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 […]
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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. […]
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 […]
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) — Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) reported progress has been made in the containment and recovery of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) — Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) said specialized personnel of the Catalina pipeline sector activated […]
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 […]
Pemex reports on situation regarding oil spill impacting beaches in ParaÃso, Tabasco
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 328) — State-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) said that 28 days after learning of an oil […]
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) — Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has reportedly addressed and contained leaks in the pipeline that […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 Limón-Coveñas oil pipeline and subsequently produced an […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Oil Spill Reported at Venezuela’s Anzoátegui Petrochemical Complex
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.Sep.2018) — Venezuela’s José Antonio Anzoátegui Petrochemical Complex was the site of a crude oil spill that affected the beaches […]
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 […]
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 […]
JusepÃn 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 JusepÃn Operational […]
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, […]