(CGX, 16.Dec.2021) — CGX Energy Inc. (TSXV: OYL) and Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC), the majority shareholder of and joint venture partner of CGX in the Petroleum Prospecting Licenses for the Corentyne and Demerara blocks offshore Guyana, today provide an operational update on the Kawa-1 exploration well in the Corentyne […]
Petrobras BODs Approves Sale Of Braskem Stake
(Petrobras, 16.Dec.2021) — Petrobras’ Board of Directors approved the model for the sale of up to 100% of the preferred shares it holds in Braskem S.A. to be conducted through secondary public offering(s) of shares (follow-on), together with Novonor S.A. – In Judicial Recovery and NSP Investimentos S.A. – In […]
NRGBriefs: Ecuador Prevents Environmental Damage In Napo Region
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including Ecuador’s gov’t saying the halting of transport operations along the SOTE due to soil erosion problems prevented environmental damage in the Piedra Fina River area; the International Energy Agency (IEA) placing Chile among the four countries that will lead the production of […]
Petrobras Carries Out Payment To Shareholders
(Petrobras, 15.Dec.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 4 August 2021, 28 September 2021, and 19 November 2021, informs that it is carrying out today the payment of the 2nd installment of the anticipated shareholder remuneration for 2021. The gross amount distributed corresponds to the gross value of […]
PROVIRIDIS Buys Battery Storage Technology From ADS-TEC Energy
(ADS-TEC Energy GmbH, 14.Dec.2021) — ADS-TEC Energy GmbH announces that PROVIRIDIS bought its battery storage technology for smart multi-energy filling stations in France. The storage systems in container format supply each two fast charging points with their own PV power, increase grid performance and smooth load peaks. Three locations have been […]
NRGBriefs: Venezuela’s Oil Minister El Aissami Says He’s Fine
(Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including EP PetroEcuador announcing it has sufficient fuel supplies at all its terminals despite transport issues impacting Ecuador’s two oil pipelines and one derivatives pipeline; ExxonMobil reiterating the Liza Unity FPSO will commence ops by 2022 offshore Guyana; Venezuela’s oil minister Tareck El […]
Canadian Solar Completes Sale Of Photovoltaic Project To VTRM
(Canadian Solar, 14.Dec.2021) — Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) announced the sale of Canadian Solar’s 635 MWp Jaíba V solar project to VTRM. The Jaíba V Project, located in the Northeastern state of Minas Gerais, is in advanced stage of development and is expected to begin construction in 2022, and reach […]
Ryder Scott 2020 Audit Reveals Decline In Trinidad and Tobago Gas Reserves
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 14.Dec.2021) — Despite volume increases in multiple fields, the 2020 Ryder Scott audit revealed on Tuesday that there was a decline in recoverable gas in TT. The report, explained by Ryder Scott vice president Herman Acuna, revealed that 56 per cent of volume replacement in proven […]
Petrobras On Mero Production Individualization Agreement
(Petrobras, 13.Dec.2021) — Petrobras announces that the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) approved, at the Collegiate Board Meeting No. 1074 held on 9 December 2021, the Production Individualization Agreement (AIP) of the Mero accumulation, located in the Santos Basin. The Mero joint reservoir comprises: – Mero […]
Petrobras Reports Stoppage At Manati Gas Field
(Petrobras, 13.Dec.2021) — Petrobras said that on 10 December 2021 the production of gas from the Manati field, located in the Camamu Basin, in the state of Bahia, was halted due to the closure of the subsea valve of the export pipeline. The pipeline’s operation was safely interrupted and teams […]
Ecuador Declares Force Majeure On All Oil Contracts
(Bloomberg, 13.Dec.2021) — Ecuador declared force majeure on all oil contracts, including exports and imports, as the threat of soil erosion forced the shutdown of the country’s two pipelines that transport crude across the Andes. The clause, which is invoked to remove liability from failing to honor contracts in the […]
Upstream Sector Rebounding – But ‘Peak Uncertainty’ Fears Weigh In 2022
(WoodMac, 13.Dec.2021) — The oil and gas sector will continue to rebound in 2022, says Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK) But the positive outlook will be tempered by concerns about its future. In its Global Upstream Outlook 2022, Wood Mackenzie points out the upstream industry must respond to the implications […]
YPF Studying LNG Export For Growing Vaca Muerta Gas Production
(Platts, 13.Dec.2021) — YPF, the biggest oil and natural gas producer in Argentina, is doing preliminary studies to prepare for building LNG export capacity as gas production grows in the giant Vaca Muerta shale play and projects get underway to increase pipeline capacity, CFO Alejandro Lew said Dec. 10. “We […]
Challenger Reports On B/S Restructuring, License Renewals
(Challenger Energy, 13.Dec.2021) — Challenger Energy Group Plc (AIM: CEG), the Caribbean and Atlantic margin focused oil and gas company, with production, development, appraisal and exploration assets across the region, provides the following update on its balance sheet restructuring, licence renewal process, and general operational matters. Balance Sheet Restructuring The […]
NRGBriefs: Ecuador Declares Force Majeure On Oil Exports
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including Ecuador’s gov’t declaring force majeure on 12 Dec. 2021 on oil exports due to erosion issues around the Piedra Fina River and other tributaries of the Quijos River; Argentina celebrating Petroleum Day; TechnipFMC being awarded three frame agreements by Petrobras; and more. […]
Argus Launches Report As Brazil Liberalizes Gas Market
(Argus, 10.Dec.2021) — Brazil is opening its gas market to competition, taking steps to reduce the dominance of state-controlled Petrobras and provide opportunities to new entrants, both domestic and international. The freer market will mean that prices are driven by supply and demand. To provide price transparency for this rapidly changing […]
Staatsolie Takes Steps to Set Up Oil & Gas Stream NATIN
(Staatsolie, 10.Dec.2021) — The Natuur Technisch Instituut (Nature Technical Institute, NATIN) will get an oil and gas stream. Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V. is working together with NATIN, the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (MINOWC) and the Dutch Regional Education Center (Regionaal Onderwijs Centrum) Kop van Noord-Holland (ROC KvNH) to […]
Bristow Completes Move To Offshore Ops Using Sustainable Aviation Fuel
(Bristow, 10.Dec.2021) — Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL) completed an offshore revenue flight using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), marking one of the first SAF-powered flights to an offshore operation in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The aircraft flew from Aberdeen to installations operated by bp. As part of its strategic relationship […]
No Change Afoot At Venezuela’s Oil Ministry: Sources
(Argus, 10.Dec.2021) — Venezuela’s oil minister Tareck El Aissami returned to work this week after a prolonged medical leave and will not be replaced, a senior source close to the government told Argus. A second source confirmed the information. The minister attended meetings in person in Caracas this week and will […]
WEB Aruba And Eagle LNG Ink Clean LNG Supply Deal
(Eagle LNG, 9.Dec.2021) — Eagle LNG Partners LLC, a US company based in Houston, Texas and Jacksonville, Florida, has completed a long-term supply contract to establish a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving and regasification terminal in Aruba with WEB Aruba, the local power and water utility. The project confirms Aruba’s growing importance as a regional hub and […]
Ecopetrol To Invest $4.8-$5.8bn In 2022
(Ecopetrol, 9.Dec.2021) — Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL;NYSE: EC) informs that its Board of Directors approved the 2022 organic investment plan for the GE, for an estimated amount between $4.8bn to $5.8bn. Highlights: The Investment Plan of the Ecopetrol Group (GE for its Spanish acronym) for 2022, approved by the Board of Directors, is oriented towards […]
Petrobras On Relavant Goldman’s Shareholding Position
(Petrobras, 9.Dec.2021) — Petrobras, in compliance with Article 12 of CVM Resolution No. 44, of 08/23/2021, informs that it was communicated by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., by Goldman Sachs International, and other subsidiaries of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., namely Goldman […]
Trinidad Minister Meets With BHP Executives
(MEEI, 9.Dec.2021) — Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, the Honourable Stuart R. Young M.P., met with Senior BHP Executives Michael Stone, Country Manager to BHP Trinidad and Tobago, Graham Salmond, General Manager BHP Petroleum North America and the Caribbean, Selby […]
Excelerate Energy Initiates Ops At Bahia LNG Terminal
(Excelerate, 9.Dec.2021) — Excelerate Energy L.P. announced that on 8 December 2021 it started natural gas deliveries to the Brazilian market at the Bahia Regasification Terminal (TR-BA) in Salvador, Bahia. Excelerate’s floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Excelerate Sequoia, which has an LNG storage capacity of 173,400 cubic meters, is providing […]
CCUS and Upstream Production in Brazil
(IHS Markit, 9.Dec.2021) — The following provides a brief overview of selected reports in the Upstream Costs and Technology, Latin America Costs and Technology Supply Chain Service from November 2021. Petrobras has one of the three largest (if not the largest) carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects in operation […]
Brazil is in Water Crisis
(Nature, 8.Dec.2021) — Brazil has the largest amount of fresh water in the world. Two-thirds of what flows in the Amazon River alone could supply the world’s demand. Yet much of the nation now faces drought. It’s the worst in many decades in a nation that grows more than one-third […]
YPF eyes unlocking Vaca Muerta’s potential: CEO Sergio Affronti at WPC Houston
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Dec.2021) — YPF’s CEO Sergio Affronti said the state oil producer was looking at “unlocking the Vaca Muerta’s full shale gas potential,” during the 23rd World Petroleum Congress (WPC) in Houston. What follows are highlights from his speech on 8 December 2021 at the WPC […]
Equinor Boost Ownership In The Statfjord Field
(Equinor, 8.Dec.2021) — Equinor entered into an agreement to acquire all of Spirit Energy’s production licenses in the Statfjord area which spreads across the Norwegian and UK Continental Shelves and are developed by three integrated production platforms (Statfjord A, B, C). All licenses are operated by Equinor. Both parties agreed […]
NRGBriefs: Orea Prepping for Maripa Gold Project
(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including Fitch Ratings affirming Frontera‘s IDR at ‘B’; Orea Mining Corp. commencing preparation for a diamond drilling program at the Maripa Gold Project, located in eastern French Guiana; — Frontera spud the Jandaya-1 exploration well on the Perico block in Ecuador; and more. LATIN […]
Trinidad’s Energy Minister Young Participates In WPC Round Table
(MEEI, 8.Dec.2021) — On Wednesday 8 December 2021, Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister the Honourable Stuart Young MP participated in a Ministerial Round Table focused on Regional Development and Opportunities in Latin America as part of the 23rd World Petroleum […]
NRGBriefs: Trinidad To Reveal Ryder Scott Details
(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including Argentina aspiring to produce 1 MMb/d in five yrs; Trinidad and Tobago looking to reveal details of a new Ryder Scott gas reserve report; rumors circulating about the health of Venezuela’s oil minister Tareck El Aissami; and more. LATIN AMERICA AND THE […]
Excelerate Energy Hosts Tree Planting Initiative In Bangladesh
(Excelerate, 8.Dec.2021) — Excelerate Energy, a U.S.-based LNG company, organized a tree planting initiative on November 17, 2021 at Zero Point, Moheshkhali Island in Cox’s Bazar. Excelerate employees, with the help of the local community, business leaders, and officials, planted 10,000 mangroves across two acres of land to help raise […]
Oil And Gas Companies Must Be Bold As Energy Transition Sets Tone For 2022
(WoodMac, 8.Dec.2021) — It’s set to be an action-packed year for Majors, Independents and national oil companies alike. Big choices will set strategic trajectories for the energy transition ahead. New research from Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK), indicates that oil and gas companies are likely to be bold in […]
Trinidad To Offer Onshore, Shallow-water Blocks In 2022
(Reuters, 8.Dec.2021) — Trinidad and Tobago next year plans to launch bidding rounds for onshore and shallow-water areas on top of last week’s launch of an auction of 17 deepwater oil and gas blocks, the nation’s energy minister told Reuters. The Caribbean country, which is among the region’s top producers […]
Colombia Testing Waters for Carbon-Neutral Crude
(Bloomberg, 7.Dec.2021) — Colombia, a producer of sludgy, dirty oil, is seeking to sell crude that’s carbon neutral as it tests the market’s appetite for ESG oil. State-controlled oil driller Ecopetrol SA is offering as much as 1 million barrels of oil, according to an internal document seen by Bloomberg. […]
SAExploration Announces Executive Changes
(SAExploration, 7.Dec.2021) — SAExploration Holdings, Inc. announced that Michael J. Faust, President and Chief Executive Officer, will retire from his executive positions, effective 1 January 2022. He will continue to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors and in a consulting capacity. Mike has served on the Board of Directors since 2017. He […]
Equinor Invests In Battery Storage
(Equinor, 6.Dec.2021) — Equinor signed an agreement with Noriker Power Limited, a leading battery storage developer in the United Kingdom focusing on the engineering and project development of utility scale storage and stability services. The agreement includes the acquisition of a 45% stake in Noriker, with an option to acquire […]
Höegh LNG Holdings Initiates Buyout Offer for Höegh LNG Partners LP
(Höegh LNG, 6.Dec.2021) — Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. submitted a non-binding proposal to the Board of Directors of Höegh LNG Partners LP (HMLP) pursuant to which Höegh LNG would acquire through a wholly owned subsidiary all publicly held common units of the Partnership in exchange for $4.25 in cash per common unit. If approved, the […]
Solaris Announces Proposed Spin-Out Of Non-Core Assets
(Solaris, 6.Dec.2021) — Solaris Resources Inc. (TSX: SLS) (OTCQB: SLSSF) announces its intention to transfer its non-core assets held in Ecuador, Peru, Chile and Mexico into a newly incorporated wholly-owned subsidiary of Solaris named Solaris Exploration Inc. pursuant to an internal re-organization. Following the Re-Organization, it is expected that 100% of the common shares of Solaris Exploration […]
Trinidad’s MEEI Promotes Deep Water Round At WPC [PDF Download]
(MEEI, 6.Dec.2021) — The Honourable Stuart R. Young M.P, Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, along with a team of MEEI energy professionals is representing Trinidad and Tobago’s Energy Sector at the 23rd World Petroleum Congress and Exhibition in Houston, Texas. […]
Trinidad’s MEEI Launches Deepwater Bid Round [PDF Download]
(MEEI, 3.Dec.2021) — I am pleased to announce the launch of the 2021 Trinidad and Tobago Deep Water Competitive Bid Round. The Opening of the Bid Round was marked by the publishing in the Gazette of the Petroleum Regulations (Deep Water Competitive Bidding) Order, 2021, today 3 December 2021. The […]
Venture Global and Louisiana Governor Propose CP2 LNG Export Facility
(Venture Global, 2.Dec.2021) — Venture Global LNG and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced the company will invest more than $10bn to develop a fourth LNG export facility in the State of Louisiana. The new project, CP2 LNG will be located in Cameron Parish, adjacent to Venture Global’s first facility, […]
SSR Mining Reveals Acquisition of Taiga Gold
(SSR Mining, 2.Dec.2021) — SSR Mining Inc. (NASDAQ: SSRM) (TSX: SSRM) (ASX: SSR) and Taiga Gold Corp. (CSE: TGC) have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement whereby SSR Mining will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Taiga Gold pursuant to a plan of arrangement at a price […]
Chevron Reveals $15bn Capital and Exploratory Budget for 2022
(Chevron, 1.Dec.2021) — Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced a 2022 organic capital and exploratory spending program of $15bn, at the low end of its $15bn to $17bn guidance range and up more than 20% from 2021 expected levels. This capital program supports Chevron’s objective of higher returns and lower carbon, including approximately $800mn in lower carbon […]
Freepoint Eco-Systems To Build Recycling Facility In Ohio
(Freepoint Eco-Systems, 1.Dec.2021) — Freepoint Eco-Systems LLC plans to build an advanced recycling facility in Ohio that will convert waste plastic into feedstock for use in the production of prime-quality plastic. The Ohio facility will recycle approximately 90,000 tons per year of end-of-life plastic that would otherwise be destined for […]
ANH’s Ronda Colombia 2021 [Photo Roundup]
(ANH, 1.Dec.2021) — The ANH reports success in the Colombia Round 2021: 30 bids for areas were received in order to continue the reactivation of the hydrocarbon sector. The top photos from the event follow.
ANH Awards 30 Areas In Colombia Round 2021 [PDF Download]
(ANH, 1.Dec.2021) — During the Deposit of Proposals Hearing for the fourth cycle of the Permanent Process of Area Assignment (PPAA) Colombia Round 2021, 7 companies submitted bids for 30 blocks, thus consolidating the reactivation of the hydrocarbons sector that the Ministry of Mines and Energy and the National Hydrocarbons […]
Maersk Re-enters One-well Deal With Petrogas
(Maersk, 1.Dec.2021) — Maersk Drilling and Petrogas North Sea Ltd have agreed to exercise the previously agreed exclusive option to employ the harsh-environment jack-up rig Maersk Resilient to drill an appraisal well at the Birgitta field in the UK sector of the North Sea. The contract is expected to commence in end-2021, […]
ExxonMobil Reveals Plans To 2027
(Exxon, 1.Dec.2021) — ExxonMobil has finalized corporate plans, which increase spending to $15bn on greenhouse gas emission-reduction projects over the next six years while maintaining disciplined capital investments in its industry-leading portfolio. The plans support the corporate strategy of continued structural cost savings, investment in low-cost-of-supply and lower-emission products, and […]
MEEI Head Meets With Trinidad Exploration [PDF Download]
(MEEI, 1.Dec.2021) — In his continuing efforts to meet and engage key energy sector stakeholders, The Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, the Honourable Stuart R. Young, M.P. along with Permanent Secretary (A.g) Penelope Bradshaw-Niles met with Non- Executive Chairman Nicolas […]