(DPI, 16.Aug.2021) — This is Guyana’s second time participating at this international conference in Houston, Texas. The Government of Guyana through GO-Invest, is collaborating with […]
LatAm Briefs: YPF Debt, Petrobras Taxes
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Aug.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: YPF reducing its total debt, Petrobras’ tax collections to the […]
Sempra Launches Offer For Remaining IEnova Shares
(Sempra, 12.Aug.2021) — Sempra (NYSE: SRE) (BMV: SRE) announced that it has launched a tender offer to purchase for cash the 3.6% of the outstanding […]
MPC Energy Starts Construction Of PV Plant In Colombia
(MPC Energy, 12.Aug.2021) — MPC Energy Solutions (MPCES) and Akuo Energy commenced construction of Parque Solar Planeta Rica, a solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Colombia. […]
The Energy Basket: A Non-Binary Approach to the Energy Transitions
(The Way Ahead, Fernando C. Hernandez, 12.Aug.2021) — I became a proponent of the energy basket concept, while deployed offshore, as it became apparent that […]
Venezuela Negotiations By Eric Farnsworth
(AS/COA, 12.Aug.2021) — A new round of negotiations is set to start on Friday, August 13, in Mexico between representatives of the de facto regime of Nicolás Maduro and the interim administration […]
Pemex Halts Drilling At Valeriana
(By Platts, Sheky Espejo, 12.Aug.2021) — Mexico’s state oil company Pemex has stopped drilling Valeriana 1, a high-temperature high-pressure appraisal well located in the state […]
Guyana Creating New Authority For Oil Sector
(Argus, 12.Aug.2021) — Guyana plans to create a new authority by the end of 2021 to regulate its growing hydrocarbon revenues and allow orderly and […]
Ecopetrol To Pay $3.7bn For ISA Stake
(Ecopetrol, 11.Aug.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL;NYSE: EC) informs that on 11 August 2021, it signed the Inter-administrative Share Purchase Agreement with the Colombian Ministry […]
Now Activists Want BHP To Keep Its Fossil Fuels
(Bloomberg, 11.Aug.2021) — BHP Group, the world’s top miner, should abandon plans for multi-billion dollar sales of fossil fuels assets and instead responsibly close down the […]
Oceaneering Inks Survey Deal With EEPGL
(Oceaneering, 10.Aug.2021) — Oceaneering International has been awarded a contract from Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) to provide two surveys offshore Guyana. The […]
T&T’s Plastic Waste Twice Int’l Average
(Trinidad Express, 10.Aug.2021) — Improper waste disposal may be one of the reasons for the major flooding that wreaked havoc in north-west Trinidad and Tobago […]
Venezuela’s Opposition Targets ‘Narrow’ Chance To Tame Maduro
(By Ft, Michael Stott, 10.Aug.2021) — Once Venezuela’s most famous political prisoner, he is best known for escaping from house arrest and appearing outside a […]
Should NGC Buy Train 1?
(Trinidad Express, 10.Aug.2021) — In its 2021 annual report, the T&T Government’s investment holdings company, National Enterprises Ltd (NEL) states that “the full impairment of […]
Citgo Names Mark Holstein New General Counsel
(Citgo, 10.Aug.2021) — Citgo Petroleum Corporation announced the appointment of Mark Holstein as the company’s new General Counsel, overseeing all aspects of the company’s legal […]
Guyana Opts Against LT Supply Deal With India
(Reuters, 10.Aug.2021) — Guyana’s Natural Resources Ministry said on Monday the country earned nearly $80 million from a July crude cargo sold to an Indian […]
LatAmBriefs: TGI Eyes Buenaventura LNG Import Project
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Aug.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentina fining Edesur and Edenor; Transportadora de Gas Internacional (TGI) […]
María Corina Machado Talks About Democratic Regression
(Fundación Libertad y Desarrollo, 9.Aug.2021) — The president of Fundación Libertad y Desarrollo, Dionisio Gutiérrez, spoke with the leader of the Venezuelan opposition and National […]
Alarm Over Spill Into The Gulf Of Paria
(Trinidad Express, 9.Aug.2021) — The Environmental Management Authority and Paria Fuel Trading Company Ltd yesterday confirmed an oil spill in the Gulf of Paria. Fishermen […]
Colombia To Leverage Coal, Gas For Blue H2 By 2030
(Argus, 9.Aug.2021) — Colombia has issued a draft roadmap for hydrogen development that would start by leveraging the country’s coal and natural gas resources for […]
Guyana Receives Payment For 7th Oil Lift
(MNR, 9.Aug.2021) — In keeping with the current administration’s commitment to transparency and accountability within the Petroleum Sector, the Government Guyana through the Ministry of […]
Three Studies That Made The Difference
(Stabroek News, 8.Aug.2021) — To recap, this long-running series of Sunday Stabroek columns focusing on Guyana’s emergent oil and gas sector commenced just four months […]
Former Trinidad Oil Minister Ramnarine Comments On S&P Downgrade
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Aug.2021) — Trinidad and Tobago’s former energy minister Kevin Ramnarine commented on the recent downgrade by Standard and Poor’s rating agency. What […]
LatAm Briefs: Raizen IPO, Bolivian Gas
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Aug.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentina’s YPF Sociedad Anónima repurchasing Class XII Notes, YPFB and […]
APA Reports 2Q:21 Net Income of $388mn
(APA, 5.May.2021) — APA Corporation (Nasdaq: APA) announced its financial and operational results for the first-quarter 2021. APA reported net income attributable to common stock […]
Raízen IPO To Accelerate Growth
(Shell, 5.Aug.2021) — Shell Brazil Holding B.V., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc marks the start of trading in shares of Raízen S.A., the […]
Ecopetrol’s 2Q:21 Earnings Call Transcript
(Motley Fool, 4.Aug.2021) — Colombia’s state oil giant Ecopetrol hosted its second quarter 2021 conference call to discuss operational and financial details. What follows is […]
Petrobras Hires JPMorgan To Sell Braskem Stake
(Reuters, 5.Aug.2021) — Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA) has hired JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) as adviser to sell its stake in […]
The bpTT Conundrum
(Trinidad Guardian, 4.Aug.2021) — It was in 1973 that the world experienced the first oil-price shock. It was spurred by the Yom Kippur War in […]
Petrobras Beats Estimates
(Reuters, 4.Aug.2021) — Brazil’s Petrobras beat second quarter profit estimates on Wednesday, as higher Brent prices, strong natural gas sales and relatively controlled expenses boosted […]
NGC, MHTL Ink Gas Supply Contract
(NGC, 4.Aug.2021) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) signed a Consolidated Gas Supply Contract (CGSC) with Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Limited […]
Guyana Gets 15 Bids To Market Govt Crude
(Reuters, 4.Aug.2021) — Guyana received bids from 15 different companies aiming to market the government’s share of the crude produced off the South American country’s […]
Argentina Local Debt Rollover Flops
(Bloomberg, 4.Aug.2021) — Investors sent a warning message to Argentina’s Treasury on Tuesday night — don’t expect us to finance the government’s increased spending ahead […]
LatAm Briefs: Ecopetrol Results, Guyana Oil Lift
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Aug.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: New Pacific Metals Corp. commencing a diamond drilling program in […]
Ecopetrol Reveals 2Q:21 Results
(Ecopetrol, 3.Aug.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL;NYSE: EC) announced the Ecopetrol Group’s financial results for the second quarter and the first half of 2021. In […]
Argus Launches LPG Freight Prices
(Argus, 27.Jul.2021) — Global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus has launched 10 new freight price assessments for tankers transporting liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). […]
Ecopetrol Q2 Profit Soars To $951mn
(Reuters, 3.Aug.2021) — Colombia’s majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol’s second-quarter net profit soared to 3.72 trillion pesos ($951 million), boosted by strong sales, the company […]
NGC Inks Zandolie Field Gas Sales Contract
(NGC, 4.Aug.2021) — DeNovo Energy Limited and The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (NGC) signed a Zandolie Field development Gas Sales Contract (GSC) […]
US Still Shows Strong Appetite For Russian Oil
(S&P Global, 3.Aug.2021) — The US is still showing strong demand for imports of Russian crude and fuel oil feedstocks, which analysts expect to continue […]
Guyana Seeks To Amend Land Use Provisions
(DPI, 3.Aug.2021) — The Government is seeking an amendment of the law which would give it greater control over the use of lands, both public […]
Brattle Welcomes Antitrust Expert
(The Brattle Group, 2.Aug.2021) — The Brattle Group welcomed economist Veronica Irastorza as a new Principal in its global Antitrust & Competition practice, based in San […]
Ecopetrol Submits Binding Offer For ISA
(Ecopetrol, 2.Aug.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL;NYSE: EC) informs that during the meeting held on Friday 30 July 2021, its Board of Directors authorized the […]
Ecopetrol Approved For $1.2bn Credit Line
(Ecopetrol, 2.Aug.2021) — By means of Resolution 1824 of 30 July 2021, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit authorized the execution of a contingent […]
Eni Reveals New Oil Find Offshore Mexico
(Eni, 2.Aug.2021) — Eni announces an oil find in Upper Miocene sequences on the Sayulita Exploration Prospect in Block 10 in the mid-deep water of […]
Santander Court Revokes Fine On Ecopetrol
(Ecopetrol, 2.Aug.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL;NYSE: EC) was notified of the decision issued by the Administrative Court of Santander that voided the 22 December […]
Whistler Pipeline Placed in Service in Texas
(WhiteWater, 2.Aug.2021) — The Whistler Pipeline began full commercial service on 1 July 2021 providing approximately 2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of incremental […]
When Exception Becomes the Norm – Crisis as an Ordinary Experience in Venezuela
(Noria Research, 31.Jul.2021) — For several years now, Venezuela has been plagued by an unprecedented combination of political, institutional, economic, social, health, and security crises. […]
Petrobras On Refinery Sales Deadlines
(Petrobras, 30.Jul.2021) — Petrobras has celebrated a new addendum to the Term of Commitment to Cessation (TCC) signed with the Administrative Council for Economic Defense […]
CSI Compressco Reports 2Q:21 Results
(CSI Compressco, 30.Jul.2021) — CSI Compressco LP (NASDAQ: CCLP) announced second quarter 2021 results. Second Quarter 2021 Summary: Total revenues for the second quarter 2021 […]
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Perenco CEO Benoît de la Fouchardière Talks Trinidad [Q&A]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Jul.2021) — Perenco’s CEO, Benoît de la Fouchardière responded to questions from Energy Analytics Institute (EAI) about its operations in Trinidad and […]