(Frontera, 10.Oct.2019) — Frontera Energy Corporation announces a third quarter 2019 operational update and notice of financial results and conference call. All values in this […]
Petrobras Grabs One Block In 16th ANP Bidding Round
(Petrobras, 10.Oct.2019) — Petrobras acquired one offshore block in the 16th ANP Bidding Round under the Concession Regime, held by the National Agency of Petroleum, […]
Chevron Grabs 5 Blocks In ANP’s 16th Bid Round
(Chevron, 10.Oct.2019) — Chevron Brasil welcomes the results of Brazil’s 16th Bid Round. We are pleased to be part of the following five successful consortia, […]
ANP 16th Round Attracts Record R$8.9bn Signings
(ANP, 10.Oct.2019) — The 16th Bidding Round collected R$ 8.9 billions in signature bonuses, a record value among the concession rounds already held in Brazil. […]
Red Tape Frozes $700mn In Colombia Oil Investment
(Reuters, 9.Oct.2019) — Some $700 million in investment spending by oil companies operating in Colombia is frozen because of contract delays caused by community protests […]
Trinidad Refinery Restarts By 3Q:20: Ministry
(Argus, 9.Oct.2019) — A new start-up company will acquire Trinidad and Tobago’s 160,000 b/d refinery for $700mn and resume operations by third quarter 2020, the […]
Reliance To Resume Venezuela Oil Loadings
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, 9.Oct.2019) — Indian refiner Reliance Industries Ltd is scheduled to resume loading Venezuelan crude in October after a four-month pause, according to sources […]
Ecuador Halts SOTE Over Protests, Eyes Force Majeure
(Reuters, 9.Oct.2019) — Petroecuador halted operations of its Trans-Ecuadorean Pipeline System (SOTE) on Wednesday after anti-austerity protests choked off production from some oil fields it […]
Venezuelan Oil Likely Spilled In Brazil: Report
(The Wall Street Journal, Luciana Magalhaes and Jeffrey T. Lewis, 9.Oct.2019) — Long stretches of Brazil’s northeastern coast have been stained by oil slicks since […]
Ecuador’s SOTE Halted On Low Oil Deliveries
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 9.Oct.2019) — Ecuador’s Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE) halted operations at 1pm on Oct. 9. The stoppage was due to the […]
Aruba Ends Citgo Deal
(Reuters, 9.Oct.2019) — Aruba on Wednesday reached an agreement with U.S. based Citgo Petroleum Corp to end its contract to refurbish and operate the island’s […]
SBM Closes Brazil Legacy Case
(SBM, 9.Oct.2019) — SBM Offshore received notification that the Federal Court has formally closed the Improbity Lawsuit filed by the Brazilian Federal Prosecutors Office (Ministério […]
Petrobras And Equinor Ink NatGas Value Chain MOU
(Petrobras, 9.Oct.2019) — Petrobras, following up to the Strategic Partnership signed on 12/18/2017, celebrated a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Equinor ASA – Equinor, a […]
SOTE Operations Reduced To 30% Of Capacity
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 9.Oct.2019) — Operations at the SOTE have been affected during protests in Ecuador and resultantly operations have been reduced to […]
Ecuador’s Government Crisis, Explained
(Bloomberg, Matthew Bristow and Stephan Kueffner, 8.Oct.2019) — Ecuador’s government abandoned the capital city, Quito, as demonstrators sabotaged oil installations and ransacked government offices and […]
Amazon Watch On Ecuador Strike
(Amazon Watch, 8.Oct.2019) — In response to economic austerity measures announced by Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno on October 1, Ecuador’s National Indigenous Movement, represented by […]
CITGO Key To Trump’s Venezuela Strategy
(Forbes, Ariel Cohen, 8.Oct.2019) — At last month’s United Nations General Assembly, the Lima Group, the U.S.-led coalition of 14 countries in the Americas seeking […]
CONAIE And CONFENIAE Comment On Indigenous Mobilization
(CONAIE, 8.Oct.2019) — Indigenous peoples across Ecuador have mobilized against the central government’s neoliberal policies and extractive practices, as have workers unions, student unions and […]
Brazil Oil Spill ‘Criminally Deposited’: Bolsonaro
(DW.com, 8.Oct.2019) — President Jair Bolsonaro has suggested a criminal element to the mystery oil slicks polluting Brazil’s northeast coast. About 100 oil spills have […]
Reden And Natixis Close PMGD Solar PV Projects Financing In Chile
(Reden, 8.Oct.2019) — Reden Investments Chile SpA (“Reden Solar Chile”) and Natixis have successfully closed senior facilities totaling US$96.4 million for the up-to-100MW portfolio of […]
Citgo Bolsters Legal Defenses With Former BP Lawyer
(Reuters, 8.Oct.2019) — Citgo Petroleum Corp this week named a former BP lawyer to take on the company’s top legal job as it faces creditors […]
Petrobras Finalizes Sale Of Three Fields
(Petrobras, 8.Oct.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the release of 11/28/2018, reports that today it completed the sale of its interests in Pargo, Carapeba and […]
Energy Cos Caught In Spat Over Venezuela Sanctions
(Chron, Sergio Chapa, 7.Oct.2019) — Frequent power outages, theft of equipment, a political tug-of-war and billions of dollars in losses would seem to signal to […]
Ecuador’s Moreno Decries ‘Coup Attempt’ Amid Protests
(Reuters, Alexandra Valencia and Daniel Tapia, 7.Oct.2019) — Thousands of indigenous protesters marched into capital Quito on Monday in a fifth day of action against […]
PdV-CNPC JV Managers Arrested
(Argus, 7.Oct.2019) — Senior managers of Venezuelan state-owned PdV’s heavy crude-blending joint venture with Chinese state-owned CNPC were arrested late last week, days after the […]
Exxon Mobil Bars Use Of Oil Tankers Linked To Venezuela
(Reuters, Jonathan Saul and Collin Eaton, 4.Oct.2019) — Exxon Mobil Corp this week banned the use of vessels linked to oil flows from Venezuela in […]
Petrobras Pays Interest On Capital
(Petrobras, 4.Oct.2019) — Petrobras informs that in connection to the press released of August 1st, 2019 is paying today Interest on Capital (IOC), as defined […]
Petrobras Kicks Off Non-binding Phase Of REGAP
(Petrobras, 4.Oct.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the release dated 09/13/2019, informs the beginning of the non-binding phase related to the sale of the Gabriel […]
Petrobras Reveals 3Q:19 Release Date
(Petrobras, 4.Oct.2019) — Petrobras reports that on October 17, after market closes, the company will release its quarterly production and sales report for 3Q19 and […]
Petrobras Delists Shares From Argentine Exchange
(Petrobras, 4.Oct.2019) — Petrobras informs, in addition to the press release issued on August 9, 2019, that the Comisión Nacional de Valores (CNV), the Argentine […]
PdV Floods Cuba With Stranded Oil
(Argus, 3.Oct.2019) — At least three Venezuelan fuel tankers are heading towards Cuba today, part of a flotilla meant to free up domestic storage space […]
Ecuador Frees Up Fuel Prices, Unrest Erupts
(Argus, 3.Oct.2019) — Unrest has broken out in Ecuador ahead of the lifting of motor fuel subsidies tomorrow. The government declared a state of emergency […]
Suriname’s 14 Active PSCs With IOCs And NOCs
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Oct.2019) — Suriname has 14 active production-sharing contracts (PSCs) with companies from Apache and Total to Petronas and ExxonMobil. The PSCs grant […]
Colombia To Award LT Power Purchase Agreements
(Shearman & Sterling, 2.Oct.2019) — The Colombian Government is expected to award long-term renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs) by October 22, 2019. The Mining and […]
IMF Provides Update On Ecuador
(IMF, 2.Oct.2019) — The reforms announced yesterday by President Lenin Moreno aim to improve the resilience and sustainability of Ecuador’s economy and foster strong, and […]
Brazil’s ANP Eyes Two Bid Rounds In 2020
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 2.Oct.2019) — Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency (ANP) plans to conduct two bid rounds in 2020 to offer areas containing billions […]
Petrobras On Collective Bargaining Agreement
(Petrobras, 1.Oct.2019) — Petrobras informs that since May 2019 has been negotiating with unions to reach an understanding on the 2019-2020 Collective Bargaining Agreement (“ACT”). […]
Ecuador Producing 548 Mb/d
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 30.Oct.2019) — South America’s Ecuador was producing 548,458 barrels per day of oil on 30 Oct. 2019, the country’s Ministry […]
Noble Mobilizes Tom Croft Drillship In Suriname
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 30.Sep.2019) — Noble Corporation announced it has mobilized its Noble Tom Croft drillship in Suriname. Noble said the drillship started […]
Tango FLNG In Second Week Of Ops In Argentina
(EXMAR, 30.Sep.2019) — The Tango FLNG has been receiving feed gas from YPF since 9 September 2019 and has been producing LNG to its full […]
Petrobras Inks Deal Onshore Fields In The Potiguar Basin
(Petrobras, 30.Sep.2019) — Petrobras signed with the company Central Resources do Brasil Produção de Petróleo Ltda. contracts for the sale of all its stake in […]
EDPR Secures New PPA For 100MW In Mexico
(EDP Renováveis, 30.Sep.2019) — EDP Renováveis, S.A. (EDPR) secured a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to sell the energy produced by a wind farm project of […]
BP Comes Up Empty Offshore Exploration Hotspot
(Bloomberg, Peter Millard and Kelly Gilblom, 30.Sep.2019) — It was supposed to be BP’s big Brazilian breakthrough after years of setbacks in one of the […]
Brazil Approves 14 Firms For November Oil Tender
(Reuters, 30.Sep.2019) — Fourteen companies have been officially approved by Brazilian authorities to participate in an oil bidding round in November, in which total signing bonuses […]
Petrobras Says Revap Refinery Fire Occurred During Scheduled Stoppage
(Reuters, 30.Sep.2019) — A major refinery owned by Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras was already undergoing a scheduled stoppage when a fire broke out over […]
Bolivia LatAmNRG Briefs: Electric Vehicle Plant In Cochabamba
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 28.Sep.2019) — LatAmNRG briefs related to Bolivia’s President Evo Morales’ visit to Quantum Motors’ electric vehicle plant in Cochabamba and […]
Venezuela Oil Sector May Take 8 Years To Recover
(Yahoo Finance, Akiko Fujita, Anchor/Reporter, 27.Sep.2019) — A top aide to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Friday it could take up to eight […]
Ibank Jefferies Cuts Bankers As M&A Slows
(Reuters, Gary McWilliams and David French, 27.Sep.2019) — Jefferies Financial Group has laid off 15 people in its energy investment banking team, as the bank […]
PMI Comercio Internacional BODs Appoints New Members
(Pemex, 27.Sep.2019) — During its 122nd ordinary session, following a proposal placed by its Chairman, the Board of Directors of PMI Comercio Internacional appointed Ulises […]
Brazil Reports Oil Spill Along Northeast Beaches
(Reuters, Marta Nogueira and Roberto Samora, 26.Sep.2019) — Brazil’s environmental agency Ibama said on Thursday that an analysis of a vast oil spill along the […]