MONTERREY, MEXICO (By editors with Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Apr.2026, Words: 460) — The following briefs are compiled from varied media outlets across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and beyond and span company details on Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), Petro-Peru, PETROBRAS and Uruguay’s Ursea, among others. Energy Analytics Institute […]
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LatAmNRG heard: Mexico elections, Chevron Venezuela, Vaca Muerta, Venezuela LNG
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 339) — LatAm and other NRG highlights, headlines and “heard on the street,” for the week ended 30 May 2025 including coverage on Ecuador an efforts to restart units at the Esmeraldas refinery, Mexico and judiciary elections on 1 Jun. 2025, […]
PetroPerĂş Selects Honeywell Forge Solution to Support Employee Training
(Honeywell, 31.Mar.2022) — Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) announced that PetrĂłleos del PerĂş S.A. (PetroperĂş), the largest hydrocarbon producer, refiner and distributor in Peru, has implemented Honeywell Forge Workforce Competency solutions to train its industrial workforce for safer and more efficient operations. PetroperĂş is investing in digital transformation as a key part of the refinery modernization […]
Petroperu Board Reshuffle to Strengthen Operational Capacity
(Andina, 30.Mar.2022) — The President of the Republic Pedro Castillo on Thursday affirmed that the reshuffle of Petroperu‘s board of directors will enable the State-run company to strengthen its operational capacity for the benefit of the population. “I welcome the fact that the General Meeting of Petroperu Shareholders supports this company as […]
Petroperu to Restart 200,000 b/d Oil Pipeline: Official
(Argus, 16.Dec.2021) — State oil company Petroperu has reached an agreement with protesters to end a two-and-a-half month takeover of its 200,000 b/d North Peruvian oil pipeline (ONP), a senior government official and the firm’s main crude supplier said Dec. 16. Villagers demanding greater social spending in the northern Amazon […]
Repsol Running Peru Refinery At 30pc Capacity
(Argus, 6.May.2020) — PetroPeru’s 12,000 b/d Iquitos refinery in the northern jungle is currently closed. Its 553,200 bl of storage is full. The 15,500 b/d Conchan refinery in Lima was closed for most of March, but restarted in late April at 50pc capacity. PetroPeru’s 65,000 b/d Talara plant on the […]
PetroPerĂş President Says Final Cost Of Talara Refinery Is $5 Billion
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 10.Apr.2019) — The inal cost of the Talara refinery in Peru is $5 billion, including $695 million in interest related to the project’s financing, announced PetroPerú’s President Esteban Bertarelli Bustamante in a company video. This compares to an initial cost of around $5.4 billion, when […]
Frontera Energy Oil Operations In Peru Threatened By Pipe Rupture
(Reuters, Marco Aquino, 30.Nov.2018) — Canada’s Frontera Energy Corp could be forced to halt operations in Peru’s largest oil block if a key pipeline ruptured amid indigenous protests is not promptly repaired, state oil company Petroperu said on Friday. The pipeline, in a remote corner of Peru’s Amazon, was attacked […]
PetroPeru Says 20 Workers Kidnapped In Loreto
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 20.Nov. 2018) — The state-owned company PetroPerĂş announced that 20 workers from the Morona Station of the Norperuano Pipeline, located in Loreto, were kidnapped by a group of people from nearby communities. The incident occurred on November 17, 2018, announced PeruPetro in an official statement […]
Ecuador, Peru In Talks To Explore Oil And Gas Blocks: Energy Minister
(Reuters, Alexandra Valencia, 11.Oct.2018) — Ecuador has begun talks with neighboring Peru to jointly explore two oilfields at the border and allow state-run Petroamazonas to operate natural gas areas in Peru, Ecuadorian Energy Minister Carlos Perez said on Thursday. Ecuador, which earlier this year awarded foreign and domestic energy firms […]
Frontera Announces Second Quarter 2018 Results
(Frontera Energy Corporation, 3.Aug.2018) – Frontera Energy Corporation released its Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the second quarter of 2018, together with its Management, Discussion and Analysis (MD&A). These documents will be posted on the Company’s website at www.fronteraenergy.ca and SEDAR at www.sedar.com. All values in this news release […]
Force Majeure Affects NorPeruano Pipeline
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 3.Jun.2018) – Canada’s Frontera Energy Corporation announced it was notified by Petroperu S.A. of a force majeure event affecting a portion of the NorPeruano pipeline following the identification of oil traces in the Pastaza River, an area outside Block 192. Force majeure will begin on […]
GeoPark’s Morona Block Approval in Peru
(GeoPark Limited, 1.Dec.2016) – GeoPark Limited obtained final regulatory approval for its acquisition of the Morona Block in Peru. In its first project returning to the upstream business, the Peruvian state-owned company PetrĂłleos del PerĂş S.A. (Petroperu) awarded a 75% working interest (“WI”) in and operatorship of the Morona Block […]
Peru’s Large Oil Block Woes
(Maria Luisa Puig, Eurasia, 14.Sept.2015) – Indigenous groups occupied the installations of block 192, the largest oil field in the Amazon jungle, to force the government to listen to their economic and environmental demands. The Humala administration announced in Aug.2015 a 2-year contract with Canadian Pacific Exploration and Production (previously […]
PetroPerĂş to Skip Contracts for Lotes III and IV
(Energy Analytics Institute, Layla Benitez-James, 1.Apr.2015) – PetroperĂş will not participate in the licenses contracts for the exploitation of hydrocarbons in Lotes III and IV. The company decided not to participate in the contracts since the minimum investment demanded by the partner Graña y Montero was 30%, reported the daily […]