(Reuters, 14.Dec.2020) — A tanker chartered by the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) is loading Venezuelan crude for export, documents from state-run PDVSA show, providing […]
Ecopetrol Eyes Capex of $3.5-$4bn In 2021
(Ecopetrol, 14.Dec.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A.’s Board of Directors approved the 2021 organic investment plan for the Ecopetrol Group (GE) for an estimated amount between $3.5bn […]
ExxonMobil Reveals Emission Reduction Plans
(Exxon, 14.Dec.2020) — ExxonMobil plans further reductions in greenhouse gas emissions over the next five years to support the goals of the Paris Agreement and […]
Caribbean Refinery Sells First Product After Delay
(Reuters, 14.Dec.2020) — Caribbean refinery Limetree Bay Ventures sold the first oil product to a buyer in the Gulf Coast on Monday, according to a […]
Biden Presidency To Reset US Sanctions Focus
(Argus, 14.Dec.2020) — Washington’s failure in the past two years to force regime change in Caracas by means of severe sanctions gives the incoming US […]
Maxeon Solar Technologies Joins The UN Global Compact
(Maxeon, 14.Dec.2020) — Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd. joined the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest voluntary corporate sustainability initiative. The company committed to be […]
Braskem Announces Research Partnership
(Braskem, 14.Dec.2020) — Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas and a leading producer of biopolymers in the world, has joined forces with the […]
Talos Reveals Proposed $400mn Notes Offering
(Talos, 14.Dec.2020) — Talos Energy Inc. announced that Talos Production Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Talos Energy, has commenced an offering of $400mn in […]
Algeria’s Absent President To Return To Country Soon
(Bloomberg, 13.Dec.2020) — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune made a surprise appearance Sunday, vowing to return soon to the North African nation after having undergone treatment […]
Iran Mostly Contains Fire After Oil Pipeline Spill
(Reuters, 13.Dec.2020) — Firefighters have contained most of a blaze that broke out after a pipeline carrying crude oil to Iran’s second-largest refinery ruptured on […]
Argentine And Bolivian Energy Ministers Discuss Gas
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Dec.2020) — Bolivia’s Hydrocarbons and Energy Minister Franklin Molina Ortiz held a virtual meeting with Argentina’s Energy Secretariat Darío Martínez to discuss […]
Brazil Removes 32 Sensitive, Offshore Blocks From Round
(S&P Global Platts, 11.Dec.2020) — Brazil’s National Energy Policy Council, or CNPE, dealt a sharp blow to the country’s offshore exploration and production program by […]
Mexico Wrapping Up 2021 Oil Hedging Program
(Reuters, 11.Dec.2020) — Mexico is wrapping up purchases for the 2021 edition of an oil hedging program that insures its revenues from oil sales, sources […]
Venezuela Disrupts Plan To Attack Refinery
(Reuters, 11.Dec.2020) — Venezuela’s Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami said on Friday that authorities had disrupted a plan to attack Venezuela’s 146,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) El Palito […]
Petrobras Inks Deal To Divest Onshore Sergipe Field
(Petrobras, 11.Dec.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 01/03/20, informs that it signed today with Energizzi Energias do Brasil Ltda a contract […]
Petronas Finds Hydrocarbon In Offshore Suriname
(Petronas, 11.Dec.2020) — Petronas through its subsidiary, Petronas Suriname E&P B.V. (PSEPBV) made its first discovery of hydrocarbon in Suriname with the successful drilling of […]
Exxon And Petronas Find Oil Offshore Suriname
(Exxon, 11.Dec.2020) — ExxonMobil and Petronas have discovered hydrocarbons at the Sloanea-1 exploration well on Block 52 offshore Suriname, adding to ExxonMobil’s extensive finds in […]
Total Closes Participation in the Energía Costa Azul LNG Export Project
(Total, 10.Dec.2020) — Total, Sempra LNG and IEnova signed binding agreements finalizing Total’s equity investment in the Energía Costa Azul liquefied natural gas export project (ECA […]
Grid Expert To Lead Smart Wires Europe
(Smart Wires, 10.Dec.2020) — Global power technology company, Smart Wires, announced that leading European electricity grid expert, Marie Hayden, has been appointed General Manager, Europe. […]
Petrobras Starts Marlim Cluster Non-binding Phase
(Petrobras, 10.Dec.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 16 November 2020, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase regarding the sale of […]
Petrobras Eyes Dividend Payment For 2019
(Petrobras, 10.Dec.2020) — Petrobras informs it will pay, on Tuesday, 15 December 2020, dividends referred to the 2019 fiscal year, based on shareholding position as […]
McDermott Awarded Deal By BHP For Trion Project
(McDermott, 10.Dec.2020) — McDermott International, Ltd announced it has been selected by BHP Petróleo Operaciones de México, S. De R.L. De C.V. to perform the […]
NASA To Provide Livestream Of Solar Eclipse
(NASA, 10.Dec.2020) — NASA will provide live coverage 14 December 2020, of a solar eclipse that will pass over South America, treating parts of Chile […]
PdV Turns Refinery Repair Effort To Puerto La Cruz
(Argus, 10.Dec.2020) — PdV has restarted a crude distillation unit at its 190,000 b/d Puerto La Cruz refinery for the first time since 2017, but […]
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NGOs Vital In Helping With Humanitarian Crisis [Video]
(Citgo, 10.Dec.2020) — NGOs and other private philanthropic groups are increasingly critical in helping address the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, according to three diverse […]
Cheniere Commissions 1st CCL Train 3 Cargo
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Dec.2020) — Cheniere Energy announced the commissioning of its first cargo for “CCL’s Train 3 and also CCL’s 200th cargo, loading today […]
Trenes Argentinos And IEASA Ink Renewable Deal
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Dec.2020) — Argentina’s Energy Secretariat Dario Martinez and the country’s Transport Minister Mario Meoni signed a collaboration deal to stimulate investments in […]
Venezuela Oil Production To Average 600,000 b/d In 2021
(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Dec.2020) — Crude oil production from OPEC member Venezuela is expected to average 600,000 barrels per day in 2021, according to new […]
UK Hosts African Ministers Energy Symposium
(UK’s Department for International Trade or DIT, 9.Dec.2020) — The UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) on 3 December 2020, hosted the first ever UK-Africa […]
Hydro-Québec Launches EVLO
(Hydro-Québec, 9.Dec.2020) — Hydro-Québec launched EVLO Energy Storage Inc. (EVLO), a subsidiary that designs, sells, and operates safe, efficient and sustainable energy storage systems. These […]
Petrobras Concludes Sale Of Onshore Fields
(Petrobras, 9.Dec.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 03/09/2020, has concluded the sale of 100% of its stakes in four onshore fields, […]
US Applauds Interim Govt’s “People’s Vote”
(US State Department, 8.Dec.2020) — The United States continues to support Interim President Juan Guaidó, the National Assembly, and the Venezuelan people in their struggle […]
Trafigura Wins Bid To Import Premium Diesel
(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Dec.2020) — Ecuador’s state entity EP PetroEcuador awarded Trafigura Pte. Ltd. a deal to import 2,800,000 barrels of premium diesel. Trafigura won […]
Energy Capital Vietnam And Gunvor Form Trade JV
(ECV, 8.Dec.2020) — Energy Capital Vietnam (ECV), a US-based project holding and development company established in 2015 to serve as a platform for private investment […]
Moody’s Finalizes Ratings Review Of Govt Of Trinidad
(Global Credit Research, 8.Dec.2020) — Moody’s Investors Service reviews all of its ratings periodically in accordance with regulations — either annually or, in the case […]
Trinidad’s LNG Output To Drop More On Gas Deficit
(Argus, 8.Dec.2020) — Trinidad and Tobago’s faltering LNG production will decline further in 2021 when 20pc of Atlantic’s liquefaction capacity undergoes an indefinite turnaround because […]
Chairman Risch On Fraud Elections In Venezuela
(US Senate, 7.Dec.2020) — US Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on yesterday’s fraudulent congressional elections […]
Venezuelan Opposition Fills PdV Chair On Election Eve
(Argus, 7.Dec.2020) — Venezuela’s opposition-controlled National Assembly named another oil industry veteran to chair a shadow board of Venezuela’s national oil company PdV. The key […]
Venezuela’s New Assembly To Battle Sanctions
(Argus, 7.Dec.2020) — Venezuela’s National Assembly elections yesterday thrust the Opec country’s last democratic institution under the thumb of President Nicolas Maduro, who has defied […]
UAE Eases Oil Supply Cuts To Asia After OPEC+ Deal
(Bloomberg, 7.Dec.2020) — The United Arab Emirates will provide Asian oil buyers with a little more crude next month after OPEC+ reached a compromise deal […]
Venezuelans Vote In Legislative Election
(Al Jazeera, 6.Dec.2020) — Venezuelans voted on Sunday in legislative elections set to tighten President Nicolas Maduro’s grip on power and weaken his US-backed rival, […]
EP PetroEcuador Excludes Vitol From List Of Providers
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Dec.2020) — EP PetroEcuador will exclude Vitol Inc. from its list of suppliers due to the recent corruption case under investigation in […]
Venezuela’s Parliamentary Election: Change Expected
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Dec.2020) — Venezuela’s National Assembly leader and Interim President Juan Guaido could be coming to the end of his short two-year reign […]
Insurance Companies Offer Coverage To PetroEcuador
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Dec.2020) — Representatives of insurance companies Latina and Hispana resolved to join forces and present a single offer to safeguard the integrity […]
Heard Venezuela: Iranian Asset Takeovers
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Dec.2020) — Rumors are that Iranian businesspersons and their companies are in the process of taking over operations at Venezuela’s six refineries […]
Dems Statement Ahead Of Elections In Venezuela
(US Senate, 4.Dec.2020) — US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) issued the following statement […]
Gunvor Launches $540mn Biodiesel Borrowing Base
(Gunvor, 4.Dec.2020) — Gunvor Group successfully closed a new $540mn borrowing base facility to support the company’s biodiesel trading activity. The facility drew strong support […]
OPEC+ To Boost Output After Tense Negotiations
(WoodMac, 4.Dec.2020) — Tense negotiations and rumours of a rift between Saudi Arabia and UAE ended with a compromise deal for OPEC+ on 3 December […]
New Buyers Spur Rise In Venezuela Oil Exports
(Reuters, 3.Dec.2020) — Venezuela’s oil exports almost doubled in November from the previous month as new customers linked to a Russian trading firm stepped in […]
Venezuela Eyes Oil Reform And Dialogue With US
(Reuters, 3.Dec.2020) — Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party would consider reforming the country’s oil law if it retakes control of the legislature after the Dec. 6 […]