(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 19.Nov.2018) — Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Minister Luis Alberto Sánchez and Paraguay’s Public Works Minister Arnoldo Wiens signed a Memorandum of Understanding […]
Responding To Disruptive Trends In Energy
(Jamaica Observer, 19.Nov.2018) — Energy storage, distributed energy, renewables and electric vehicles powered by a smart grid are among the main disruptive trends in the […]
Ensign Moves Up Trinidad Bid Deadline
(Financial Post, 19.Nov.2018) — Ensign’s date change makes it more likely that it will emerge as the successful bidder for Trinidad, CIBC analyst says. Rising […]
YPFB Participated In 22 Events In 2018 Promoting Usage Of Urea
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 18.Nov.2018) — Bolivia’s state oil company YPFB participated in 22 agricultural and multi-sector fairs or events to inform the population […]
France’s Total Sets Up Production Hub In Jamaica
(Jamaica Observer, Karena Bennett, 18.Nov.2018) — Months after announcing plans to expand operations in Jamaica, Total Jamaica has set up a production hub on the […]
Trinidad Government Defends Guarantee To Petrotrin
(CMC, 16.Nov.2018) — The Trinidad and Tobago government Wednesday said it provided guarantees of more than US$400 million to the cash-strapped oil company, Petrotrin, to […]
Bolivian Gas Price Rises In Brazil And Argentina
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 16.Nov. 2018) — The price of natural gas in Brazil and Argentina to-date has risen in both markets compared to […]
Premier Oil Eyes 3D Seismic At Mexico’s Block 30
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Nov.2018) — Premier Oil plans to acquire 3D seismic across Block 30, which contains the high impact Wahoo prospect, and reprocess existing […]
McDermott Hosts Celebratory Event For Abkatun-A2 Sail Away
(McDermott, 15.Nov.2018) — McDermott International, Inc. announced the details at an event hosted at their world-class fabrication yard in Altamira, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The event celebrates […]
McDermott Awarded Services Contract By Talos Energy
(McDermott, 15.Nov.2018) — McDermott International, Inc. announced a contract award for concept and engineering services for Talos Energy Inc. for the Zama field development project […]
Venezuela Set To Share Economic Data With IMF
(OilPrice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 15.Nov.2018) — OPEC’s member Venezuela—which is sitting on the world’s largest crude oil reserves but which is suffering the worst loss of […]
Premier Oil To Spud Zama Appraisal Well in late-November 2018
(Premier Oil, 15.Nov.2018) — In September, the Mexican authorities approved the Zama pre-unitisation agreement between Pemex and the Block 7 partners as well as the […]
Echo Energy Updates On Onshore Argentine Licenses
(Echo Energy plc, 15.Nov.2018) — Echo Energy provided an update on its planned operational programme and the continued development of its regional portfolio. Initiation of […]
Venezuela Pushing For Dragon Gas In 18 Months
(Trinidad Express, 15.Nov.2018) — Venezuela’s minister of energy, Manuel Quevedo, said yesterday that his country’s state-owned oil giant PDVSA expects to start sending natural gas […]
BP, Pan American Eye Exporting Argentina Shale Gas As LNG Via Chile
(S&P Global Platts, 15.Nov.2018) — Pan American Energy, the second-biggest oil producer and third for gas in Argentina, is working with BP on potentially exporting […]
Bright Star of Mexico’s Energy Reform Bowing Out Of Spotlight
(NGI, Ronald Buchanan, 15.Nov.2018) — One of main energizers of Mexico’s nascent energy reform, Juan Carlos Zepeda, has resigned as president of the upstream regulator, […]
Chile’s Pontificia Universidad Católica Wins Airbus 2018 GEDC Award
(Airbus, 14.Nov.2018) — Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile’s SaviaLab recognised for innovative use of technology to increase diversity in engineering education. The SaviaLab diversity initiative […]
Officials At Mexico’s Central Bank, Oil Regulator Resign
(Financial Times, Jude Webber, 14.Nov.2018) — A deputy governor of the Bank of Mexico and head of the country’s oil regulator have both stepped down […]
T&T Energy Minister: Positive Growth Forecast For NatGas Markets
(Loop News, 14.Nov.2018) — Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and President of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, Franklin Khan, said the natural gas industry […]
New Fortress Energy planning Nasdaq listing
(Jamaica Gleaner, Steven Jackson, 14.Nov.2018) — New Fortress Energy, the American company that develops gas infrastructures and supplies natural gas to Jamaica, has considered listing […]
German Energy Firm To Launch IPO In Jamaica
(Jamaica Gleaner, Neville Graham, 14.Nov.2018) — A foreign investor in Jamaica’s largest solar farm under construction in Westmoreland will be floating shares on the Jamaica […]
No Credible Reports Of Corruption In Guyana Oil Sector
(Stabroek News, 14.Nov.2018) — The Department of Energy (DoE) has to date received no credible reports of any form of corruption as it relates contractors […]
Argentina’s Energy Sec. Iguacel Promotes Vaca Muerta In US Road Show
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 13.Nov.2018) — Argentina’s Energy Secretary Javier Iguacel participated in the annual Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPPA) meeting held in […]
President Energy Says Argentine Oil Well Better Than Expected
(President Energy, 13.Nov.2018) — President Energy announced that production results from its first new Argentine well were ahead of expectations, while results from the second […]
Producer Trinidad Calls For Global Gas Pricing Index
(Reuters, 13.Nov.2018) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley on Tuesday called on the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) to develop and implement a […]
Shell Adds New, Deep-water Production In Brazil
(Oil & Gas Technoloy, Mark Venables, 13.Nov.2018) — New, deep-water production is underway at Lula Extreme South in the Brazilian Santos Basin. Royal Dutch Shell […]
EP Petroecuador To Open Envelopes For Diesel No. 2 Tender
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 13.Nov.2018) — EP Petroecuador will open envelopes today related to the import of 3,120,000 barrels (plus or minus 2%) of […]
Fuel Shortages The New Norm In Venezuela As Oil Industry Unravels
(Reuters, Tibisay Romero, Deisy Buitrago, 13.Nov.2018) — With chronic shortages of basic goods afflicting her native Venezuela, Veronica Perez used to drive from supermarket to […]
Pampa Energia Curbs Polystyrene, Styrene Butadiene Rubber Output On Demand
(S&P Global Platts, Bernardo Fallas, 13.Nov.2018) — Argentina-based energy company Pampa Energia is cutting polystyrene and styrene butadiene rubber production amid lackluster demand in Argentina […]
Work On Modernization Of Talara Refinery Reaches 71% Mark
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 12.Nov.2018) — Construction of the Talara refinery in Perú continues. Modernization work at the refinery — which is comprised of […]
YPF Says Combined Output Plummets 4.3% In 3Q:18
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 12.Nov.2018) — YPF announced that combined equivalent production fell 4.3% in the third quarter of 2018. Total production fell to […]
Pampa Energía To Hold 3Q:18 Conference Call
(Pampa Energía, 12.Nov.2018) — Pampa Energía S.A. announced it will hold a conference call to discuss its 3Q:18 results on Tuesday November 13, 2018 at […]
Pampa Energía Announces 3Q:18 Results, Accrual Impact
(Pampa Energía, 12.Nov.2018) — Pampa Energía S.A. announces results for the nine-month period and quarter ended on September 30, 2018. All figures are stated in […]
Oil And Gas Could Dominate 2020 General Election In Guyana
(CMC, 12.Nov.2018) — Finance Minister Winston Jordan has given an insight into the campaign for the 2020 general elections in Guyana telling voters that the […]
Argentina Initiates U.S. ‘Vaca Muerta’ Road Show
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 12.Nov.2018) — Officials from Argentina initiated a road show today in the U.S. aimed at attracting investments in the Vaca […]
World Bank Partners With Guyana For New Oil Sector
(Guyana Department of Public Information, 12.Nov.2018) — Prime Minister Hon. Moses V. Nagamootoo held discussions with a high-level, five-member team from the World Bank, which […]
Frontera To Commence Solicitation Related To 9.7% Senior Unsecured Notes
(Frontera Energy Corporation, 12.Nov.2018) — Frontera Energy Corporation intends to commence a consent solicitation to amend the indenture governing its outstanding 9.7% Senior Unsecured Notes […]
PetroPerú Says Ilo Terminal Work Reaches 35% Completion Mark
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 12.Nov. 2018) — Work related to construction of the new Ilo Terminal, being carried out by the Felguera Consortium, has […]
The Next Offshore Boom: Is Senegal The New Guyana?
(Oilprice.com, Viktor Katona, 12.Nov.2018) — I know what you think – such a headline is quite reckless given that Guyana has not produced any oil […]
Venezuela Hoping To Steeply Raise Oil Output Next Year
(Reuters, 11.Nov.2018) — Venezuela is hoping to steeply raise oil output next year but will respect any new deal if OPEC agrees to reduce output […]
Brazil, Bolsonaro And Oil: A Future In The Balance
(The National, Robin Mills, 11.Nov.2018) — New president may make unpleasant listening but he says he wants to open up the country’s energy industry, which […]
Ecopetrol Activates Contingency Plans In Cedeño District
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 11.Nov.2018) — Ecopetrol announced it has activated contingency plans after a new attack on the Caño Limón-Coveñas pipeline located in […]
Ecuador To Use $58.29/bbl Oil Price In 2019 Budget
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 11.Nov.2018) — Ecuador announced it will utilize a $58.29 per barrel oil price to calculate projected oil export revenues in […]
ANCAP Interested In Hydrogen For Transport, Marta Jara Says
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 11.Nov.2018) — Uruguay is studying possibilities with hydrogen. “ANCAP is interested in the hydrogen option, because it is an ideal […]
JPS Promises Improved Power Supply After $116 Million Grid Investment
(Jamaica Gleaner,11.Nov.2018) — The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is promising a more reliable power supply with an improved and more reliable grid in which […]
JPS’s Sheree Martin Prepares To Go Off JPS Grid
(Jamaica Observer, 11. Nov.2018) — Sheree Martin, JPS’ senior vice-president (SVP) for business development, has announced her resignation from the energy company, effective November 27, […]
Venezuela Gov’t Says Sabotage To Blame For Electric Outages In Margarita
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 10.Nov.2018) — An explosion that occurred along a segment of the Northeast Gas Pipeline José Francisco Bermúdez, and which caused […]
EP PetroEcuador Inks Transport Deal With OCP Ecuador
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 10.Nov. 2018) — EP Petroecuador signed a contract with OCP Ecuador S.A. on November 9, 2018 to renew the transportation […]
Colombia’s Cano Limon Pipeline Hit By New Bomb Attack
(Reuters, 10.Nov.2018) — Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol said on Saturday it was mounting another cleanup operation after a bomb attack on the Cano Limon […]
Uruguay’s Energy Matrix And Renewable Energies
“Uruguay’s energy matrix is one of the most outstanding in the world due to the variety of renewable energies” — ANCAP President Marta Jara.