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(The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 5.Sep.2023) — The impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on the natural gas trade, inter alia, continues to be felt well beyond Europe’s borders. As […]
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Sempra to Develop NatGas Transportation Infrastructure in Mexico
(Sempra, 14.Feb.2023) — Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra (NYSE: SRE) (BMV: SRE), Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (Comisión Federal de Electricidad, CFE), and Carso Energy, a subsidiary of Grupo Carso, […]
North America has the Energy to Solve the Global Crisis
(TC Energy, 6.Dec.2022) — TC Energy’s President & CEO, François Poirier, shares his thoughts and perspectives on how two simple ideas can help solve the energy crisis. Our path to […]
NGC, MHTL Ink Gas Supply Contract
(NGC, 4.Aug.2021) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) signed a Consolidated Gas Supply Contract (CGSC) with Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Limited (MHTL), part of the Proman […]
Methanex To Cut 60 Employees At Titan Facility
(Methanex, 7.Jan.2021) — Methanex Corporation announced today that it expects its Titan methanol facility in Trinidad (875,000 annual operating capacity) will remain idled indefinitely. As a result, the company has […]
Luis Acre Restores Bolivia To Socialist Party Rule
(Argus, 19.Oct.2020) — Gas-rich Bolivia’s socialist party swept yesterday’s elections and will return to power by year’s end, but with a more pragmatic leader at its helm. Former finance minister […]
Camisea Has Contributed Royalties Of $10.5bn
(Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Aug.2020) — Camisea has reportedly contributed $10.45bn in terms of royalties during the 16 years it has been operating in Peru, website La República reported 7 August […]
Bolivia To Lose $223mn In Petrobras Deal
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Aug.2020) — Bolivia’s state oil and gas entity Yacimientos Petrolifos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) will cease to receive some $223 million over three years after signing an eighth […]
Petrobras Eyes LNG Units For Pre-salt Gas
(Reuters, 3.Jul.2020) — Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras is considering installing offshore units to liquefy the growing natural gas production from the so-called pre-salt area, the company’s emissions and climate […]
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 […]
YPFB To Use Gasbol Pipeline Independently
(Reuters, 10.Jan.2020) — The Brazilian government authorized Bolivian oil and gas company YPFB to use the Gasbol pipeline to sell gas to other companies in Brazil beyond state-run oil firm […]
Some 140 Bolivian Industries Lacking Gas
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 19.Nov.2019) — At least 140 industries – including large and medium sized ones in the Bolivian departments of La Paz, Cochabamba and Oruro – have […]
NGC Acknowledges Cessation Of Yara Operations
(NGC, 13.Nov.2019) — The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) notes the decision taken by Yara Trinidad Limited to cease operations of its ammonia plant located at […]
Repsol’s Brufau Says Gas The Only Transitional Energy
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 10.Oct.2019) — Repsol’s President Antonio Brufau said during a visit to Bolivia that natural gas is the only transitional energy. “All the countries that are […]
Mexican Lawsuit Risks Permian Route To Market
(Petroleum Economist, Charles Waine, 2.Aug.2019) — Mexico’s Comisión Federal de Electridad (CFE), the state-owned electricity utility, has started legal proceedings against seven natural gas pipelines. The move intensifies fears about […]
Bolivian Economy Stable But Storm Clouds Loom
(AP, Carlos Valdez, 1.Jul.2019) — Abraham Rodríguez’s small shoe store grew into a factory that employed more than a dozen workers during an economic boom in Bolivia when prices for […]
Sempra Energy Starts Production At Train 1 Of Cameron LNG Facility
(Sempra, 14.May.2019) — Sempra Energy announced that Cameron LNG has begun producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the first liquefaction train of the Cameron LNG export project in Hackberry, La. […]
Tecpetrol Reports Death Of Two Contractors At Fortín De Piedra Project
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 6.May.2019) — Tecpetrol announced that an accident on 5 May 2019 at the CPF plant of its Fortín de Piedra natural gas project in Argentina […]
YPFB President Says Incahuasi-5 Well To Add 3.5 MMcm/d Of NatGas Output
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 5.Apr.2019) — Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) President Oscar Barriga says the Incahuasi-5 well, located 250 kilometers southwest of Santa Cruz department, will have a […]
Venezuela flaring nearly 2 Bcf/d of gas as oil production falls
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Apr.2019, Words: 280) — Venezuela, home to the world’s largest oil reserves and one of Latin America’s larger oil producers, is flaring […]
IGU Releases 2019 World LNG Report As Global Trade Continues To Grow
(IGU, 2.Apr.2019) — The International Gas Union (IGU) released its 2019 World LNG Report – an annual, in-depth analysis of the current state of the Global LNG Industry over the […]
Government’s Adjustment Plan For Vaca Muerta Puts Conflict On The Horizon
(Buenos Aires Times, Jairo Straccia, 2.Feb.2019) — Despite all the smiling photos taken in the past showing President Mauricio Macri and Techint CEO Paolo Rocca together (even at the height […]
Fact Sheet: Hunt Oil In Peru
(Hunt Oil, 2.Feb.2019) — Hunt Oil Company of Peru L.L.C., Sucursal del Perú (HOCP) is part of the Camisea Consortium and holds a 25.2% interest in the License Contracts related […]
Without Gas For Cremation, Even Dying Is A Struggle In Venezuela
(Reuters, Mayela Armas and Mariela Nava, 5.Dec.2018) — Angelica Vera of Venezuela’s western state of Zulia planned to cremate her father’s remains after he died of cancer in November because […]
DeNovo Delivers Initial Gas From Iguana Field Offshore Trinidad
(DeNovo Energy, 21.Nov.2018) — DeNovo Energy Limited, a subsidiary of the Proman Group, announced the first commercial supply of gas from the Iguana Field in Block 1(a), which will deliver […]
Bolivian Gas Price Rises In Brazil And Argentina
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 16.Nov. 2018) — The price of natural gas in Brazil and Argentina to-date has risen in both markets compared to year-end 2017. In Brazil, the […]
Venezuela Pushing For Dragon Gas In 18 Months
(Trinidad Express, 15.Nov.2018) — Venezuela’s minister of energy, Manuel Quevedo, said yesterday that his country’s state-owned oil giant PDVSA expects to start sending natural gas to Trinidad from the Dragon […]
Producer Trinidad Calls For Global Gas Pricing Index
(Reuters, 13.Nov.2018) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley on Tuesday called on the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) to develop and implement a gas pricing index to ensure […]
Argentina Makes Small $2 Million Payment For Bolivian Gas
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 27.Oct.2018) — Bolivia’s Central Bank (BCB by its Spanish acronym) announced Argentina made a “small payment” of $2 million related to a debt with Bolivia […]
Argentina Buys An Average 16.2 MMcm/d From Bolivia in Sep.
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 26.Oct.2018) — Argentina purchased an average 16.2 million cubic meters per day (MMcm/d) of natural gas from Bolivia in September 2018. However, the volumes are […]
Camisea Consortium Resumes Operations at Malvinas Gas Plant
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 20.Oct.2018) — The Camisea Consortium confirmed conditions at the Malvinas Gas Plant “are normal and present no risk to the safety of people, operations or […]
Argentina Plans To Close LNG Importing Facility
(Bloomberg, Jonathan Gilbert, 17.Oct.2018) — Argentina plans to close a facility for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to people with direct knowledge of the matter, after booming production from […]
Texas Would Have A ‘Party’ If Mexico Prohibited Fracking
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 16.Oct.2018) — Prohibiting fracking in a generalized manner, as announced by Mexico’s president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), would be an error that would benefit […]
Argentina Still Owes Bolivia $250 Mln For Gas Imports
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 27.Sep.2018) — Bolivia’s government plans to meet soon with Argentine authorities in the Casa Rosada to again address the issue of late payments. “They still […]
Petrobras Bolivia Spuds Deep Caranda X1005 Well in Santa Cruz
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 27.Sep.2018) —The well was spud in the Caranda Field inthe presence of Bolivia’s President Evo Morales. The field is located in the Ichilo province of […]
Bolivia’s Incahuasi Field Producing 8 MMcm/d of Natural Gas
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 21.Sep.2018) — Bolivia’s President Evo Morales says natural gas production at the Incahuasi field, discovered in 2004, is currently eight million cubic meters per day […]
Argentina Owes Bolivia $250 Million for Natural Gas Sales
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 14.Sep.2018) — Argentina owes Bolivia $250 million, which corresponds to two-months of natural gas sales. “Hopefully they can honor the debt,” reported the daily newspaper […]
New Fortress Builds On LNG Presence With Irish, Mexican Projects
(LNG World Shipping, Mike Corkhill, 4.Sep.2018) — New Fortress Energy has added two major LNG import projects to its portfolio, as part of its drive to bring the benefits of […]
Trinidad: Crouching Tiger
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Kiran Mathur Mohammed, Camille Moreno, 30.Aug.2018) — The Dragon gas deal signed last Saturday is worth celebrating. The clink of glasses will be heard in boardrooms […]
PDVSA, Citgo Evaluating Aruba Gas Plan
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 25.Aug.2018) — Venezuela is evaluating a plan to implement a natural gas project with Aruba. Officials from Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA, and its refining […]
Venezuela to Send Dragón Gas to Trinidad
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 25.Aug.2018) — Venezuela will send its Dragón field natural gas to Trinidad for processing. That’s according to a deal signed today in Caracas between the […]
MEEI Updates on Status of Trinidad Energy Infrastructure
(MEEI, 24.Aug.2018) — The Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) has been monitoring the impacts of the 6.9 magnitude earthquake which occurred on Tuesday 21st August, 2018 at 5:31 […]
Fact Sheet: Peru LNG
(Shell, 1.Jun.2018) — Peru LNG is the first natural gas liquefaction plant in South America and began operations in 2010 with a 4.45 mtpa capacity. It receives dry gas through […]
Gas Supply Problems Turning Cos. Away from Trinidad
(InterFax, 18.May.2018) – Jerome Dookie, the chief executive of Trinidadian ammonia producer Caribbean Nitrogen Co. (CNC), said on Wednesday that gas supply disruptions have made Trinidad and Tobago a less […]
Trinidad Energy Chamber Head Talks Marketplace
(The Oxford Business Group, 25.Sep.2016) — Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago CEO Thackwray “Dax” Driver talks about the expanding marketplace. What is the significance of recent oil and gas […]