Global Witness Withdraws Guyana Report
(Global Witness, 11.Jan.2021) — The climate emergency is the greatest threat facing the world. If we are to prevent its worst impacts we all must act now. For Global Witness...
Petrobras Reports Record Production In 2020
(Petrobras, 7.Jan.2021) — Petrobras registered records in its 2020 annual oil production and total annual production (oil and gas) of, respectively, 2.28 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil and...
Eurasia Group Publishes Top Risks For 2021
(Eurasia Group, 4.Jan.2021) — As we begin 2021, the United States is the most powerful, politically divided, and economically unequal of the world's industrial democracies. China is America's strongest competitor,...
Perenco To Compensate Workers In Quarantine
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 26.Dec.2020) — Perenco TT Ltd has assured that it has and will continues to fulfil its contractual obligations to its workforce, and that all personnel will...
Citgo Plans Q4 2021 Overhaul At Corpus Christi Refinery
(Reuters, 21.Dec.2020) — Citgo Petroleum Corp plans an overhaul at its 167,500 barrel-per-day (bpd) Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery in the fourth quarter of 2021, the company said on Monday. The...
Gov’t Worked With Exxon For Maximum Production
(DPI, 20.Dec.2020) — The government of Guyana says it welcomes the announcement by US oil and gas company ExxonMobil that it has reached maximum production of 120,000 barrels of oil...
ExxonMobil To Reduce Staff Levels In Canada
(Exxon, 25.Nov.2020) — As part of an ongoing global review to identify cost efficiencies and improve long-term competitiveness, staffing levels will be reduced at ExxonMobil’s Canadian affiliates. It is anticipated...
Nigeria In Recession, Impacted By COVID-19, Oil
(Reuters, 21.Nov.2020) — Nigeria has slipped into a recession after its gross domestic product contracted for the second consecutive quarter, according to data released on Saturday which showed the impact...
ExxonMobil To Reduce US Staff Levels
(Exxon, 30.Oct.2020) — As part of an extensive global review announced earlier this year, the company plans to reduce staffing levels in the United States, primarily at its management offices...
Latin America Peers Warily Into US Election Mirror
(Argus, 30.Oct.2020) — The region's recovery from Covid-19 will depend heavily on who is dictating US policy, writes Patricia Garip. Waves of political chaos that recurrently engulf Latin America were...
Simón Bolívar Foundation Rejects Maduro Allegations
(Citgo, 30.Oct.2020) — Given the recent accusations made by representatives of the Nicolás Maduro regime, the Simón Bolívar Foundation, the private non-profit foundation of Citgo Petroleum Corporation, categorically rejects the...
Petrobras Boosts Production Outlook
(Reuters, 20.Oct.2020) — Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras said on Tuesday that 2020 production should exceed previously disclosed estimates, as the firm ramps up production at some of its most...
OAS Mission In Bolivia To Observe Elections
(OAS, 9.Oct.2020) — The Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) of the Organization of American States (OAS) will begin to arrive in La Paz tomorrow to begin the tasks of observation in...
Petrobras Reports Record S-10 Diesel Production, Sales
(Petrobras, 7.Oct.2020) — Petrobras reports that in September, for the fourth month in a row, it surpassed the record production of S-10 low sulfur diesel, reaching the 1.89 million m³...
IMF OKs $6.5bn Extended Facility For Ecuador
(IMF, 1.Oct.2020) — The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a 27-month extended arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Ecuador, with access equivalent to SDR...
Investors Pull Plug On Argentina’s Prized Shale Play
(Oilprice.com, 19.Sep.2020) — Much ink has been spilled about the downfall and dubious recovery of the United States shale oil sector. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude benchmark’s dramatic rock...
US Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo Arrives In Guyana
(DPI, 17.Sep.2020) — The arrival of United States (US) Secretary of State, Mr. Michael Pompeo on these shores today marks an historic development in the relationship between Guyana and the...
US Secretary Of State To Reach Guyana Soon
(DPI, 17.Sep.2020) — The United States Secretary of State Mr. Michael Pompeo is set to arrive this evening and will be the highest-ranking sitting government official to visit Guyana since...
Ecopetrol Aims To Drill 100 Permian Wells By YE:21
(Reuters, 14.Sep.2020) — Colombian oil company Ecopetrol SA aims to drill a total 100 wells by end-2021 in the Permian Basin of West Texas as global oil prices recover, Chief...
PPSA Sale Plan Stokes Oil Contract Debate
(Argus, 12.Aug.2020) — The Brazilian government's plan to sell state-owned pre-salt marketing company PPSA has stalled amid congressional foot-dragging over a change in pre-salt contract terms. Addressing reporters late yesterday,...
Colombian Oil Major Reports Surprise Profits
(Oilprice.com, 12.Aug.202) — The March 2020 oil price crash and COVID-19 pandemic has hit the global energy sector hard. In response oil companies are slashing capital spending, driving down costs...
Saudi Arabia Turns Off America’s Oil Taps Again
(Bloomberg, 9.Aug.2020) — The strategy worked wonders in 2017. It will be more challenging this time around unless the pandemic eases its grip on oil demand. For the second time...
Trump Hits Wall With Bid To Place Ally At LatAm Bank
(Bloomberg, 7.Aug.2020) — Mexico called for delaying the election of a new chief for a key Latin American development bank amid controversy caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to...
Investors Want To Know: Colombia’s Negative Outlook
(Fitch Ratings, 22.Jul.2020) — Colombia's sovereign metrics have deteriorated further since its April downgrade to 'BBB-', underpinning the range of downside risks reflected in the country's Negative Rating Outlook, says...
Petronas New Energy Teams Up with Nefin Group
(Petronas, 20.Jul.2020) — Following the launch of its first solar rooftop solution, M+ by Petronas last year, Petronas New Energy is now set to grow in the domestic renewable energy...
Siemens To Establish Mobile Working As “New Normal”
(Siemens, 16.Jul.2020) — Siemens will establish mobile working as a core component of its “new normal” and will make it a permanent standard, both during the global pandemic and beyond....
MERNNR Extends Offers For El Aromo And Villonaco
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Jul.2020) — René Ortiz, the head of Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (MERNNR) extended terms for the delivery of technical and economic offers --...
Renewables Key To LatAm Economic Recovery
(Reve, 8.Jul.2020) — The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) will boost ties to put the renewables driven energy transformation at the heart of...
Petrobras To Cut Over 20% Of Workforce
(Reuters, 1.Jul.2020) — Some 10,000 employees of Brazil's Petrobras, or 22% of its workforce, have accepted voluntary buyouts, Chief Executive Roberto Castello Branco said on Wednesday, as the state-run oil...
Brazil’s IBP Sees COVID-19 Impact Until The End Of 2021
(Reuters, 30.Jun.2020) — Brazil’s oil industry expects a recovery in domestic demand in the next months driven by growing China imports, but the negative effects of COVID-19 are expected to...
YPF Issues Force Majeure Notice On Tango FLNG
(Reuters, 26.Jun.2020) — Belgian shipping company Exmar has said that it had received a force majeure notice from Argentine oil company YPF SA under charter and services deals for the...
Keith Rowley’s Address – Energy, Renewables Event
(Trinidad Prime Minister, 24.Jun.2020) — Prime Minister Dr the Hon Keith Rowley’s Feature Address – Energy Efficiency and Renewables Conference 2020. Ladies and Gentlemen, a very good morning to you...
Exxon Reduces Guyana Crude Production
(Tudor Pickering, 16.Jun.2020) — Reports out last night that XOM was forced to reduce output at its Liza Phase 1 project in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana due to an...
Petrobras Refineries Near Pre-pandemic Levels
(Reuters, 12.Jun.2020) — Utilization rates at refineries owned by Brazil’s Petrobras are nearing pre-pandemic levels, as lower fuel imports by competitors and resilient international demand for bunker fuel provide a...
Exxon Oil Output Falls On Gas Compressor Problem
(Stabroek News, 7.Jun.2020) — Production at Exxon-Mobil’s Liza-1 project in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana, has plummeted from 80,000 barrels per day (bpd) to now between 25,000 and 30,000 bpd...
Oil Workers In Mexico Plead To Come Home
(The Guardian, 4.Jun.2020) — Dozens of Trinidad and Tobago oilfield workers in Mexico have issued a plea to the government to allow them to return home. The workers issued a...
Pemex Continues With Tula Refinery Contingency
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jun.2020) — Pemex’s "Miguel Hidalgo" refinery in Tula carried out preventive measures to mitigate the risks of the Covid-19 pandemic among its work force as well as...
Global LNG Demand Faces Seasonal Contraction
(WoodMac, 2.Jun.2020) — The global liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry is about to face its first seasonal demand contraction since 2012, with demand in summer 2020 expected to fall 2.7%...
Trinidad-Venezuela Ties Omit Natural Gas For Now
(Argus, 29.May.2020) — Trinidad and Tobago declared explicit support for Venezuela's US-sanctioned government this week, but the political ties will not revive natural gas cooperation in the near term because...
Fitch Affirms Raizen’s IDRs At ‘BBB’; Outlook Negative
(Fitch Ratings, 28.May.2020) — Fitch Ratings has affirmed Raizen Combustiveis S.A.'s and Raizen Energia S.A.'s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at 'BBB' and National Long-Term Ratings...
Covid-19 Crisis Could Crush Brazil’s Oil Boom
(Oilprice.com, 20.May.2020) — The coronavirus is spreading like wildfire in Brazil, and the country’s oil industry could get dragged down with it. “Brazil has the worst COVID growth rate of...
Colombia Eyes Intervention In Oil Pipeline Tariffs
(Reuters, 20.May.2020) — Colombia’s government could make an unprecedented intervention in oil pipeline tariffs, which private producers have criticized as too high, the president of the country’s National Hydrocarbons Agency...
Argentina Sets Oil At $45/bbl To Shield Domestic Sector
(Reuters, 19.May.2020) — Argentina's government set the local crude oil reference price at $45 per barrel on Tuesday in a bid to protect the country's hard-hit sector from the impact...
UPM Finalizes Items With New Uruguayan Government
(UPM, 15.May.2020) — UPM is proceeding at full speed with its investment project in Uruguay and has taken several steps forward. UPM and the new Government of Uruguay have signed...
Petrobras Comments On Internal Event News
(Petrobras, 8.May.2020) — Petrobras in view of the news published today in the media regarding the meeting held on 05/06/2020 by the Executive Board in an internal event with the...
Petrobras Reaches Oil Export Record In April
(Petrobras, 4.May.2020) — Petrobras exported 1 million barrels of oil per day in April. This represents a new oil export record and contributes to strengthening the company's cash flow. The...
Statement From Guyana’s DOE Director Mark Bynoe
(DOE, 4.May.2020) — Good morning ladies and gentlemen I am coming to you at a very interesting time in our country’s history given the furore over our national and regional...
Global LNG Demand Resilient Amid COVID-19
(IHSMarkit, 30.Apr.2020) — The COVID19 pandemic has led to lockdowns across the globe and severe downgrades for short-term macroeconomic indicators. A major re-evaluation is needed for the supply and demand...
Petrobras Powers Past Oil Glut On China Sales
(Bloomberg, 29.Apr.2020) — Petrobras, Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant, is plowing through a global oil glut expecting that exports to China will soon rebound, and with extensive storage capacity helping it...
Mexican Oil Platforms Cut Staff Over Coronavirus
(Reuters, 26.Apr.2020) — Mexico has begun removing staff from Gulf of Mexico oil platforms to limit the spread of the coronavirus, leaving essential personnel on board, state oil firm Petroleos...
Argentina Sets Stage for Debt Offer With $50Bn Filing
(Bloomberg, 15.Apr.2020) — Argentina registered to issue more than $50 billion in new debt as it prepares to make a painful restructuring offer to holders of its sovereign bonds. The...
Pemex Platform Worker Infected With Coronavirus
(Reuters, 13.Apr.2020) — At least one worker at Mexican state oil company Pemex’s Abkatun-A processing center, in shallow waters in the Gulf of Mexico, has been diagnosed with coronavirus, two...
CSI Compressco Provides Financial And Ops Update
(CSI, 13.Apr.2020) — CSI Compressco LP announced that, in light of the current, significant macroeconomic uncertainty resulting from the recent decline in oil prices and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it...
YPF Slashes Vaca Muerta Output: Rio Negro Reports
(Reuters, 9.Apr.2020) — Argentine state energy firm YPF has cut production by around half at its giant Vaca Muerta shale development Loma Campana due to a slump in demand amid...
WoodMac On OPEC+ Production Plan
(WoodMac, 9.Apr.2020) — As OPEC+ agreed at cut of 10 million b/d, WoodMac’s Ann-Louise Hittle said: “A 10 million b/d cut would be very supportive of price over the second...
Brief Intro Remarks By OPEC Secretary General
(OPEC, 9.Apr.2020) — Delivered by HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, OPEC Secretary General, at the 9th (Extraordinary) OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting, 9 April 2020, via webinar. Excellencies, Over the course...
S&P Changes Petrobras’ Rating To Stable
(Petrobras, 7.Apr.2020) — Petrobras informs that S&P Global Ratings Agency (S&P) has changed the company's global credit rating outlook from positive to stable, and has kept the risk level (rating)...
Petrobras Says S&P Changes Global Rating Perspective
(Petrobras, 7.Apr.2020) — Petrobras informs that S&P Global Ratings Agency (S&P) has changed the company's global credit rating outlook from positive to stable, and has kept the risk level (rating)...
EP PetroEcuador Suspends Operations At La Libertad
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 3.Apr.2020) — State oil company EP PetroEcuador announced plans to suspend activities at the La Libertad refinery located in Santa Elena province for 14 days,...
‘Dead Cow’ Oil Play Set To Be Next Permian Is Now Dead
(Bloomberg, 1.Apr.2020) — Just a bit more than 3 weeks ago, the head of Argentina’s state-run driller outlined an aggressive $1.8 billion spending plan for 2020 in the country’s Vaca...
Caribbean Facing Less Bright Future For Oil And Gas
(Jamaica Gleaner, 29.Mar.2020) — Just a few weeks ago it was possible for Trinidad & Tobago’s Prime Minister, Dr Keith Rowley, to indicate in a major speech, that the Caribbean...
Citgo Foundation To Support Covid-19 Efforts In Venezuela
(Citgo, 26.Mar.2020) — The Simón Bolívar Foundation Inc. (SBF), the non-profit, private foundation of Citgo Petroleum Corporation, is launching a special round of its small grants program to help alleviate...
Petrobras Cuts Capex, Output By 100,000 B/D
(Petrobras, 26.Mar.2020) — Petrobras hereby provides an update to the market on the measures that have been taken by the company in view of the impacts of the COVID-19 (coronavirus)...
YPF Inks Deals With Ministries For Truckers
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 25.Mar.2020) — YPF President Guillermo Nielsen signed an agreement with the representatives from Argentina’s ministries of Transportation, Security, Health, Interior and Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries;...
IMF Managing Dir. Kristalina Georgieva On Argentina
(IMF, 20.Mar.2020) — At the request of the Argentine authorities and reflecting close collaboration with them, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released today a technical note prepared by IMF staff...
Petrobras Reduces Workforce Amid Virus
(S&P Global Platts, 17.Mar.2020) — Brazilian state-led oil company Petrobras slashed administrative staff by at least 50%, including at operations units such as refineries and production facilities, amid expanding efforts...
Ecopetrol Cuts CAPEX And Other Expenses, Costs
(Ecopetrol, 17.Mar.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. informs that in an extraordinary session held on March 16, its Board of Directors adopted a set of actions to address the challenging market conditions,...
Economic Fallout From Virus Felt In Venezuela
(ABC News, 16.Mar.2020) — Nicolás Maduro’s government on Monday banned gasoline sales in two states as part of a broader lock-down to stem panic buying by Venezuelans accustomed to hoarding...
Pemex Received First Payment From Its Hedge
(Bloomberg, 12.Mar.2020) — Petroleos Mexicanos received its first payment from its annual oil hedge, as prices fell the most in three decades amid a producer battle for market share, and...
Coronavirus’ Greatest Upstream Impact: On Prices
(WoodMac, 27.Feb.2020) — The upstream oil and gas sector’s biggest commercial fear from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic is its impact on demand and prices. Only a small proportion of global...