BOGOTĂ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Jun.2026, Words: 137) â Bolivia’s natural gas and liquids production continues to decline, according to El Diario. Towards to the end of Jun. 2026 the Andean country’s gas production had fallen to less than 30 million cubic meters per day (MMcm/d); while […]
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Bolivian truckers being âheld hostageâ says Cadetranâs Ălvaro AyllĂłn
BOGOTĂ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.May.2026, Words: 115) â Truckers in Bolivia are being âheld hostageâ between the intransigence of the protesters and the abandonment by the state, reports El Diario. This, in the current context of roadblocks, where truckers are stranded on the highways, they are […]
YPFB dispatches 40,000 LPG cylinders to supply La Paz and El Alto
BOGOTĂ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 21.May.2026, Words: ) â State-owned Yacimientos PetrolĂferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) dispatched 40,000 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders from its Senkata plant to supply homes and businesses in the cities of La Paz and El Alto, according to the daily La RazĂłn. Production […]
Venezuela sends initial LPG exports to Colombia
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Mar.2026, Words: 160) â Venezuelaâs interim president Delcy RodrĂguez led a working meeting with delegations from Venezuela and Colombia to address issues of defense, trade, tourism, energy, and oil. During the meeting that took place at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, RodrĂguez announced […]
Chrysopigi Lady sets sail from Venezuela with initial LPG shipment
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Feb.2026, Words: 253) â Venezuelaâs acting president Delcy RodrĂguez announced that the Chrysopigi Lady vessel set sail from Venezuela with the first shipment of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). This represents a momentous step for the national energy industry, she said. “Together with […]
Petroecuador boasts productive development of GalĂĄpagos Islands with continuous LPG supply
BOGOTĂ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Dec.2025, Words: 268) â State-owned Petroecuador, the sole distributor of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the GalĂĄpagos province, boasts continuous supply of this product to the cantons of San CristĂłbal, Santa Cruz, and Isabela. This, by taking into account the capacity of its […]
Pemex says guarantees LPG supply across Mexican Republic
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Nov.2025, Words: 168) â State-owned PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (Pemex) said domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) production and imports of this fuel are currently operating as usual. This, amid rumors circulated by various media outlets about alleged rationing or planned shortages in the […]
Mexico reveals 2 new regulations related to LPG transport and distribution
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Oct.2025, Words: 865) â Mexicoâs president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo revealed new regulations related to the transport and distribution of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) across the country. The regulations include NOM-EM-006-ASEA-2025 for the transportation of LPG and NOM-EM-007-ASEA-2025 for the distribution of […]
Death toll from LPG explosion in Zaragoza rises to 29
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Sep.2025, Words: 88) â The death toll from a LPG tanker accident and explosion in Zaragoza has risen to 29. The explosion occurred near the Concordia bridge on 10 Sep. 2025 in Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, in the Iztapalapa Municipality. RELATED: LPG […]
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OFAC issues general license no. 40D regarding offloading of LPG in Venezuela [download]
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Jul.2025, Words: 270) â As part of the US’ Venezuela sanctions regulation, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued general license no. 40D authorizing the offloading of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Venezuela. Details around the GL40D include:
OFAC sanctions Iranian LPG magnate Seyed Asadoollah Emamjomeh and his network
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Apr.2025) â The US Department of the Treasury‘s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on Iranian national and liquified petroleum gas (LPG) magnate Seyed Asadoollah Emamjomeh and his corporate network. Collectively they are responsible for shipping hundreds of millions of dollarsâ worth […]
BW LPG Comments on Performance of Product Segment
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Oct.2024) â BW LPG Limited provided an update on the performance from its BW Product Servicesâ segment during the third quarter 2024. For the quarter ended 30 Sep. 2024, BW Product Services reported an estimated gross profit of $71mn, which was mainly a result of $86mn of […]
Petrobras Committed to the Practice of Competitive Prices
(Petrobras, 12.Jul.2022) â Petrobras, regarding the news published in the media about its frequency of readjustments in fuel prices, clarifies that, in 2022, it carried out an increase and a reduction in LPG prices, four readjustments in diesel prices and three readjustments in gasoline prices, a frequency lower than that […]
Washington Allows LPG Exports To Venezuela
(S&P Global Platts, 12.Jul.2021) â The US Department of Treasury granted a sanctions waiver July 12 allowing US companies to export or re-export LPG supplies to Venezuela, the first move by the Biden administration to ease sanctions on the economically hard-hit country. A propane shortage in Venezuela has forced many […]
US OKs LPG Exports To Venezuela
(Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Jul.2021) â The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued general license no. 40 which allows âall transactions and activities related to the exportation or reexportation, directly or indirectly, of liquefied petroleum gas to Venezuela, involving the government of Venezuela, PetrĂłleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), or […]
YPFB To Boost Fuel Supplies For âTodos Santosâ Weekend
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Oct.2020) â Yacimientos PetrolĂferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YFB) announced plans to boost fuel volumes to supply the general population over the weekend and through the âTodos Santosâ holiday, according to an internal report from the Department of Corporate Commercialization at the state entity. The increased volumes are needed […]
Venezuela Briefs: LPG Shortage, Eni On Nabarima
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Oct.2020) â Energy briefs from Venezuela regarding ongoing shortages of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and Italyâs Eni submitting a proposal regarding the offloading of FSO Nabarima. Heard On The Street: Citizens Using Firewood An ongoing shortage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which is widely used across Venezuela […]
Petrobras Reports Record S-10 Diesel, LPG Production
(Petrobras, 9.Sep.2020) â Petrobras announced that, for the third month in a row, it has broken the production record of S-10 Diesel, low-sulfur diesel. In August, the company’s refineries processed 1.84 million mÂł of the product, a volume slightly higher than in July, when it reached 1.81 million mÂł, and […]
Ecuador Seeking New Oil-backed Loan From China
(Argus, 13.Jul.2020) â Ecuador’s austerity-minded government is in discussions with China to secure a new loan backed by oil sales. The fresh loan of at least $1.4bn would be secured by some 50mn bl of crude sales under a long-term arrangement that replicates a series of oil-backed debt contracts that […]
Golar Power Enters Alliance With Galileo
(Galileo Technologies, 2.Jul.2020) â The Agreement was signed yesterday in Sao Paulo and will leverage Golar Powerâs natural gas distribution Project, without pipelines, in the interior of Brazil. The project will also tap into new biomethane sources. Golar Power, one of the worldâs largest LNG integrated companies, entered into a […]
Brazil’s Refinery Utilization Rate Stable
(S&P Global Platts, 30.Jun.2020) â Brazil’s refineries returned close to pre-pandemic levels in June, despite several incidents at processing units across Latin America’s biggest country that led to output volatility during the month, the Mines and Energy Ministry said June 30. State-led oil company Petrobras, which operates 98% of Brazil’s […]
EP PetroEcuador Halts FCC Unit At Las Emeraldas
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 8.Apr.2020) â EP PetroEcuador announced an issue related to the National Interconnected System (SNI) on 7 April 2020 caused an unscheduled failure in the process units of the Las Esmeraldas refinery. As a consequence of the emergency stoppage, damage occurred to the F-C1 compressor of […]
EP PetroEcuador Reinforcing Security Measures At El Chorrillo
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 26.Mar.2020) â EP PetroEcuador is reinforcing security measures at its facilities to face the country’s health emergency, including measures at the El Chorrillo LPG Storage and Distribution terminal located in Guayas province, which continues with its LPG delivery operations. EP PetroEcuador has ordered that minimum […]
Argentina Blocks Oil Imports In Bow To Local Producers
(Argus, 10.Mar.2020) â The oil price collapse is prompting Argentina to revive state intervention to protect the domestic oil industry. The national government is putting the brakes on imports of crude, gasoline and diesel, a move that mainly benefits state-controlled YPF, Argentina’s top oil producer and refiner. In the new […]
YPFB Dispatches Fuel, LPG From Senkata Plant
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 23.Nov.2019) â Boliviaâs state oil company Yacimientos PetrolĂferos Fiscales Bolivianos announced the dispatch of 1.8 million liters of gasoline and diesel and 10,119 bottles (cylinders) of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to the cities of La Paz and El Alto after suspension of a blockade at […]
Petrobras Inks Deal To Divest Of LiquigĂĄs
(Petrobras, 19.Nov.2019) â Petrobras, following up on the press release of November 7, 2019, reports that it has signed today with Copagaz and Nacional GĂĄs Butano a contract for sale of all its stake in LiquigĂĄs Distribuidora S.A. The sale price is R$ 3.7 billion, to be adjusted according to […]
Brazil To Import More LNG If Bolivia Supply Falters
(Argus, 14.Nov.2019) â Brazil will increase LNG imports if pipeline natural gas supply from Bolivia is interrupted because of political unrest, according to Brazilian hydrocarbons agency ANP. Brazilian state-controlled Petrobras confirmed that it was notified by Bolivian state-owned YPFB on 11 November about possible fluctuations in gas supply. Under a […]
Petrobras Approves Revision Of LPG Pricing Policy
(Petrobras, 5.Aug.2019) â Petrobras reports that its Executive Board has approved revision of its LPG pricing policy for residential use, sold for bottling in cylinders of up to 13 kg, including smaller capacity cylinders, such as 5 kg and 8 kg, which meet the demand for lower volumes. Prices charged […]
Bolivia And Paraguay Sign MOU Related To Gas Pipeline
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 19.Nov.2018) â Boliviaâs Hydrocarbon Minister Luis Alberto SĂĄnchez and Paraguayâs Public Works Minister Arnoldo Wiens signed a Memorandum of Understanding related to construction of a natural gas pipeline that will allow for shipment of the molecules from the former to the latter. We hope to […]
Trinidad Government Announces New Company For Refinery Assets
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Carla Bridglal, 18.Oct.2018) The government has announced a new state company, Guaracara Refining Company, into which the assets of the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery will be placed. The refinery is scheduled to be shuttered by next month, and after the assets have been transferred to Guaracara, the company […]
Petrotrin Severance to Cost at Least $1 Bln
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Carla Bridglal, 31.Aug.2018) â Severance packages for Petrotrin workers will cost upwards of $1 billion, Energy Minister Franklin Khan estimated yesterday. But compared to the Pointe-a-Pierre refineryâs annual lossâestimated at $2 billionâthatâs a small price to pay. Khan said the company was still âcrunching the numbersâ […]
Petrobras Starts Competitive Process to Sell LiquigĂĄs
(Petrobras, 15.Jun.2016) â Petrobras started the competitive process to sell LiquigĂĄs Distribuidora S.A., a wholly-owned, privately-held subsidiary operating in the bottling, distribution and selling of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). LiquigĂĄs has a presence in almost all Brazilian states, with 23 operating centers, 19 deposits, 1 storage and road-rail loading base, […]
YPFB, PetroPar and LPG Distributors Discuss Contracts
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 11.Jun.2016) â Officials from YPFB and its Paraguayan counterpart PetroPar meet with LPG distributors in Paraguay to evaluate the expansion of sales and purchase agreements. “Actually, YPFB has contracts with Paraguayan LPG distributors that expire in August,” reported the daily newspaper La RazĂłn, citing YPFB […]
YPFB Guarantees LPG Supply in Santa Cruz
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 2.Jun.2016) â YPFB plans to increase the number of LPG cylinders in Santa Cruz to 45,000 per day from 37,000 per day in order to satisfy demand in Santa Cruz, reported the daily newspaper La RazĂłn, citing YPFB President Guillermo AchĂĄ. “During the colder months […]
YPFB to Boost LPG Supply During Winter Period
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 25.May.2016) â YPFB will increase the supply of LPG cylinders to an average 158,000 per day from 130,000 per day to guarantee supply of the product during the winter period which runs through August and potentially September. The priority is to supply the internal market […]
PetroEcuador Highlights Benefits of Esmeraldas Workover
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Apr.2016, Clifford Fingers III) â EP PetroEcuador stands to gain the most from the recent workover to the Esmeraldas Refinery, reported the state company in an official statement. The primary benefit includes recuperating the 110,000 barrel-per-day capacity as well as increasing processing capacity, efficiency, and continuity while […]
FACT SHEET: PetroEcuador refineries have 175 Mb/d capacity
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Clifford Fingers III, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Apr.2016, Clifford Fingers III, Words: 88) â EP PetroEcuador’s 3 refineries — Esmeraldas, La Libertad and Shushufindi — had a combined processing capacity of 175,000 barrels per day (b/d) at year end 2015, reported the state company in an official statement. The […]