(Petrobras, 8.Jul.2019) — Petrobras reports that it signed an Agreement with the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), which consolidates understandings between the parties on […]
Venezuela’s CRP Shuts Down After Blackout
(Oilprice.com, Irina Slav, 8.Jul.2019) — Venezuela’s refining complex CRP has been shut down after a blackout that occurred on Sunday, Argus Media reports, citing union […]
YPF Launches YPF Ventures, Invests In Bird
(YPF, 8.Jul.2019) — YPF announced the launch of YPF Ventures, a corporate venture capital fund that will expand YPF’s influence into emerging energy businesses. YPF […]
PDVSA to Restart CRP Refining by 10 Jul. 2019
(Argus, 8.Jul.2019) — Venezuela´s state-owned PdV plans to restart crude processing at the 940,000 b/d CRP refining complex by 10 July after electricity supply was […]
Petrobras Chief Governance, Compliance Officer Resigns
(Petrobras, 5.Jul.2019) — Petrobras informs that its Chief Governance and Compliance Executive Officer, Rafael Mendes Gomes, presented his resignation from the position, for personal reasons. […]
Eco, Total, Tullow Spud Jethro-Lobe Offshore Guyana
(Eco, 5.Jul.2019) — Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. announced that drilling operations have commenced offshore Guyana with the spudding of the first exploration well […]
About Guyana: GECOM
(GECOM, 5.Jul.2019) — Guyana, the only English speaking country in South America was first inhabited by the Amerindians until the era of the European exploration […]
Arrest Warrant Issued For Former Pemex CEO
(Reuters, 5.Jul.2019) — Mexico’s attorney general’s office said on Friday that a judge issued arrest warrants for the former chief executive of state oil firm […]
Petrobras Clarifies On Liquigás Divestment
(Petrobras, 5.Jul.2019) — Petrobras, in relation to the news published in the media, regarding the sale of Liquigás Distribuidora SA, clarifies that this divestment project […]
Petrobras Starts Teaser For Espirito Santo E&P Assets
(Petrobras, 5.Jul.2019) — Petrobras started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), related to the sale of its entire working interest in Peroá and Cangoá production fields […]
Petrobras Informs Of Capital Interest Payment
(Petrobras, 5.Jul.2019) — Petrobras informs that in connection to the press released of May 7th, 2019 that it is paying today Interest on Capital (IOC), […]
Sempra On Cameron LNG With McDermott, Chiyoda
(McDermott, 5.Jul.2019) — McDermott International (McDermott) and Chiyoda International (Chiyoda) announced today they have reached an agreement with Cameron LNG for performance-based commercial considerations related […]
JinkoSolar Supplies 7.8MW To Two Plants In Hungary
(JinkoSolar, 5.Jul.2019) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. announced that it has supplied I+D Energias with 7.8MW of solar modules which were installed at two PV […]
Trafigura Pte. To Export 340,000 Barrels Of VGO
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 4.Jul.2019) — Trafigura Pte. Ltd. was awarded a deal by EP Petroecuador for the export of 340,000 barrels ± 3% […]
The National Gas Company Key To Gas Value Chain
(T&T Newsday, Clint Chan Tack, 4.Jul.2019) — The National Gas Company (NGC) needs to remain a key part of this country’s natural gas value chain, […]
Dozens Arrested For Murder, Extortion Of Petrobras Contractors
(Reuters, Gram Slattery and Rodrigo Viga Gaier, 4.Jul.2019) — Police in Rio de Janeiro arrested more than 40 people on Thursday for their alleged roles […]
Guyana To Boost Royalties On Future Oil Licenses
(Reuters, 3.Jul.2019) — Guyana is preparing to raise the take of the government in future oil licences, the director of the South American country’s Department […]
Bechtel Delivers 1st Cargo To Corpus Christi’s Train 2
(Bechtel, 3.Jul.2019) — Bechtel and customer Cheniere Energy announced the completion of the first commissioning cargo with liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Train 2 at […]
Eni Awarded New E&P License Offshore Ghana
(Eni, 3.Jul.2019) — Eni (70%) and its partner Vitol (30%) have been awarded rights to Block WB03, located in the medium deep waters of the […]
Frontera Announces 2Q:19 Peru And Colombia Update
(Frontera, 3.Jul.2019) — Frontera Energy announces a second quarter 2019 operational update. All values in this news release and the Company’s financial disclosures are in […]
Constellation Announces Updates Regarding RJ Plan
(Constellation, 2.Jul.2019) — Constellation Oil Services Holding S.A., filed an amended plan (the “Plan”) in its recuperação judicial (“RJ”) proceeding in Brazil on July 1, […]
EPM Commences Tender Offer 8.375% Notes Due 2021
(EPM, 2.Jul.2019) — Empresas PĂşblicas de MedellĂn E.S.P. (EPM) its offer to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding 8.375% Notes due 2021 […]
Shale Helps Argentina Hit Oil, Natgas Output Record
(Reuters, 2.Jul.2019) — Argentine oil and natural gas output hit a record high in May thanks to increased production from the country’s sprawling Vaca Muerta […]
Total Eclipse Wipes Out Half Of Chile’s Solar Power
(Bloomberg, Laura Millan Lombrana, 2.Jul.2019) — The total eclipse that plunged South America into darkness for a short while on Tuesday also knocked out about […]
Eni Starts Production Offshore Mexico At Area 1
(Eni, 2.Jul.2019) — Eni has started the early production phase from the MiztĂłn field in Area 1, located in the Campeche Bay offshore Mexico. This […]
Venezuela To Blend Oil To Keep Exports Afloat: OilMin
(Reuters, 2.Jul.2019) — Venezuela will stick to its plan of blending domestic and foreign crude to maintain and even increase oil production and exports in […]
Chevron Seeks Relief From Trump’s Venezuela Oil Sanctions
(Bloomberg, Fabiola Zerpa, Peter Millard and Kevin Crowley, 2.Jul.2019) — Chevron Corp. is lobbying the U.S. for sanctions relief so it can continue doing business […]
Ahmeyim-1 Well Expands Resource Potential Offshore
(Kosmos, 1.Jul.2019) — Kosmos Energy announced the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim-1 well (GTA-1), drilled on the eastern anticline within the unit development area of Greater Tortue, […]
Former Petrobras CEO Appointed Nubank Member
(Reuters, 1.Jul.2019) — Brazilian financial startup Nubank has appointed former Petroleo Brasileiro SA’s Chief Executive Ivan Monteiro as a member of its risk committee and […]
Petrobras To Divest Refinery Assets To Trim Leverage
(Zacks, 1.Jul.2019) — In a bid to forge ahead with divestment goals, Petrobras has commenced the process of offloading four refineries namely Rnest, Rian, Repar […]
Moody’s Assigns B2 Rating To Pampa Energia’s Notes
(Moody’s, 1.Jul.2019) — Moody’s Investors Service assigned a B2 rating to Pampa EnergĂa S.A.’s proposed senior unsecured notes. The outlook is stable. Net proceeds from […]
Building LNG-powered Ships Along U.S./Mexico Border
(Chron.com, Sergio Chapa, 1.Jul.2019) — Keppel AmFELS has built offshore drilling rigs and platforms here for decades. But the last few years have not been […]
Bolivian Economy Stable But Storm Clouds Loom
(AP, Carlos Valdez, 1.Jul.2019) — Abraham RodrĂguez’s small shoe store grew into a factory that employed more than a dozen workers during an economic boom […]
JinkoSolar Commissions Solar Project In Abu Dhabi
(JinkoSolar, 1.Jul.2019) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. announced that the world’s largest[1] solar plant of 1,177MWp, which was jointly developed by the Company, Japan’s Marubeni […]
Petrobras Commences Cash Tender Offers
(Petrobras, 1.Jul.2019) — Petrobras announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (“PGF”), has commenced cash tender offers to repurchase certain of its outstanding […]
LatAm Briefs Bolivia: Govt Income, Mangnetoteluric Study
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 1.Jul.2019) — LatAmNRG briefs related to Bolivia and government receiving 67.4% of all hydrocarbon revenues during 2006-2018, the country eying […]
Pemex To Invest Combined $283 Million In Uchbal Field
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 29.Jun.2019) — Mexico’s state oil company PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (Pemex) plans to invest $266 million in development activities related at the […]
Pemex Refinances $8 Billion In Debt
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 28.Jun.2019) — Mexico’s state oil and gas entity Pemex announced refinancing of $8 billion in debt with support of 23 […]
Pemex BODs Approves Merger Of PEP-PPS And TRI-Pemex Etileno
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 28.Jun.2019) — The Board of Directors of PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (Pemex) unanimously approved, at the proposal of the General Director, Octavio […]
Petrobras’ Teasers For Downstream Assets In Brazil
(Petrobras, 28.Jun.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the release issued on April 26, 2019, announces the beginning of the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser) related to […]
Venezuela Reshifts Oil Output
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga and Luc Cohen, 28.Jun.2019) — Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA is revamping one of its major processing operations geared to supplying U.S. […]
JinkoSolar Announces 1Q:19 Financial Results
(JinkoSolar, 28.Jun.2019) — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019. First Quarter 2019 Highlights — […]
Glencore To Import 1,890,000 Barrels Of Cutter Stock
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.Jun.2019) — EP Petroecuador awarded Glencore Ltda. a deal to import 1,890,000 barrels ± 2% of cutter stock, a diluent […]
Colombia’s Iván Duque On Climate Change, Venezuela
(NBC, Claire Atkinson, 27.Jun.2019) — Advertising can help combat climate change, says Colombia’s president, Iván Duque, who recently spoke at the Cannes Lions International Festival […]
Enel Américas Launches Preemptive Rights Offerings
(Enel, 27.Jun.2019) — ENEL AMÉRICAS S.A. announced the launch of the preemptive rights offering in connection with the capital increase approved by the company’s shareholders […]
GeoPark Expands In the Llanos Basin In Colombia
(GeoPark, 27.Jun.2019) — GeoPark Limited announced the expansion of its portfolio in Colombia following the successful Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH) bid round in June […]
Techint To Build Headquarters In Neuquén
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 27.Jun.2019) — Techint Group’s Argentine affiliate Tecpetrol plans to inaugurate a new office in NeuquĂ©n by April 2020. “We hope […]
Premier Makes Significant Resource Upgrade At Zama
(Premier, 27.Jun.2019) — Premier has significantly increased its resource estimate of the Zama field offshore Mexico, following its evaluation of the data acquired from the […]
Brazil Bets Storing Oil Will Boost China Sales
(Bloomberg, 27.Jun.2019) — Brazil is making it easier for China’s teapots to buy Lula crude as it seeks to win more market share in the […]
NASA To Livestream South America Total Solar Eclipse
(NASA, 27.Jun.2019) — NASA has partnered with the Exploratorium in San Francisco to bring live views to people across the world of a total solar […]