PERTH/MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (By Reuters, 8.Mar.2026, Words: 197) — Global miner BHP’s Australia president Geraldine Slattery is among the contenders for the top job at Woodside Energy, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the situation. Woodside is expected to name a replacement for Meg O’Neill soon, after she unexpectedly left the company in […]
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EAI fact sheet: Australia’s first battery electric haul truck, the Cat® 793 XE
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Dec.2025, Words: 241) — Australia’s first battery electric haul trucks are supplied by Caterpillar. These Cat® 793 XE early learner battery-electric trucks are being trialled in a collaboration between BHP and Rio Tinto at BHP’s Jimblebar iron ore site in Western Australia. Caterpillar’s first […]
Trinidad’s MEEI Says Woodside-Perenco Angostura Deal a “Very Positive Development”
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Mar.2025) — Trinidad and Tobago continues to work closely with energy sector stakeholders Woodside Energy and Perenco, according to Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI). This, after Woodside announced an agreement with Perenco to divest its Greater Angostura […]
Major O&G Cos. Paid $7.4bn to Trinidad and Tobago Gov’t Between 2015-2022
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Feb.2025) — Major oil and gas companies in Trinidad and Tobago — BPTT, Shell plc, EOG Resources, BHP Billiton/ Woodside Energy and The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (NGC) — paid $7.4bn to the government of the twin-island nation between […]
Woodside Teams up with 3 Other Aussie companies to Develop ESF Plant
(Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Dec.2024) — Australia’s BlueScope, BHP and Rio Tinto selected the Kwinana Industrial Area, south of Perth, as the location to develop Australia’s largest ironmaking electric smelting furnace (ESF) pilot plant. The groundbreaking project combines the expertise of Australia’s 2 largest iron ore miners and its biggest steelmaker. […]
BHP, Caterpillar, and Finning to Replace Haul Truck Fleet in Chile
(Caterpillar, 30.Aug.2022) — BHP Group Limited (NYSE: BHP), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), and Finning International Inc. (TSX: FTT) announced an agreement to replace BHP’s entire haul truck fleet at the Escondida mine, the world’s largest copper producer, located in the Antofagasta Region, northern Chile. This agreement is part of the strategic equipment […]
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BHP’s Operational Review for the Year Ended 30 June 2022 [PDF Download]
(BHP, 19.Jul.2022) — BHP provided a detailed operational review for the year ended 30 June 2022. BHP Chief Executive Officer, Mike Henry: “BHP produced a strong fourth quarter to cap off a year of significant progress. Our performance for the year has been underpinned by safe, reliable operations and firm […]
BHP to Retain New South Wales Energy Coal
(BHP, 15.Jun.2022) — BHP will retain New South Wales Energy Coal (NSWEC) in its portfolio, seek the relevant approvals to continue mining beyond its current mining consent that expires in 2026 and proceed with a managed process to cease mining at the asset by the end of the 2030 financial […]
Dwight Mahabir at the Opening Ceremony of the TTEC 2022
(The Energy Chamber, 31.May.2022) — What follows is Chairman Dwight Mahabir’s address at the opening ceremony of the TTEC 2022 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Ladies and Gentlemen: It is great to be back here in person at the T&T Energy Conference. The past two and a half […]
NRGBriefs: BHP Barbados farm-out; YPF on Form 20-F; Chevron Venezuela
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Apr.2022, Words: 959) — Energy briefs including Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. planning to have an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on 26 April 2022; Argentina’s Energy Secretariat Dario MartĂnez participating in an official ceremony in Loma Campana to inaugurate the NĂ©stor Kirchner Gas Pipeline […]
Woodside Investors to Benefit from $40bn Merger with BHP Arm
(Reuters, 8.Apr.2022) — Australian gas producer Woodside Petroleum Ltd‘s agreed merger with BHP Group‘s petroleum arm is in the best interest of its shareholders, an independent expert said, valuing the combined group at around $40 billion. Global miner BHP agreed to hive off its petroleum business to Woodside last year […]
Trinidad’s Energy Minister Provides Annual Video Update
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Dec.2021) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Stuart Young commented in an annual video update from Port of Spain on key oil, gas and renewable achievements announced by the ministry in 2021. What follows are excerpts from his video briefing: — “We are […]
Trinidad Minister Meets With BHP Executives
(MEEI, 9.Dec.2021) — Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, the Honourable Stuart R. Young M.P., met with Senior BHP Executives Michael Stone, Country Manager to BHP Trinidad and Tobago, Graham Salmond, General Manager BHP Petroleum North America and the Caribbean, Selby […]
Aura Air To Provide BHP Smart Air Systems In Chile
(Aura Air, 19.Oct.2021) — Aura Air, the air purification company offering solutions that make air clean and safe, announced a partnership with global mining corporation BHP to install over 1,000 smart air purifiers in their Escondida and Pampa Norte facilities in Chile. Implementing Aura Air units in BHP’s facilities will […]
Climate Change Behind BHP/Woodside Merger
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 19.Aug.2021) — Two former ministers of energy are contending that climate-change policy is what would have driven the merger between the BHP Group and Woodside Petroleum Ltd. Kevin Ramnarine and Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, responding to the announcement by the two Australian outfits, said the merger itself is […]
Now Activists Want BHP To Keep Its Fossil Fuels
(Bloomberg, 11.Aug.2021) — BHP Group, the world’s top miner, should abandon plans for multi-billion dollar sales of fossil fuels assets and instead responsibly close down the operations, according to an environmental campaign group. A proposal tabled on behalf of about 100 small investors by Market Forces, which coordinates groups of shareholders […]
Should NGC Buy Train 1?
(Trinidad Express, 10.Aug.2021) — In its 2021 annual report, the T&T Government’s investment holdings company, National Enterprises Ltd (NEL) states that “the full impairment of the Train 1 plant at Atlantic LNG” resulted in the fair value of NEL’s shareholding in Train 1 being written down from the value of […]
Former Trinidad Oil Minister Ramnarine Comments On S&P Downgrade
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Aug.2021) — Trinidad and Tobago’s former energy minister Kevin Ramnarine commented on the recent downgrade by Standard and Poor’s rating agency. What follows below are his comments from a recent LinkedIn post: “T&T has been downgraded by S&P four times in the last six years. When we […]
Colombia To Launch Hydrogen Road Map
(Reuters, 29.Jun.2021) — Colombia will launch plans in September to develop the production and use of hydrogen as a long-term clean energy source, the Minister of Mines and Energy said on Tuesday, while voicing hope this year’s oil and gas auction will be successful. The South American country will publish […]
BHP Reports First Oil From Ruby Offshore Trinidad And Tobago
(BHP, 4.May.2021) — BHP announced first oil production from the Ruby Project in offshore Trinidad and Tobago. Ruby is located offshore Trinidad and Tobago in the shallow water in Block 3(a) within the Greater Angostura Field. The development consists of both oil and gas production from the Ruby and Delaware […]
BHP Becomes Founding Member Of Maritime Decarbonisation Centre
(BHP, 21.Apr.2021) — BHP signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) to become one of the founding members of the Maritime Decarbonisation Centre to be set up in Singapore. Under the MoC, BHP together with BW Group, Eastern Pacific Shipping, Ocean Network Express, Sembcorp […]
Vincent Pereira To Retire From BHP Trinidad
(BHP, 20.Jan.2021) — BHP announced today that, after 16 years of leadership as BHP’s Country Manager for Trinidad and Tobago, Vincent Pereira will retire, effective June 2021. Michael Stone, Operations Manager in Trinidad and Tobago, will succeed Vincent as Country Manager. Vincent joined BHP in 2005 and has more than […]
McDermott Awarded Contract By BHP
(McDermott, 30.Mar.2020) — McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a sizeable* contract by BHP Billiton PetrĂłleo Operaciones de MĂ©xico, S. De R.L. De C.V. (BHP) to provide pre-front-end engineering design (pre-FEED) services for a floating production unit (FPU) that will be installed in a water depth of approximately 8,200 feet […]
McDermott Awarded Large Trinidad Project By BHP
(McDermott, 5.Feb.2020) — McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a large* contract by BHP to provide subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF), transportation and installation (T&I), pre-commissioning of one jacket and topsides for the Ruby Project, offshore Trinidad and Tobago. The Ruby Field resides in the Block 3(a) development area […]
BHP Says Standing By TT
(Newsday, 2.Jan.2020) — Call it a hunch. The deepwater acreages off the east coasts of Trinidad and Tobago were uncharted territory for hydrocarbon exploration but BHP, the world’s largest mining and extraction company, still felt there was potential. So, when these blocks came up for auction at the country’s first […]
BHP To Replace Coal With Renewables In Chile
(The Guardian, 22.Oct.2019) — Mining giant says contracts will cut energy prices by 20% and save 3m tonnes of carbon The mining giant BHP has signed four renewable energy contracts that will replace coal-fired power at two of its copper mines in Chile, a move it says will mean both […]
BHP Switches to Green Power in Chile
(Reuters, Barbara Lewis, 20.Oct.2019) — BHP, the world’s biggest miner, said on Monday it had signed four renewable energy contracts to supply all of its Chilean copper operations beginning in 2021, cutting energy costs by 20%. Miners, which often use fossil fuels as the energy source in their operations, are […]
BHP Ends Drilling Offshore Trinidad And Tobago
(Offshore, 17.Oct.2019) — BHP has had mixed results from the final two wells of its latest exploration campaign on its northern licenses offshore Trinidad and Tobago. The Boom-1 well spud in late-August encountered hydrocarbons and evaluation continues. However, the subsequent Carnival-1 was a dry hole. The Transocean drillship Deepwater Invictus […]
BHP Ends Offshore Trinidad Drilling
(Offshore, 17.Oct.2019) — BHP has had mixed results from the final two wells of its latest exploration campaign on its northern licenses offshore Trinidad and Tobago. The Boom-1 well spud in late-August encountered hydrocarbons and evaluation continues. However, the subsequent Carnival-1 was a dry hole. The Transocean drillship Deepwater Invictus […]
Capital Discipline In GOM Lease Sale: WoodMac
(WoodMac, 21.Aug.2019) — Capital discipline remains key for offshore operators, judging by the results of today’s US Gulf of Mexico region-wide lease sale. Lease Sale 253 attracted 165 bids from 27 companies, with high bids totalling US$159.4 million. While this is a decrease of about $85 million (35%) from the […]
BHP To Invest $283mn In Trinidad Project
(Reuters, 7.Aug.2019) — Global miner BHP Group said it has approved an investment of $283 million to fund the development of an oil and gas project in Trinidad and Tobago. Total investment in the Ruby Project, in which BHP holds a 68.5% stake, is about $500 million, the miner said […]
BHP To Invest $283mn In Trinidad Project
(Reuters, 7.Aug.2019) — Global miner BHP Group said on Thursday it has approved an investment of $283 million to fund the development of an oil and gas project in Trinidad and Tobago. Total investment in the Ruby Project, in which BHP holds a 68.5% stake, is about $500 million, the […]
BHP Petroleum Plans More Appraisal Drilling Off Mexico
(OGJ, Paula Dittrick, 17.Apr.2019) — BHP Petroleum plans additional appraisal drilling on Trion block offshore Mexico during this year’s second half, the company said in an operational update. Previously, BHP sold its US shale operations to focus on conventional oil and gas in the US Gulf of Mexico and Australia. […]
BHP Encounters Hydrocarbons In Latest T&T Deepwater Well
(T&T Energy Chamber, 17.Apr.2019) — BHP has announced that it has found hydrocarbons in its latest deepwater well in Trinidad & Tobago’s deepwater block 23(a). The BĂ©lĂ©-1 well is the first of a three well programme to test prospects around the Bongos discovery, made in 2018. The well is being […]
BHP’s Bongos 2 Well Encounters Hydrocarbons
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 22.Aug.2018) – The well encountered hydrocarbons in Block TTDAA 14. Trinidad and Tobago’s former Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine revealed the details in a tweet. “I am encouraged by the results of the T&T deepwater campaign. Just received the news that BHP’s 4th well (Bongos 2) […]
Major Petroleum Cos. Pay T&T $114.7 Bln during 2010-2016
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 20.Aug.2018) – Payments by major oil and gas companies to the government of the twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago totaled $114.7 billion during 2010-2016. That’s according to figures posted by Strategic Energy Advisor Kevin Ramnarine, who is also the Former Energy Minster of Trinidad […]
Ramnarine Talks About Southern Caribbean Deepwater Industry
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 31.May.2018) – Former Trinidad and Tobago Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine will speak in Port of Spain about the regional deepwater industry in the Southern Caribbean. An abstract from his technical talk about the regional deepwater industry in the Southern Caribbean, and the case of Guyana, […]
TT’s Energy Landscape
(Trinidad and Tobago’s Newsday, Richardson Dhalai, 10.May.2018) — Trinidad and Tobago has been involved in the petroleum sector for over 100 years and is the largest oil and natural gas producer in the Caribbean. However, by the early 1990s its hydrocarbon sector moved from being primarily an oil-based economy to […]
Trinidad – Upstream Activity Snapshot in 2018
(Kevin Ramnarine, Strategic Energy Adviser). Former Minister of Energy. Business School Lecturer. International Speaker, 3.Jan.2018) – This is a summary of upstream activity for Trinidad and Tobago in 2018. 1) Rowan will have 4 rigs drilling in 2018. By June 2018 all four will be working simultaneously. Two of these will […]
Barbados And BHP Billiton Sign Exploration Licenses
(BHP, 30.Apr.2015) — The Government of Barbados and BHP Billiton today signed exploration licences for two offshore blocks, Carlisle Bay and Bimshire. These blocks are approximately 40 kilometres southeast of the island nation, total about 5,000 square kilometres and are located in waters ranging from approximately 1,200 to 2,000 metres […]