MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Editores Latin Petroleum, 13.Sep.2026, Words: 274) — PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) continues with work on the Ek-Balam field offshore pipeline, which has been depressurized, isolated […]
Tag: oil spill
PEMEX downplays oil spill reaching Campeche coast
MONTERREY, MEXICO (By Isaac Silvestre, Editores LatinPetroleum, 12.Sep.2026, Words: 172) — PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) downplayed the arrival of hydrocarbons to the Campeche coast. This, after a spill at the state-owned company’s […]
PEMEX spill near Ciudad del CarmenÂ
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Editores Latin Petroleum, 10.Sep.2026, Words: 76) — An oil spill at PEMEX facilities north of Ciudad del Carmen mobilized authorities with 4 vessels, 2 […]
Trinidad and Tobago’s MEEI reports on Heritage oil spill, containment efforts
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 10.May.2026, Words: 325) — Heritage Petroleum Company Limited detected an oil spill in the Main Field at 0725 hrs on 1 […]
Venezuela concerned about oil spill in Trinidad, environmental impacts
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 9.May.2026, Words: 228) — Venezuela expressed concern regarding an oil spill originating from neighboring Trinidad and Tobago. The spill has reportedly caused […]
PRESS DIGEST 16 APR. 2026: PEMEX’ GOM oil spill, Tula fire; Repsol VEN; VMOS in ARG
MONTERREY, MEXICO (By editors with Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Apr.2026, Words: 674) — The following briefs are compiled from varied media outlets across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and beyond […]
PEMEX reports progress cleaning up oil spill in the Dos Bocas Area, Tabasco
MONTERREY, MEXICO (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Mar.2026, Words: 308) — PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) reported progress has been made in the containment and recovery of the crude oil spill in […]
EAI brief: Colombian tanker Authenticity listed in the Orinoco River channel
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Nov.2025, Words: 356) — Earlier on 8 Nov. 2025, a maritime accident occurred near mile 1.92 in the Matanzas sector of the […]
EAI brief: Oil spill reported in Venezuela’s Falcón state
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Oct.2025, Words: 98) — A new oil spill hit the coasts of the communities of Punta CardĂłn and Las Piedras in […]
Pemex responds to oil spill along Poza Rica-Salamanca pipeline in Puebla
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (By Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Aug.2025, Words: 221) — PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (Pemex) said specialized personnel of the Catalina pipeline sector activated emergency protocols related to a […]
Miros’ secure cloud technology sets new benchmark for oil spill monitoring in BrazilÂ
SALVADOR, BRAZIL (Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Jun.2025, Words: 272) — Brazil’s Miros released its innovative oil spill detection (OSD) monitoring system, introducing a new dimension of oil spill monitoring in […]
Pemex reports on situation regarding oil spill impacting beaches in ParaĂso, Tabasco
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 328) — State-owned PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (Pemex) said that 28 days after learning of an oil leak in the pipeline from […]
Pemex addresses pipeline leak from Akal-C platform to Dos Bocas maritime terminal
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 9.May.2025, Words: 216) — PetrĂłleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has reportedly addressed and contained leaks in the pipeline that transports crude oil from the […]
Ecuador’s deputy hydrocarbon minister says 90% of oil spilled in Cube retained
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Mar.2025) — Ecuador’s deputy minister of hydrocarbons Guillermo Ferreira completed an intense work schedule in Esmeraldas, where he verified the progress of the […]
Trinidad and Tobago registered 1,592 oil spills between 2016-Oct.2024
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Feb.2025) — Trinidad and Tobago reported 250 oil spills between Jan.-Oct. 2024 and between 2016 and Oct. 2024 the twin-island nation experienced […]
MEEI Says Cove Operations Moving to Hydrocarbon Removal Phase
(Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries, 5.Apr.2024) — The Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) advises that steps have been taken to progress operations to the hydrocarbon removal phase […]
IMF Fingerprinting Indicates Bunker Fuel Offshore Tobago
(Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries, 23.Feb.2024) — The Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) advises that preliminary fingerprinting reports submitted to the MEEI from the Institute of Marine […]
MEEI Receives Briefing from Oil Spill Removal Specialists
(Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries, 21.Feb.2024) — Stuart R. Young, MP, Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, along with Ms. […]
MEEI Engages with Oil Spill Removal Experts
(MEEI, 20.Feb.2024) — In accordance with the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP), the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) continues to collaborate with the Tobago House of Assembly […]
TEMA Leading, Managing Oil Spill Response Efforts
(MEEI, 8.Feb.2024) — On 7 Feb. 2024 at 9:00AM, the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) received information from the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (TTCG), that on 7 […]
California Lawmakers Aim To Ban Offshore Drilling
(Reuters, 6.Oct.2021) — Democratic members of Congress from California seized on the oil spill off the state’s coast to promote federal legislation to ban all offshore oil drilling, as investigators […]
What Oil Spill In Venezuela Tells Us About Its Politics
(Javier Corrales, 7.Sep.2020) — The largest oil reserves and one of the world’s most incompetent governments have brought authoritarianism, economic collapse and environmental disaster to the country. It has been […]
Oil Spill In Venezuela Stains Caribbean Beaches
(AP, 12.Aug.2020) — An oil spill in Venezuela has coated a stretch of the crisis-wracked nation’s Caribbean coastline, treasured for its white sand beaches, clusters of small islands and wildlife. […]
Venezuela Oil Spill Reaches Morrocoy Beaches
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Aug.2020) — An oil spill said to have occurred at El Palito refinery, owned and operated by Venezuela’s state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), has reportedly […]
Colombia Registers 25 Pipeline Attacks To Date
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 5.May.2020) — Four Colombian pipelines have been attached at least 25 times to date in 2020, according to data revealed by the country’s state oil […]
Environmental Restoration Work Continues In Ecuador
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 1.May.2020) — Intervention activities continue at 40 defined sites in Ecuador, of which at least 220 focal points have been established to concentrate on environmental […]
Ecopetrol Reports Spill In Cerro Madera
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 11.Jan.2020) — Illegal valves were again detected stealing crude oil from the Caño LimĂłn-Coveñas oil pipeline and subsequently produced an oil spill in Caño Veinte […]
Greek-flagged Tanker Blamed For Brazil Oil Spill
(BBC, 2.Nov.2019) — Brazilian officials suspect a Greek-flagged tanker was the source of an oil spill that has stained about 2,500km (1,553 miles) of Brazil’s coastline. Federal police in the […]
Brazil Says Oil Spill Traces Reached Marine Park
(AP, 2.Nov.2019) — Brazil says small amounts of oil from a spill along the northeast coast have reached a national marine park. Naval and environmental officials said Saturday that oil […]
Brazil Collects 900 Tonnes Of Spilled Oil
(Kallanish, 23.Oct.2019) — Brazil has collected some 900 tonnes of oil residue from its northeastern beaches since early September, the government said in a joint note Monday. According to the […]
Brazil Cleans Beaches Affected By Oil Spill
(BBC, 20.Oct.2019) — Thousands of people have taken part in a huge clean-up operation to remove oil and tar from beaches along Brazil’s north-eastern coast. Volunteers, as well as government […]
Bolsonaro Says Oil Spill Could Be Sabotage
(Reuters, 18.Oct.2019) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro questioned on Friday whether a far-reaching oil spill on the nation’s northeastern shore may have been a criminal act designed to harm a […]
Brazil Oil Spill ‘Criminally Deposited’: Bolsonaro
(DW.com, 8.Oct.2019) — President Jair Bolsonaro has suggested a criminal element to the mystery oil slicks polluting Brazil’s northeast coast. About 100 oil spills have been detected along the nation’s […]
Brazil Reports Oil Spill Along Northeast Beaches
(Reuters, Marta Nogueira and Roberto Samora, 26.Sep.2019) — Brazil’s environmental agency Ibama said on Thursday that an analysis of a vast oil spill along the country’s northeastern beaches showed the […]
Petrobras Updates On FPSO Rio de Janeiro Incident
(Petrobras, 28.Aug.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on Aug. 26, reports that Modec has informed the company that the FPSO Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, located in […]
Petrobras Updates On FPSO Rio de Janeiro Leak
(Petrobras, 26.Aug.2019) — Petrobras, following the press release disclosed today, informs that the company Modec has reported that a new overflight has found oil on the sea, with an estimated […]
YPF Involved In New Oil Spill In Santa Cruz
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 30.Nov.2018) — Argentina’s state oil company YPF has been involved in yet another oil spill. The most recent incident occurred at the Los Perales reservoir, […]
Oil Spill Reported at Venezuela’s Anzoátegui Petrochemical Complex
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.Sep.2018) — Venezuela’s JosĂ© Antonio Anzoátegui Petrochemical Complex was the site of a crude oil spill that affected the beaches of the Peñalver municipality in […]
Guyana Must Investigate ExxonMobil’s Waste Disposal Plan
(Kaieteur News, 29.Aug.2018) — The Open Society Institute (OSI) is appealing to Government to keep a watchful eye on how ExxonMobil plans to dispose of potentially hazardous waste while operating […]
Union Official Demands Release of PDVSA Workers
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 23.Jul.2018) – The four workers are being held in detention due to accusations they caused a petroleum spill in the Guarapiche River in Monagas state. […]
JusepĂn Oil Spill Demonstrates PDVSA Safety Failures
(Maritime Herald, 9.Jul.2018) – The oil spill that occurred this Friday, July 6 in two tanks of the secondary recovery plant of the JusepĂn Operational Complex of Pdvsa, demonstrates the […]
PetroEcuador Helps Control Fuel Oil Spill
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Jun.2016, Clifford Fingers III) – EP PetroEcuador turned over formal activities related to the containment, cleaning and monitoring along the Daule river, kilometer 24 in the Merced […]