(Petrobras, 28.Jun.2021) — Petrobras started an international bidding process, in EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) mode, for the implementation of a new diesel hydrotreatment unit […]
KBR Inks FCC Deal With Raízen Argentina
(KBR, 28.Jun.2021) — KBR (NYSE: KBR) has been awarded a contract by Raízen Argentina for modernizing the Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit at its Buenos […]
Vista, Trafigura To Accelerate Vaca Muerta Development
(Vista Oil, 28.Jun.2021) — Vista Oil & Gas and Trafigura Argentina signed a joint investment agreement for the development of 20 oil wells in the […]
Brazil A Complex Place To Do Business
(TMF Group, 28.Jun.2021) — The comprehensive report by TMF Group, a leading professional services firm, analyses rules, regulations, tax rates, penalties and compliance issues across […]
Ecuador Begins Crude Exports In Larger Vessels
(Reuters, 28.Jun.2021) — Ecuador for the first time on Monday exported a cargo of one of its flagship crudes, Oriente, aboard a very large crude […]
The Kjøli Copper Project Exploration Details
(Capella Minerals, 28.Jun.2021) — Capella Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: CMIL) (FRA: N7D2) provided the following update on ongoing exploration activities at its 100%-owned Kjøli high-grade copper […]
Azelio In Collaboration With MMR For Energy Storage Projects
(Azelio, 28.Jun.2021) — A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Azelio and MMR Constructors (MMR) with the intention to develop projects combining Azelio’s […]
Crewmembers Killed In Guyana When Vessel Explodes
(AP, 27.Jun.2021) — Three crewmen were killed in Guyana when a vessel used to transport fuel exploded at a pier, police said. A police statement […]
TotalEnergies In Two New Exploration Licenses In Suriname
(TotalEnergies, 25.Jun.2021) — TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE) and its partner Qatar Petroleum have been awarded Block 6 and Block 8 in the Suriname SHO Bid […]
Petrobras On Technip Group Leniency Deal
(Petrobras, 25.Jun.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 26 June 2020, informs that it received the third, and last, installment, in the […]
Vista Sales Interest In Coirón Amargo Sur Oeste
(Vista Oil, 25.Jun.2021) — Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: VIST; BMV: VISTA) announced its subsidiary Vista Oil & Gas Argentina S.A.U. sold […]
US-EU-Canada Issue Joint Statement On Venezuela
(US State Department, 25.Jun.2021) — The following statement was released by Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and […]
Argentina Lithium Appoints New Director
(Argentina Lithium, 24.Jun.2021) — Argentina Lithium & Energy Corp. (TSXV: LIT) (FSE: OAY3) (OTC: PNXLF) appointed Dr. John Gammon to its board of directors. Dr. […]
Golden Arrow Expands Tenements At Rosales Project In Chile
(Golden Arrow, 24.Jun.2021) — Golden Arrow Resources Corporation (TSXV: GRG) (FSE: G6A) (OTCQB: GARWF) reported that the Transient Electromagnetic (TEM) surface geophysical survey at the Rosales Copper Project […]
Looming Venezuela Talks Whet Investor Appetite
(Argus, 24.Jun.2021) — Venezuela is returning to the geopolitical stage after months out of the limelight. President Nicolas Maduro’s government and his political opponents are […]
Ecopetrol Extends Exclusivity Period Related To Potential ISA Acquisition
(Ecopetrol, 24.Jun.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL;NYSE: EC) informs that the Exclusivity Agreement signed with the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (MHCP) on 12 […]
Carbon Removal Key To Reaching Paris Target
(WoodMac, 24.Jun.2021) — Achieving the 2°C goal of the Paris Agreement will require more than simply avoiding carbon. To cap global warming at 1.5°C or […]
Equinor Offered Production Licences In 25th Licensing Round
(Equinor, 23.Jun.2021) — The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has offered Equinor two operated production licences in the 25th licensing round in the Barents Sea. […]
Suriname’s Oil Boom Keeps Getting Hotter
(Oilprice.com, 23.Jun.2021) — The Guyana-Suriname Basin, which the U.S. Geological Service estimates hold crude oil resources of up to 33 billion barrels, is in the […]
Citgo Reveals New Director Appointments
(Citgo, 23.Jun.2021) — The Boards of Directors of Citgo Holding, Inc. and Citgo Petroleum Corporation announced new appointments to their respective Boards of Directors. Elio […]
Touchstone Announces Ten-year Lease Operatorship Deals
(Touchstone, 22.Jun.2021) — Touchstone Exploration Inc. executed a ten-year Lease Operatorship Agreements (LOAs) with Heritage Petroleum Company Limited for its CO-1, CO-2, WD-4 and WD-8 […]
Uncertainties In Venezuela Around Arrival Of More Iranian Gasoline
(Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Jun.2021) — Venezuelan economist José Toro Hardy said it was unclear when additional Iranian tankers carrying gasoline would reach the South American […]
Vopak Awarded Deal For industrial Terminal In China
(Vopak, 22.Jun.2021) — Vopak has been awarded by Huizhou QuanMei Petrochemical Terminal Co., Ltd., a contract for storage and services of a liquid products terminal […]
Gasnorp Starts Early Ops In Peru’s Piura Region
(Open International, 21.Jun.2021) — Gasnorp, a subsidiary of Promigas, undertook the challenge of deploying its distribution operations in the provinces of Piura, Talara, Sullana, Paita […]
Venezuela Oil Czar Says Output To Skyrocket, Sanctions Be Damned
(Bloomberg, 21.Jun.2021) — In Venezuela, waiting in line at a gas station — sometimes for days — has become so routine that it’s hard to […]
Petrobras On LNG Regasification Terminal Leasing
(Petrobras, 21.Jun.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 1 October 2021 and 16 April 2021 informs that on 14 June 2021, a […]
Frontera Closes Offering Of 7.875% Notes
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Jun.2021) — Frontera Energy Corporation completed its offering of $400mn in senior unsecured notes due 2028 at a coupon rate of 7.875%. […]
TotalEnergies, QP Win Exploration Blocks Off Suriname
(Argus, 20.Jun.2021) — A consortium of TotalEnergies and Qatar’s state-owned QP have won two offshore exploration blocks in Suriname following the South American state’s latest […]
US Rejects Maduro’s Call For Biden To Lift Venezuela Sanctions
(Bloomberg, 20.Jun.2021) — President Joe Biden’s administration rejected Nicolas Maduro’s call for relief from U.S. sanctions, saying the Venezuelan leader needs to do more toward […]
Qatar Petroleum Enters Suriname’s Block 6 And Block 8
(Qatar Petroleum, 19.Jun.2021) – A consortium including Qatar Petroleum has been awarded two offshore blocks in Suriname, under Production Sharing Contracts as part of the […]
GeoPark Comments On Letter From Former Chair
(GeoPark, 18.Jun.2021) — GeoPark Limited (NYSE: GPRK) issued the following statement in response to the letter sent to the Board by its former Chair Gerald […]
GeoPark’s O’Shaughnessy Issues Open Letter To BODs
(GeoPark, 18.Jun.2021) — Gerald O’Shaughnessy, the co-founder, former Chairman and second largest shareholder of GeoPark Limited (NYSE: GPRK) issued an open letter to the Board […]
Biden’s Venezuela Policy In Holding Pattern As Maduro Outlasts Pressures
(S&P Global, 18.Jun.2021) — After Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro outlasted the Trump administration’s maximum sanctions pressure, US President Joe Biden will have to decide whether […]
Brazil May Gas Production Up From Year, Month Prior
(Argus, 18.Jun.2021) — Brazilian natural gas production in May rose by nearly 18pc from a year earlier and by more than 2pc from the prior […]
Venezuela President Maduro Talks Sanctions, Economy: Transcript
(Bloomberg, 18.Jun.2021) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro spoke to Bloomberg TV’s Erik Schatzker in an exclusive interview in Caracas at the Miraflores presidential palace. The […]
IOCs Take Three Suriname Shallow Offshore Blocks
(Staatsolie, 18.Jun.2021) — Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V. (Staatsolie) announces that after evaluation of all received bids in the SHO Bid Round 2020/2021, the following companies […]
Life Of Heimdal Gas Centre Extended To 2023, Equinor Says
(Equinor, 17.Jun.2021) — New wells at Valemon will extend profitable operations at Heimdal, which is processing gas from Valemon. The Heimdal partners have now decided […]
bpTT’s Fitzpatrick At The Climate Change Symposium
(bpTT, 17.Jun.2021) — bpTT’s Claire Fitzpatrick spoke at the Climate Change Symposium held on 14 June 2021. What follows is her full speech. Carbon Commitments […]
Eni, SKK Migas Ink MOU For Activities In Indonesia
(Eni, 17.Jun.2021) — Eni, through its subsidiary Eni Indonesia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SKK Migas for cooperation on exploration activities in Indonesia. The […]
Sagicor Group Jamaica Finances Leaseback
(Sagicor, 17.Jun.2021) — Sagicor Group Jamaica will be structuring a $285mn sale and leaseback of the combined heat and power plant in Clarendon owned by […]
Presenting Strategy To Accelerate Equinor’s Transition
(Equinor, 15.Jun.2021) — Equinor ASA (OSE:EQNR, NYSE:EQNR) presents its strategy to accelerate the company’s transition while growing cash flow and returns. Key highlights from the strategy update: […]
US Briefs: Valaris GOM Deal, Nucor Cash Dividend
(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Jun.2021) — Energy briefs from North America including: Valaris Limited revealing a Gulf of Mexico floater contract award, and Nucor Corporation revealing […]
Peru’s Copper Industry At Risk As New Administration Takes The Wheel
(Mining.com, 14.Jun.2021) — Peru, the world’s second-largest copper-producing country, could see mining output decrease as socialist candidate Pedro Castillo emerges as the winner of the […]
TotalEnergies Boost Offshore Wind Investments
(TotalEnergies, 14.Jun.2021) — Renewable energy has a critical role to play in meeting rising global electricity demand while helping to combat global warming. Wind power, […]
Colombia’s UPME Extends Investor Selection Deadline For LNG Terminal
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Jun.2021) — Colombia’s Energy Mining Planning Unit, or UPME, announced that the investor selection process related to a second liquefied natural gas […]
B2Gold Declares Dividend Of $0.04/Share
(B2Gold Corp. 11.Jun.2021) — B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO) (NYSE AMERICAN: BTG) (NSX: B2G) announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend for the […]
LatAm Briefs: Suriname Event, Iran-Venezuela Dealings
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Jun.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Suriname oil summit tagging entrepreneurship, investor friendliness as key priorities, […]
Gold Fields’ South Deep Gold Mine, NUM And UASA Ink Wage Deal
(Gold Field, 11.Jun.2021) — Gold Fields‘ South Deep Gold Mine and the NUM and UASA trade unions have concluded a three-year wage agreement for the […]
Guyana-Suriname Basin: Rising From Obscurity To Become A Super Potential
(Endeavor Management, 11.Jun.2021) — The challenge now facing operators in this promising region is to transition from an exploration/appraisal mode to best practices for development […]
Petrobras Inks Deal For The 8th Búzios Unit
(Petrobras, 11.Jun.2021) — Petrobras signed a contract with the joint venture formed by Saipem and DSME in the amount of $2.3bn for the supply of […]