(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 2.Aug2018) — Noble Tom Madden will return to active status following contract award. Following the close of the second quarter […]
BPTT Announces Angelin Arrival in Trinidad
(BPTT, 2.Aug.2018) – BP Trinidad and Tobago announced its Angelin platform has arrived in T&T. Angelin, which will be BPTT’s 15th offshore platform, was fabricated […]
Granger Says Guyana Energy Head Fit and Proper
(Department of Public Information, Guyana, Alexis Rodney, 2.Aug.2018) – President David Granger said today that he is confident of the work that will be executed […]
Shell Offers 1H:18 LatAm Updates
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 1.Aug.2018) – Royal Dutch Shell plc announced the following updates during the first half of 2018. Mexico In the deep-water […]
Shell Provides 3Q:18 Outlook Update
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 1.Aug.2018) – Royal Dutch Shell plc offered the following outlook for the third quarter of 2018. Compared with the third […]
Pemex Has or Doesn’t Have Money?
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 1.Aug.2018) – If Mexico’s Pemex doesn’t have the necessary funds to invest in deep water or shale activities, how is […]
Pemex Inaugurates 1st Petrol Station with New Image
(Pemex, 1.Aug.2018) – The CEO of Pemex Transformación Industrial stated that the new concept will help the franchise maintain its leadership in the national market […]
Citgo Raises $$750,000 for Muscular Dystrophy Association
(Citgo Petroleum Corporation, 31.Jul.2018) – The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) depends on partnerships to fulfill their mission, and as their largest corporate sponsor, Citgo Petroleum […]
Mexico Oil Output to Trend Upwards in 2027
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 31.Jul.2018) – Mexico’s oil production will cease to decline in 2025. That’s according to details of a report published by […]
PetroTrin Refinery Importing Shortfall
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 31.Jul.2018) – That’s according to reports in a local newspaper. “The refinery at PetroTrin has a capacity of 140,000 barrels […]
Wheatley Falls: Latest Casualty of Energy Scandal
(Jamaica Gleaner, Edmond Campbell, 31.Jul.2018) – The ongoing scandal that began at the state-owned oil refinery Petrojam has claimed its latest casualty with the resignation […]
Granger Gov’t Overwhelmed by Enormity of Tasks
https://www.stabroeknews.com/2018/opinion/letters/07/31/granger-govt-overwhelmed-by-enormity-of-tasks-in-oil-and-gas-sector/ (Stabroek News, 31.Jul.2018) – Dear Editor, The discovery of oil by ExxonMobil in 2015 has put Guyana on a trajectory to receiving significant revenues. […]
Pampa Energía Reports on Deferral of Edenor Dealings
(Pampa Energía S.A., 31.Jul.2018) – Pampa Energía S.A. announced its electricity distribution subsidiary Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte (‘Edenor’) agreed with the Ministry of Energy […]
Venezuela the Clear Leader in Oil Reserves
(UPI, Daniel J. Graeber, 31.Jul.2018) – An annual review of energy trends from Italian energy company Eni found the United States is a “game changer,” […]
Once Oil Wealthy, Maracaibo Struggles to Keep Lights On
(Reuters, Mayela Armas, 31.Jul.2018) – Across Maracaibo, the capital of Venezuela’s largest state, residents unplug refrigerators to guard against power surges. Many only buy food […]
Shell Brazil Invests in FPSO Tanks Solution
(World Oil, 31.Jul.2018) – Aberdeen-based inspection technology and service provider for the oil and gas industry, Innospection, Shell Brazil and SENAI CIMATEC technology institute in […]
Peregrino Module Sails to Brazilian Platform
(Energy Voice, David McPhee, 31.Jul.2018) – Watch as Equinor’s Peregrino modules set sail en route to the platform in Brazil to begin Phase 2 of […]
Ecopetrol Announces Changes to Management Structure
(Ecopetrol, 31.Jul.2018) – Ecopetrol S.A. reports that at its session on July 27, 2018, Ecopetrol’s Board of Directors approved adjustments to the company’s management structure […]
Power Outage Hits Most of Venezuela’s Capital
(AP, 31.Jul.2018) – Most of Venezuela’s capital is without power following a failure at an electrical plant. Energy Minister Luis Motta Dominguez said on Twitter […]
Guyana’s ‘Astonishing’ Future
(Trinidad Express, David Renwick, 31.Jul.2018) – The US’s leading oil company, ExxonMobil, continues to make discovery after discovery in its Stabroek block offshore Guyana, the […]
Guyana: Will its Oil Boom Benefit the People?
(Al Jazeera English, 30.Jul.2018) – Oil companies have identified massive offshore reserves in Guyana, one of South America’s poorest nations. New estimates last week report […]
US Charges Point to Rampant Corruption at PDVSA
https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/us-charges-point-to-rampant-corruption-at-venezuela-state-oil-company/ (InSight Crime, 30.Jul.2018) – US authorities are charging a network of Venezuelan elites and international financial actors with laundering over a billion dollars stolen […]
Mexico’s Next President Promises Pemex Investment
(Bloomberg, Amy Stillman, 30.Jul.2018) – Mexico’s incoming president named a new chief executive officer for Pemex and promised government investment of 75 billion pesos ($4 […]
Review Guyana Oil Spill Plans Before Signing Contracts
(Kaieteur News, 30.Jul.2018) — Before any contract is signed with an oil operator, the government should require that it presents and obtains approval for contingency […]
Petrofac Introduces Partner In Mexico
(Petrofac Limited, 30.Jul.2018) — Petrofac Limited signed an agreement to sell 49% of the Company’s operations in Mexico(1)(2), including Santuario, Magallanes and Arenque, to Perenco […]
Hold It Right There, Petrotrin!
(The Sterling Report, Yanique Leiba-Ebanks, 29.Jul.2018) – Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd (affectionately known as Petrotrin) is the state-owned oil company in Trinidad […]
Trafigura Seeks to End Ricardo Eliçabe Conflict
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 28.Jul.2018) – Negotiations continue to advance to overcome a labor related conflict at the Ricardo Eliçabe refinery in Bahía Blanca. […]
Sproule To Publish Bolivian Reserve Report
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 28.Jul.2018) – Sproule International Limited, the foreign consortium that will quantify and certify Bolivia’s hydrocarbon reserves, plans to publish its […]
Chuquisaca Signs Multi Billion Oil Deal
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 28.Jul.2018) – The agreement, signed between the Bolivian government and authorities from the department of Chuquisaca provides for initiation of […]
Colombia Must Boost Investments 55% to Maintain Output
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.Jul.2018) – The South American country needs to boost investments from an projected $4.5 billion in 2018 to a level […]
10MW LNG Power Plant for The Nest
(Jamaica Gleaner, Steven Jackson, 27.Jul.2018) – A tripartite deal is in the works for the development of a power plant at CB Group’s expansive property […]
Petrobras Targets China with New Crude Oil
(Reuters, Florence Tan and Alexandra Alper, 27.Jul.2018) – Brazil’s state-controlled energy company Petrobras plans to push more crude oil to top importer China by marketing […]
Pemex Reports 2Q:18 Sales Rose 36%
(Pemex, 27.Jul.2018) – The company recorded operating yields of 120 billion pesos During the first quarter of 2018, it achieved an EBITDA of 288 billion […]
Venezuela Inflation to Hit 1 Mln Percent. Thanks, Socialism.
(Washington Post, Megan McArdle, 27.Jul.2018) – According to the International Monetary Fund, by the end of the year, the annual inflation rate in Venezuela will […]
Venezuela Gasoline Price Likely to Rise
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.Jul.2018) – The price of gasoline in Venezuela is likely to increase. For some services such as gasoline, there will […]
Hiking Gasoline Won’t Fix Venezuela’s Fiscal Problem
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.Jul.2018) – Hiking the price of gasoline in Venezuela won’t fix the OPEC country’s fiscal problem. That’s according to recent […]
Falling Oil Output Squeezes Maduro Government
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.Jul.2018) – The continued decline in Venezuela’s oil production acts to squeeze the government of President Nicolas Maduro, says an […]
Bolivian Groups Strike Over Electric Rates
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 26.Jul.2018) – Different social organizations in the city of Trinidad, capital of Beni, staged a 24-hour civic strike to reject […]
SPS Expects Urdaneta Field Output Increase
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 26.Jul.2018) – Southern Procurement Services (SPS) expects production from the Urdaneta Field in Zulia state to increase to 19,000 barrels […]
Advantage Lithium Closes Financing
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 26.Jul.2018) – Advantage Lithium Corp. closes private placement. In the process, the company issued 15,585,956 common shares for aggregate gross […]
Petrotrin Board, Union Disagree to Agree
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Carla Bridglal, 26.Jul.2018) – The board of Petrotrin has outlined a plan to reorganise and restructure the state oil company in […]
Atlantic Empowers Employees for Process Safety
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Carla Bridglal, 26.Jul.2018) – Atlantic CEO Dr Philip Mshelbila and BP’s vice president Group Process Safety Central Rob DiValerio have highlighted […]
Pemex to Carry Out Maintenance On El Señor del Mar
(Pemex, 26.Jul.2018) – The works will not affect the production goals established by Pemex for the current year Starting this Saturday, July 28th and until […]
Pemex Aims to Reduce CO2 Emissions by 25% by 2021
(Pemex, 26.Jul.2018) – Environmental protection and sustainability, the governing principles of the State-Owned Productive Company’s work The CEO of Petróleos Mexicanos, Carlos Treviño, inaugurated the […]
EIA Beta Interactive Data Analysis
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 26.Jul.2018) – Beta data from the EIA provide users with an interactive way to analyze multiple petroleum data. According to […]
Bolivia To Start Work on Transmission Line to Argentina
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 26.Jul.2018) – In two or three weeks, Bolivia expects to start work on an electrical transmission line that will allow […]
YLB Expects Lithium Certification in December
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 26.Jul.2018) – Bolivia announced the international certification for the country’s lithium reserves in Salar de Uyuni will be delivered in […]
BPTT Eyes Nine Potential New Developments Over 10 Years
(BPTT, 25.Jul.2018) – BP Trinidad and Tobago’s long-term plan could potentially see the company investing as much as $8 billion dollars in T&T, in 9 […]
Machado Says PDVSA Converted into ‘Junk’
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 25.Jul.2018) – PDVSA has been converted into ‘junk or scraps’ by the administration of the current Venezuelan president. That’s according […]
Petroleum Geology of Mexico and the Northern Caribbean
(The Geological Society, 25.Jul.2018) – The Gulf of Mexico is a world class prolific hydrocarbon system. As a result of recent energy reform the Mexican […]