(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 […]
Argentina Still Owes Bolivia $250 Mln For Gas Imports
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 27.Sep.2018) — Bolivia’s government plans to meet soon with Argentine authorities in the Casa Rosada to again address the issue […]
Petrobras Bolivia Spuds Deep Caranda X1005 Well in Santa Cruz
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 27.Sep.2018) —The well was spud in the Caranda Field inthe presence of Bolivia’s President Evo Morales. The field is located […]
Neuquen Gas Production Reaches 69.8 MMcm/d in August 2018
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 27.Sep.2018) — Crude oil and natural gas production from the Neuquen Basin rose sequentially in August 2018. Oil production reached […]
Venezuela Faces Fresh Blow With Ship-Fuel Rules Threatening Exports
(Bloomberg, 27.Sep.2018) — New rules forcing ships to use cleaner marine fuels may deal yet another blow to cash-strapped Petroleos de Venezuela SA, an exporter […]
Khan: No Fuel Supply Disruption
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Julien Neaves, 26.Sep.2018) — Energy Minister Franklin Khan has assured there would be no disruption in fuel supply to the travelling […]
PetroTal Provides Update On Peruvian Blocks 95 and 107
(PetroTal Corp., 26.Sep.2018) — PetroTal Corp. is increasing production from the Bretaña oil field on Block 95, as well as evaluating the Osheki prospect in […]
PetroTal Corp. Announces Intention for Secondary Quote of Common Shares
(PetroTal Corp., 26.Sep.2018) — PetroTal Corp. announced its intention to seek a secondary quotation of its common shares with their admission to trading on the […]
Bolivia to Launch Super Ethanol 92 in October 2018
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 26.Sep.2018) — Bolivia is planning to launch a new ethanol: Super Ethanol 92. “Today, a decree was approved authorizing the […]
Pemex Plans up to 100,000 b/d of Light Crude Imports, Says CEO
(Reuters, David Alire Garcia, Marianna Parraga, 26.Sep.2018) — Mexican state-run oil company Pemex expects to begin importing up to 100,000 barrels per day of light […]
Petrobras, Equinor Ink 3-Year Deal for Wind Energy Projects
(Reuters, 26.Sep.2018) — Norway’s Equinor ASA and Brazil’s Petrobras agreed to jointly seek out offshore wind projects together for the next three years, executives from […]
Giving More Money to Pemex Could Hurt The Company
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 25.Sep.2018) — Contrary to what is thought, investing in Pemex and increasing its production could weaken the oil company, since […]
PetroMonagas, PetroVictoria Rumored to Have Changed President
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 26.Sep.2018) — The president of the two Venezuelan joint venture companies is rumored to have been changed, according to reports […]
Petrobras Cuts Gasoline Refinery Price After Pump Record
(Reuters, 24.Sep.2018) — Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA said on Monday that it would cut the average price of gasoline at its refineries […]
Methane Fears Cloud Argentina’s Shale Oil And Gas Future
(Financial Times, Benedict Mander, 23.Sep.2018) — Green energy groups say huge shale oil and gas reserve is leaking greenhouse gases. Jorge Daniel Taillant used a […]
Unlocking the Potential of Argentina’s Oil and Gas Resources
(Chevron, Clay Neff, 23.Sep.2018) — ‘A stable and predictable business environment is essential to draw the investment capital needed,’ says Chevron Africa and Latin America […]
Argentina’s Conventional Oil and Gas Attract Explorers
(Ft.com, Charles Newberry, 23.Sep.2019) — Fresh discovery indicates life beyond Vaca Muerta. A few years ago, when the giant shale play of Vaca Muerta was […]
Bolivia’s Incahuasi Field Producing 8 MMcm/d of Natural Gas
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 21.Sep.2018) — Bolivia’s President Evo Morales says natural gas production at the Incahuasi field, discovered in 2004, is currently eight […]
Bolivia’s Morales Says $165 Mln In Investments Planned for Incahuasi Field
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 21.Sep.2018) — Bolivia’s President Evo Morales announced details of investments destined to boost natural gas production at the Incahuasi field, […]
Alvopetro Announces Gas Treatment Facility Construction in Bahia
(Alvopetro Energy Ltd., 21.Sep.2018) — Alvopetro Energy Ltd. announced award of the contract for the construction of its Natural Gas Treatment Facility in the state […]
Brazil Presidential Hopeful Vows to Create 2 Million Green-Energy Jobs
(Efe, 21.Sep.2018) — Environmentalist Marina Silva said on Friday that if elected next month as Brazil’s president, she will create 2 million jobs through programs […]