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Ecuador, PTT Renegoitiate New Oil-For-Loan Deal

(Reuters, 11.Mar.2021) — Ecuador has reached a preliminary agreement with a unit of Thailand’s state-run PTT PCL to extend to 2024 the payment period of [more…]

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Ecuador Crude Pipelines Brace For Further Erosion

(Argus, 8.Jun.2020) — State-owned PetroEcuador restarted the 360,000 b/d Sote crude pipeline today after completing a second bypass. Heavy rains ruptured the line in early [more…]

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Ecuador Oil Flow Falls, Pipeline Repairs Advance

(Argus, 15.Apr.2020) — Ecuador’s oil production dwindled to just 68,000 b/d on 13 April in the wake of weather-related pipeline ruptures last week, forcing state-owned [more…]

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LatAm NRG Producers Sweat To Cover Costs

(Reuters, 24.Mar.2020) — A price war between the world’s oil powerhouses is leaving many producers in Latin American struggling to cover production costs, boosting chances [more…]

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Latin America’s Spot Oil Sales Hit By Low Prices

(Reuters, 20.Mar.2020) — Spot sales of Latin America’s heavy crudes mostly dried up this week amid a demand contraction and steep slump in oil prices [more…]

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CONAIE And CONFENIAE Comment On Indigenous Mobilization

(CONAIE, 8.Oct.2019) — Indigenous peoples across Ecuador have mobilized against the central government’s neoliberal policies and extractive practices, as have workers unions, student unions and [more…]

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OPEC MOMR Shows Further Oil Declines in Venezuela

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 14.Aug.2018) – Venezuela’s crude oil production declines seem unstoppable. Venezuela’s crude oil production fell to 1.278 million barrels per day [more…]

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Venezuela Oil Output Slides to 1.4 MMb/d in May 2018

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 14.Jun.2018) – Venezuela’s oil production continues its downward slope. Venezuela’s crude oil production fell to 1.392 million barrels per day [more…]

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Journalist Round Table with Rafael Ramirez

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 31.Jul.2013) – PDVSA President Rafael Ramirez held a small round table with journalist in Caracas, Venezuela. What follows are excerpts [more…]