(UPI, Daniel J. Graeber, 18.Jul.2018) – A renewable energy division of French supermajor Total said Wednesday it was moving forward with new solar power developments […]
Duque Names Maria Fernanda Suarez Energy Minister
(Reuters, 18.Jul.2018) – Colombia’s President-elect Ivan Duque on Wednesday named Maria Fernanda Suarez as mining and energy minister when he takes office in August, a […]
Guyanese Tanker Workers Undergo Safety Training
(Stabroek News, 18.Jul.2018) – Approximately 35 Guyanese Pritchard-Gordon Tankers (PGT) workers were educated on safety practices as Shell partnered with the company to host a […]
Colombia Names New Mining Minister
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 18.Jul.2018) – Colombia’s President elect Iván Duque named Ecopetrol Executive Vice President María Fernanda Suárez as the country’s new mining […]
U.S. Revokes Visa of Citgo CEO
(Bloomberg, Lucia Kassai and Fabiola Zerpa, 18.Jul.2018) – Being a blood relative of Hugo Chavez used to open doors. Now Asdrubal Chavez, cousin of the […]
YPF to Sell Bonds Ending 2-Mth Debt Drought
(Bloomberg, Pablo Rosendo Gonzalez, 18.Jul.2018) – Argentine’s state-controlled oil company YPF SA has asked banks to submit proposals for a bond sale in the second […]
Trinidad Takes 13 Days to Contain Leaking Well
(MEEI, 17.Jul.2018) — The Ministry of Energy & Energy Industries (MEEI) announced that Couva Marine 2 – the leaking oil well in the Gulf of […]
ENAP Names New General Manger
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 17.Jul.2018) – Chile’s state oil company ENAP names a new general manager. The company selected Andrés Roccatagliata Orsini, who will […]
Barbados: A $3 Billion Exercise
(Barbados Today, Marlon Madden, 17.Jul.2018) – It will require an estimated $3 billion worth of investment in a diverse set of renewable energy sources if […]
Barbados to Establish New Renewable Energy Regime
(Barbados Today, Marlon Madden, 17.Jul.2018) – Within another month producers of electricity from renewable energy sources should have an idea of the new rate they […]
Petrobras Output in Campos Drops
(Reuters, Marta Nogueira, 17.Jul.2018) – Oil production by Brazilian state-led Petroleo Brasileiro SA in the Campos basin fell 1.4 percent in June over the previous […]
Cano Limon-Covenas Pipeline Restarts After 180 Days
(Reuters, 17.Jul.2018) – Pumping through the Colombia’s Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline restarted after a 180-day stoppage due to repeated attacks by Marxist ELN rebels, military […]
Colombia’s Cano Limon Pipeline Restarts
(Seeking Alpha, Carl Surran, 17.Jul.2018) – Colombia’s Cano Limon-Covenas pipeline has resumed pumping oil after a 180-day stoppage due to repeated attacks by Marxist ELN […]
Venezuela Claims It Plans To Raise Oil Production
(OilPrice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 17.Jul.2018) – Venezuela’s Oil Minister Manuel Quevedo has discussed plans with state-held oil company PDVSA to raise the country’s crude oil production […]
Why Is Venezuela Still Sending Subsidized Oil To Cuba?
(OilPrice.com, Haley Zaremba, 17.Jul.2018) – In the past, oil has accounted for 96 percent of Venezuela’s exports and over 40 percent of government revenues. Now, […]
How Venezuela Struck It Poor
(Foreign Policy, 16.Jul.2018) — The tragic — and totally avoidable — self-destruction of one of the world’s richest oil economies. In the spring of 1959, […]
Ex-Venezuelan Energy Official Pleads Guilty
(AP, 16.Jul.2018) – A former official at a state-run electric company in Caracas, Venezuela, pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy relating to an alleged multibillion-dollar […]
Plateau Energy Peru Unit Finds Lithium Resources
(Reuters, 16.Jul.2018) – Canadian miner Plateau Energy Metals Inc’s Peru unit Macusani Yellowcake S.A.C. said on Monday it has found 2.5 million tonnes of high-grade […]
NGC loses SIS challenge in Privy Council
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 16.Jul.2018) – State-owned National Gas Company has lost an appeal in its multi-million claim against Super Industrial Services (SIS) and another […]
New Fortress Invests $400 Mln in Pilot Project
(Jamaica Observer, 15.Jul.2018) – New Fortress Energy announced on Friday a new partnership with Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) for the introduction of the first […]
US to Become World’s Top Oil Producer
(AP, 15.Jul.2018) – The United States has nosed ahead of Saudi Arabia and is on pace to surpass Russia to become the world’s biggest oil […]
Venezuela’s Maduro Introduces Petro in Turkey
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 14.Jul.2018) – Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro introduced ‘el petro’ during a presentation in Turkey. Maduro reiterated that the Petro crypto-currency […]
Venezuela, Turkey Discuss Oil Supply
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 14.Jul.2018) – Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro announced the two countries could soon sign a new oil agreement. “A new agreement […]
Machado Says Venezuela “Show Can’t Go On”
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 13.Jul.2018) – Opposition leader María Corina Machado said the “show can’t go on” during a video broadcast from Punto Fijo. […]
Ecuador Court Upholds $9bn Chevron Ruling
(AP, 13.Jul.2018) – Ecuador’s highest court has upheld a US$9.5 billion judgment against oil giant Chevron for decades of rainforest damage. Plaintiffs celebrated the constitutional […]
Pemex, Energy Offices to be Moved
(Natural Gas Intelligence, Ronald Buchanan, 13.Jul.2018) – Mexico President-Elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador aims to decentralize the government in a sweeping plan to ease the […]
Guyana’s Doors Open for Caricom Investors
(CMC, 13.Jul.2018) – President David Granger has extended an invitation to Caricom member states to invest in the oil sector and other sectors of Guyana. […]
Ecuador’s ITT Output Around 60 Mb/d
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 13.Jul.2018) – Oil production from the Ishpingo, Tambococha and Tiputini or ITT field is around 60,000 barrels per day. With […]
CNH Says Mexico Must Reduce Oil Dependence
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 13.Jul.2018) – Mexico must reduce its dependence on the United States in regards energy issues. The country can achieve this […]
Cos. Form Advisory Board for LatAm Gas Conference
(Latin America & Caribbean Gas Conference & Exhibition, 12.Jul.2018) – Influential organisations in the global natural gas industry have united to form an Advisory Board […]
Indigenous Groups Await Chevron Payments
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Jul.2018) – Indigenous groups in Ecuador that were affected by activities of San Roman, California-based Chevron in the country continue […]
FDI in LAC Region Falls for Third Straight Year
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Jul.2018) – Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean fell for a third straight year in 2017, […]
Bolivia, Argentina to Meet Over Gas Volumes
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Jul.2018) – The Bolivian government is still analyzing Argentina’s request to increase natural gas export volumes during the winter season […]
ANCAP and ALUR Combined $160 Mln Credits
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Jul.2018) – Two resolutions from the Uruguayan government late last month will authorize Ancap and ALUR to access credits for […]
Eni Hat-trick at Mackenzie’s Annual Awards
(Wood Mackenzie, 12.Jul.2018) – Italian major Eni won its third consecutive Most-Admired Explorer title, an accolade awarded in conjunction with Wood Mackenzie’s industry-leading annual Exploration […]
No End In Sight For Venezuela’s Oil Crisis
(OilPrice.com, Nick Cunningham, 12.Jul.2018) – Venezuela’s oil production plunged by another 47,500 barrels per day (bpd) in June, compared to a month earlier. An exodus […]
TDI Operating One Rig in Mexico
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 12.Jul.2018) – Trinidad Drilling Ltd. announced its international joint venture (TDI) currently has two rigs operating, one in Bahrain and […]
Mexico’s Gov’t to Focus on Boosting Fuel Output
(Reuters, 12.Jul.2018) – Mexico’s next energy agenda will prioritize increasing gasoline and diesel production and later decide on possible changes to the industry reform championed […]
AMLO Seeks to End Mexico’s Energy Dependence
(TeleSur, 11.Jul.2018) – Mexico’s national energy demand has become highly dependent on the United States. Mexico’s next energy minister under president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador […]
Argentina Affirms Liberalization Of Fuels Market
(Institute of the Americas, Jeremy Martin, 11.Jul.2018) – Directly answering a question during an interview in a local media program about the issue of fuels […]
The Caracas Metro: Still Standing For Now
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 11.Jul.2018) – The subway system serving the Venezuelan capital is on the verge of collapse due to lackluster maintenance amid […]
PDVSA Gas Replaces Section of Gas Pipeline
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 11.Jul.2018) – PDVSA Gas announced completion of work on the Cariaco-Margarita Wharf section of the Northeast G / J Gas […]
Ecuador, Venezuela Output Down, OPEC Reports
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 11.Jul.2018) – The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries published its July 2018 edition of its Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR). […]
PetroCaribe Fund to Flow into Government Coffers
(Jamaica Gleaner, 11.Jul.2018) – In a matter of months, the US$1.6 billion, or more than J$208 billion, now in the PetroCaribe Development Fund (PDF) is […]
Mexican Refineries a Must for “Energy Security”
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 10.Jul.2018) – Given Mexico’s dependence on imported fuel, construction of two new refineries in the country “isn’t a business issue, […]
Stock to Watch: ExxonMobil in Guyana
(OilPrice.com, Meredith Taylor, 10.Jul.2018) – American energy dominance is on the rise. In March 2018, the U.S. beat its all-time record and pumped more than […]
Pemex Alerts Against Criminal Group
(Pemex, 10.Jul.2018) – The State-Owned Productive Company filed a criminal report before the Office of the Attorney General to initiate the investigation of this suspected […]
Costa Rica to Use Plastics for Roads
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 10.Jul.2018) – A small Central American country will be considered a pioneer in the region with use of a type […]
EP PetroEcuador, Politécnica Nacional Sign Deal
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 10.Jul.2018) – EP PetroEcuador and the Escuela Politécnica Nacional (EPN by its Spanish acronym) signed an Inter-institutional Technical Cooperation Agreement […]