Editores LatinPetroleum

YPFB Initiates Commercialization of Gasoline Plus in Oruro Department

(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Apr.2022) — Bolivia’s state oil entity YPFB initiated the commercialization of gasoline plus in Oruro at the “Morela” and “QV2” service stations. “We currently have 20 urban and 15 provincial service stations in the department of Oruro, the 35 pumps will gradually cover the population’s need with […]

Guyana is Far from its Dream of Becoming a Rich Economy

(Energy Analytics Institute, Special Contributor Millan Arcia Einstein, 11.Apr.2022) — Exxon and the Guyana government claim total hydrocarbon “resources of around 10,000 million barrels of equivalent oil”. Important to understand that these are recoverable resources in equivalent oil barrels, and not commercially recoverable crude oil reserves. Establishing the difference between […]

Petrobras on Cumulative Vote Process for AGM

(Petrobras, 11.Apr.2022) — Petrobras, in compliance with article 30, item XXXIV, of CVM Instruction 480/09, informs that it received from shareholders who jointly hold more than 5% (five percent) of its common shares, the request to adopt the cumulative vote system in the election of members of Board of Directors […]

Petrobras Reveals New E&P Teaser in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin

(Petrobras, 11.Apr.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 7 August 2020, informs that the process of selling the totality of its interest in the Tartaruga Field, located in shallow waters of the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, State of Sergipe, was not concluded. The process was in the binding phase. […]

Launch of Cameron LNG Expansion to Increase Liquefied Natural Gas Production

(TotalEnergies, 11.Apr.2022) — TotalEnergies has signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Sempra Infrastructure, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Japan LNG Investment – a company jointly owned by Mitsubishi Corporation and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) – for the expansion of Cameron LNG, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and […]

GeoPark Announces 1Q:22 Operational Update

(GeoPark, 11.Apr.2022) — GeoPark Limited announced its operational update for the three-month period ended March 31, 2022 (“1Q2022”). All figures are expressed in US Dollars. Growth comparisons refer to the same period of the prior year, except when otherwise specified. Highlights Accelerating Production Growth Consolidated oil and gas production of […]

Argentine Oil Union Wants Back Jobs Lost in Pandemic Amid Rise in Business

(Reuters, 11.Apr.2022) — Argentina’s largest oil union called on the industry to restore jobs lost during the COVID-19 pandemic following a significant increase in production, the union’s leader told Reuters. The South American nation is trying to increase its production to reverse its long-suffering energy deficit, which is hitting its […]

Canacol Energy’s Eyes Pola 1 Exploration Well in 3Q:22

(Canacol, 11.Apr.2022) — Canacol Energy Ltd. (TSX: CNE; OTCQX: CNNEF; BVC: ‎CNEC) reported on the conventional natural gas prospective resources (resources other than reserves) ‎for its Pola-1 prospect on the VMM-45 exploration block located in the Middle Magdalena Valley (“MMV”) basin of Colombia (the “Audited Area”). Boury Global Energy Consultants […]

NRGBriefs: Mexicans Back Recall Vote; Neuquén Officials on Houston Roadshow

(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including approximately 90% of Mexican citizens voting this past weekend to back a recall election that would allow President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to stay in office; Argentina is looking to significantly boost oil and gas production by 2030, Argentina’s governor of Neuquén […]

Mexico President López Obrador Wins Recall Referendum

(The Guardian, 10.Apr.2022) — Nine in 10 Mexicans voting in an unprecedented recall election engineered by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador have backed him to stay in office, underlining his domination of a polarised political agenda. Critics and supporters had viewed his victory as a foregone conclusion in a ballot […]

NRGBriefs: Argentina Grants Chevron El Trapial Este Concession

(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Argentina granting the El Trapial Este hydrocarbon concession to Chevron; and EP PetroEcuador reporting average production of 372,609 b/d in 2021. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Argentina — Argentina granted the El Trapial Este hydrocarbon concession to Chevron. The deal implies the […]

Asia

CNOOC Commences Production at Weizhou 12-8E Oilfield Development Project

(CNOOC, 8.Apr.2022) — CNOOC Limited (SEHK: 00883) announced that Weizhou 12-8E oilfield development project has commenced production. The Weizhou 12-8E oilfield development project is located in Beibu Gulf in the South China Sea, with average water depth of about 30 meters. In addition to fully utilizing the existing processing facilities of Weixinan oilfields, a total […]

NRGBriefs: TechnipFMC Updates on Mero 1 Project Activities

(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including TechnipFMC saying its spoolbase at Açu Port, Rio de Janeiro has carried out its first rigid pipes spooling operation, as part of the Mero 1 project (FPSO Guanabara), located in the Mero field, Santos Basin offshore Brazil; Silver Viper Minerals Corp. (TSXV: VIPR) […]

Latin America Inflation Shocks Raise Prospect of More Rate Hikes

(Bloomberg, 8.Apr.2022) — Latin America’s central bankers are facing renewed pressure to extend aggressive interest-rate hikes after consumer prices stormed past estimates across the region, driven by soaring costs of raw materials. March’s inflation blew past even the most pessimistic forecasts in Brazil and Chile, according to official numbers released […]

Argentina Gov’t Says Bolivia Gas Deal to Save $769mn, Replace LNG Imports

(Reuters, 8.Apr.2022) — Argentina’s new deal with Bolivia to up natural gas imports will bring savings of $769 million in foreign-exchange reserves and replace 14 vessels of increasingly expensive liquefied natural gas (LNG), Energy Secretary Dario Martinez said on Friday. Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and his Bolivian counterpart Luis Arce […]

Atlantic LNG Records 4500th LNG Cargo

(Atlantic LNG, 8.Apr.2022) — Almost 23 years after delivering its first cargo, LNG production company Atlantic completed loading its 4500th cargo on 8 Apr. 2022 onto the vessel Cool Discoverer at the #2 Jetty at its Point Fortin Facility. Atlantic Chief Executive Officer Ron Adams praised the achievement as testimony […]

Woodside Investors to Benefit from $40bn Merger with BHP Arm

(Reuters, 8.Apr.2022) — Australian gas producer Woodside Petroleum Ltd‘s agreed merger with BHP Group‘s petroleum arm is in the best interest of its shareholders, an independent expert said, valuing the combined group at around $40 billion. Global miner BHP agreed to hive off its petroleum business to Woodside last year […]

Nucor to Build New Rebar Micro Mill in North Carolina

(Nucor, 7.Apr.2022) — Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) will build a new rebar micro mill in Lexington, North Carolina, which is located in Davidson County. This will be Nucor’s third rebar micro mill, joining existing Nucor micro mills in Missouri and Florida. The Nucor Steel Lexington mill is expected to cost approximately $350mn and have an annual capacity of […]

Black Employees Sue Huntsman International for Racial Discrimination at Chemical Plant

(Arthur Kim Law Firm, 7.Apr.2022) — Two black employees have filed a lawsuit against Huntsman International for racial discrimination at the company’s plant in Los Angeles. The former employees allege that increasing hostility toward black employees led to a segregated work environment and the destruction of their careers. The employees, Reggie Williams and Ronda […]

NRGBriefs: Petrobras Releases Climate Change Supplement [PDF Download]

(Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Petrobras releasing its Climate Change Supplement as part of its dialogue with its stakeholders; Petrobras reaffirming “its stake in Braskem is part of the portfolio of assets for sale by the company, as disclosed in the Strategic Plan 2022-2026;” Occidental releases conference […]

Americans Will Need More Than an Increased Release of Oil Reserves to Tackle Energy Crisis

(FN Media Group, 6.Apr.2022) — In response to rising gas prices, the Biden administration has announced it will release 1 million barrels of oil per day from reserves. At its core, the government’s plan is to increase domestic production, starting with 1 million barrels per day this year, and nearly 700,000 barrels per […]

Ecopetrol Reduced Carbon Emissions by Over 490,000 Tons Over Two Years

(Ecopetrol, 6.Apr.2022) — In line with the goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions within scopes 1 and 2 by 2050, as announced a year ago, the Ecopetrol Group reported that it reduced its carbon emissions by 493,441 tons between 2020 and 2021, which is equivalent to restoring an area of […]

Trinidad Reports Sequential Rises in Gas and LNG Production

(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Apr.2022) — In January 2022, Trinidad and Tobago reported sequential rises in production of natural gas as well as liquefied natural gas from its four-train 14.8 million ton per year capacity Atlantic LNG liquefaction complex, the largest in the Latin America and Caribbean region. Gas production reached […]

Lekoil Nigeria Secures Court Injunction Against Lekoil Ltd and Savannah Energy Investments

(Lekoil Nigeria Limited, 6.Apr.2022) — Following the announcement of 28 February 2022 by Lekoil Limited that it had entered into an agreement with Savannah Energy Investments Limited, a subsidiary of Savannah Energy PLC, Lekoil Nigeria Limited, joined by a number of third-parties including Lekoil Oil & Gas Investments Limited, Mayfair Assets & Trust […]

NRGBriefs: Ecoanalitica Sees Venezuela’s Oil Rising Between 31%-91% in 2022

(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Caracas-based Econanalitica is forecasting Venezuela’s oil production and oil income will grow in 2022 vs 2021 under three different scenarios; Argentina’s Economic Minister Martín Guzmán meeting with the Argentine Ambassador in Bolivia Ariel Basteiro to discuss issues related to a bilateral agenda […]

Canacol Reveals 7.6 Tcf of Gross Mean Risked Prospective Gas Resources

(Canacol Energy, 6.Apr.2022) — Canacol Energy Ltd. (TSX: CNE; OTCQX: CNNEF; BVC: CNEC) reported on the conventional natural gas ‎prospective resources (resources other than reserves) for its Esperanza, VIM‐21, VIM‐5, ‎VIM-33, VIM-44 and SSJN-7 exploration blocks located in the Lower Magdalena Valley (“LMV”) basin, ‎and VMM-45, VMM-47, VMM-49, VMM-53 and […]

NRGBriefs: Mantaro Names New CEO, Petrobras Cash Tender Offers [PDF Download]

(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Mantaro Precious Metals Corp. (TSXV: MNTR) (OTCQB: MSLVF) (FSE: 9TZ) naming Craig Hairfield to the position of CEO; Argentine agriculture sector worried about a lack of gasoil; Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (PGF), has commenced cash tender offers; the US yet to ease sanctions in […]

Shell Publishes Reports on Sustainability, Industry Associations and Gov’t Payments

(Shell, 5.Apr.2022) — Shell plc published its 2021 Sustainability Report, its 2022 Industry Associations Climate Review Update and its 2021 Payments to Governments Report. Shell has been formally reporting on sustainability-related performance for 25 years, with the aim of being transparent about activities that are important to investors, governments, and […]

CGG and Kent Announce Carbon Capture & Hydrogen Partnership

(CGG, 5.Apr.2022) — CGG, a global technology leader in geoscience, has announced a strategic partnership with Kent, a leading energy services engineering company, to work together on realizing decarbonisation opportunities through CCUS development and hydrogen production and supply. CGG and Kent will be providing customers in the energy and industrial […]

SBM Offshore Awarded Contracts for ExxonMobil FPSO ONE GUYANA

(SBM, 5.Apr.2022) — SBM Offshore announced that Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), an affiliate of Exxon Mobil Corporation, has confirmed the award of contracts for the Yellowtail development project located in the Stabroek Block in Guyana. Under these contracts, SBM Offshore will construct, install and then lease and […]

W&T Offshore Reveals Bolt-on Acquisition of Producing Properties in the US GOM

(W&T Offshore, 5.Apr.2022) — W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) has acquired the remaining working interests in the oil and gas producing properties purchased earlier this year from an undisclosed private seller. The assets are located in Federal shallow waters in the central region of the Gulf of Mexico at Ship […]

Saipem: Drilling Contracts in Middle East and West Africa worth Over $400mn

(Saipem, 5.Apr.2022) — Saipem has been awarded new contracts in offshore drilling in the Middle East and in West Africa for a total amount of over $400mn. Two contracts have been awarded in the Middle East for two high specification jack-up drilling units, consisting of drilling and workover operations for […]

About 650,000 B/D of Russian Oil to be ‘Swapped’

(WoodMac, 5.Apr.2022) — About 650,000 barrels per day (b/d) of Russian crude oil are to be relocated from advanced economies, and the solution could be ‘crude swapping’, says Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK). Following US sanctions on Russian crude oil, European companies have also begun ‘self-sanctioning’ with up to […]

Cuba Struggles to Buy Fuel as Imports from Venezuela Dwindle -Data

(Reuters, 5.Apr.2022) — Cuba is struggling to cover a fuel deficit as imports from Venezuela and other countries remain below historical levels and global prices boosted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine make purchases almost unaffordable, according to analysts and data. The Caribbean country, which is dependent on fuel imports mostly […]

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Orvana Announces Restart of Production at Orovalle, Spain [PDF Download]

(Orvana Minerals, 4.Apr.2022) — Orvana Minerals Corp. (TSX: ORV) has restarted operations and production at its Orovalle Operation in Spain. The nationwide transport strike that started on 14 March 2022 was suspended on Saturday, 2 April 2022. Supply chains are being progressively reactivated, after three weeks of disruption due to the nationwide strike. The Company […]

NRGBriefs: Exxon, Hess, and CNOOC FID Yellowtail development

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including ExxonMobil, Hess and CNOOC taking a final investment decision (FID) for their fourth development offshore Guyana called Yellowtail, cos.’ biggest yet w/ gross production capacity of 250,000 b/d starting in 2025; and the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and […]

Excelerate Energy Launches IPO

(Excelerate, 4.Apr.2022) — Excelerate Energy, Inc. launched the roadshow for its initial public offering (IPO) of 16,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock. The initial public offering price is expected to be between $21.00 and $24.00 per share. The company also intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to […]

Hess sanctions Yellowtail development offshore Guyana

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Hess, 4.Apr.2022) — Hess Corporation has made a final investment decision to proceed with development of Yellowtail offshore Guyana after receiving government and regulatory approvals. Yellowtail, the fourth oil development and the largest on the Stabroek Block, is expected to produce approximately 250,000 gross barrels of oil per […]

ExxonMobil Makes FID on Fourth Guyana Offshore Project Yellowtail

(ExxonMobil, 4.Apr.2022) — ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision for the Yellowtail development offshore Guyana after receiving government and regulatory approvals. The company’s fourth, and largest, project in the Stabroek Block is expected to produce approximately 250,000 barrels of oil per day starting in 2025. “Yellowtail’s development further demonstrates […]

Sempra and KOGAS Ink MOU Related to New Opportunities for Energy Transition

(Sempra, 4.Apr.2022) — Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra (NYSE: SRE) (BMV: SRE), and Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) announced the companies have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore opportunities to cooperate in the global energy transition to lower-carbon and zero-carbon fuels. The MOU contemplates the companies’ joint collaboration around project […]

Petrobras on Divestment of the Marlim Cluster

(Petrobras, 4.Apr.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 12/14/2020, informs that its Executive Board has approved the end of the competitive process, which was in the non-binding phase, for the sale of 50% of its stake in the Marlim, Voador, Marlim Leste and Marlim Sul concessions, jointly […]

Sempra Inks Heads of Agreement for Cameron LNG Phase 2

(Sempra, 4.Apr.2022) — Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra (NYSE: SRE) (BMV: SRE), entered into a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with affiliates of TotalEnergies, Mitsui & Co. and Japan LNG Investment, LLC, a company jointly owned by Mitsubishi Corporation and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), for the development of the Cameron LNG Phase […]

Petrobras on Letters from the Ministry of Mines and Energy

(Petrobras, 4.Apr.2022) — Petrobras has received two official letters from the Ministry of Mines and Energy confirming the withdrawal of Mr. Luiz Rodolfo Landim from the election to the company’s Board of Directors (BD) and to be the chairman of the BD, and of Mr. Adriano José Pires Rodrigues from […]

Arrow Exploration Spuds RCE-2 Well in Colombia’s Tapir Block

(Arrow Exploration, 4.Apr.2022) — Arrow Exploration Corp. (AIM: AXL ; TSXV: AXL) announced that the contracted Top Drilling Company rig has spud the Rio Cravo Este-2 (“RCE-2”) well on the Tapir Block in the Llanos Basin of Colombia. The company also shared an update on its 2022 corporate outlook. Marshall […]

Borr Drilling on New Contracts and Extensions for Jack-up Drilling Rigs

(Borr Drilling, 4.Apr.2022) — Borr Drilling Limited (NYSE and OSE: “BORR”) has been awarded new contracts and extensions for 5 of its premium jack-up drilling rigs. These awards increase the company’s backlog by approximately 2,530 days, excluding optional periods. The premium jack-up drilling rig “Gunnlod” has secured a contract with […]

Saudi Arabia Positioned to Produce Green and Blue Hydrogen at Competitive Rates

(KAPSARC, 4.Apr.2022) — According to a new study on “The Economics and Resource Potential of Hydrogen Production in Saudi Arabia” by the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Saudi Arabia’s vast renewable energy potential and natural gas reserves will support it in producing some of the cheapest green […]

Yellowtail Offshore Guyana Development Project Approved

(DPI, 1.Apr.2022) — The Government of Guyana and Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) earlier today signed the Petroleum Production License (PPL) for the Yellowtail offshore development in the Stabroek Block Offshore Guyana. The Yellowtail project approval was a result of extensive reviews done by local and international experts. Prior to […]

Mainstream Renewable Inks Deal for 100 MW Solar Project in Colombia

(Mainstream Renewable, 1.Apr.2022) — Mainstream Renewable Power, a renewable energy company, has commercialised its first development in Colombia by signing a deal to supply 180 Gigawatt hours of clean energy each year in a private power purchase agreement (PPA). Mainstream will build the 100 MW Andromeda solar PV plant, located in Toluviejo, Colombia, to supply the electricity to Air-e, a Colombian energy distribution […]

Trinidad’s Energy has Bright Future: Young

(Trinidad and Tobago’s Newsday, 1.Apr.2022) — Energy Minister Stuart Young said Trinidad and Tobago has a key role in the world’s energy landscape, even as he continued to seek foreign investment in TT’s oil and gas sectors, he told Thursday’s post-Cabinet briefing at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s. He recalled […]

Petrobras on New Pre-Salt Find in the Alto de Cabo Frio Central Block

(Petrobras, 1.Apr.2022) — Petrobras discovered a new oil accumulation in the pre-salt in the southern portion of the Campos Basin, in a wildcat well in the Alto de Cabo Frio Central block. The well 1-BRSA-1383A-RJS (Alto de Cabo Frio Central Noroeste) is located 230 km from the city of Rio […]