Shell Among Companies Chasing Ecuadorian Oil After Russia Sanctions

(Bloomberg, 16.Mar.2022) — U.S. refiners Valero Energy Corp and Marathon Petroleum Corp., along with Shell Plc’s trading unit Shell Western Supply and Trading, are rushing to secure Ecuadorian barrels after America banned imports of Russian crude.  Ecuador’s state oil company EP Petroecuador held back-to-back meetings this week in Louisiana with several refiners and […]

NRGBriefs: EP PetroEcuador Lays Out Production Plans 2022-26

(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including Ecuador’s state-owned EP PetroEcuador laying out plans for investments of $12bn to almost double production to 804,323 boe/d by2026; Venezuela’s VP Delcy Rodriguez traveling to participate in meeting w/ Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to “reaffirm friendship bonds and deepen strategic cooperation; […]

NRGBriefs: Argentina’s President Meets with Putin

(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including Grupo EnergĂ­a Bogotá commencing assembly of the first tower of its north project in Chocontá (Cundinamarca); Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez visiting Russia to discuss energy, industry, environmental and financing issues w/ his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin; and EP PetroEcuador General Manager Äştalo […]