(Alaska Airlines, 12.Sep.2019) — Alaska Airlines today announced its #FillBeforeYouFly initiative to partner with guests and employees to continue reducing the use of single-use plastics […]
Pemex To Refinance Debt
(Pemex, 11.Sep.2019) — Pemex announced a series of measures intended to improve its financial condition. This operation considers a capital contribution from the Federal Government […]
Daqo Inks Two-Year Deal With JinkoSolar
(Daqo, 11.Sep.2019) — Daqo New Energy Corp. signed a two-year polysilicon supply agreement with JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., one of the largest and most innovative […]
Talos Energy Receives Extension For Block 7
(Talos, 11.Sep.2019) — Talos Energy Inc. announced that it has received a two-year contract term extension as well as regulatory approvals for additional exploration activities […]
Pemex Reveals Measures To Improve Financial Condition
(Pemex, 11.Sep.2019) — Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) announced a series of measures intended to improve its financial condition. First, Pemex announced that it expects to receive […]
CNPC Skips Venezuelan oil Loading For Second Month
(Reuters, Chen Aizhu, 10.Sep.2019) — China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), a leading buyer of Venezuelan oil, will skip cargo loadings for a second month in […]
Exec Suite: Chile’s Energy Minister Juan Carlos Jobet
(Chile’s Energy Ministry, 10.Sep.2019) — Jobet holds a degree in Commercial Engineering from the Universidad Católica and a master’s degree in Business Administration and another […]
Colombia Court Maintains Fracking Moratorium
(Reuters, 10.Sep.2019) — Colombia’s top administrative court maintained a temporary moratorium on the use of fracking on Tuesday, stymieing potential pilot projects amid ongoing arguments […]
Protest In Peru Halt Frontera’s Output
(Reuters, 10.Sep.2019) — Indigenous communities took control of a small airport and an oil pumping station in Peru to demand the government clean up pollution, […]
Petrobras Finishes Maromba Field Divestment
(Petrobras, 10.Sep.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the release dated 03/08/2019, concluded the sale of its 70% interest in the Maromba field, located in shallow […]
Rosneft Issues Statement On Venezuela
(Rosneft, 10.Sep.2019) — In connection with statements by US special envoy Elliott Abrams, Rosneft reaffirms its position regarding the Company’s operations in Venezuela. Rosneft is […]
Alpek Starts Ops At Cogeneración de Altamira
(Alpek, 10.Sep.2019) — Alpek, S.A.B. de C.V. says it has met all the legal dispositions required by the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) and Centro […]
Bolton Exit Shifts Oil Market Outlook
(Bloomberg, Lucia Kassai and David Wethe, 10.Sep.2019) — The firing of U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton gave oil markets some near-term supply comfort, while […]
Live At State With Elliott Abrams
(US Treasury, 10.Sep.2019) — U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams discussed issues related to Venezuela during a Live At State from Washington, D.C. MODERATOR: […]
Moody’s: PEMEX Ratings Close To Boundary
(Moody’s, 9.Sep.2019) — The credit ratings of a substantial number of energy companies in the Americas are currently near the “crossover zone,” or the boundary […]
Total Restates Commitment To Nigeria
(Total, 9.Sep.2019) — The top management of Total in Nigeria led by the Country Chair and Managing Director of Total E&P Mr. Mike Sangster, the […]
Mexico Boosts Spending In 2020 Budget
(Aljazeera, 9 Sept 2019) — Mexico‘s government cautiously freed up funds for spending in its 2020 budget proposal on Sunday, slightly loosening a primary surplus […]
Mexico Budget Assumes 1982 Output Surge
(Bloomberg, Amy Stillman, Nacha Cattan and Eric Martin, 9.Sep.2019) — Mexico’s balanced budget for next year depends in part on its oil company boosting production […]
Building Guyana’s Destiny
(Exxon, 9.Sep.2019) — Finding the next big discovery is only a small part of the story when it comes to energy. Delivering that new energy […]
Petrobras Starts Binding Phase For Recôncavo Cluster
(Petrobras, 6.Sep.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the release dated 07/03/2019, reports the beginning of the binding phase to sell all of its stakes in […]
Petrobras Start Binding Phase For Cricaré Cluster
(Petrobras, 6.Sep.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the release dated 06/11/2019, reports the beginning of the binding phase to sell all of its stakes in […]
Maduro Targets Guaido Over Guyana
(Argus, 6.Sep.2019) — Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro ordered state prosecutors to lodge treason charges against opposition leader Juan Guaido for allegedly agreeing to relinquish Venezuela’s […]
PdV Clings To Sliver Of Oil Refining Capacity
(Argus, 6.Sep.2019) — Venezuela’s national oil company PdV has lost almost all capacity to refine crude, with only a sliver of the 635,000 b/d Amuay […]
Petrobras On Class Action Decision
(Petrobras, 6.Sep.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the disclosure made on June 25, 2018, reports that on August 30, 2019, the Court of Appeals for […]
Mexico Launch World’s Largest Oil Hedge Program
(Reuters, Devika Krishna Kumar, Stefanie Eschenbacher, 5.Sep.2019) — Mexico has made the first moves to launch its annual $1 billion oil hedging program by asking […]
Colombia Renewable Capacity To Reach 5.9GW
(GlobalData, 5.Sep.2019) — Installed capacity of renewable power in Colombia is expected to rise from 2% in 2018 to 14% in 2025, with a further […]
S&P Removes Citgo From Credit Watch
(Citgo, 5.Sep.2019) — Standard & Poor’s (S&P), a leading credit rating agency, has removed Citgo Holding, Inc. and Citgo Petroleum Corporation’s outlook from credit watch […]
Petrobras Updates On TOR Approval
(Petrobras, 5.Sep.2019) — Petrobras reports that the Brazilian Senate approved the Constitutional Amendment Proposal (CAP) that allows the Federal Government to share with states, the […]
Mexichem Unveils Business Transformation
(Mexichem, 5.Sep.2019) — Mexichem, S.A.B. de C.V. reached the next milestone in its human-centered transformation, unveiling its new corporate name, Orbia, and its commitment to […]
Mexico To Launch World’s Largest Oil Hedge
(Reuters, Devika Krishna Kumar, Stefanie Eschenbacher, 5.Sep.2019) — Mexico has made the first moves to launch its annual $1 billion oil hedging program by asking […]
Exxon, Chevron See U.S. Shale Field Consolidation
(Reuters, 4.Sep.2019) — The two largest U.S. oil and gas companies on Tuesday left the door open for more acquisitions in the country’s top shale […]
Repsol Trading Wins Napo Oil Export Tender
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 4.Sep.2019) — Ecuador’s state oil company EP PetroEcuador awarded the export of 1,080,000 +/- 5% barrels of 17-degree API Napo […]
McDermott Announce First Cargo from Freeport LNG T1
(McDermott, 4.Sep.2019) — McDermott International, Inc. along with its partners, Chiyoda International Corporation and Zachry Group, announced today that the first commissioning cargo of liquefied […]
Argentina Pursues $5bn LNG Project Amid Political Havoc
(Bloomberg, Jonathan Gilbert, 4.Sep.2019) — Argentina’s state-run oil company, YPF SA, is pushing ahead with plans to build a $5 billion natural gas export terminal […]
Cheniere Takes Delivery Of Bechtel-built Corpus Christi Train 2
(Cheniere, 4.Sep.2019) — Cheniere Energy and Bechtel have announced the substantial completion of Train 2 at the Corpus Christi Liquefaction (CCL) project. Cheniere is now […]
Petrobras Wins Award For Innovative Technologies
(Petrobras, 3.Sep.2019) — Petrobras is receiving one of the most important awards in the petroleum and gas industry, given by the Brazilian chapter of the […]
Brazil Senate Approves TOR Settlement With Petrobras
(Reuters, 3.Sep.2019) — Brazil’s Senate on Tuesday night approved an amended transfer of rights agreement settling a dispute over pre-salt oil fields between the government […]
Petrobras Reveals August Production Figures
(Petrobras, 3.Sep.2019) — Petrobras reports that in August its total oil and gas production, including natural gas liquids (NGL), was 3 million barrels of oil […]
Venezuelan Oil Exports At Lowest Level In 2019
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, Mircely Guanipa, 3.Sep.2019) — Venezuela’s oil exports fell in August to their lowest level in 2019, internal reports and Refinitiv Eikon data […]
Petrobras Starts Binding Phase For Campos Basin
(Petrobras, 2.Sep.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the release dated 08/09/2019, reports the beginning of the binding phase to sell all of its operated working […]
Brazil Oil Output Rises 7% To 2.77 MMb/d In July-ANP
(Reuters, 2.Sep.2019) — Brazilian oil production increased to 2.77 million barrels per day (bpd) on average in July, up 7% from a year earlier, local […]
Piñera Presents COP 25 Chile Citizens’ Agenda
(Chile Energy Ministry, 2.Sep.2019) — President Piñera presents the COP 25 Chile citizens’ agenda: “Chile is calling on everyone to fight together to prevent climate […]
Liza Destiny Arrives In Guyana
(Argus, 2.Sep.2019) — Guyana received its first floating, production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) Liza Destiny in anticipation of ExxonMobil’s production launch in March 2020. […]
Liza Destiny FPSO Moves To Offshore Guyana
(Zacks, 30.Aug.2019 ) — Hess Corporation recently announced the arrival of Liza Destiny — an oil production vessel — at the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana. […]
Petrobras Extends Deadline To Divest Of Refineries
(Petrobras, 30.Aug.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 06/28/2019 and 07/15/2019, referring to the first stage of the sale processes of downstream […]
Michelin Announces Theme For 20th Design Program
(Michelin, 30.Aug.2019) — Michelin North America will celebrate its 20th global design competition, Michelin Challenge Design, in 2020 by linking the past to the future […]
Petrobras Reports On Debentures Public Offering
(Petrobras, 30.Aug.2019) — Petrobras was notified on the suspension of the public offering of simple, non-convertible, unsecured debentures, in up to three (3) series, of […]
LatAmNRG briefs: Liza Destiny, Dos Bocas, PDVSA
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 29.Aug.2019, Words: 327) — LatAmNRG briefs related to the Liza Destiny FPSO reaching Guyana, PDVSA investigating recent […]
Colombian Rebel Leader Issues New Call To Arms
(Reuters, Luis Jaime Acosta and Julia Symmes Cobb, 29.Aug.2019) — A group of former rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) said in […]
Hess Says Liza Destiny FPSO Arrives Offshore Guyana
(Hess, 29.Aug.2019) — Hess Corporation announced that the Liza Destiny, Guyana’s first oil production vessel, has arrived at the Stabroek Block. The Floating, Production, Storage […]