(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Nov.2020) â Foreign exchange rate and energy related briefs from OPEC oil producer Venezuela related to the rising Bolivar currency as well […]
Petrobras Reveals Strategic Plan 2021-2025, Cuts CAPEX
(Petrobras, 25.Nov.2020) â Petrobras announced its Board of Directors approved, in a meeting held today, the Strategic Plan for the five-year period 2021-2025 (SP2021-25). The […]
JinkoSolar Announces New Chief Operating Officer
(JinkoSolar, 25.Nov.2020) â JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. announced the resignation of Mr. Zhiqun Xu as the company’s Chief Operating Officer and the appointment of Dr. […]
Heard Venezuela: Falcon Oil Spill, Los Roques Buildout
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Nov.2020) â Heard on the street from Venezuela related to a supposed oil spill in Morrocoy National Park as well as word […]
New YPFB Head Zelaya Eyes Key Projects
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Nov.2020) â Wilson Zelaya Prudencio, the new executive president of Boliviaâs state oil company Yacimientos PetrolĂferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), eyes a short […]
ExxonMobil To Reduce Staff Levels In Canada
(Exxon, 25.Nov.2020) â As part of an ongoing global review to identify cost efficiencies and improve long-term competitiveness, staffing levels will be reduced at ExxonMobilâs […]
The Esmeraldas refinery to produce high quality diesel
(Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Nov.2020) â Maintenance work at the non-catalytic units #2 and #3 of the Las Esmeraldas Refinery included repair work on […]
Heard Venezuela: Oil Sales To Chevron
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Nov.2020) â Heard on the street in Venezuela related to the sale of Venezuelan oil to US based company Chevron Corporation. OFAC […]
Esmeraldas refinery to undergo maintenance work at non-catalytic units 2 and 3
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Nov.2020, Words: 239) â EP PetroEcuador general manager Ricardo Merino supervised scheduled maintenance work at the non-catalytic units […]
Petrobras Launches âMore Value Programâ
(Petrobras, 24.Nov.2020) â Petrobras launched the âMore Value Programâ (Programa Mais Valor), a new financial solution tool for suppliers. The pilot started last week and, […]
Petrobras Release Dates For Petrobras Day
(Petrobras, 24.Nov.2020) â Petrobras informs that the Petrobras Day will be held in Portuguese on 30 November 2020 and in English on 1 December, when […]
Petrobras Updates On Papa-Terra Field Rumors
(Petrobras, 24.Nov.2020) â Petrobras, in relation to the news published in the media, regarding the divestment of the Papa-Terra field, Campos Basin, clarifies that the […]
Elliott Management Invests In Guyana Oil Explorer
(Reuters, 24.Nov.2020) â Activist hedge fund Elliott Management Corp has invested at least $30 million in Cataleya Energy, a small firm focused on oil exploration […]
Venture Global LNG Awards KBR Contract Export Facility
(Venture Global, 23.Nov.2020) â Venture Global LNG, Inc. announces that KBR has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract as lead contractor for […]
Geopark To Divest 10% Stake In Manati Gas Field In Brazil
(GeoPark, 23.Nov.2020) â GeoPark Limited announced its Board of Directors has approved an agreement to sell its 10% non-operated working interest in the Manati gas […]
Canadian Solar Inks Deals With BTG And Furnas
(Canadian Solar, 23.Nov.2020) â Canadian Solar Inc., one of the worldâs largest solar power companies, announced that it recently signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) […]
Braskem And Haldor Topsoe Production MEG From sugar
(Braskem, 23.Nov.2020) â Braskem, the largest petrochemical company in the Americas and a world leader in the production of biopolymers, and Denmark-based Haldor Topsoe, a […]
Maersk Drilling Picked For Two-rig Suriname Campaign
(Maersk, 23.Nov.2020) â Maersk Drilling has received a Conditional Letter of Award (CLOA) from Total E&P Suriname, Suriname Branch for the supply of two deepwater […]
YPFB Eyes Gomero X1 IE Well In Northern Amazon
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Nov.2020) â Boliviaâs state oil company Yacimientos PetrolĂferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) is turning its attention to the Andean countryâs northern Amazonian region […]
Petrobras Redeems Five Series Of Notes
(Petrobras, 23.Nov.2020) â Petrobrasâ wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (PGF) has delivered notices of redemption to the holders of the outstanding 5.375% Global Notes […]
SNMPE Warns Of Issues Impacting Hydrocarbon Industry
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Nov.2020) â Peruâs hydrocarbon sector is on the verge of collapse due to the fall in the price of oil, the Covid-19 […]
Nigeria In Recession, Impacted By COVID-19, Oil
(Reuters, 21.Nov.2020) â Nigeria has slipped into a recession after its gross domestic product contracted for the second consecutive quarter, according to data released on […]
Bolivia Names Heads To YPFB And ANH
(Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Nov.2020) â Boliviaâs Hydrocarbons and Energy Minister Franklin Molina Ortiz appointed engineer Wilson Zelaya Prudencio as president of state oil and gas […]
Talos Apparent High Bidder On Federal Lease Sale Blocks
(Talos, 20.Nov.2020) â Talos Energy Inc. is the apparent high bidder on two deepwater blocks in the recent Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”) Federal Lease Sale […]
Seadrill Takes Actions To Address Capital Structure
(Seadrill, 20.Nov.2020) â âSeadrill continues to play its part in establishing a more viable market environment – taking action on scrapping rigs, reducing the cost […]
YPFB Names Zelaya As New President
(Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Nov.2020) â Boliviaâs state oil and gas entity Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) named engineer Wilson Zelaya Prudencio as the companyâs new […]
YPF Acquires Own Shares
(Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Nov.2020) â Argentinaâs state-controlled oil and gas entity YPF Sociedad AnĂłnima (YPF) acquired its own shares in the market (articles 64 and […]
Molina Says Bolivia Needs To Lower Liquids Subsidy
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Nov.2020) â Boliviaâs Hydrocarbons and Energy Minister Franklin Molina Ortiz said the country needs to lower its liquids subsidy and implement policies, […]
Venezuelan Union Leader Girot Detained
(Reuters, 19.Nov.2020) â Venezuelan authorities arrested oil workers’ union leader Eudis Girot, other union officials said on Thursday, as the government’s crackdown on dissent at […]
ReneSola And Innova Form Solar Projects JV In The UK
(ReneSola, 19.Nov.2020) â ReneSola Ltd, a leading fully integrated solar project developer, and Innova, a company that invests in and operate a diversified portfolio of […]
Petrobras Starts CarmĂłpolis Cluster Non-binding Phase
(Petrobras, 19.Nov.2020) â Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 23 October 2020, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase regarding the sale of […]
Work Starts On Vuelta Larga, Tabiazo, Crnel Highways
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Nov.2020) â EP PetroEcuador general manager Ricardo Merino and Esmeraldas prefect Roberta Zambrano participated in the start of road rehabilitation work along […]
Panasonic And Equinor Eye European Battery Business
(Panasonic, 18.Nov.2020) â The companies will work together towards summer 2021 to assess the market for lithium-ion batteries in Europe and mature the business case […]
Chevron Eyes Biden To Preserve Venezuela Foothold
(Bloomberg, 18.Nov.2020) â Chevronâs willingness to keep a foothold in oil-rich Venezuela will now be a thorny political issue for President-elect Joe Biden to sort […]
Envision Commissions Wind Farm In Argentina
(Envision, 18.Nov.2020) â Envision Energy, a leading green tech company today announced the commissioning of Vientos Del Secano, a 50-megawatt wind farm in the Buenos […]
Sempra Declares Common, Preferred Dividends
(Sempra, 18.Nov.2020) â Sempra Energy announced that its board of directors has declared a $1.045 per share quarterly dividend on the company’s common stock, which […]
Petrobras Comments On LiquigĂĄs Divestment
(Petrobras, 18.Nov.2020) â Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 19 November 2019, informs the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), in a Court […]
Exxonâs To Plug Tanager-1 Well Offshore Guyana
(Westmount, 17.Nov.2020) â Westmount Energy Ltd., further to the announcement by Ratio Petroleum Energy Limited Partnership dated today, that the Tanager-1 well, offshore Guyana, has […]
Sempra Announces FID Of Costa Azul LNG Project
(Sempra Energy, 17.Nov.2020) â Sempra Energy announced that its subsidiary ECA Liquefaction (ECA LNG), a joint venture between Sempra LNG and Infraestructura EnergĂ©tica Nova, S.A.B. […]
Frontera Inks Deal To Resolve Transport Disputes
(Frontera, 17.Nov.2020) â Frontera Energy Corporation, Cenit Transporte y LogĂstica de Hidrocarburos S.A.S. and Oleoducto Bicentenario de Colombia S.A.S. separately announced they have reached an […]
Argentina Offers Profit Repatriation For Gas Investment
(Argus, 17.Nov.2020) â Argentina’s government is offering hard currency access to energy companies that sign up to a new program designed to stimulate natural gas […]
Venezuela Supports Three Month Opec Extension
(Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Nov.2020) â Opec producer Venezuela continues to support a three month extension of production levels of 7.7 million barrels per day. âVenezuela […]
AES And AIMCo To Form US Renewables Platform
(AES, 17.Nov.2020) â The AES Corporation announced an agreement with Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) to merge the sPower development platform, a leading independent solar […]
BP Energy Acquires Encino Environmental Services, LLC
(BP, 17.Nov.2020) â BP Energy Partners, LLC (BPEP) announced acquisition of Encino Environmental Services, LLC, an environmental consulting and services business that enables compliance with […]
Petrobras Starts Non-binding Phase For Albacora
(Petrobras, 17.Nov.2020) â Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 25 September 2020, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase regarding the sale of […]
Petrobras Starts Teaser For Campos Basin Assets
(Petrobras, 16.Nov.2020) â Petrobras started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of 50% of its stakes in the concessions of Marlim, Voador, […]
Peruâs Interim President Merino Resigns
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Nov.2020) â Congressional President Manuel Merino De Lama resigned as Peruâs interim presidency within less than a week of assuming the power […]
Mexico to Give Sempra LNG Export Permit
(Reuters, 13.Nov.2020) â Mexico will give the local unit of U.S.-based Sempra Energy an export permit for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in northwest […]
Ecuador Inaugurates $34.3mn La Concordia Line
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Nov.2020) â The new $34.3mn La Concordia-Pedernales transmission line in Ecuador will enhance productive, tourist and residential development in the ManabĂ province. […]
Nucor Inks Virtual Power Purchase Deal In Texas
(Nucor, 13.Nov.2020) â Nucor Corporation signed a 15-year Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) with EDF Renewables North America (EDFR) for 250 megawatts (MWac) of new […]