(Bloomberg, 2.Jan.2020) — Tullow Oil Plc discovered light oil at its Carapa-1 well in Guyana, but the reservoir was smaller than the troubled company had […]
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Tullow Announces Carapa-1 Well Result
(Tullow, 2.Jan.2020) — Tullow Oil plc announces that the Carapa-1 exploration well, drilled on the Kanuku licence offshore Guyana, has encountered approximately four metres of […]
Maduro Govt Eyes Turning Point
(Argus, 20.Dec.2019) — PdV is leaning on joint-venture partners as it looks to continue a nascent crude output revival and live up to an improved […]
BPTT reports Ginger natural gas discovery offshore Trinidad
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Nov.2019) — BP Trinidad & Tobago (BPTT) made a natural gas discovery with the Ginger exploration well, offshore […]
Repsol Lowers Venezuela Exposure
(Argus, 4.Nov.2019) — Spanish integrated firm Repsol further reduced its exposure to its upstream business in Venezuela in the third quarter thanks to a small […]
The Atlantic Is Key To Colombia’s Energy Needs
(FT.com, Gideon Long, 28.Oct.2019) — Colombia’s proven oil reserves will run out within the next seven years and its gas reserves within 10. Faced with […]
Chevron Grabs 5 Blocks In ANP’s 16th Bid Round
(Chevron, 10.Oct.2019) — Chevron Brasil welcomes the results of Brazil’s 16th Bid Round. We are pleased to be part of the following five successful consortia, […]
ANP 16th Round Attracts Record R$8.9bn Signings
(ANP, 10.Oct.2019) — The 16th Bidding Round collected R$ 8.9 billions in signature bonuses, a record value among the concession rounds already held in Brazil. […]
Guyana Key Elections To Come Ahead Of First Oil
(Argus, 26.Sep.2019) ) — Guyana will hold parliamentary elections on 2 March 2020, around the time that ExxonMobil plans to launch offshore oil production that […]
PDVSA Partners Fear Latest U.S. Sanctions: Sources
(Reuters, Luc Cohen, 14.Aug.2019) — Foreign joint venture partners with Venezuelan state-owned oil company PDVSA are concerned the latest set of U.S. sanctions on the […]
Qatar Petroleum In Guyana Exploration Deal
(Trade Arabia, 5.Aug.2019) — Qatar Petroleum has entered into an agreement with French oil major Total for a share of exploration and production rights in […]
Qatar Petroleum Enters Blocks In Guyana
(Qatar Petroleum, 29.Jul.2019) — Qatar Petroleum has entered into an agreement with Total for a share of exploration and production rights in two blocks offshore […]
Brazil Gas Plan Seen Luring Naturgy, Engie, Others
(Reuters, 15.Jul.2019) — Recently announced plans to foster competition in the Brazilian natural gas market may trigger a wave of privatizations among state-controlled distribution companies, […]
Mexico’s Fuel Market To Be More competitive in 2020
(Platts, 10.Jun.2019) — Mexico’s already liberalizing fuel market will become far more competitive in 2020 as several private midstream projects start operations, multiple oil company […]
Repsol Winds Down Operations In Venezuela
(VOA, Martin Arostegui, 21.May.2019) — Spain’s Repsol, the last western oil giant with major operations in Venezuela, is leaving the embattled country, as pressure mounts […]
Colombia Oil Reserves Up 9.9% In 2018; Gas Reserves Decline
(Reuters, 13.May.2019) — Colombia’s crude oil reserves were up 9.9% to 1.96 billion barrels at the end of last year, as efforts to increase exploration, […]
Repsol Cuts Swap For Venezuelan Oil Under U.S. Pressure
(Reuters, Collin Eaton and Marianna Parraga, 17.Apr.2019) — Spain’s Repsol suspended its swaps of refining products for crude with Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA, people […]
Lights Dimming On Big Oil In Venezuela
(Argus, Patricia Garip, 10.Apr.2019) — Darkness has befallen Venezuela in more than one sense, and incumbent oil companies are scrambling for a ray of light. […]
Repsol And Petro-Peru Raise Fuel Prices Again In Peru
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 8.Apr.2019) — Repsol and Petro-Peru released details of their new fuel prices over the weekend. According to the details, fuel […]
Repsol, Exxon and Ecopetrol Enter Into Colombian Exploration Contracts
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 3.Apr.2019) — Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) announced that Ecopetrol, Repsol Exploración Colombia S.A., and ExxonMobil Exploration Colombia Ltd signed […]
Fact Sheet: Hunt Oil In Peru
(Hunt Oil, 2.Feb.2019) — Hunt Oil Company of Peru L.L.C., Sucursal del Perú (HOCP) is part of the Camisea Consortium and holds a 25.2% interest […]
LatAmNRG Panorama 28.Nov.2018: Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin and Piero Stewart, 28.Nov. 2018) — Heard on the street and other LatAmNRG briefs from Mexico, OPEC producers Ecuador and […]
Chevron Stayed In Venezuela Long After Rivals Quit
(Wall Street Journal, Kejal Vyas and Bradley Olson, 8.Nov.2018) — For nearly a century, Chevron Corp. has weathered dictatorships, coups and nationalization drives to keep pumping […]
Guyana May be the Next Big Beast in Global Oil
(The National, Robin Mills, 8.Oct.2018) — One of the few major new conventional oil provinces discovered this century could see the country emerge as the […]
Tullow Oil to Drill First Guyana Well in 3Q:19
(Reuters, 5.Sep.2018) — Tullow Oil plans to drill its first well in the much-watched Guyana offshore basin in the third quarter of next year in […]
Companies to Invest Nearly $900 Mln in Iñiguazu
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 12.Aug2018) – In Caraparí, in southern Bolivia, a law was enacted that paves the way for the exploration and exploitation […]
Glencore Lands PetroEcuador ‘Spot’ Deal
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 14.Jul.2018) – Glencore Ltd won a recent EP PetroEcuador spot auction, which guarantees the Ecuadorian entity income of $279.3 million. […]
Petrobras says Entorno de Sapinhoá Block Viable
(Reuters, 20.Jul.2018) – Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA said that areas it operates adjacent to the Entorno de Sapinhoá block in the Santos […]
ExxonMobil Reconfirms March 2020 for First Guyana Oil
(Denis Chabrol, DemeraraWaves, 12.Jun.2018) – ExxonMobil on Tuesday reconfirmed that Guyana will pump up its first barrel of oil in March 2020, even as the […]
Fact Sheet: Peru LNG
(Shell, 1.Jun.2018) — Peru LNG is the first natural gas liquefaction plant in South America and began operations in 2010 with a 4.45 mtpa capacity. […]
PDVSA owes Cardon IV partners Eni and Repsol $1bn
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 25.May.2018) ‐- Venezuela’s state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela owes an estimated $1bn to its partners in the Cardón IV […]
Ecopetrol to Initiate Drilling of 19 Wells in Akacías
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 24.May.2018) – Ecopetrol and Talisman Colombia Oil & Gas (TCOG), a company of Repsol group, plan to initiate drilling of […]
Venezuela’s Oil Sector Glory Days [EAItv]
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 1.May.2018) – A brief look at Venezuela’s oil sector glory days. Will they return?
Shell Made Mistake Pulling Out of Guyana basin
(CaribbeanLife, Bert Wilkinson, 31.Jan.2018) — Now that Guyana’s oil and gas basin has been deemed as one of the hottest and most exciting prospects in […]
Repsol Starts Gas Production at the Sagari Field in Peru
(Repsol, 27.Dec.2017) – Repsol has begun gas production from the Sagari field, located in block 57 in the Cusco region of Peru, reinforcing the company´s […]
Petrobras, Total Move Forward with Alliance
(Petrobras, 21.Dec.2016) – Petrobras signed a Master Agreement with the French company Total, in connection with the Strategic Alliance established in the Memorandum of Understanding […]
Venezuela to soon initiate gas shipments to Colombia
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 4.Jul.2016) – Venezuela plans to soon initiate shipments of natural gas to Colombia, reported Venezuela’s new agency AVN, citing the […]
Company Profile: Oleoducto Central S.A. (Ocensa)
(Moody’s, 4.Jun.2016) – Oleoducto Central S.A. (Ocensa) is the largest crude oil pipeline and the only public-use pipeline in Colombia. Its pipeline is ~845 km […]
Repsol Visits Bolivia to Discuss Investments
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 9.May.2016) – Repsol President Antonio Brufau visited Bolivia to discuss overall investments in the small landlocked country with officials from […]
PDVSA Advances with Plants at Sinovensa, Petrocarabobo
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 28.Apr.2016) — PDVSA has started work on the heavy oil treatment plants at the joint-venture companies Petrolera Sinovensa and Petrocarabobo, […]
Venezuela to Start Mariscal Sucre Project by YE:15
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 1.Oct.2015) – Venezuela will soon start offshore gas production at the Mariscal Sucre project. Production from Cardon IV block […]
Ecopetrol Announces Caribbean Deepwater Find
(Ecopetrol S.A., 28.Jul.2015) – Ecopetrol informs that at a depth of 3720 meters, the Kronos-1 well verified the presence of hydrocarbons in ultra-deepwater of Colombian […]
Seaway Signs Perla Gas Deal
(Seaway Heavy Lifting, 9.Apr.2015) – Seaway Heavy Lifting entered into a contract with Cardon IV in Venezuela for transportation and installation of the Perla project […]