(Petrobras, 24.Feb.2021) — Petrobras today signed a letter of intent with SBM Offshore for the chartering and provision of services for the FPSO – floating […]
Chinese Loans To LatAm Plunge As Virus Strains Ties
(AP, 24.Feb.2021) — It seemed like a match made in finance heaven. In 2010, China, its economy roaring and state companies looking to expand globally, […]
Ecopetrol Earnings Results Call Transcript For 4Q:20
(Seeking Alpha, 24.Feb.2021) — Colombia’s Ecopetrol S.A. announced results of operations for the fourth quarter of 2020. Details from the related earnings conference call held […]
Apache Eyes Suriname FID In 2021, First Oil By 2025
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Feb.2021) — Apache Corporation announced it is targeting a final investment decision (FID) by year-end and first oil flows by 2025 from […]
Petrobras’ BODs Approves R$10.3bn Dividend
(Petrobras, 24.Feb.2021) — Petrobras, informs that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, approved dividends to shareholders based on the 2020 annual results […]
Moody’s On Govt Intervention At Petrobras
(Reuters, 24.Feb.2021) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s decision to replace the head of state-run oil giant Petrobras threatens the government’s privatization program and potentially the […]
Ecopetrol Adopts Measures For Shareholder’s Meeting
(Ecopetrol, 23.Feb.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. reports that in order to comply with the provisions of Part III Title I Chapter VI of the Basic Legal […]
Venezuela Ships Jet Fuel to Iran In Exchange For Petrol
(Reuters, 23.Feb.2021) — Venezuela is shipping jet fuel to Iran in return for vital gasoline imports for the South American nation as part of a […]
Ecopetrol’s Annual General Meeting
(Ecopetrol, 23.Feb.2021) — The Chief Executive Officer of Ecopetrol S.A. hereby summons all Shareholders to the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting to be held remotely on […]
Petrobras’ Political Risk Raises Uncertainties
(Fitch, 23.Feb.2021) — The request to replace Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.’s (Petrobras, IDR BB-/Negative) CEO made by the Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy is viewed […]
Ecopetrol: 2020 Earnings Distribution Proposal
(Ecopetrol, 23.Feb.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. hereby informs of the company’s 2020 earnings distribution proposal, approved by its Board of Directors, which will be submitted for […]
Ecopetrol Reports 4Q:20 And YE:20 Results
(Ecopetrol, 23.Feb.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. reported today the financial results of the Ecopetrol Group for the fourth quarter and the cumulative results for 2020, prepared […]
Ecopetrol Minority Owners Nominate Candidate
(Ecopetrol, 23.Feb.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. informs that in accordance with the subscription of the Declaration of the Nation as majority shareholder and the established procedure, […]
Ecopetrol Adopts Measures For Shareholders’ Meeting
(Ecopetrol, 23.Feb.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. reports that in order to comply with the provisions of Part III Title I Chapter VI of the Basic Legal […]
Ecopetrol’s Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting
(Ecopetrol, 23.Feb.2021) — The Chief Executive Officer of Ecopetrol S.A. hereby summons all Shareholders to the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting to be held remotely on […]
World Must Stop Venezuela’s Environmental Destruction
(By Francisco Dallmeier and Cristina V. Burelli, 22.Feb.2021) — The political and economic ruin of Venezuela, once one of Latin America’s wealthiest countries, is by […]
Petrobras In Turmoil As Investors Digest Shake-up
(Argus, 22.Feb.2021) — The share price of Brazil’s Petrobras nosedived today after President Jair Bolsonaro moved to overhaul the state-controlled company’s management, heralding a return […]
Politics To Forefront With Petrobras CEO’s Removal
(Fitch, 22.Feb.2021) — On 19 Feb. 2021 Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy requested that Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.’s (Petrobras) board of directors replace the company’s […]
ANP: Petrobras Shakeup Will Not Change Refinery Policy
(Reuters, 22.Feb.2021) — Brazil’s oil sector regulator ANP does not see President Jair Bolsonaro’s appointment of a new Petrobras CEO altering the country’s policy of […]
Panama Canal Sets LNG Transite, Tonnage Record
(Panama Canal Authority, 3.Feb.2021) — The Panama Canal set a new monthly record for transits and tonnage of liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels in January, […]
Petrobras On Samsung Leniency Deal
(Petrobras, 19.Feb.2021) — Petrobras has received R$360mn ($65mn) last week related to the leniency agreement executed by Samsung Heavy Industries. This cash arises from the […]
Petrobras Starts Binding Phase Of Carmópolis Cluster
(Petrobras, 19.Feb.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 19 November 2020, informs the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of […]
JinkoSolar To Ink Deal With Tongwei
(JinkoSolar, 19.Feb.2021) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. intends to sign a “strategic cooperation agreement” with Tongwei Co., Ltd. – to jointly invest in a high-purity […]
Bolsonaro Says More Changes Underway
(Blooomberg, 19.Feb.2021) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that more changes are underway after naming a former general to replace the University of Chicago-educated economist […]
Petrobras CEO Fights Pressure To Resign
(Reuters, 19.Feb.2021) — The chief executive of Brazil’s state-led oil company Petrobras is trying to fight off President Jair Bolsonaro’s bid to oust him over […]
Ecopetrol’s Reserves Fall To 1,770 MMboe At YE:20
(Ecopetrol, 19.Feb.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A.’s consolidated crude oil, condensates and natural gas proven reserves (1P reserves, according to the standard international denomination) as of 31 […]
YPF Comments On Rating Change By Fitch
(YPF, 19.Feb.2021) — In accordance with the requirements of the Argentine Securities Commission (CNV) Rules YPF informs that Fitch Ratings decided to raise the long-term […]
Petrobras CEO Castello Branco Out, Luna In
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Feb.2021) — A shake up at Petrobras will see CEO Roberto Castello Branco being replaced by Joaquim Silva e Luna, according to […]
Petrobras On Letter From Mines And Energy Ministry
(Petrobras, 19.Feb.2021) — Petrobras informs that it received a letter from the Ministry of Mines and Energy, requesting measures to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting […]
Mexico Looks to Strengthen Energy Sector
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Feb.2021) — Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the recent Texas freeze that saw many residents in the state lose power […]
Fact Sheet: ERCOT
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Feb.2021) — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is a nonprofit organization that ensures reliable electric service for 90 percent of […]
Diesel And Food In Venezuela
(Council on Foreign Relations, Elliott Abrams, 18.Feb.2021) — As part of the broad economic sanctions against the Maduro regime in Venezuela and especially the petroleum […]
JinkoSolar Secures 3-year Supply Of Solar Glass
(JinkoSolar, 18.Feb.2021) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries have signed a solar glass procurement contract with Flat Glass Group Co. Ltd., securing approximately […]
Orvana Announces Results Of Shareholders’ Meeting
(Orvana Minerals, 18.Feb.2021) — Orvana Minerals Corp. announced that, at its annual shareholders’ meeting held on 18 February 2021, the individuals noted below were elected […]
Energy Projects Partner Joins Baker Botts In Houston
(Baker Botts, 18.Feb.2021) — Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today that Julie Mayo has joined the […]
Argentina’s Shale Ambitions Hang In Balance
(Bloomberg, 18.Feb.2021) — YPF SA, Argentina’s state-run oil company, needs to come up with more than $1 billion to spur drilling in Patagonia, where it’s […]
IEnova Reports YE:20 And 4Q:20 Financial Results
(IEnova, 18.Feb.2021) — IEnova reported year-end and fourth quarter 2020 financial results. Highlights: – Top priority remains the health and safety of our employees while […]
Ecopetrol To Report On Its 2021-2023 Business Plan
(Ecopetrol, 18.Feb.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. announces that on 23 February 2021 after market close, it will release its financial and operating results for the fourth […]
Texas Power Outage is Reminiscent of Socialist Venezuela
(Forbes, 18.Feb.2021) — In Houston, TX, the Energy Capital of the World, I have been without power and running water for three days. I and […]
Fitch Downgrades YPF’s IDRs To ‘RD’
(Fitch Ratings, 18.Feb.2021) — Fitch Ratings has downgraded YPF S.A.‘s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to ‘RD’ from ‘C’, due to […]
IENova To Host 4Q:20 Earnings Call
(IEnova, 18.Feb.2021) — IEnova announced plans to host its earnings call regarding its year-end and fourth quarter 2020 financial results. IEnova will broadcast a live […]
Statement From Bondholder Group On Argentina
(The Ad Hoc Group of Argentina Exchange Bondholders, 17.Feb.2021) — The Ad Hoc Group of Argentina Exchange Bondholders today released the below statement containing its […]
Positive Impact In West Africa Cocoa Communities
(CARE, 17.Feb.2021) — Today, CARE and Cargill released a report titled “A Decade of Impact in Cocoa Communities: More than Ten Years of the CARE-Cargill […]
Mexico Plans To Help Pemex But Limit Covid Spending
(Bloomberg, 17.Feb.2021) — Mexico is preparing a significant tax break for its state-owned oil firm while the constitution blocks it from taking on debt to […]
Mexico Presses US To Guarantee Gas Supplies
(Reuters, 17.Feb.2021) — The Mexican government called the top U.S. representative in Mexico on Wednesday to press for natural gas supplies after the Texas governor […]
Dominion Urges Customers Prepare For 2nd Ice Storm
(Dominion Energy, 17.Feb.2021) — Dominion Energy Virginia crews are preparing for a second round of ice and freezing rain as they wrap up restoration efforts […]
NiSource Reports 2020 Results
(NiSource, 17.Feb.2021) — NiSource Inc. announced, on a GAAP basis, net income available to common shareholders for the three months ended 31 December 2020 of […]
Consumers Energy Crews Headed To North Carolina
(Consumers Energy, 17.Feb.2021) — Nearly 50 Consumers Energy workers are headed to North Carolina this morning to help restore power after tens of thousands of […]
Ovintiv Reveals Governance, Environmental Initiatives
(Ovintiv, 17.Feb.2021) — Ovintiv Inc., in conjunction with reporting its fourth quarter and full-year 2020 results, provided an update on enhanced corporate governance, compensation and […]
Certarus Announces Launch Of Strategic Review
(Certarus, 17.Feb.2021) — Certarus Ltd. initiated a review of strategic alternatives. In light of favourable market conditions and recent inbound interest, the Corporation is undertaking […]