(Reuters, 18.Oct.2023) — Exemptions to sanctions on Venezuelan oil exports that the U.S. is mulling should not result in a large crude production surge in the OPEC country, instead taking barrels...
(Bloomberg, 15.Aug.2022) — Mexico — which imports nearly all of the natural gas it burns — has laid out a somewhat surprising mission: to become one of the world’s top exporters of the...
(DPI, 18.Aug.2021) — Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo MP, has issued a clarion call for developed countries to pull their weight in the fight against climate change. The Vice President...
(Bloomberg, 11.Sep.2020) — Venezuela’s capacity to produce some much-needed gasoline and diesel of its own hinges on a single oil play. To tap it, the Nicolas Maduro regime is willing...
(Reuters, 10.Mar.2020) — Venezuela’s oil company PDVSA is this week offering discounts of up to $23 per barrel on its flagship crude, traders said, as a collapse in global oil...
(S&P Global Platts, 24.Dec.2019) — US sanctions on PDVSA shut down roughly 500,000 b/d of crude flows from Venezuela to Gulf Coast refineries within a matter of weeks after being...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky and Jared Yamin, 25.Jun.2019) — As part of Energy Analytics Institute’s ongoing coverage of the Latin America and Caribbean energy sectors from conventionals and unconventionals...
(Baker Institute, Mark P. Jones, 27.Feb.2019) — On March 10 the Argentine province of Neuquén will hold gubernatorial and legislative elections. Neuquén is home to the Vaca Muerta, one of...
(Reuters, Jennifer Hiller, 26.Feb.2019) — Exxon Mobil Corp has resumed seismic exploration for oil and gas off of the coast of Guyana after halting work in December due to a...
(S&P Global Platts, 23.Jan.2019) — The US continues to consider sanctions on Venezuelan oil exports, potentially complicating a major source of crude for US Gulf Coast refiners, as key Trump...
(Kallanish Energy, 3.Jan.2019) — Bolivian left-wing autocrat President Evo Morales congratulated and welcomed Brazil’s far-right populist President, Jair Bolsonaro, while attending the latter’s swearing-in ceremony in Brazil Tuesday. Despite their...
(The New York Times, Clifford Krauss, 20.Aug.2018) – More than a decade ago, Venezuela seized several oil projects from the American oil company ConocoPhillips without compensation. Now, under pressure after...
(OilPrice.com, Nick Cunningham, 12.Aug.2018) – The bad news from Venezuela continues. In July, Venezuela’s oil production came in lower than PDVSA had targeted, according to Argus Media. While PDVSA had...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 11.Aug.2018) – Crystallex seems to have cut in line while there are many others already in line for CITGO assets and value. What follows are...
[caption id="attachment_2864" align="alignnone" width="920"] A tanker sails out of the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas after discharging crude oil at the Citgo refinery. Photo: Eddie Seal, Stf / Bloomberg[/caption]...