Tag: Central America
New Rules At Panama Canal Expected To Boost U.S. LNG Industry
(Houston Chronicle, Sergio Chapa, Staff writer 30.Nov.2018) â New rules allowing a greater number of liquefied natural gas tankers to pass through the Panama Canal per day are expected to boost the development of the multibillion dollar industry along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The rules went into effect in October. […]
SeaOne Caribbean Fuel Project Recognized as Strategic
(SeaOne Caribbean, 13.Aug.2018) â SeaOne Caribbean, LLC, which is developing the Caribbean and Central American Fuels Supply Project for natural gas and natural gas liquid (NGLs) delivery, announced that CG/LA Infrastructure has recognized SeaOne’s project as the region’s Top Strategic Infrastructure Project for 2018. The award was handed out at […]
No Oil, No Army: Costa Rica First Nation To Eliminate Fossil Fuels
(Sputnik News, 8.July.2018) â Costa Rica will become the first nation in the world to completely eliminate fossil fuels. In May, the country’s new president, 38-year-old former journalist Carlos Alvarado announced the plan to ban fossil fuels during his inauguration speech. âDecarbonization is the great task of our generation and […]
ECLAC Ssays Venezuelaâs Economic Activity to Fall 8.5% in 2018
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 1.May.2018) â The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, also known as ECLAC or CEPAL by its Spanish acronym, projects economic activity in troubled Venezuela will contract 8.5% in 2018. Gross domestic product or (GDP) estimates for other important countries and […]
Mariscal Sucre Has 600 MMcf/d Production Potential
(Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Feb.2017) â Venezuelaâs Mariscal Sucre natural gas project offshore has a production potential of 600 million cubic feet per day. The company plans to use this gas production to supply export markets in Colombia, Ecuador, Central America and the Caribbean, PDVSA announced in an official […]
Venezuela Eyes Gas Exports, LNG
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Jun.2015) â Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) plans to boost investments in the Venezuelan natural gas sector over the next five years in order to almost double production to meet increasing domestic demand, reduce its reliance on fuel imports and eventually export excess gas volumes to generate […]