(Gran Tierra Energy Inc., 20.Jan.2015 – Gran Tierra Energy Inc. provided an operations update on its activities in Colombia. Work continues at the Vonu-1 exploration […]
Harvest Files Arbitration Request Against Venezuela
(Harvest Natural Resources, 16.Jan.2015) – Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. announced that its affiliates, HNR Finance B.V. (Harvest BV) and Harvest Vinccler S.C.A. (HVSCA), submitted a […]
McDermott to Install Pemex’s Ayatsil Platform
(McDermott International, Inc., 6.Jan.2015) – McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a contract to install the offshore jacket, deck and piles for the Ayatsil-A drilling […]
Apco Obtains Concession Extension in Argentina
(Apco Oil and Gas International Inc., 6.Jan.2015) – Apco Oil and Gas International Inc. announced that the Argentine province of Rio Negro has agreed to […]
Harvest Terminates Venezuelan Deal
(Harvest Natural Resources, 2.Jan.2015) – Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. announced that the Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) between Petroandina Resources Corporation N.V. (Petroandina), Pluspetrol Resources Corporation […]
Sierra Oil & Gas Announces Commitment of $525 million
(Sierra, 18.Sep.2014) — Sierra Oil & Gas S. de R.L. de C.V., Mexico’s first independent exploration and production company, today announces that it has secured […]
Venezuela Sees US shale Boom As Bonus
(Reuters, Dmitry Zhdannikov, 16.Jun.2014) — Venezuela wants to increase oil supplies to the United States to regain some of the market share it lost over […]
Chevron, YPF Continue Vaca Muerta Development
(Chevron 10.Apr.2014) — Chevron Corporation confirmed that subsidiaries of the company have signed agreements with the Argentine oil company YPF S.A. to continue development of […]
Ecuador, China Advance Refinery Plans
(OGJ, 24.Jan.2014) — China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) and the Ecuadorean government have reached an agreement regarding cooperation in a plan to construct a long-delayed […]
Non-Conventional Extraction Process Explained [Video]
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 16.Jan.2014) – Argentina’s Vaca Muerta formation in the Neuquén Basin is best known for its shale oil and gas. The […]
Fact Sheet: Harvest Natural Resources And PetroDelta
(Harvest Natural Resources, 1.Jan.2014) — Venezuela is the largest province of proved oil reserves in the Western Hemisphere, with 297.6 billion barrels of proved oil […]
Perenco to Buy Petrobras Assets in Colombia
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 29.Oct.2013) – Petrobras plans to sell its interest in onshore blocks and two pipelines to France’s Perenco for $380 million […]
PDVSA Incorporates New Tankers into Fleet
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 25.Oct.2013) – PDVSA President Rafael Ramirez speaks to reporters in Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela about introduction of news tankers into […]
Ramirez Moving Forward with Energy Policy
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 10.Oct.2013) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro seems to be allowing Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez to take charge of moving forward […]
1St Venezuela-India Round-table in Caracas
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 7.Oct.2013) – The 1st Business Round-table meetings between Venezuelan and Indian companies took place in Caracas from October 7-9, 2013. […]
Rafael Ramirez Speech in Caracas
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 7.Oct.2013) – PDVSA President Rafael Ramirez spoke with journalist in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. What follows are excerpts from the […]
Rafael Ramirez Speech in Puerto La Cruz
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 4.Oct.2013) – Venezuela’s Oil Minister President Rafael Ramirez spoke with journalist in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. What follows are excerpts […]
LatAmNRG: Heard On The Street 3Q:13
(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Sep.2013) – Information in this section, provided by Energy Analytics Institute editors and reporters, is hearsay and thus should be treated as […]
Venezuela Reactivates Fuel Exports to Colombia
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 24.Sep.2013) – The Venezuelan government plans to reactivate a plan to supply Colombia with combustibles, according to Energy and Mining […]
Q&A with Arthur Little’s Rodolfo Guzman
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 24.Sep.2013) – Arthur D. Little Partner Rodolfo Guzman spoke with Energy Analytics Institute in a brief interview from Houston, […]
Q&A with Tudor Pickering’s David Pursell
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 18.Sep.2013) – Tudor Pickering Holt & Co. LLC Managing Director David Pursell spoke with Energy Analytics Institute in a […]
Honduras Awaits Initial PetroCaribe Shipments
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 13.Sep.2013) – Honduras does not expect to receive its first shipment of oil from Venezuela under PetroCaribe until Dec.2013, reported […]
Pacific Rubiales Sets Capex at $1 Bln
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 13.Sep.2013) – Pacific Rubiales plans capital expenditure outlays of $1 billion on infrastructure projects such as ports, pipelines and a […]
Argentina Says Oil Output Insufficient
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 13.Sep.2013) – The Argentine government announced production of oil is insufficient to supply the country’s refineries. “We are lacking light […]
Uruguay Supporting Execution of 27 Projects
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 13.Sep.2013) – The Uruguayan government is supporting execution of 27 electric projects in rural zones that will span 800 km. […]
Empresa Energia Bogota to Spend $900 Mln
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Sep.2013) – Empresa Energia de Bogota (EEB) plans CAPEX outlays of $900 million in 2013 and the $3.4 billion during […]
Modernization of Barrancabermeja Refinery Continues
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Sep.2013) – Modernization activities advance at the 230,000 barrel per day Barrancabermeja Refinery, reported the daily newspaper Portafolio.co. ***
Nicaragua Oil Derivative Purchases Down
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Sep.2013) – Nicaragua’s purchases of oil and oil derivatives during the first four months of 2013 were $367.9 million compared […]
Pacific Rubiales Star to Double Recovery Rates
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Sep.2013) – The Star project will allow Pacific Rubiales to double recovery rates at the Quifa field, El Espectador reported, […]
Bulo Bulo to Generate 3,000 Jobs
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Sep.2013) – The urea plant in Bulo Bulo, Cochabamba will generate 3,000 jobs, reported the daily newspaper La Razon, citing […]