(IEEFA, 21.Mar.2019) — The Vaca Muerta oil and gas project, which promises to double oil and gas production over the…
(Argus, 14.Mar.2019) — Venezuela’s political opposition is proposing a comprehensive oil reform that would allow foreign investors to own up…
(UPI, 6.Mar.2019) — Ecuador will clean areas of its Amazon region that were polluted decades ago by Texaco in a…
(Reuters, 6.Mar.2019) — Norway’s BW Offshore has won approval from Brazil’s antitrust watchdog Cade to buy the Maromba oilfield from…
(Mongabay, Kimberley Brown, 5.Mar.2019) — An indigenous community in Ecuador has filed a lawsuit against the government for failing to…
(Oilprice.com, Irina Slav, 27.Feb.2019) — Russian companies in Venezuela are not experiencing any problems resulting from the escalation in the…
(President Energy, 25.Feb.2019) — President Energy plc will today launch an offer for subscription for up to £6.5 million by…
(CNN, Matt Egan, 19.Feb.2019) — US sanctions on Venezuela’s national oil company have accelerated the unprecedented collapse of its oil…
(Reuters, Corina Pons, Marianna Parraga, 9.Feb.2019) — Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA is telling customers of its joint ventures to…
(IEEFA, 8.Feb.2019) — The Argentine government’s plan to develop the massive Vaca Muerta oil and gas reserves in northern Patagonia…
(AP, 1.Feb.2019) — Chevron Corp. says its operations in Venezuela will continue normally for the “foreseeable future” despite newly imposed…
(Barron’s, Evie Liu, 29.Jan.2019) — New U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s state-owned oil giant not only place more pressure on Venezuelan…
(Reuters, 25.Jan.2019) — U.S. oil refiners said they would comply with the Trump administration’s new sanctions announced on Monday on…
(Reuters, Erwin Seba, Jessica Resnick-Ault, 28.Jan.2019) — Chevron Corp has agreed to buy a Texas oil refinery with a troubled…
(S&P Global Platts, 24.Jan.2019) — Venezuela’s self-declared interim president, Juan Guaido, will announce plans to revamp the board of Citgo…
(Seeking Alpha, Carl Surran, 16.Jan.2019) — The White House National Security Council has told some U.S. refiners that sanctions on…
(S&P Global Platts, 16.Jan.2019) — The White House National Security Council has told some US refiners that sanctions on Venezuelan…
(S&P Global Platts, 27.Dec.2018) — Shell plans to start a full-scale development project in Vaca Muerta next year, betting on…
(Ecopetrol, 21.Dec.2018) — Ecopetrol S.A. closed a deal with companies of the Shell and Chevron groups, which will allow it…
(S&P Global Platts, 26.Nov. 2018) — Vista Oil & Gas plans to invest $157.4 million in its first pilot projects…
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart and Pietro D. Pitts, 20.Nov.2018) — Argentina’s Vaca Muerta unconventional shale gas formation in Neuquén…
(Reuters, 11.Nov.2018) — Venezuela is hoping to steeply raise oil output next year but will respect any new deal if…
(Wall Street Journal, Kejal Vyas and Bradley Olson, 8.Nov.2018) — For nearly a century, Chevron Corp. has weathered dictatorships, coups and…
(Reuters, Alexandra Alper, Marta Nogueira, 30.Oct.2018) — A decision by Petrobras not to invest in drilling new wells has derailed…
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 20.Oct.2018) — Añelo’s population is expected to reach 25,000 by 2023 compared to nearly 8,000…
(Reuters, David Alire Garcia, Marianna Parraga, 16.Oct.2018) — At his first meeting with foreign oil majors, Mexico’s leftist president-elect pushed…
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, 2.Oct.2018) — Repairs to a dock at Venezuela’s main oil export port will take at least another…
(Chevron, Clay Neff, 23.Sep.2018) — ‘A stable and predictable business environment is essential to draw the investment capital needed,’ says…
(Ft.com, Charles Newberry, 23.Sep.2019) — Fresh discovery indicates life beyond Vaca Muerta. A few years ago, when the giant shale…
(OGJ, Nick Snow, 10.Sep.2018) — An international tribunal administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague found that…
(BBC, 8.Sep.2018) — An international tribunal in The Hague has ruled in favour of the US oil company, Chevron, in…
(Reuters, 4.Sep.2018) — Venezuela’s crude sales to the United States fell in August for the second month in a row…
(Oilprice.com, Nick Cunningham, 26.Aug.2018) — Mexico will likely halt oil auctions for at least two years, dealing a blow to…
(Argus, 9.Aug.2018) – Venezuela’s state-owned PdV and its joint ventures fell short of officially targeted crude production by more than…
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 1.Aug.2018) – Royal Dutch Shell plc announced the following updates during the first half of…
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 3.Jul.2018) – Work on the upgrader concluded four days ahead of schedule, according to Caracas-based…
(Argus, 26.Jun.2018) – Venezuelan state-owned PdV is restarting its 210,000 b/d PetroPiar upgrader this week after completing month-long repairs, PdV…
(Bloomberg, 17.Jun.2018) – The U.S. government is getting in on a shale boom 5,000 mi (8,000 km) from home. Energy…
(Reuters, Deisy Buitrago, Marianna Parraga, 12.Jun.2018) – Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA [PDVSA.UL] and partners have halted operations at two upgraders that…
(OilPrice.com, Robert Rapier, 12.Jun.2018) – On May 21st President Donald Trump signed a new executive order prohibiting certain oil-related transactions…