(OilPrice.com, Irina Slav, 10.Aug.2018) – Canadian gold miner Crystallex was ruled the winner in a long-running case against Venezuela, which it has sued for the […]
PDVSA President Says Venezuela Production Stabilized
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 10.Aug.2018) – PDVSA President Manuel Quevedo assured that Venezuelan crude oil production had stabilized. Quevedo, who also serves as Venezuela’s […]
PDVSA Cut Debt to Rosneft $400 Mln in Q2
(Neftegaz.RU, 10.Aug.2018) – According to Platts, Venezuela’s state oil and gas company PDVSA cut its debt to Russia’s top crude producer Rosneft by $400 million […]
Venezuela Facing Compounding Oil Woes
(UPI, Daniel J. Graeber, 10.Aug.2018) – Though it holds the largest reserves of oil in the world, production levels put it only in the middle […]
PDVSA Appeals Ruling Regarding Citgo Seizure
(AFP, 10.Aug.2018) – Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA on Friday appealed a US court ruling that would allow a Canadian mining company to seize shares […]
Analysts: Only a Matter of Time Before Venezuela Loses Citgo
(Houston Chronicle, Jordan Blum, 10.Aug.2018) – Financially crippled Venezuela likely will lose control of its Houston refining arm Citgo Petroleum once a slew of lawsuits […]
Venezuela’s Oil Sales to U.S. in July Below 500 Mb/d
(Reuters, 10.Aug.2018) – Venezuela’s crude exports to the United States declined to 494,400 barrels per day (bpd) in July after rising the prior three months, […]
Crystallex Court Win Against Venezuela Aided by Finding
(Reuters, Brian Ellsworth, 10.Aug.2018) – Crystallex’s victory in a legal battle with Venezuela that paves the way for it to collect a $1.4 billion award […]
Guyana Outlook: The Nor-way or the Next-Door-Neighbour-Way?
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 10.Aug.2018) – Regional experts plan to discuss the oil outlook for South America’s Guyana. Caribbean Economist Marla Dukharan will be […]
Union, Petrotrin Deny Strike Rumours
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Yvonne Webb, 10.Aug.2018) – State-owned oil company Petrotrin said a message circulating on social media that the company is on strike […]
Kosmos to Spud Pontoenoe Prospect Offshore Suriname
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 10.Aug.2018 – Kosmos Energy Ltd. expects to commence drilling operations on the Pontoenoe-1 well in mid-August. Pontoenoe is the first […]
U.S. Judge Authorizes Seizure of Venezuela’s Citgo
(The Wall Street Journal, Andrew Scurria and Julie Wernau, 9.Aug.2018) – A U.S. federal judge authorized the seizure of Citgo Petroleum Corp. to satisfy a […]
Jamaica Enters New Programme with Energy Agency
(Jamaica Gleaner, McPherse Thompson, 9.Aug.2018) – Jamaica signed a new agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, which will see the application of atomic […]
Mexico’s CNH to Speak at EnerCom Conference
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 9.Aug2018) – The 23rd annual EnerCom conference will take place in the Denver Downtown Westin Hotel on Aug. 19-22, 2018. […]
Ecopetrol Announces 2Q:18 Earnings, Conference Call
(Ecopetrol, 9.Aug.2018) – Ecopetrol S.A. announced that on August 14, 2018 after market close, it will release its financial and operating results for the second […]
Petroamazonas EP Says Block 43 ITT Producing 75,000 b/d
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 9.Aug.2018) – Block 43 ITT, located in the province of Orellana, is currently producing 75,000 barrels per day. Production at […]
Crystallex Can Go After Venezuela’s US Refineries
(Associated Press, 9.Aug.2018) – A Canadian gold mining company on Thursday won the right to go after Venezuela’s prized U.S.-based oil refineries and collect $1.4 […]
ShaleWolf Capital Sees Oil Prices Above $110 by 2019
(ShaleWolf Capital, 9.Aug.2018) – On June 22nd, 2018 President Donald Trump asked OPEC to increase its daily oil output by 1 million barrels. Industry experts […]
Petrobras Receives Over R$ 1 Bln from Operation Car Wash
(Petrobras, 9.Aug.2018) – Petrobras informs that it has received a return of R$ 1.034 billion through cooperation and leniency agreements signed with individuals and legal […]
PdV, Joint Ventures Miss Oil Targets
(Argus, 9.Aug.2018) – Venezuela’s state-owned PdV and its joint ventures fell short of officially targeted crude production by more than 125,000 b/d in July, according […]
Pemex’s Salina Cruz Refinery Halts Operations
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 9.Aug.2018 – Pemex’s Salina Cruz refinery halted operations Wednesday night due to a power outage. The refinery, located in Oaxaca, […]
Ecopetrol Names New Corporate VP Of Finance
(Ecopetrol, 8.Aug.2018) — Ecopetrol S.A. announces that as of 7 August 2018, Jaime Caballero Uribe has been appointed the new Corporate Vice President of Finance […]
Guyana Oil Find Quadruples FDI Flows
(Jamaica Gleaner, CMC, 8.Aug.2018) – Regional commission ECLAC is reporting that foreign direct investments, FDI, in Guyana increased to US$212 million last year in part […]
Sempra Energy Forms North American Infrastructure Group
(Sempra Energy, 8.Aug.2018) – Sempra Energy formed a new operating group for its North American infrastructure businesses and named Carlos Ruiz Sacristán chairman and CEO […]
Venezuela, Saudi Arabia Discuss Partnerships
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 8.Aug.2018) — Officials from both OPEC countries discussed existing energy partnerships during their meeting in Caracas. Venezuela was represented by […]
Ecopetrol Names New Corporate VP of Finance
(Ecopetrol, 8.Aug.2018) – Ecopetrol S.A. announced appointment of Jaime Caballero Uribe as the new Corporate Vice President of Finance (Chief Financial Officer). The appointment is […]
Helmerich & Payne Wins Right to Sue Venezuela
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 8.Aug2018) – U.S. drilling company Helmerich & Payne won a judgment from the U.S. Court of Appeal to sue Venezuela […]
Republic Bank Opens Solar-Powered Branch in Barbados
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Sasha Harrinanan, 8.Aug.2018) – Barbados has its first ever solar-powered banking facility – the newest branch of Republic Bank (Barbados) at […]
Unsealing Crystallex/PDVSA Documents
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 8.Aug.2018) – Chief Judge Stark of the US Federal District Court in Delaware immediately agreed with our arguments calling out […]
Caribbean Plugs into Electric-Car Revolution
(Trinidad Express, Sophie Hares, 7.Aug.2018) – With her foot down to show off the acceleration of the zippy electric car, Joanna Edghill spins around the […]
Shell calls in a BIG RIG
(Trinidad Express, Aleem Khan, 7.Aug.2018) – More hints that major discovery on the horizon. Offshore Trinidad was one of two sites in the world where […]
Venezuela Dodges Oil Asset Seizures
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, Mircely Guanipa, 7.Aug.2018) – Reuters) – Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA has limited the damage from an unprecedented slump in crude exports […]
Venezuela’s Oil Production Turning a Corner?
(FoxBusinss, Leia Klingel, 7.Aug.2018) – Oil production by Venezuela’s PDVSA may have started to improve, with the state-owned oil and gas producer reporting that production […]
Venezuela Is Oil Market’s Bizarro World
(S&P Global Platts, Nastassia Astrasheuskaya, 7.Aug.2018) – Venezuela’s state oil and gas company PDVSA cut its debt to Russia’s top crude producer Rosneft by $400 […]
US Abandons Sanctions to Avoid Owning Venezuela Collapse
(S&P Global Platts, Brian Shield, 7.Aug.2018) – Just more than a year ago, it was not a question of ‘if’, but ‘when.’ As Venezuela’s leftist […]
Venezuela Waiving All Taxes on Profits from PDVSA
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 7.Aug2018) – Aside from wasting paper, more importantly, the recent Gaceta Oficial in Venezuela also has a decree from President […]
Talos Energy Conference Call, Webcast
(Talos Energy Inc. 6.Aug.2018) – Talos Energy Inc. will host a conference call, which will also be broadcast live over the internet, on Tuesday, August […]
Talos Energy Announces 2Q:18 Financial, Operational Results
(Talos Energy Inc., 6.Aug.2018) – Talos Energy Inc. announced its financial and operational results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2018, and reaffirmed the […]
How Venezuela Gets Plundered
(DW.com, Andreas Knobloch, 6.Aug.2018) – A money-laundering scandal involving Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA could turn into a problem for a Swiss bank. A German […]
The Weirdest Oil Lawsuit Of 2018
(OilPrice.com, Viktor Katona, 6.Aug.2018) – Rosneft has been rocking the Russian oil sector for quite some time already – first it acquired several domestic assets, […]
Background: Premier Oil’s Entry Into Mexico
(Premier Oil, 6.Aug.2018) — London-based Premier Oil is focused on development of assets in parts of the world from South East Asia, the North Falklands […]
Petrobras Approves Pmt of Interest on Capital
(Petrobras, 6.Aug.2018) – Petrobras reports that its Board of Directors approved in a meeting held yesterday the distribution of early remuneration to shareholders as Interest […]
Ecopetrol Reports Resignation of María Fernanda Suárez
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 6.Aug.2018) – María Fernanda Suárez has resigned from Ecopetrol. The state oil company announced in an official statement that the […]
How Far Can Venezuela Go In Raising Gas Price?
(AFP, Esteban Rojas, 5.Aug.2018) – In Venezuela’s inflation-hit economy, a single US dollar can buy 3.5 million liters of gasoline — an absurdity that the […]
Bolivia Aims to Start Production of Bioethanol
(Efe, 5.Aug.2018) – Bolivia is on the verge of producing bioethanol at a mass scale in an effort to phase out the country’s reliance on […]
BPTT Helps Mayaro Students
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Jada Loutoo, 5.Aug.2018) – Some 25 students from across the south-eastern community of Mayaro are set to benefit from a revolutionary […]
Petrobras Posts 1H:18 Profit, Reduces Debt
(Petrobras, 3.Aug.2018) – Petrobras reported net income of R$ 17 billion in the first half of 2018. The positive result was mainly influenced by the […]
Puerto Rico to Restructure $3 Bln Power Debt
(AP, 3.Aug.2018) – Puerto Rico’s government reached a deal Monday night with a bondholder group to restructure more than a third of the debt owed […]