months ended 30 June 2021, […]
Partners Spud Sapote-1 Well In Canje Block
(Eco Atlantic, 31.Aug.2021) — Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. (AIM: ECO, TSX‐V: EOG) announced that the Sapote-1 well on the Canje Block, offshore Guyana […]
AAPG’s Caribbean Symposium Event
(AAPG, 31.Aug.2021) — AAPG’s Latin America and Caribbean Region invites you to the 2021 “Caribbean Technical Symposium and E&P Summit: Recent Activity and Exploration Opportunities” […]
Bolsonaro Says Has Discussed Fuel Prices With Petrobras
(Reuters, 31.Aug.2021) — Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said in an event in the state of Minas Gerais that he has discussed the reason for high […]
Borr Drilling Reports Preliminary 2Q:21 Results
(Borr Drilling, 31.Aug.2021) — Borr Drilling Limited announces preliminary unaudited results for the three and six months ended 30 June 2021. Highlights second quarter of […]
Ecopetrol BODs Approve Framework For Stock Issuance
(Ecopetrol, 30.Aug.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC), informs that during the session held on Friday 27 August 2021, its Board of Directors approved […]
Noble Updates Rig Status After Hurricane Ida
(Noble, 29.Aug.2021) — Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) announced that all personnel onboard the Pacific Sharav, Noble Globetrotter I, and Noble Globetrotter II ultra-deepwater drillships in […]
C2 Communications Partners With Excel Guyana
(C2 Communications, 27.Aug.2021) — C2 Communications, a national award-winning public relations and marketing firm, has partnered with Excel Guyana, Inc. to raise awareness of the diverse […]
Bahia LNG Import Terminal Leasing Deal Advances
(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Aug.2021) — Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras said the leasing process for the LNG Regasification Terminal of Bahia (TR-BA) and associated facilities […]
Gold Port Says Mining Permits Renewed
(Gold Port, 26.Aug.2021) — Gold Port Corporation (CSE: GPO) (OTCQB: GPOTF) is providing a corporate update. The Discovery 1 Core Rig ordered from Multi-Power Products […]
Hurdles Remain For Brazil’s Gas Distributors
(Argus, 26.Aug.2021) — Brazilian producers need to increase the amount of natural gas they offer in order to stimulate investment in gas infrastructure and boost […]
Excelerate Energy Advances On Leasing Of Bahia LNG Terminal
(Excelerate, 26.Aug.2021) — Excelerate Energy L.P. successfully concluded with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) the negotiation stage of the tender process for the lease of Bahia […]
Peru’s Pushes Cabinet Confirmation Vote To Friday
(Reuters, 26.Aug.2021) — Peru’s Congress on Thursday pushed back to Friday a key vote to confirm or reject a new leftist Cabinet nominated by President […]
Ecuador To Spend $80mn On Thermal Power Stations
(Reuters, 26.Aug.2021) — Ecuador’s state-run power company CELEC said on Thursday it will spend $80 million to repair idle thermal power plants to prepare them […]
Noble Provides Preliminary 2022 Guidance
(Noble, 26.Aug.2021) — Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) announced that subsidiaries of the company have reached a definitive agreement to sell four jackups to ADES International […]
CCS Could Impact Emissions Of LNG Projects
(WoodMac, 25.Aug.2021) — The use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) could have a material impact on LNG projects’ carbon emissions. Depending on the strategy […]
Petrobras Pays Dividends
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Aug.2021) — Brazil’s state owned Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) made a payment today which relates to the first installment of the remuneration […]
Petrobras Inks Deal To Divest REMAN Refinery
(Petrobras, 25.Aug.2021) — Petrobras signed today with the company Ream Participações S.A., a corporate company owned by the partners of Atem’s Distribuidora de Petróleo S.A. […]
Petrobras On RNEST Divestment
(Petrobras, 25.Aug.2021) — Petrobras says interested parties in the sale process of the Abreu e Lima Refinery (RNEST) formally declined to submit a binding proposal […]
Mantaro To Buy Into Golden Hill Property
(Mantoro 25.Aug.2021) — Mantoro Silver Corp. (TSXV: MSLV) (FSE: 9TZ) entered into a property option agreement with Minera Golden Hill S.R.L. (MGH) and Luis Fernando […]
Shell Signs First Natural-Gas Supply Contract In Brazil
(Wall Street Journal, 25.Aug.2021) — Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Wednesday that it has signed a natural-gas sales contract with Companhia Pernambucana de Gas, its […]
Talos Wins Bid For Carbon Capture And Storage Site
(Talos, 25.Aug.2021) — Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO), along with its partner Carbonvert, Inc., was the sole winning bidder partnership for the Texas General Land […]
Coltan In Your Smartphone Finances Colombian Guerrilla Armies
(Vice, 25.Aug.2021) — A recent seizure highlights how “corrupt Colombian government officials have helped to launder Venezuelan coltan into licit supply chains in Colombia,” said […]
Venezuela Sees Refinery Debt Swap As Model For Future Deals
(Reuters, 25.Aug.2021) — Venezuela’s socialist government sees the swap it made last week of shares in a Dominican oil refinery for defaulted bonds as a […]
Mexico Restores Some Oil Production
(AP, 24.Aug.2021) — Mexico’s state-owned oil company said Tuesday the possible remains of two missing subcontractors had been found on one of its oil platforms […]
Crude From Venezuela, Iran Stacks Up Off Singapore
(Bloomberg, 24.Aug.2021) — Oil stored in ships has been stacking up off key Asian ports as a crackdown in China on private crude oil processors […]
Venezuela Swapped Oil For Food, Then Punished Dealmakers
(Reuters, 24.Aug.2021) — With U.S. sanctions spooking key oil buyers and depriving its government of cash, Venezuela last year inked a deal with a little-known […]
Suriname Webinar On O&G Local Content
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Aug.2021) — Staatsolie in cooperation with ExxonMobil will be hosting a webinar on ‘Local Content in the O&G industry’. As a supplier […]
Companies Take Steps Toward Climate Neutrality
(Bloomberg, 24.Aug.2021) — Unlike the other oil majors, nationalized fossil fuel businesses are arms of the state, and therefore can’t bend as far. Petroleos Mexicanos […]
Pemex Safety Incidents Challenge Production Growth Target
(Fitch, 24.Aug.2021) — Pemex‘s reported fires at its Ku-Maloob-Zaap (KMZ) production fields may slow the company’s production growth rates, as this field is the company’s […]
LatAm Briefs: Guyana’s Oil Output
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Aug.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentina awaiting arrival of two LNG tankers, Guyana’s oil output, […]
bpTT/EOG Make 1 Tcf Gas Discovery
(The Guardian, 23.Aug.2021) — An exploration well drilled by bpTT and EOG Resources has discovered one trillion cubic feet of gross natural gas resources, off […]
YPF to Defend Interests in Lawsuit Regarding Shareholder Meeting
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Aug.2021) — In compliance with requirements of article 3, item 9, Chapter I, Title XII of the Rules of the Argentine Securities […]
Frontera Spuds Kawa-1 Offshore Guyana
(Frontera, 23.Aug.2021) — Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) announced the spudding of the Kawa-1 exploration well, offshore Guyana. CGX Energy Inc. (TSXV: OYL), Frontera majority-owned […]
The Creation Of Inflation
(HSBC Bank plc, 23.Aug.2021) — Amid vast uncertainty, inflation has spiked raising fears that price stability is over. The risks of “error” – in both […]
Citgo Envisions Oil ‘Bridge’ To Venezuela
(Argus, 23.Aug.2021) — US refiner Citgo has been effectively cut off from its Venezuelan state-owned parent PdV since 2019, but it is still constrained by […]