(Shawcor Ltd. 4.Oct.2018) — Shawcor Ltd. (SCL) announced that its pipe coating division has been assigned work from Saipem valued at approximately C$110 million to […]
Citgo, Valero Drive Up U.S. Purchases of Venezuelan Oil in September
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, 4.Oct.2018) — Venezuela’s September crude sales to the United States rose to their highest in over a year, boosted by purchases by […]
AMLO Sees EOR, Pemex Farm-Outs As Key To Boosting Mexican Oil, Gas Output
(S&P Global Platts, Daniel Rodriguez, 4.Oct.2018) — Mexico’s President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will allow Pemex to continue farming out projects to boost oil and […]
Bolivian, German Companies Form JV Entity to Produce Lithium-ion Batteries
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 4.Oct.2018) — Yacimientos del Litio Bolivianos (YLB), a Bolivian company, and ACI Systems of Germany signed a deal for the […]
Transparency in Bolivian Hydrocarbon Information Needed, Jubilee Foundation Says
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 3.Oct.2018) — Transparency in information is necessary in order for Bolivia and producing departments of the small Andean country to […]
YPF Updates On Oil Combustibles S.A. Bankruptcy Proceedings
(YPF, 3.Oct.2018) — YPF S.A. received notice of the decision adopted by the judge in charge of Oil Combustibles S.A.’s bankruptcy proceedings, which awarded the […]
Bolivia’s Economic Growth Expected to Exceed 4.5%: IMF
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 3.Oct.2018) — Details of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates were reported by the daily newspaper La Razón, citing a […]
Trinidad Government Defends Decision To Close Petrotrin
(CMC, 3.Oct.2018) — The Trinidad and Tobago government Monday reiterated its position that it was necessary to close down the refinery of the state-owned oil […]
Venezuela’s Oil Exports Are Falling Even Faster Than Expected
(OilPrice.com, Irina Slav, 3.Oct.2018) — A delay in port repairs following a tanker collision is putting additional pressure on already pressured Venezuelan crude oil exports, […]
Bolivia’s ENDE Suspends Rositas Hydroelectric Project
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 3.Oct.2018) — Bolivia’s National Electricity Company (ENDE) has temporarily suspended the Rositas hydroelectric project. Delegates from affected communities and two […]
Jubilee Foundation Says Bolivian Gas Output Below Projections
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 3.Oct.2018) — The Jubilee Foundation announced Bolivia’s production of natural gas is short of projections outlined in the country’s Integral […]
Ecuador, UN to Audit 5 Oil Projects Promoted Under Correa
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 2.Oct.2018) — Ecuador, with the assistance of the United Nations Organization (UN), is auditing five major oil projects promoted by […]
Venezuelan Oil Port Repairs Delayed, Crude Exports Fall: Sources
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, 2.Oct.2018) — Repairs to a dock at Venezuela’s main oil export port will take at least another month to complete following a […]
Baker Hughes to Bid for Petrobras PSC -Baker Hughes Executive
(Reuters, Marta Nogueira, Alexandra Alper, 2.Oct.2018) — General Electric Co’s unit Baker Hughes is preparing an offer for a production-sharing deal with Brazil’s Petrobras, a […]
Why Companhia Energetica, and Petrobras Stocks All Popped Today
(The Motley Fool, Rich Smith, 2.Oct.2018) — Investors are upbeat facing the upcoming Brazilian presidential election. What happened Brazilian oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) saw […]
Mexico’s President-Elect AMLO Commits to Respect Oil Contracts
(Renaissance Oil Corp., 2.Oct.2018) — Renaissance Oil Corp. announced that Mexico’s president-elect, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who will take office on December 1, 2018, assured […]
Oil Services Giant Schlumberger Contemplates New Investments in Ecuador
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 2.Oct.2018) — Schlumberger is said to be contemplating “new investments” in Ecuador. The announcement was revealed after a meeting between […]
Cut Venezuela’s Oil Exports, and Cut its Tyrant Down to Size
(Washington Examiner, 1.Oct.2018) — Meeting with the president of Chile at the White House on Friday, President Trump pledged to continue confronting humanitarian suffering in […]
Petrobras Offers Clarification On Valor Econômico News
(Petrobras, 1.Oct.2018) — Petrobras received the Official Letter No. 363/2018/CVM/SEP/GEA-1, which requests the following clarification: Official Letter No. 363/2018/CVM/SEP/GEA-1 “Mr. Director, 1. We refer to […]
Pemex to Import U.S. LLS Crude for Oct Delivery
(Reuters, 1.Oct.2018) — Mexico’s state-run Pemex has launched a tender to buy 350,000 barrels of U.S. Light Louisiana Sweet (LLS) crude for October delivery, according […]
Trinidad to Raise Gasoline Price, Use $65/bbl Oil in 2019 Budget
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 1.Oct.2018) — Trinidad and Tobago will use a $65 per barrel oil price to calculate its 2019 budget. Other key […]
Argentina: The Energy Challenge
(YPF, 1.Oct.2018) — Argentina’s unconventional oil & gas resources are among the world’s largest. YPF is working and investing to increase production with the aim […]
Oil Workers Protest Pay in Venezuela
(Bloomberg, 1.Oct.2018) — Venezuelan oil workers protested against a new minimum wage at key crude processing facilities last week, claiming the new law disregards previous […]
$2.6 Billion to Close Petrotrin Refinery
(LoopTT, Darlisa Ghouralal, 1.Oct.2018) — Severance packages for retrenched Petrotrin workers are expected to cost the State in the region of $2.6 billion. Finance Minister Colm […]
Obrador’s Government Will Renovate Refineries of Petroleos Mexicanos
(Prensa Latina, 1.Oct.2019) — The government of elected president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will make a strong investment to rehabilitare the six refineries presently property […]
India Eyes Rupee-Route, Barter for Venezuelan Crude
(The Hindu Business Line, Vishwanath Kulkarni, Richa Mishra, 30.Sep.2018) — India is considering setting up a rupee-payment mechanism for trade with Venezuela, besides exporting rice […]
Trinidad Energy Chamber, Petrotrin Officials Discuss Refinery Closure
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 30.Sep.2018) — Members of the Energy Chamber of Trinidad & Tobago and a Petrotrin transition team meet to discuss issues […]
Mexico’s Oil Regulator Backs Pemex Picking Its Own Partners
(Reuters, 30.Sep.2018) — Mexico’s oil regulator supports a proposal to allow state-run oil company Pemex to pick its own equity partners for exploration and production […]
Venezuela to Continue in Defense of Oil Market Equilibrium
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 29.Sep.2018) — Venezuela’s Oil Minister Manuel Quevedo announced the South American country would continue to seek equilibrium in the petroleum […]
Energy Chamber to Host Forum in Guyana in November
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 29.Sep.2018) — The Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago will host a forum in Guyana in November 2018, to share […]
Brazil Says to Suspend Energy Imports from Venezuela
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 28.Sep.2018) — The Brazilian government announced it would suspend, until further notice, the importation of Venezuelan energy to supply Roraima, […]
Mexico Must Double Oil Exploration Spending to Halt Output Fall: Pemex
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, David Alire Garcia, 28.Sep.2018) — Mexico will need to double to about $4 billion its annual oil exploration investment to reverse a […]
Petrobras Reports On Adjustment Of Sale Prices
(Petrobras, 28.Sep.2018) — Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on Aug. 7, 2018 and Aug. 31, 2018, informs that, due to the methodology established […]
Grid Connection for Over 1 GW of Enel Solar Parks in Mexico
(Renewables Now, 28.Sep.2018) — Italian energy major Enel SpA has switched on and hooked to the grid two solar parks in Mexico totalling 1,089 MW. […]
GB-Texaco Unveils Cashless, Cardless Fuel Payment System
(Jamaica Gleaner, Neville Graham, 28.Sep.2018) — GB Energy Jamaica, the petroleum marketing company that operates the Texaco fuel stations, was to unveil a new automated […]
Shell Adds Material Acreage To Its Deep-water Position In Brazil
(Shell, 28.Sep2018) — Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, and its bid consortium member Chevron Brasil Óleo & Gás Ltda, […]
Mexico Oil Auction Winners Stay Positive
(Bloomberg, Amy Stillman, 28.Sep.2018) — Mexico’s oil auction winners BHP Billiton Ltd and DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG are hopeful that the slowdown in bid rounds […]
Transocean Extends Contract for Petrobras 10000 Through 2021
(Transocean Ltd., 28.Sep.2018) — Transocean Ltd. announced the ultra-deepwater drillship Petrobras 10000 was awarded a 790-day contract extension offshore Brazil with Petrobras. The contract is […]
ExxonMobil Grabs Additional Acreage in Brazil’s 5th Pre-Salt Bid Round
(ExxonMobil, 28.Sep.2018) — Irving, Texas-based ExxonMobil increased its holdings in Brazil’s pre-salt basins after it won the Titã exploration block with co-venturer Qatar Petroleum during […]
Uruguay Judge Orders ANCAP to Pay $5.6 Mln to Exor Internacional Ltda.
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 28.Sep.2018) — Uruguayan Judge Carlos Aguirre ordered ANCAP to pay a fine of $5.6 million plus interest to Exor Internacional […]
Equinor and Petrobras Sign Brazilian Offshore MOU
(WindPowerOffshore, Craig Richard, 28.Sep.2018) — State-owned oil majors Equinor and Petrobras have signed a three-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop the country’s offshore wind […]
Oil Spill Reported at Venezuela’s Anzoátegui Petrochemical Complex
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.Sep.2018) — Venezuela’s José Antonio Anzoátegui Petrochemical Complex was the site of a crude oil spill that affected the beaches […]
Energy Reform To Continue To Reap Benefits For Mexico: Treviño Medina
(Pemex, 27.Sep.2018) — Petróleos Mexicanos CEO, Carlos Treviño Medina, assured that the Energy Reform is beginning to yield important benefits for Mexico by allowing new […]
Pemex to Begin Importing US Crude in H2 October: CEO
(S&P Global Platts, Daniel Rodriguez, 27.Sep.2018) — Pemex plans to begin importing light crude from the US Gulf Coast in the second half of October, […]
Interview: Pemex’s CEO Expects FID for Four New Fields in 2019
(S&P Global Platts, Daniel Rodriguez, 27.Sep.2018) — Mexico’s state oil company Pemex expects to make a final investment decision (FID) and begin development of its […]
Talos Energy Announces Approval Of Zama Appraisal Plan
(Talos Energy, 27.Sep.2018) — Talos Energy Inc. announced the Mexican oil & gas regulator, the National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) has approved the appraisal plan for […]
EP PetroEcuador Manager Supervises Terminal Operations [Video]
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 27.Sep.2018) — EP PetroEcuador General Manager Pablo Flores supervised operations at the El Chorrillo, Pascuales and a Estación de Transferencia […]
EP PetroEcuador controls fire at Esmeraldas refinery AOV 14 tank
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 27.Sep.2018, Words: 91) — Today at approximately 12:10 pm a fire was reported at the Esmeraldas Refinery AOV 14 Asphalt […]