(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 27.Apr.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to Mexico reviewing Odebrecht contracts, FMP transferring 115 billion pesos […]
Houses And Pipelines Associated With Pacific Refinery Uninsured
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.Apr.2019) — Nearly 140 houses adjacent to an embankment intended to be used by the Pacific Refinery as well as […]
Ecopetrol Reports Attack To OTA Pipeline In Casas FrĂas De Pupiales
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 26.Apr.2019) — Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol activated a contingency plan along the Trasandino Pipeline (OTA) after an attack on […]
Companhia Paranaense De Energia Files Form 20-F
(Copel, 26.Apr.2019) — Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL, a company that generates, transmits, distributes and sells power, with shares listed on the NYSE (ELPVY, […]
Petrobras BODs Gives Thumbs Up To Potential Refinery Sales
(Petrobras, 26.Apr.2019) — Petrobras announced that the Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, approved  new guidelines for the management of its asset portfolio. […]
Petronas Enters SPA with Petrobras for Stake in Tartaruga Verde Field
(Petronas, 26.Apr.2019) — Petronas through its subsidiary, Petronas PetrĂłleo Brasil Ltda. (PPBL) entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with PetrĂłleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras), […]
ANH President Discusses Projects At Colombia’s Escuela Superior de Guerra
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 26.Apr.2019) — Colombia National Hydrocarbon Agency President Luis Miguel Morelli presented “Offshore Exploration and Production Projects” during a discussion at […]
IDB Lends $600 Million To Aid Colombia Improve Energy Matrix
(Renewables Now, 26.Apr.2019) — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced on Thursday it will give Colombia a USD-600-million (EUR 538.9m) loan to diversify and improve […]
Finnish Refiner Neste Hit By Venezuela Oil Sanctions
(Reuters, Tarmo Virki, 26.Apr.2019) — Finnish biofuel producer and oil refiner Neste reported a bigger than expected fall in quarterly profit on Friday, with U.S. […]
Argentina Exported An Average 6 MMcm/d To Chile During 1Q:19
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 25.Apr.2019) — Argentina shipped an average of almost 6 million cubic meters per day (MMcmd/) of natural gas to Chile […]
Venezuela’s Oil Industry Implosion Reaches Chevron
(Oilprice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 25.Apr.2019) — Massive blackouts in Venezuela in March and April have drastically reduced oil production at Chevron’s biggest oil joint venture in […]
Guyana’s Latest Discovery Similar To Nearby Liza, Hess Says
(Seeking Alpha, Carl Surran, 25.Apr.2019) — Hess says Guyana’s latest offshore deepwater discovery contains oily fluids similar to those of the initial Liza discovery, which […]
Guyana Oil Find Spurs Exploration Campaigns Among Neighbors
(Amsterdam News, Bert Wilkinson, 25.Apr.2019) — As Guyana, the Caribbean Community’s largest and most resource-rich nation, prepares to become an oil producer by the end […]
TGS Files 2018 Annual Report With SEC On Form 20-F
(TGS, 25.Apr.2019) — Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A. (TGS) filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 […]
Petrobras Inks Three Deals To Divest Of Assets Worth US$10.3 Billion
(Petrobras, 25.Apr.2019) — Petrobras informs that today it executed three sale and purchase agreements to sell assets in the total amount of US$ 10.3 billion […]
CNOOC Limited Announces Key 1Q:19 Operational Statistics
(CNOOC Ltd. 25Apr.2019) — CNOOC Limited announced its key operational statistics for the first quarter of 2019. The Company achieved a total net production of […]
Newpark Resources Reports 1Q:19 Results, GOM Update
(Newpark, 25.Apr.2019) — Newpark Resources, Inc. today announced results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2019. Total revenues for the first quarter of 2019 […]
Petrobras Sets Aside R$1.3bn For Litigation Involving Sete Brasil
(Petrobras, 25.Apr.2019) — Petrobras informs, within its ongoing process of assessment of contingencies, that it will provision R$ 1.3 billion as a result of the […]
Petrobras Clarifies News Of Agreement With Lava-Jato Task Force
(Petrobras, 25.Apr.2019) — Petrobras informs that it received the Official Letter No. 141/2019/CVM/SEP/GEA-1, which requests the following clarification: Official Letter No 141/2019/CVM/SEP/GEA-1 “Dear Executive Officer, […]
DaVita Eyes Using 100 Pct Renewable Energy By 2022
(DaVita, 25.Apr.2019) — By 2022, DaVita Inc. expects to use 100 percent renewable energy. The company has contracted with Longroad Energy on two virtual power […]
LatAmNRG Venezuela Briefs: Oil Worker March, Maduro Denounces Citgo Grab
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 24.Apr.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to a planned oil and gas sector march slated for […]
Canadian Solar To Divest Interest In Brazilian Solar Project To Nebras Power
(Canadian Solar, 24.Apr.2019) — Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies, announced today the signing of an agreement for the sale […]
Petrobras Names New Chief Financial And Investor Relations Officer
(Petrobras, 24.Apr.2019) — Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, elected Ms. Andrea Marques de Almeida as the Company’s Chief […]
Shell Announces Deep-Water GOM Discovery At Blacktip Prospect
(Shell, 24.Apr.2019) — Shell Offshore Inc. (“Shell”), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, today announced a significant discovery at the Blacktip prospect in the […]
Petrobras Says BOD Approves Voluntary Severance Program
(Petrobras, 24.Apr.2019) — Petrobras reports that its Board of Directors has approved a new Voluntary Severance Program – PDV. Employees of Petrobras holding who are […]
Occidental Makes $38bn Rival Bid for Anadarko
(WoodMac, 24.Apr.2019) — Occidental Petroleum today put forward a rival bid to acquire Anadarko Petroleum for US$38 billion, surpassing Chevron’s US$33 billion offer earlier this […]
Petrobras Updates On Auction Of Transfer Of Rights Excess Volumes
(Petrobras, 24.Apr.2019) — Petrobras following up on the release dated 04/09/2019, informs that, on 04/18/2019, the Resolution of the National Council of Energy Policy (CNPE) […]
Petrobras Appoints New Executive Manager Over IR Department
(Petrobras, 24.Apr.2019) — Petrobras informs that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, approved the appointment of Ms. Carla Dodsworth Albano Miller to […]
Reuters Corrects Story Saying Venezuela Is Avoiding U.S. Sanctions by Funneling Oil Sales Through Russia
(The Moscow Times, 24.Apr.2019) — Reuters has corrected a story it published on April 18 saying Venezuela is funneling cash flow from oil sales through […]
Venezuela’s April Crude Exports Rise To 955,000 b/d After Blackouts
(S&P Global Platts, 24.Apr.2019) — Venezuela’s state-owned PDVSA is set to export 955,000 b/d of crude in April, up from 843,000 b/d in March, when […]
Ecuador President Mandates Merger of Petroamazonas And Petroecuador
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 24.Apr.2019) — Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno mandated on 24 April 2019 initiation of a process to merge oil companies Petroamazonas […]
PDVSA Says Morichal Electric Generation Plant Back In Service
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 24.Apr.2019) — PDVSA’s Carabobo Division of the Hugo Chávez Orinoco Oil Belt, or Faja, started up the TG200 turbogenerator at […]
New Chief Vows To Keep Petrobras Free From Political Meddling
(Ft.com, Bryan Harris and Andres Schipani, 24.Apr.2019) — Castello Branco knows Brazil oil group needs to show autonomy to regain investor trust. Roberto Castello Branco, […]
Shell Strikes Big Oil In Blacktip Well Of Gulf Of Mexico
(Reuters, 24.Apr.2019) — Royal Dutch Shell’s U.S. unit said on Wednesday that it had made one of its biggest oil discoveries in the Blacktip deepwater […]
Canadian Solar To Sell 483-MW Project Portfolio In Brazil
(Renewables Now, 24.Apr.2019) — Canadian Solar Inc has reached a deal to sell an 80% stake in a 482.6-MWp portfolio of contracted Brazilian solar projects […]
Debt Ghosts Rattle Argentina’s Push For Shale Greatness
(Bloomberg, Alix Steel and Jonathan Gilbert, 24.Apr.2019) — To replicate the kind of shale boom taking place in America’s Permian Basin, Argentina first needs to […]
PDVSA Says Oilfield Power Generator Activated After Blackouts
(Reuters, 24.Apr.2019) — Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA on Wednesday said it had activated a power generator that would allow for an increase in crude […]
Venezuela Imports Crude For The First Time In Five Years
(Bloomberg, Lucia Kassai, 24.Apr.2019) — Oil production in Venezuela has dipped so low that the owner of the world’s largest reserves is importing crude for […]
Bolivia Gas Production: “Increasingly Smaller, Increasingly Expensive”
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman and Piero Stewart, 23.Apr.2019) — Bolivia’s production of natural gas reached 36 million cubic meters per day (MMcmd/) in March […]
Talos Energy To Announce 1Q:19 Results May 8, 2019
(Talos, 23.Apr.2019) — Talos Energy Inc. intends to release first quarter 2019 results for the period ended March 31, 2019 on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 […]
Murphy Oil Dives Into Deepwater GOM With $1.6bn LLOG Bluewater Deal
(WoodMac, 23.Apr.2019) — Murphy Oil Exploration is poised to buy several deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets from LLOG Exploration for a total of US$1.625 billion, […]
Mexico’s 1P Reserves Down Substantially Versus 20 Years Ago
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 23.Apr.2019) — Mexico’s combined proved crude oil and natural gas reserves (1P) have dwindled down to 7.9 billion barrels of […]
Argentina’s Vaca Muerta Formation Produces 35% Of Country’s Natural Gas
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 23.Apr.2019) — Argentina’s Vaca Muerta formation currently accounts for close to 35% of Argentina’s natural gas production and 15% of […]
SAExploration Announces New $25mn Ocean-Bottom Marine Project In Brazil
(SAExploration, 23.Apr.2019) — SAExploration Holdings, Inc. (SAE) announced a new deep-water ocean-bottom marine project award in Brazil for a major international oil company valued at […]
Phoenix Global Announces Departure Of CEO Anuj Sharma
(Phoenix, 23.Apr.2019) — Phoenix Global Resources plc announces that Mr. Sharma has served a notice on the company, which the company is treating as a […]
On South America’s Largest Solar Farm, Chinese Power Radiates
(Reuters, Cassandra Garrison, 23.Apr.2019) — In an arid, lunar-like landscape in the sunny highlands of northern Argentina, South America’s largest solar farm is rising, powered […]
Pemex Head Says Fuel Theft In April 2019 Down 98% Since November 2018
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 22.Apr.2019) — The illegal theft of combustible in Mexico is down 98% since November, announced Pemex General Director Octavio Romero […]
Petrobras Says Daily Gasoline And Diesel Prices Available On Website
(Petrobras, 22.Apr.2019) — Petrobras informs that as of today, the daily prices of gasoline and diesel in each of its points of sale throughout the […]
LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Ammonia-Urea Production, NPK Fertilizer
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 22.Apr.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to Bolivia and rising production in 2019 from the Cochabamba […]
Bolivia Eyes Exporting LNG Through Argentina, Importing Crude
(S&P Global Platts, 22.Apr.2019) — Bolivia is looking at exporting natural gas globally through liquefaction terminals to be built in Argentina, and to buy crude […]