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Fallout From Sweet Oil Deal For Venezuela’s Neighbors

(NPR, 20.Jul.2019) — It sounded like such a good idea at the time. The year was 2005. Global oil prices were climbing dramatically. Countries in [more…]

Jamaica Latin America and the Caribbean Venezuela

Ad Hoc PDVSA Board Suggest Jamaica Suspending Petrojam Takeover

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 16.Jun.2019) — The ad hoc administrative board of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) appointed by interim Venezuelan president Juan Guaidó requested [more…]

Jamaica Latin America and the Caribbean

Wigton Windfarm To List On Jamaica Stock Exchange

(JIS, 3.Dec.2018) — The Wigton Windfarm (WWF) initial public offering (IPO) on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is expected for March 2019. General Manager of [more…]

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In Guyana, Exxon Oil Project Stirs International Tensions

(Houston Chronicle, James Osborne, 2.Nov.2018) — Almost 4,000 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, off the northern coastline of South America, Exxon Mobil [more…]

Haiti Latin America and the Caribbean Venezuela

President Moise Wants Full Transparency in PetroCaribe Probe

(CMC, 19.Sep.2018) — President Jovenel Moise has called on newly installed Prime Minister Jean-Henry Céant to ensure that there’s total transparency in the investigation regarding [more…]

Jamaica Latin America and the Caribbean Venezuela

Jamaica’s Economy Gets $5 Bln From PetroCaribe Over 13 Years

(CMC, 12.Sep.2018) — Jamaica says it has benefitted from projects estimated at US$5 billion under the Venezuela-led PetroCaribe initiative over the past 13 years. CEO [more…]

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PDVSA Leaves Argentine Gas Station to Fend for Itself

(Reuters, Luc Cohen, 15.Aug.2018) – As Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA saw its finances devastated by low oil prices and mismanagement, it funneled millions of [more…]

Latin America and the Caribbean Venezuela

PetroCaribe Evaluates Creation of JV Company to Distribute Gas

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.May.2016) — PetroCaribe member countries evaluated the creation of a joint-venture company that would distribute Venezuelan gas to them, reported [more…]

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Q&A with Tissot Associate’s Roger Tissot

(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 19.Jul.2013) – Tissot Associates Consultant Roger Tissot spoke with Energy Analytics Institute in a brief interview from Canada. What [more…]