Energy Analytics Institute (EAI)

Venezuela’s ‘Black Gold’: a brief history of heavy oil in Venezuela

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA / HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jun.2025, Words: 585) — In 1914, Venezuela’s first important heavy oil field, Mene Grande, […]

S&P maintains Ecopetrol’s global credit rating at BB+ [10-pg PDF download]

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 259) — S&P Global Ratings will maintain Ecopetrol SA‘s global credit rating at BB+ as […]

China’s Foreign Minister spokesperson says Asian giant a “staunch doer in green development”

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 296) — China is a staunch doer in green development. This, according to China’s Foreign […]

Trinidad stands solidly with Trump on Venezuelan issues, ready to use deadly force against vessels

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 354) — Tensions between neighbors Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago are starting to rise already. […]

Brava inks $65mn deal for midstream infrastructure with PetroReconcavo

SALVADOR, BRAZIL (Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 306) — Brava Energia SA entered into an asset purchase and sale agreement (PSA) with PetroReconcavo […]

Vermilion inks deal to divest US assets, exit US market [pdf download]

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 254) — Vermilion Energy Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to divest its US assets for cash […]

EVENT SEOGS 2025: A new dawn in Suriname’s energy journey

PARAMARIBO, SURINAME AND HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 382) — The Suriname Energy, Oil & Gas Summit & Exhibition (SEOGS) returns for […]

Energy Argentina announces third public tender for liquefied natural gas (LNG)

SALVADOR, BRAZIL (Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 157) — Energy Argentina sent out a third request for proposal of 2025 for the tender […]

Equinor and Centrica ink long-term gas sales agreement worth £20bn

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 441) — Equinor and Centrica sign long-term gas sales agreement of 55 TWh of natural gas […]

APM Terminals Pier 400 electrifies fleet with Orange EV

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jun.2025, Words: 198) — APM Terminals Pier 400 deployed the largest fleet of electric terminal tractors (ETTs) in […]

Delcy Rodríguez to present Essequibo development plan to VP Council

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 264) — Venezuela’s executive vice president Delcy Rodríguez will soon present a development plan […]

Maduro says armed group captured trying to enter Venezuela from Trinidad

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 154) — Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro announced that an armed group had been captured in […]

SSR Mining temporarily halts operations at Seabee in Canada due to forest fires

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 167) — SSR Mining Inc. said its 100% owned operations at Seabee have been temporarily […]

Petrobras submits declaration of interest for Ivory Coast exploratory blocks

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 167) — Petrobras submitted a declaration of interest for exploratory blocks located offshore the Ivory […]

EVENT: Lithium Latin America Congress and Exhibition 2025

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 372) — For the sixth consecutive year, “Lithium Latin America Congress and Exhibition” will gather together […]

Mexico’s Sheinbaum calls Trump’s 50% steel and aluminum tariffs “unfair”

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 374) — Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said measures imposed by her US counterpart Donald […]

Blue Sky confirms potential of uranium discovery at its ISR Corcovo project, Argentina

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 545) — Blue Sky Uranium Corp.’s geological team reviewed and interpreted bore-hole survey data from […]

Pemex reports on reorganization, vertical integration strategy [434-pg pdf download]

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 377) —Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), following approval of secondary energy laws establishing the entity as a […]

IOCs built 4 upgraders in Venezuela in the 1990s, only PetroPiar continues to produce

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 343) — In the 1990s, international oil companies (IOCs) from Chevron Corporation and ExxonMobil Corporation […]

TotalEnergies and Shell ink deals related to Lapa and Gato do Mato Santos basin fields

SALVADOR, BRAZIL (Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 225) — TotalEnergies signed an agreement with Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda to exchange its 20% non-operated […]

Brava reports production of 88,561 boe/d in May 2025, up over Apr. 2025 [table]

SALVADOR, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 428) — Brava Energia achieved a historical record in May 2025 when production reaching an […]

Viridien authors win 2025 EAGE award for best paper in First Break

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 368) — Viridien congratulates Isabel Espin, Laurene Michou, Nicolas Salaun, Daniela Donno and Diego Carotti on […]

EP Petroecuador and Sinopec kick off Block 44 drilling campaign

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 240) — EP Petroecuador started its 2025 drilling campaign with the Pucuna D 033 well […]

Big firms abandon wind energy plans in Colombia amid regulatory shifts, social issues and grid gaps

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Steven Grattan, AP, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 761) — Colombia’s ambitious plans for wind energy development, especially in the resource-rich La Guajira region, are […]

Pemex reports on situation regarding oil spill impacting beaches in Paraíso, Tabasco

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 328) — State-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) said that 28 days after learning of an oil […]

Venezuela’s oil exports stable as buyers in China receive more

(Reuters, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 473) — Venezuela’s oil exports remained almost unchanged last month as increased shipments to customers in China offset a decline in U.S.-authorized […]

TotalEnergies acquires pipeline of solar and battery projects from Low Carbon

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 259) — TotalEnergies acquired a pipeline of 8 solar projects with a capacity of 350 megawatts […]

Viridien launches Sercel Accel during EAGE conference and exhibition in Toulouse

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 267) — Viridien unveiled Sercel Accel – the industry’s first onshore drop node solution – which […]

Vista Energy boasts P1 reserves of 518.5 MMboe pro forma for PEPASA deal [PDF download]

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Jun.2025, Words: 229) — Mexico City-based Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. reported year-end 2024 proved (P1) reserves […]

Maduro says Venezuela producing 1.1 MMb/d amid unilateral coercive measures

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Jun.2025, Words: 211) — Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro said his country was on average producing close to […]

Port of Corpus Christi finishes milestone ship channel improvement project

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Ian Silverman, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Jun.2025, Words: 385) — The Port of Corpus Christi celebrated the forthcoming completion of a milestone national infrastructure […]

Cactus and Baker Hughes form surface pressure control (SPC) services JV

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Ofelia Paredes, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Jun.2025, Words: 281) — Baker Hughes will form a new joint venture (JV) with a subsidiary of Cactus, Inc., in […]

Flex LNG completes $175mn lease financing for Flex Courageous vessel

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Ofelia Paredes, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Jun.2025, Words: 275) — Flex LNG Ltd. completed the $175mn JOLCO lease financing for the Flex Courageous vessel. […]

Venezuela’s Machado applauds Trump’s decision to end Chevron’s license to operate

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 31.May.2025, Words: 428) — Vente Venezuela national coordinator and opposition leader María Corina Machado thanked US president Donald Trump […]

China leans in hard to assist Cuba from drilling wells to installing photovoltaic parks

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 31.May.2025, Words: 218) — Chinese companies and technicians have become a mainstay in Cuba and the island’s […]

NRGBriefs May 2025: Chevron’s Wirth on Venezuela, GranMorgu, Petrobras on Proquigel

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 31.May.2025, Words: 5,844) — Global energy, finance and project briefs as well as other from the front pages […]

Maduro activates monitoring room to over see Venezuela’s hydrocarbon sector

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 255) — Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro activated a new situational control and monitoring room within […]

LatAmNRG heard: Mexico elections, Chevron Venezuela, Vaca Muerta, Venezuela LNG

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 339) — LatAm and other NRG highlights, headlines and “heard on the street,” for the week […]

Cuba spuds Santa Cruz 505 well, according to Ministry of Energy and Mines head O Levy

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 127) — Cuba recently spud the Santa Cruz 505 well as part of efforts to […]

EOG Resources to buy Encino Acquisition Partners in $5.6bn deal [download]

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 652) — EOG Resources, Inc. announced a definitive agreement with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP) […]

Surge celebrate company’s 10-year anniversary

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 281) — Surge Energy US Holdings Company, founded in May 2015, announced the company celebrated its […]

EAI chartalk: Mexico’s piped-gas imports from the US averaged 6 Bcf/d in Mar. 2025

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 130) — Mexico’s piped-natural gas imports from the US averaged 6 billion cubic feet […]

Strathcona starts offer to buy 100% of issued, outstanding shares of MEG Energy Corp.

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 616) — Strathcona Resources Ltd. formally commenced its offer to acquire all of the issued […]

bpTT, Perenco and Woodside Energy confirm commitments in Trinidad and Tobago

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.May.2025, Words: 729) — Officials from Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI), headed […]

Rodríguez says 3 Chevron Venezuela fields producing a combined 246,000 b/d

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.May.2025, Words: 228) — Venezuela’s executive vice president and hydrocarbon minister Delcy Rodríguez said state-owned company Petróleos […]

Sempra’s Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 gets non-FTA export authorization from US DOE

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.May.2025, Words: 473) — The US Department of Energy (DOE) issued a permit to Sempra subsidiary Sempra Infrastructure for […]

bpTT announces first gas from Mento offshore Trinidad’s southeast coast, eyes Coconut

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.May.2025, Words: 361) — bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) said its Mento development has safely delivered first […]

Chevron confirms expiration of GL 41B that impacts operations in Venezuela

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.May.2025, Words: 246) — Chevron Corporation confirmed expiration of General License 41B (GL41B), issued by the US […]

Frontier selects Baker Hughes for 270 MW data center projects in Wyoming and Texas

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Ian Silverman, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.May.2025, Words: 175) — Frontier Infrastructure Holdings, a Tailwater Capital LLC portfolio company, granted Baker Hughes an award for 16 NovaLT™ […]

Chevron confirms 3 dead in Angola after BBLT incident

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.May.2025, Words: 499) — Chevron Corporation confirmed the death of a third contractor as a result of the […]