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Latin America and the Caribbean Suriname

Suriname Latest Big Oil Find As Industry Cuts Costs

(The New York Times, 20.Jan.2021) — The small South American country has become a hot prospect for oil companies looking to produce fossil fuels while [more…]

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Latin America and the Caribbean Mexico

Mexico’s Lopez Wants Plan To Execute Energy Vision

(Reuters, 11.Aug.2020) — Mexico’s president has given officials until late September to craft a plan to reassert state control over the energy industry as an [more…]

Asia Brazil Latin America and the Caribbean

Brazil Tender Disappoints

(Reuters, Gram Slattery, Marta Nogueira, Marianna Parraga, 6.Nov.2019) — Brazil’s biggest-ever oil auction frustrated expectations on Wednesday, as high prices and the dominant role of [more…]

Latin America and the Caribbean Mexico

Mexico’s New President Throws Down Gauntlet To Oil Majors

(Reuters, Frank Jack Daniel and David Alire Garcia, 5.Dec.2018) — Mexico’s new president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, said on Wednesday he would not cancel contracts [more…]

Argentina Brazil Latin America and the Caribbean

Royal Dutch Shell Provides 3Q:18 Highlights For Brazil And Argentina

(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 2.Nov.2018) — Royal Dutch Shell provided an update related to portfolio developments in Brazil and Argentina during the third quarter [more…]

Latin America and the Caribbean Mexico

Mexico’s Lopez Obrador Pushes Big Oil To Hurry, But Offers Little

(Reuters, David Alire Garcia, Marianna Parraga, 16.Oct.2018) — At his first meeting with foreign oil majors, Mexico’s leftist president-elect pushed the companies to prove themselves [more…]

Latin America and the Caribbean Uruguay

Uruguay to Adopt Process for Offshore Oil Blocks

(Reuters, Luc Cohen, 15.Jun.2018) – Uruguay will move toward a permanent offer process for offshore oil blocks as other Latin American countries have done, after [more…]

Argentina Latin America and the Caribbean

Big Oil Flocks To Argentina As Permian Land Prices Skyrocket

(Oilprice.com, Charles Kennedy, 15.Sep.2016) — The Permian Basin has become so hot that some oil companies are starting to stay away, instead looking at frontiers [more…]