(Eco Atlantic, 31.Aug.2021) â Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. (AIM: ECO, TSXâV: EOG) announced that the Sapote-1 well on the Canje Block, offshore Guyana has been spudded. Eco was officially informed today by its investee company, JHI Associates Inc., about the spudding of the well. The Sapote-1 well is […]
AAPGâs Caribbean Symposium Event
(AAPG, 31.Aug.2021) â AAPGâs Latin America and Caribbean Region invites you to the 2021 “Caribbean Technical Symposium and E&P Summit: Recent Activity and Exploration Opportunities” to be held virtually on 14-15 September 2021. The 2-day virtual event combines two of the AAPG LACRâs most successful formats, a technical symposium including […]
Bolsonaro Says Has Discussed Fuel Prices With Petrobras
(Reuters, 31.Aug.2021) â Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said in an event in the state of Minas Gerais that he has discussed the reason for high fuel prices with the CEO of state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA. Bolsonaro said Petrobras debt to acquire refineries abroad is ‘almost paid’ and the […]
Borr Drilling Reports Preliminary 2Q:21 Results
(Borr Drilling, 31.Aug.2021) â Borr Drilling Limited announces preliminary unaudited results for the three and six months ended 30 June 2021. Highlights second quarter of 2021 Total operating revenues of $54.8mn, an increase of 13% compared to the first quarter of 2021Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Net loss of $59.9mn, an increase of $5.5mn […]
Ecopetrol BODs Approve Framework For Stock Issuance
(Ecopetrol, 30.Aug.2021) â Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC), informs that during the session held on Friday 27 August 2021, its Board of Directors approved the framework for the Third Round of the Program for the Issuance and Placement of Common Stock, in accordance with Law 1118 of 2006. The […]
Noble Updates Rig Status After Hurricane Ida
(Noble, 29.Aug.2021) â Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) announced that all personnel onboard the Pacific Sharav, Noble Globetrotter I, and Noble Globetrotter II ultra-deepwater drillships in the US Gulf of Mexico are safe and accounted for following Hurricane Ida. Each rig successfully secured its respective well in progress and took evasive actions […]
C2 Communications Partners With Excel Guyana
(C2 Communications, 27.Aug.2021) â C2 Communications, a national award-winning public relations and marketing firm, has partnered with Excel Guyana, Inc. to raise awareness of the diverse business growth opportunities, infrastructure improvements and joint-venture construction projects needed to support Guyana’s oil and gas boom. For more than 30 years, the executive leadership […]
Bahia LNG Import Terminal Leasing Deal Advances
(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Aug.2021) â Brazilâs state oil company Petrobras said the leasing process for the LNG Regasification Terminal of Bahia (TR-BA) and associated facilities continues to move forward with Excelerate Energy Comercializadora de GĂĄs Natural Ltda. advancing to the qualification stage. Effectively, the âverification stage of the effectiveness of […]
Gold Port Says Mining Permits Renewed
(Gold Port, 26.Aug.2021) â Gold Port Corporation (CSE: GPO) (OTCQB: GPOTF) is providing a corporate update. The Discovery 1 Core Rig ordered from Multi-Power Products Inc., of Kelowna, British Columbia, is nearing completion. Â The unit is expected to be ready for shipment by the end of the month. The custom […]
Hurdles Remain For Brazil’s Gas Distributors
(Argus, 26.Aug.2021) â Brazilian producers need to increase the amount of natural gas they offer in order to stimulate investment in gas infrastructure and boost demand, said Marcelo Mendonça, strategy and market director at the Brazilian Association for piped gas distributors (AbegĂĄs). Around 15mn mÂł/d (529.5mn cf/d) that is being […]
Excelerate Energy Advances On Leasing Of Bahia LNG Terminal
(Excelerate, 26.Aug.2021) â Excelerate Energy L.P. successfully concluded with PetrĂłleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) the negotiation stage of the tender process for the lease of Bahia Regasification Terminal. Once the financial and legal qualification and certification stages have been concluded and all necessary regulatory approvals have been obtained, Excelerate will start […]
Peru’s Pushes Cabinet Confirmation Vote To Friday
(Reuters, 26.Aug.2021) â Peru’s Congress on Thursday pushed back to Friday a key vote to confirm or reject a new leftist Cabinet nominated by President Pedro Castillo, extending the uncertainty in a country where conflicts between the executive and legislature loom large. Castillo, who took office just last month, is […]
Ecuador To Spend $80mn On Thermal Power Stations
(Reuters, 26.Aug.2021) â Ecuador’s state-run power company CELEC said on Thursday it will spend $80 million to repair idle thermal power plants to prepare them to provide backup electricity supply, as raging river erosion threatens its massive Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant. CELEC said the $80 million will recover some […]
Noble Provides Preliminary 2022 Guidance
(Noble, 26.Aug.2021) â Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) announced that subsidiaries of the company have reached a definitive agreement to sell four jackups to ADES International Holding Ltd., through its subsidiary, for $292mn. The company expects to generate approximately $285mn in cash from the transaction net of fees, expenses, and the […]
CCS Could Impact Emissions Of LNG Projects
(WoodMac, 25.Aug.2021) â The use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) could have a material impact on LNG projectsâ carbon emissions. Depending on the strategy adopted, more than 25% of overall carbon emissions could be removed, says Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK). Â LNG is one of the most […]
Petrobras Pays Dividends
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Aug.2021) â Brazilâs state owned PetrĂłleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) made a payment today which relates to the first installment of the remuneration anticipation to shareholders related to fiscal year 2021, the company announced 25 August 2021 in an official statement. The gross amount distributed of R$ 21,000,003,096.30 […]
Petrobras Inks Deal To Divest REMAN Refinery
(Petrobras, 25.Aug.2021) â Petrobras signed today with the company Ream ParticipaçÔes S.A., a corporate company owned by the partners of Atem’s Distribuidora de PetrĂłleo S.A. (Atem), a contract to sell the shares of the company that will own the Isaac SabbĂĄ Refinery (REMAN) and its associated logistics assets, in the […]
Petrobras On RNEST Divestment
(Petrobras, 25.Aug.2021) â Petrobras says interested parties in the sale process of the Abreu e Lima Refinery (RNEST) formally declined to submit a binding proposal for the purchase of the refinery. Therefore, the company is carrying out the internal procedures to end the sale process underway and will evaluate its […]
Mantaro To Buy Into Golden Hill Property
(Mantoro 25.Aug.2021) â Mantoro Silver Corp. (TSXV: MSLV) (FSE: 9TZ) entered into a property option agreement with Minera Golden Hill S.R.L. (MGH) and Luis Fernando Kinn Cortez (the “Optionor”) to acquire up to an 80% interest in the advanced Golden Hill Property, located in the underexplored, orogenic Bolivian Shied, Bolivia. […]
Shell Signs First Natural-Gas Supply Contract In Brazil
(Wall Street Journal, 25.Aug.2021) â Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Wednesday that it has signed a natural-gas sales contract with Companhia Pernambucana de Gas, its first supply deal with a Brazilian estate distributor. The Anglo-Dutch energy giant said the two-year agreement is to supply 750,0000 cubic meters a day from […]
Talos Wins Bid For Carbon Capture And Storage Site
(Talos, 25.Aug.2021) â Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO), along with its partner Carbonvert, Inc., was the sole winning bidder partnership for the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) Jefferson County, Texas carbon storage site (the “Project Site”) located near Beaumont and Port Arthur, Texas. Following finalization of lease documentation, the award […]
Coltan In Your Smartphone Finances Colombian Guerrilla Armies
(Vice, 25.Aug.2021) â A recent seizure highlights how âcorrupt Colombian government officials have helped to launder Venezuelan coltan into licit supply chains in Colombia,â said one expert. Authorities in southern Colombia pulled over a cargo truck looking for drugs in early August. But instead of finding a pile of cocaine […]
Venezuela Sees Refinery Debt Swap As Model For Future Deals
(Reuters, 25.Aug.2021) â Venezuela’s socialist government sees the swap it made last week of shares in a Dominican oil refinery for defaulted bonds as a possible model for future deals, as it seeks to mend ties with creditors, four people familiar with the operation said. Such debt-for-equity swaps are common […]
Mexico Restores Some Oil Production
(AP, 24.Aug.2021) â Mexicoâs state-owned oil company said Tuesday the possible remains of two missing subcontractors had been found on one of its oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico following a weekend fire. Petroleos Mexicanos said it had restored about 17% of the lost production caused by the fire […]
Crude From Venezuela, Iran Stacks Up Off Singapore
(Bloomberg, 24.Aug.2021) â Oil stored in ships has been stacking up off key Asian ports as a crackdown in China on private crude oil processors has blunted purchases and disrupted flows, including some U.S.-sanctioned barrels from Iran. Vessels off Singapore, Malaysia and China had about 62 million barrels last week […]
Venezuela Swapped Oil For Food, Then Punished Dealmakers
(Reuters, 24.Aug.2021) â With U.S. sanctions spooking key oil buyers and depriving its government of cash, Venezuela last year inked a deal with a little-known local company to swap crude for food, Reuters has learned. That agreement saw state oil company PDVSA, beginning in December 2020, deliver more than 6 […]
Suriname Webinar On O&G Local Content
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Aug.2021) â Staatsolie in cooperation with ExxonMobil will be hosting a webinar on ‘Local Content in the O&G industry’. As a supplier who can potentially provide support to oil and gas operations, you are cordially invited to participate in this webinar. Date: Wednesday 1 September 2021 Time: […]
Companies Take Steps Toward Climate Neutrality
(Bloomberg, 24.Aug.2021) â Unlike the other oil majors, nationalized fossil fuel businesses are arms of the state, and therefore canât bend as far. Petroleos Mexicanos left investors with more questions than answers after it announced in late July that it would be disclosing its greenhouse gas emissions on a more […]
Pemex Safety Incidents Challenge Production Growth Target
(Fitch, 24.Aug.2021) â Pemex‘s reported fires at its Ku-Maloob-Zaap (KMZ) production fields may slow the company’s production growth rates, as this field is the company’s largest production complex, according to Fitch Ratings. Fitch’s current rating case assumes that the company’s production levels will stabilize going forward due to increased investments […]
LatAm Briefs: Guyana’s Oil Output
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Aug.2021) â Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentina awaiting arrival of two LNG tankers, Guyanaâs oil output, and Trinidad and Tobagoâs strategic plan. Argentina — Argentinaâs two LNG import terminals at BahĂa Blanca and Escobar both expect to receive tankers to discharge […]
bpTT/EOG Make 1 Tcf Gas Discovery
(The Guardian, 23.Aug.2021) â An exploration well drilled by bpTT and EOG Resources has discovered one trillion cubic feet of gross natural gas resources, off the East Coast, off Trinidad according to documents from both companies. Confidential documents from bpTT which Guardian Media has copies of and which were presented […]
YPF to Defend Interests in Lawsuit Regarding Shareholder Meeting
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Aug.2021) â In compliance with requirements of article 3, item 9, Chapter I, Title XII of the Rules of the Argentine Securities and Exchange Commission, state owned YPF S.A. must inform of each and every judicial proceeding brought against it by its shareholders and the relevant decisions […]
Frontera Spuds Kawa-1 Offshore Guyana
(Frontera, 23.Aug.2021) â Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) announced the spudding of the Kawa-1 exploration well, offshore Guyana. CGX Energy Inc. (TSXV: OYL), Frontera majority-owned subsidiary, and its joint venture partner in the Demerara and Corentyne blocks, also separately announced an update on spud of the Kawa-1 well. Additionally, the […]
The Creation Of Inflation
(HSBC Bank plc, 23.Aug.2021) â Amid vast uncertainty, inflation has spiked raising fears that price stability is over. The risks of “error” – in both directions – have risen hugely. Late expectations Those most relaxed about inflation typically point to an absence of any serious increase in inflationary expectations. This […]
Citgo Envisions Oil âBridgeâ To Venezuela
(Argus, 23.Aug.2021) â US refiner Citgo has been effectively cut off from its Venezuelan state-owned parent PdV since 2019, but it is still constrained by heavy debt while multiple creditors nip at its heels. In the first part of a two-part interview, chief executive Carlos JordĂĄ spoke with senior contributing […]
LatAm Briefs: Guyana-Suriname Basin Reserves
(Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Aug.2021) â Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Argentina pondering its allocation of energy subsidies, Ecopetrol closing on an earlier announced $3.7bn ISA deal, reserves in the Guyana-Suriname Basin continuing to rise, and trafficking of coltan rising between Colombia and Venezuela, and much […]
Ecopetrol closes ISA transaction
(Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Aug.2021) â Colombiaâs state oil giant Ecopetrol S.A. announced on 20 Aug. 2021 that closing conditions set forth in the inter-administrative contract, dated 11 August, between the BogotĂĄ-based company and the Colombian Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (MHCP by its Spanish acronym) were satisfactorily […]
Guyana, Suriname Eye Jointly Developments
(DPI, 19.Aug.2021) â Recognising the vast potential of Guyana and Surinameâs oil and gas sectors, their Excellencies Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali and Chandrikapersad Santokhi have indicated that the two countries will jointly strategise the development of this critical and lucrative sector. During engagements with the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and […]
Oil Price Windfall A ‘Golden Opportunity’
(WoodMac, 19.Aug.2021) â Oil and gas companies must use the current cash flow windfall opportunity to speed up decarbonisation of their businesses, global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK) said in a report released today. Stakeholders are demanding greater accountability for carbon emissions along the value […]
LatAm Countries To Discuss Climate Actions
(Governmenf of Panama, 20.Aug.2021) â The Governments of Argentina, Barbados, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Panama will co-organize the âHigh-Level Dialogue on Climate Action in the Americasâ, on 8 September 2021. The event will bring together representatives of governments, private and financial sector, multilateral financial institutions , […]
Actis sells Saavi Energia to Global Infrastructure Partners
(By Global Infrastructure Partners, 20.Aug.2021, Word: 482) â Actis, a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure jointly announces with Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a leading global independent infrastructure investor that it has sold 100% of Saavi EnergĂa, the fourth largest independent power producer and the largest privately held stand-alone power […]
Emerging Oil Nations Reject Climate Curbs On Exploration
(Reuters, 19.Aug.2021) â The world’s newest oil-producing nations grabbed the spotlight at this week’s Offshore Technology Conference with ambitious plans to tap oil and gas discoveries in a race against a global energy transition to lower-carbon fuels. At the conference highlighting renewable and cleaner-burning fuels and investors moving bets away […]
Exxonâs Guyana Drilling âPoses Major Environmental Riskâ
(The Guardian, 19.Aug.2021) â ExxonMobilâs huge new Guyana project faces charges of a disregard for safety from experts who claim the company has failed to adequately prepare for possible disaster, the Guardian and Floodlight have found. Exxon has been extracting oil from Liza 1, an ultra-deepwater drilling operation, since 2019 […]
CNOOC Reports Significant Earnings Increase
(CNOOC, 19.Aug.2021) â CNOOC Limited (SEHK: 00883,NYSE: CEO, TSX: CNU) announced its 2021 interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2021. In the first half of 2021, faced with the complicated situation, the company further strengthened its business strategy, firmly advanced various production and operation tasks, and scaled […]
Sorcia Minerals Adds New Salar In Chile
(Sorcia, 19.Aug.2021) â Sorcia Chile SPA (Sorcia), a subsidiary of the US company, Sorcia Minerals LLC, reached a new agreement with RJR Salar, to expand the territory to explore lithium reserves in 9,000 hectares of the Salar de Tambo, near the town of Colchane, border with Bolivia. The agreement is […]
Brazil In Talks With Argentina for Gas Pipeline from Vaca Muerta
(Reuters, 19.Aug.2021) â Brazil is negotiating with Argentina on the construction of a billion-dollar pipeline from the Vaca Muerta shale gas reserves, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday. Speaking to supporters on social media, he said the gas pipeline from Argentina was one of the options his government is […]
Braskem Offering Back On The Table
(Bloomberg, 19.Aug.2021) â A public equity offering is again emerging as a possible exit strategy for the controlling shareholders in one of the worldâs top petrochemical makers, Braskem SA, people familiar with the matter said. Novonor hired Morgan Stanley as the group previously known as Odebrecht looks to sell its […]
Climate Change Behind BHP/Woodside Merger
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 19.Aug.2021) â Two former ministers of energy are contending that climate-change policy is what would have driven the merger between the BHP Group and Woodside Petroleum Ltd. Kevin Ramnarine and Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, responding to the announcement by the two Australian outfits, said the merger itself is […]
Guyana, Suriname Reveal Joint Gas Development Strategy
(S&P Global, 19.Aug.2021) â The presidents of Guyana and Suriname said Aug. 19 their countries will craft a joint strategy to develop their natural gas reserves to fuel their economic development, as well as to supply Brazil, their large southern neighbor. “Through the gas strategy, we will be working on […]
PDVSA Cedes Stake In Refidomsa Refinery
(Reuters, 19.Aug.2021) â Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has given up its 49% stake in a Dominican refinery as part of a swap for some of its defaulted bonds, the Dominican Republic’s finance ministry and Venezuela’s oil minister said in statements on Thursday. The transaction represents a small breakthrough between […]