(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 in the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) Resolution no. 743 of Aug. 27, 2018, the average price of diesel will be R$ 2.3606 per liter as […]
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. The 828-MW Villanueva and 260-MW Don Jose projects were implemented by the company’s subsidiary Enel Green Power Mexico (EGPM). Their construction required an investment of […]
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 payment system before business owners and operators at a function last night. It comes out of an exclusive partnership between GB Energy and Amber Fuels, […]
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, won a 35-year production sharing contract for the Saturno pre-salt block located off the coast of Brazil in the Santos Basin. Shell will pay its […]
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 is a feature of the country’s political transition and won’t be permanent. “We have expectations that things will pick up again and continue,” said DEA […]
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 extended through October 2021, and includes a blend and extend modification to the previous contract dayrate, effective September 2018. The additional net contract backlog 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 Brazil’s 5th pre-salt bid round. The block awarded added more than 71,500 net acres to the ExxonMobil portfolio, expanding the company’s total position in the […]
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 Ltda. as a result of a “patrimonial trial related to administrative responsibility,” reported the daily LaRed21. The Exor payment relates to a debt maintained with […]
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 sector. The two companies have already been investigating other potential areas of cooperation, including the development of renewable energy projects, they stated. Petrobras has four […]
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 of the Peñalver municipality in Anzoátegui state. The presence of oil was detected on September 26, 2018 along the beaches of Puerto Píritu, La Cerca […]
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 financial actors to participate that will contribute to the generation of greater wealth for the country. He stated that this new framework gives the energy […]
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, CEO Carlos Trevino told S&P Global Platts. The imports will enable Pemex to raise its total crude processing to 700,000 b/d-800,000 b/d in the final […]
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 Ixachi, Pokche, Xikin, and Suuk discoveries in 2019, CEO Carlos Trevino told S&P Global Platts. These fields are at the top of Pemex’s project pipeline, […]
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 the Zama discovery. The approval of the appraisal plan by the CNH is a key approval required to commence the appraisal of the Zama discovery. […]
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 Tres Bocas Transfer Station in the province of Guayas. ***
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 tank.
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 of late payments. “They still owe us two bills, and in the coming weeks we are going to discuss with the government how to regularize […]
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 in the Ichilo province of the department of Santa Cruz and is operated by Petrobras Bolivia. The Deep Caranda exploration well (Car-X1005) will require an […]
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 120,551 barrels per day (b/d) in August 2018, up 6.64% compared to July 2018, and up 16.9% compared to August 2017, while gas 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 of high-sulfur fuel oil. From Jan. 1, 2020, vessels will have to switch to less-polluting bunker fuel or be fitted with equipment to curb emissions, […]
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 public with the closure of the Petrotrin Refinery next Monday. Khan was responding to a question in the House yesterday from Pointe-a-Pierre MP David Lee […]
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 Block 107. Key highlights from the fields follows: — Bretaña oil field (Block 95): – One of the largest undeveloped discoveries in Peru – First […]
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 London Stock Exchange’s AIM market, subject to preparation of the requisite documentation. The company expects that the shares will begin trading by the end of […]
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 mixture of ethanol with base gasoline up to 12%,” said Sanchez. The Super Ethanol 92 that the Bolivian government plans to launch on October 10 […]
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 crude oil, likely from the United States, from late October and at least until the end of November, its chief executive said on Wednesday. “A […]
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 the two companies said on Wednesday. Equinor’s Executive Vice President Anders Opedal and Petrobras’s Chief Strategy Officer Nelson Silva did not offer details on the […]
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 it hasn’t achieved the profitability necessary to operate with good finances. The solution is no as easy as just opening the wellhead and allowing production […]
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 in the daily Noticias Venezuela. The executive, Edgar Sifontes, is said to have left his position at the helms of both companies, reported the daily, […]
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 by 0.59 percent after pump prices hit record levels in the country last week. Petrobras, as the company is known, said the price reduction to […]
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 $100,000 infrared camera this year to investigate whether oil and gas installations in Vaca Muerta were leaking toxic gases. The grainy black-and-white thermal images that […]
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 Exploration and Production Company President Clay Neff. Argentina is one of the few nations outside North America that has the potential to replicate its neighbour’s […]
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 starting to lure oil majors such as Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to Argentina’s south-west, a small company called Roch struck oil far away at the […]
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 million cubic meters per day (MMcm/d). Production at the field is expected to increase to 11 MMcm/d over the short-term with additional investments and then […]
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, located in the municipality of Lagunillas, south of Santa Cruz. The investments include the following: $29.5 million for expansion of plant capacity; $25.6 million for […]
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 of Bahia in Northeast Brazil. This facility is the key strategic asset underpinning the company’s natural gas development project and will be the first 100% […]
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 to promote use of renewable energy. Silva, who finished third in the 2014 and 2010 contests, is currently at 7 percent in the polls ahead […]
Solar Array Will Make Bogota Airport the Greenest in Latin America
(Efe, 21.Sep.2018) — El Dorado International Airport will become the greenest terminal in Latin America when an array of 10,369 solar panels enters operation next year, Colombian officials said Friday. The installation of the panels began on Friday during an event headed by Energy Minister Maria Fernanda Suarez and executives […]
Petrobras Bondholders Exchange $8.9 Bln Notes for Identical Paper
(Reuters, 21.Sep.2018) — Bondholders in Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA have accepted the exchange of about $8.9 billion of unregistered notes for identical paper registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said in a Friday securities filing. Of $3.76 billion in 5.299 percent notes maturing […]
Pemex, Consortium Sign First Ever Pre-Unitization Agreement in Mexico
(Pemex, 20.Sep.2018) — Pemex and the Block 7 consortium signed the first ever pre-unitization agreement in Mexico. Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and Talos Energy, as operator of the Block 7 Consortium, announced that Pemex and the international Block 7 Consortium (Talos Energy, Sierra Oil and Gas, and Premier Oil) signed a […]
Venezuela Doubles Down on Chinese Money to Reverse Crisis
(AP, 20.Sep.2018) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday that new investments from China will help his country dramatically boost its oil production, doubling down on financing from the Asian nation to turn around its crashing economy. Already a major economic partner, China has agreed to invest US$5 billion more […]
Petrotrin Loses Board Member
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Yvonne Webb, 20.Sep.2018) — Days before Petrotrin’s refining operation ceases and workers are retrenched, a member of the board who would have participated in the restructuring exercise, has become the first casualty of the plan. An internal circular from the company to all employees confirmed board […]
Energy Chamber Gives Thumbs Up to MOU Between Guyana, Trinidad
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 20.Sep.2018) — The Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago announced its agreement with an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the governments of Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. The MOU recognizes development of the energy sector contributes significantly to strengthening of economic and social development […]
OPEC’s Decade of Turmoil Leaves Cartel Seeking a New Way Forward
(Bloomberg, Christopher Sell, 20.Sep.2018) — A global recession, both $140 and $30 oil, the U.S. shale revolution, a market-share war, and output cuts. OPEC’s 60-year history has rarely confronted a more challenging period than the past decade. Now, instead of enjoying the higher prices resulting from 18 months of joint […]
Prime Minister Rowley And President Granger Sign Energy MOU
(Office of the T&T Prime Minister, 19.Sep.2018) — Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley and President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana His Excellency Brigadier David Granger signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Energy Sector Cooperation today Wednesday 19 September, 2018. Prime Minister Rowley said today represents a documentation […]
Pemex CEO Launches Management System at Cangrejera Petrochemical Complex
(Pemex, 19.Sep.2018) — The CEO of Petróleos Mexicanos, Carlos Treviño Medina, launched the Management Assessment System at the Cangrejera Petrochemical Complex, located in the state of Veracruz that will help increase the production value of oil products processed in this center, through the identification of critical inventory items, oversight the […]
Pemex Performs Earthquake Drill at 140 Facilities Across Mexico
(Pemex, 19.Sep.2018) — At 13:16 hours, on September 19th a massive, country-wide earthquake drill started and 140 Petróleos Mexicanos facilities participated simultaneously. This country-wide drill is held in Mexico each year to commemorate the National Civil Defense Day and as a day to honor the victims of the devastating 1985 […]
Venezuela’s Retrogressing Economy — Exhibit 1, PDVSA
(Steve Hanke, Contributor to Forbes, 19.Sep.2018) — Two hallmarks characterize capitalist economies. Firstly, property is predominately in private hands. Consequently, goods and services are allocated via market mechanisms in which prices provide signals for businesses, workers, and consumers. Secondly, capitalist economies are highly capitalized. Indeed, the stocks of physical and […]
Mexico’s New President Should Postpone Oil Auctions: Former Pemex Official
(Reuters, Collin Eaton, 19.Sep.2018) — A former Petroleos Mexicanos board member said on Wednesday Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has enough political support to change the nation’s energy law and should postpone planned competitive oil auctions until the law is revised. Fluvio Ruiz Alarcon said, following an address at […]
More Than TT$1 Billion in Compensation for Petrotrin Workers
(CMC, 19.Sep.2018) — The Trinidad and Tobago g overnment Monday said the compensation package for workers being laid off by the closure of the oil refinery of the s tate-owned company, Petrotrin could be more than TT$1 billion (one TT dollar=US$0.16 cents). But energy minister, speaking in the Senate, said […]