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Colombia importing 61% of LPG it consumes: Gasnova

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Ofelia Paredes, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Sep.2026, Words: 105) — Colombia imports 61% of the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) it consumes, according to Gasnova. As such, the importance of […]

Bolivia could start importing natural gas between 2028-2030

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Jun.2026, Words: 137) — Bolivia’s natural gas and liquids production continues to decline, according to El Diario. Towards to the end of […]

Bolivian truckers being “held hostage” says Cadetran’s Álvaro Ayllón

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.May.2026, Words: 115) — Truckers in Bolivia are being “held hostage” between the intransigence of the protesters and the abandonment by the […]

YPFB dispatches 40,000 LPG cylinders to supply La Paz and El Alto

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 21.May.2026, Words: ) — State-owned Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) dispatched 40,000 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders from its Senkata plant to […]

Venezuela sends initial LPG exports to Colombia

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Mar.2026, Words: 160) — Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez led a working meeting with delegations from Venezuela and Colombia to address issues […]

Chrysopigi Lady sets sail from Venezuela with initial LPG shipment

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Feb.2026, Words: 253) — Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez announced that the Chrysopigi Lady vessel set sail from Venezuela with the first […]

Petroecuador boasts productive development of Galápagos Islands with continuous LPG supply

BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Dec.2025, Words: 268) — State-owned Petroecuador, the sole distributor of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the Galápagos province, boasts continuous supply of this […]

Pemex says guarantees LPG supply across Mexican Republic

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Nov.2025, Words: 168) — State-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) said domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) production and imports of this fuel are […]

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) — Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo revealed new regulations related to the transport and distribution of liquefied petroleum […]

Death toll from LPG explosion in Zaragoza rises to 29

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Sep.2025, Words: 88) — The death toll from a LPG tanker accident and explosion in Zaragoza has risen to 29. The […]

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) — As part of the US’ Venezuela sanctions regulation, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued general […]

OFAC sanctions Iranian LPG magnate Seyed Asadoollah Emamjomeh and his network

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Apr.2025) — The US Department of the Treasury‘s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on Iranian national and liquified petroleum […]

BW LPG Comments on Performance of Product Segment

(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Oct.2024) — BW LPG Limited provided an update on the performance from its BW Product Services’ segment during the third quarter 2024. For the quarter ended 30 […]

Petrobras Committed to the Practice of Competitive Prices

(Petrobras, 12.Jul.2022) — 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 […]

Washington Allows LPG Exports To Venezuela

(S&P Global Platts, 12.Jul.2021) — 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 […]

US OKs LPG Exports To Venezuela

(Energy Analytics Institute, 12.Jul.2021) — The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued general license no. 40 which allows “all transactions and activities related to the exportation or reexportation, […]

YPFB To Boost Fuel Supplies For “Todos Santos” Weekend

(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Oct.2020) — Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YFB) announced plans to boost fuel volumes to supply the general population over the weekend and through the “Todos Santos” holiday, […]

Venezuela Briefs: LPG Shortage, Eni On Nabarima

(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Oct.2020) — Energy briefs from Venezuela regarding ongoing shortages of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and Italy’s Eni submitting a proposal regarding the offloading of FSO Nabarima. Heard […]

Petrobras Reports Record S-10 Diesel, LPG Production

(Petrobras, 9.Sep.2020) — 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 […]

Ecuador Seeking New Oil-backed Loan From China

(Argus, 13.Jul.2020) — 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 […]

Golar Power Enters Alliance With Galileo

(Galileo Technologies, 2.Jul.2020) — The Agreement was signed yesterday in Sao Paulo and will leverage Golar Power’s natural gas distribution Project, without pipelines, in the interior of Brazil. The project […]

Brazil’s Refinery Utilization Rate Stable

(S&P Global Platts, 30.Jun.2020) — 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 […]

EP PetroEcuador Halts FCC Unit At Las Emeraldas

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 8.Apr.2020) — EP PetroEcuador announced an issue related to the National Interconnected System (SNI) on 7 April 2020 caused an unscheduled failure in the process […]

EP PetroEcuador Reinforcing Security Measures At El Chorrillo

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 26.Mar.2020) — EP PetroEcuador is reinforcing security measures at its facilities to face the country’s health emergency, including measures at the El Chorrillo LPG Storage […]

Argentina Blocks Oil Imports In Bow To Local Producers

(Argus, 10.Mar.2020) — 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 […]

YPFB Dispatches Fuel, LPG From Senkata Plant

(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 23.Nov.2019) — Bolivia’s state oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos announced the dispatch of 1.8 million liters of gasoline and diesel and 10,119 bottles (cylinders) […]

Petrobras Inks Deal To Divest Of Liquigás

(Petrobras, 19.Nov.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the press release of November 7, 2019, reports that it has signed today with Copagaz and Nacional Gás Butano a contract for sale […]

Brazil To Import More LNG If Bolivia Supply Falters

(Argus, 14.Nov.2019) — 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 […]

Petrobras Approves Revision Of LPG Pricing Policy

(Petrobras, 5.Aug.2019) — 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, […]

Petrobras Kicks Off Second Bid To Sell LPG Gas Unit

LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Plans For Ammonia-Urea, Propylene Plants

LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Bolivia And Paraguay To Talk Urea, Petrobras Exploration

Texaco Retrofitting Stations With Electric Chargers

Petrobras Hires Santander To Revive LPG Unit Sale -Sources

Bolivia And Paraguay Sign MOU Related To Gas Pipeline

(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 19.Nov.2018) — Bolivia’s Hydrocarbon Minister Luis Alberto Sánchez and Paraguay’s Public Works Minister Arnoldo Wiens signed a Memorandum of Understanding related to construction of a […]

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