HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 12.May.2026, Words: 2087) â As Caracas courts Caribbean partners again â signaled most recently by a new […]
Tag: PetroCaribe
Maduro urges resumption of Petrocaribe energy projects
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Dec.2025, Words: 256) â Venezuelaâs president NicolĂĄs Maduro Moros called on the presidents of the Bolivarian Alliance […]
Caribbean Seeks Venezuelaâs Oil and Gas as U.S. Relaxes Sanctions
(WSJ, 3.Feb.2023) â Caribbean countries battered by high energy costs are turning to Venezuela for oil and gas as the U.S. eases sanctions that have kept its […]
UWI Economist Urges CARICOM to Look Within for Oil Supplies
(The Gleaner, 20.Mar.2022) â A day after Russia invaded Ukraine, sending oil prices skyrocketing to heights not seen since 2014, McCarthy Marie, a former University […]
Fallout From Sweet Oil Deal For Venezuela’s Neighbors
(NPR, 20.Jul.2019) â It sounded like such a good idea at the time. The year was 2005. Global oil prices were climbing dramatically. Countries in […]
Ad Hoc PDVSA Board Suggest Jamaica Suspending Petrojam Takeover
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 16.Jun.2019) â The ad hoc administrative board of PetrĂłleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) appointed by interim Venezuelan president Juan GuaidĂł requested […]
Haitians Decry Squandered Venezuelan Oil Funds
(Argus, 11.Jun.2019) â Deadly street protests have erupted in Haiti following the publication of a court report alleging that recent governments mishandled about $2bn in […]
Without Venezuelaâs Oil, Haiti Struggles To Keep Lights On
(AP, Ralph Thomassaint Joseph, 17.May.2019) â When her daughter was 4 years old, Jennifer Jean started a small catering business in Bourdon, a lower middle-class […]
Fuel-Starved Haiti In Crisis As Venezuela Deal Dies
(Oilprice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 15.Apr.2019) â The poorest nation in the Western hemisphere has seen its fuel supply increasingly challenged since a program designed by Venezuela […]
Wigton Windfarm To List On Jamaica Stock Exchange
(JIS, 3.Dec.2018) â The Wigton Windfarm (WWF) initial public offering (IPO) on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is expected for March 2019. General Manager of […]
In Guyana, Exxon Oil Project Stirs International Tensions
(Houston Chronicle, James Osborne, 2.Nov.2018) â Almost 4,000 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, off the northern coastline of South America, Exxon Mobil […]
President Moise Wants Full Transparency in PetroCaribe Probe
(CMC, 19.Sep.2018) â President Jovenel Moise has called on newly installed Prime Minister Jean-Henry CĂ©ant to ensure that there’s total transparency in the investigation regarding […]
Jamaica’s Economy Gets $5 Bln From PetroCaribe Over 13 Years
(CMC, 12.Sep.2018) â Jamaica says it has benefitted from projects estimated at US$5 billion under the Venezuela-led PetroCaribe initiative over the past 13 years. CEO […]
PDVSA Leaves Argentine Gas Station to Fend for Itself
(Reuters, Luc Cohen, 15.Aug.2018) â As Venezuelaâs state-owned oil company PDVSA saw its finances devastated by low oil prices and mismanagement, it funneled millions of […]
PetroCaribe fund to flow into government coffers
(Jamaica Gleaner, 11.Jul.2018) â In a matter of months, the US$1.6 billion, or more than J$208 billion, now in the PetroCaribe Development Fund (PDF) is […]
Jamaica, Venezuelan Officials Discuss Bilateral Issues
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 22.Mar.2018) â Jamaicaâs Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson-Smith and her Venezuelan counterpart Jorge Arreaza held a high-level bilateral meeting in Caracas […]
PetroCaribe Evaluates Creation of JV Company to Distribute Gas
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.May.2016) â PetroCaribe member countries evaluated the creation of a joint-venture company that would distribute Venezuelan gas to them, reported […]
Guyana To Assure No Fuel Shortages
(Guyana Government Information Agency, 4.Sep.2015) â The government of Guyana believes that its responsibility and obligation are to ensure that there will be no shortage […]
PetroCaribe Important Instrument for Venezuela
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 20.Mar.2015) â Petrocaribe is an important instrument that has allowed our Caribbean brothers to overcome their problems, reported Venezuelan state […]
Venezuela Opening Ops to Nicaragua, Caribbean
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 9.Mar.2015) â âWe are advancing with Nicaragua and opening up possibilities to the rest of the Caribbean,â said Venezuela’s Oil […]
Maduro Says Caribbean Must be Together
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 6.Mar.2015) â Venezuelaâs President Nicolas Maduro says the Caribbean region has to always be together. âPetrocaribe is our road of […]
Honduras Awaits Initial PetroCaribe Shipments
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 13.Sep.2013) â Honduras does not expect to receive its first shipment of oil from Venezuela under PetroCaribe until Dec.2013, reported […]
11th Meeting of PetroCaribe Ministers
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 8.Sep.2013) â Venezuela’s Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez participated in the 11th meeting of the Council of Petrocaribe Ministers in Port-au-Prince, […]
Q&A with Tissot Associateâs Roger Tissot on Venezuela, Ecuador and PetroCaribe
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (By Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 19.Jul.2013) â Tissot Associates Consultant Roger Tissot spoke with Energy Analytics Institute in a brief interview […]
Q&A with Brookshireâs Gianna Bern
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 19.Jul.2013) â Brookshire Advisory and Research President Gianna Bern spoke with Energy Analytics Institute in a brief interview from […]