HOUSTON, TEXAS (Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Apr.2025, Words: 1,890) — Argentina’s YPF Sociedad AnĂłnima owns 3 refineries — La Plata (Buenos Aires), Luján de Cuyo (Mendoza) and Plaza Huincul (NeuquĂ©n) — with a combined capacity to refine 337.9 thousand barrels per day (Mb/d) across the country. Together, these […]
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Destruction Of The Downstream TT Sector
(Trinidad Guardian, 7.Apr.2021) — On April 1 Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Ltd announced that it had taken a decision to immediately shut down its M4 and M5000 methanol plants in Point Lisas, with the latter being the largest methanol plant in the country and the world. According to MHTL the decision […]
Message From Petrobras’ CEO On 1Q:20 Results
(Petrobras, 15.May.2020) — Petrobras CEO Roberto Castello Branco delivered his message to shareholders related to the company’s first quarter 2020 results. “We express our solidarity with the victims of the global pandemic, at the same time as we are deeply grateful to the health professionals who have been standing out […]
Brazil, China, UAE Firms Eying Petrobras Refineries
(Reuters, Tatiana Bautzer and Carolina Mandl, 28.Nov.2019) — Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA has selected four groups for the second round of bidding for four refineries up for sale, including China’s Sinopec, Abu Dhabi’s state investor and two Brazilian firms, according to four people with knowledge of the […]
YPFB And YPF Argentina Ink Upstream And Downstream Deals
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky and Pietro D. Pitts, 7.May.2019) — YPFB and YPF Argentina signed strategic deals during discussions in Santa Cruz related to upstream and downstream activities in Bolivia and Argentina, Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Ministry announced 7 May 2019 in an official statement on its website. In the upstream […]