(Reuters, 3.Feb.2022) — New Peruvian Prime Minister Hector Valer said on Thursday the country was facing a fuel shortage due to a government decree that […]
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Peru Bans Repsol from Unloading Oil until Further Notice after Spill
(Reuters, 31.Jan.2022) — Peru Environment Minister Ruben Ramirez said on Monday the government will temporarily suspend Repsol‘s (REP.MC) offshore oil unloading operations following a spill of over […]
Peru Considers Imposing Sanctions on Repsol Over Massive Oil Spill
(Reuters, 26.Jan.2022) — Peru’s Prime Minister Mirtha Vásquez said on Monday the government was looking at sanctioning a major local refinery owned by Spanish energy […]
Peru PM Warns Gas Sector
(Reuters, 26.Sep.2021) — Peruvian Prime Minister Guido Bellido on Sunday said that companies which exploit natural gas in Peru will need to agree to pay […]
bpTT’s Matapal Achieves Early First Gas
(bpTT, 17.Sep.2021) — bp Trinidad and Tobago LLC (bpTT) confirms its Matapal project has safely achieved first gas. The major milestone was achieved ahead of […]
Shale Oil Investments May Be Protected From Nationalization
(Baker Institute, 17.Aug.2021) — Shale oil’s short-cycle production protects foreign investors from the risk of expropriation — government taking private property for public use — […]
bpTT: Gas Forecast ‘Subject To Change’
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 29.Jul.2021) — Energy company bpTT on Wednesday expressed concern and disappointment over a newspaper report which claimed there would be a […]
Big Energy Fights Over Atlantic
(Trinidad Express, 18.Jul.2021) — No definitive decision has as yet been taken to mothball Atlantic Train I, industry insiders have said. According to these insiders, […]
Maersk Drilling Agrees To Divest Mærsk Inspirer
(Maersk, 27.May.2021) — Maersk Drilling entered into an agreement to divest the combined drilling and production unit Mærsk Inspirer to Havila Sirius for a price […]
Petrobras On BM-C-33 Developments
(Petrobras, 18.Mar.2021) — Petrobras has approved, together with its partners Equinor and Repsol Sinopec Brasil, the development concept for block BM-C33, operated by Equinor, located […]
US May Restore Venezuela Diesel Swaps, Ease Waiver
(Argus, 20.Jan.2021) — The new US administration is considering whether to reinstate Venezuelan crude-for-diesel swaps and ease a key sanctions waiver, but policy reversals alone […]
Driller Stuns Creditors As Argentina’s Dollars Dwindle
(Bloomberg, 19.Jan.2021) — In the 99 years since it was founded to pump the oil fields of Patagonia, Argentine energy driller YPF SA has been whipsawed by […]
Entities Look To Press Biden On Venezuela Fuel Swaps
(Reuters, 18.Jan.2021) — Representatives of fuel suppliers to Venezuela, importers of Venezuelan oil and advocacy groups said this month they plan to press the incoming […]
Venezuela Oil Exports Fall to New Lows
(Reuters, 2.Nov.2020) — Venezuela’s oil exports fell to a historic low of 359,000 barrels per day (bpd) in October as most of state-run PDVSA’s long-term […]
Sign of Venezuela’s Oil Collapse Is Storage Surge
(Bloomberg, 23.Oct.2020) — Venezuelan crude inventories have surged 84% over the last three weeks as the threat of U.S. sanctions ward away buyers of the […]
Repsol To Advanced Biofuels Plant In Cartagena
(Repsol, 22.Oct.2020) — Repsol will build the first production plant for advanced biofuels in Spain at its Cartagena refinery. From this new facility, the multi-energy […]
BHP Buys Additional 28% Interest In Shenzi From Hess
(BHP, 6.Oct.2020) — BHP signed a Membership Interest Purchase and Sale Agreement with Hess Corporation (Hess) to acquire an additional 28% working interest in Shenzi, […]
Repsol Begins Producing At Its Delta Wind Project
(Repsol, 1.Oct.2020) — Repsol, as part of its commitment to an efficient and sustainable energy transition, has reached a new milestone and started to generate […]
US’ Abrams Eyes Tighter Sanctions On Venezuela
(Reuters, 31.Aug.2020) — The Trump administration is looking to tighten oil sanctions on Venezuela in the near future, top U.S. envoy for the country told […]
US Eyes October To End Exemptions On Venezuela
(Reuters, 19.Aug.2020) — The United States is considering an October deadline for ending exemptions to Venezuelan sanctions that allow some companies and refiners to still […]
Trump Govt Weighs Tighter Sanctions On Venezuelan Oil
(Bloomberg, 18.Aug.2020) — The Trump administration is considering additional sanctions on Venezuela aimed at halting the remaining fuel transactions permitted with the South American nation, […]
Petrobras Releases Santos Basin Teaser
(Petrobras, 10.Aug.2020) — Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), referring to the sale of 50% to 100% of its stake […]
Fernandez To Creditors: ‘We Can’t Do Any More’
(FT.com, 19.Jul.2020) —Alberto Fernández, Argentina’s president, has made an impassioned appeal for the world to accept that — with an economy devastated by coronavirus — […]
Suriname Closes Oil Drilling Deal For Later This Year
(Stabroek News, 10.Jul.2020) — Having gone almost entirely unnoticed in the global oil & gas industry for decades, both Guyana and neighbouring Suriname are now […]
Reliance To Load Venezuelan Oil Under Fuel Swap Deal
(Reuters, 9.Jul.2020) — India’s Reliance will load its first cargo of Venezuelan crude in three months this week in exchange for diesel under a swap […]
PdV Receives Diesel Cargo, Patches Gasoline Unit
(Argus, 8.Jul.2020) — PdV received a cargo of ultra-low sulfur diesel today at its Amuay terminal, close to where the Venezuelan state-owned company is running […]
Venezuela’s Oil Production Sinks To 300,000 b/d
(Argus, 3.Jul.2020) — Venezuela kicked off July with only around 300,000 b/d of crude production and no oil rigs in operation, according to a series […]
Venezuela Awaits New Products Cargo From Italy
(Argus, 3.Jul.2020) — Venezuela will receive another products cargo from Italy next week, highlighting the endurance of debt-related oil trade with EU companies that falls […]
Venezuela’s Oil Exports Sank In June To 77-year Low: Data
(Reuters, 1.Jul.2020) — Venezuela’s oil exports slumped in June to their lowest level since 1943 after half a dozen tankers, looking to avoid the threat […]
End Of Venezuela’s Oil Fortune Looms Over Maduro
(Bloomberg, 20.Jun.2020) — Oil revenue, the financial lifeline of Venezuela, is quickly drying up, adding to the growing instability of Nicolas Maduro’s embattled regime. Crude […]
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 […]
First Semi-submersible Floating Wind Farm Sets Sail
(Repsol, 28.May.2020) — The WindFloat Atlantic project is taking one of the final steps towards becoming fully operational. The last of the three pre-assembled wind […]
Petrobras To Offer Third-party Access To Gas Plants
(Argus, 28.May.2020) — Brazil’s state-controlled Petrobras is opening its natural gas-processing plants to third parties, another step toward opening the country’s gas market to greater […]
Repsol Makes Deepwater Oil Find In Mexican Waters
(Repsol, 4.May.2020) — Repsol has made two significant offshore oil discoveries in Mexico’s deep water with its Polok-1 and Chinwol-1 exploration wells in Block 29 […]
PTTEP Says Two New Oil Discoveries Offshore Mexico
(Reuters, 4.May.2020) — Thai energy company PTT Exploration and Production Pcl said on Monday its joint venture had made two deep-water oil discoveries in the […]
Repsol Launches Solmatch
(Repsol, 30.Apr.2020) — Repsol has launched Solmatch, the first large solar community in Spain, as part of its commitment to offering different supply alternatives to […]
Ecuador Oil Flow Tumbles, 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 […]
Venezuela Gasoline Shortages Worsen
(Reuters, 8.Apr.2020) — Gasoline shortages in Venezuela are worsening after U.S. officials have told foreign firms to refrain from supplying the fuel to the sanctioned […]
Equinor Reports GOM Oil Discovery
(Equinor, 6.Apr.2020) — Equinor and co-venturers Progress Resources USA Ltd and Repsol E&P USA Inc. have encountered oil in the Monument exploration well in the […]
Venezuela Brushing Aside Oil Price Signals For Now
(Argus, 2.Apr.2020) — Venezuela’s crude production partially recovered to around 700,000 b/d at the end of March, but state-owned PdV and its foreign partners cannot […]
Venezuela Cause Drifting Off International Agenda
(Argus, 10.Mar.2020) — Venezuela’s US-backed opposition is scrambling to stay relevant at home and abroad as the US and other foreign patrons turn inward to […]
Guyana Elects Leader As Vast Oil Boom Dawns
(AP, 4.Mar.2020) — Guyana voted for a new government on Monday in a bruising fight for control of a tiny South American country whose oil […]
Trump Wants Pressure Raised On Maduro
(Bloomberg, 21.Feb.2020) — President Donald Trump is frustrated that pressure is building too slowly on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and is still considering military options […]
Latest Rosneft Sanctions Raise Risks For Others
(Reuters, 19.Feb.2020) — Washington’s move this week to sanction a trading unit of Russian oil giant Rosneft for its ties with Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA escalated […]
Venezuela Weighs Privatizing Oil
(Bloomberg, 27.Jan.2020) — Facing economic collapse and painful sanctions, the socialist government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has proposed giving majority shares and control of […]
Guyana Searches For Firm To Trade Its Crude
(Reuters, 23.Jan.2020) — Guyana’s government next month plans to begin a search for an oil company or trading firm to market its share of the […]
Payment Demands In Crypto Pauses Some Oil Purchases
(Bloomberg, 16.Jan.2020) — Some buyers of Venezuelan crude oil have halted purchases after the country started demanding payment of port fees in its failed cryptocurrency. […]
Venezuelan Oil Exports Fell By A Third In 2019
(Reuters, 7.Jan.2020) — Venezuela’s oil exports plummeted 32% last year to 1.001 million barrels per day, according to Refinitiv Eikon data and state-run PDVSA’s reports, […]
WindFloat Atlantic Project Supplies Energy To Portugal
(WindFloat, 2.Jan.2020) — WindFloat Atlantic wind farm is now operational. After the energisation of the 20-km cable connecting the offshore wind farm and the substation […]
Tullow Shares Drop On Carapa Well Doubts
(Reuters, 2.Jan.2020) — Shares of Tullow Oil dropped by nearly a fifth on Thursday as the Africa-focused oil producer’s update on the commercial viability of […]