(Bristow Group, 12.Jul.2021) — Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL) announced four separate two-year contract extensions through April 2024 with Equinor, Shell and Neptune to support its air transportation crew change...
(Argus, 20.Jun.2021) — A consortium of TotalEnergies and Qatar's state-owned QP have won two offshore exploration blocks in Suriname following the South American state's latest bid round launched in November....
(Energy Advance, 1.Jun.2021) — The first day at SEOGS 2021 saw an incredible 454 unique viewers tuning in from over 170 different companies to hear from the President, government of...
(Reuters, 1.Jun.2021) — Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA is turning to local partners as it seeks to plug the gap left by Western companies in the OPEC nation's oil sector,...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.May.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: Pemex’s Deer Park refinery acquisition being labeled a mistake by George Baker and Ecuador’s President...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Apr.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: the passing of Trinidad and Tobago’s energy minister Franklin Khan, Argentina’s inflation reaching 4.8% in...
(Shell, 8.Apr.2021) — Brazil boasts one of the world’s most enviable bounties of renewable power – it is flush with hydroelectric, wind and solar resources. But adverse weather like droughts...
(Qatar Petroleum, 6.Apr.2021) – Qatar Petroleum entered into an agreement with Shell to become a partner in two exploration blocks offshore the Republic of Namibia. Under the terms of the...
(Shell, 1.Apr.2021) — Shell provided details in its 2020 annual report related to its operations in Africa from Egypt, Nigeria and Algeria, among other countries. What follows is a summary...
(Shell, 1.Apr.2021) — Shell provided details in its 2020 annual report related to its operations in South America from Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia. What follows is a summary from the...
(Shell, 15.Mar.2021) — QGC Common Facilities Company Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shell, today announced it has completed the sale of a 26.25% interest in the Queensland Curtis LNG...
(AP, 12.Feb.2021) — Royal Dutch Shell, one of the multinationals that has defined the oil industry, is slowly turning away from the fossil fuel that made its fortune over the...
(Reuters, 20.Jan.2021) — Italian prosecutors asked a Milan Court on Wednesday for documents sourced from U.S. bank JPMorgan to be filed as part of a corruption trial over the acquisition...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Jan.2021) — The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), operator of the SPDC joint venture and the Forcados Oil Terminal in Nigeria, declared a force...
(Arab News, 3.Jan.2021) — The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has signed nine new petroleum agreements to search for petroleum and natural gas in the Mediterranean and the...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Dec.2020) — Officials from Colombia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) and Ministry of Mines commented on approval of assignment of a 50% interest held by state owned Ecopetrol...
(ANH, 24.Dec.2020) — The ANH approved the entry of Shell EP Offshore Ventures Limited, Colombian branch as operating partner of three Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production contracts in the deep waters...
(Bloomberg, 15.Dec.2020) — Tropical rains have washed away most outward traces of the oil spill that ravaged Rio Seco this fall. But the fishing village in the shadow of Venezuela’s...
(Argus, 8.Dec.2020) — Trinidad and Tobago's faltering LNG production will decline further in 2021 when 20pc of Atlantic's liquefaction capacity undergoes an indefinite turnaround because of a natural gas shortage....
(Argus, 3.Dec.2020) — Argentina received bids from 16 companies in a path-breaking auction to supply more than 70mn m3/d of natural gas at subsidized wellhead prices for power generation in...
(Africa Oil Corp., 4.Nov.2020) — Africa Oil Corp. (AOI) announced that Impact Oil & Gas Limited has entered into two agreements for exploration areas offshore South Africa. The company has...
(Petrobras, 14.Sep.2020) — Petrobras announces the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) approved the change in the name of the Lula field to Tupi field. The approval...
(Kosmos, 9.Sep.2020) — Kosmos Energy has entered into an agreement with B.V. Dordtsche Petroleum Maatschappij (Shell), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, to farm down interests in a...
(EnergyQuest, 19.Aug.2020) — Australia has just shipped its first LNG cargo to Chile. The cargo is from the Shell-operated QCLNG project at Gladstone in Queensland. It was transported aboard the...
(Oilprice.com, 30.Jun.2020) — Exxon is moving to rapidly expand its exploration footprint in this little-known venue, French Total SA is spudding its first well here, small-cap Eco Atlantic - of...
(Argus, 25.Jun.2020) — LNG exporter Trinidad and Tobago has reduced the crude and natural gas price assumptions in its national budget. According to the finance ministry's mid-year economic review obtained...
(Total, 25.Jun.2020) — Total and its partners announce the start-up of the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) P-70 of the Iara cluster (Block BM-S-11A), located in the deepwater Santos...
(Petrobras, 25.Jun.2020) — Petrobras reports that it started today the production of oil and natural gas from the shared deposit of Atapu, through platform P-70, in the eastern portion of...
(Argus, 29.May.2020) — Trinidad and Tobago declared explicit support for Venezuela's US-sanctioned government this week, but the political ties will not revive natural gas cooperation in the near term because...
(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 competition. Petrobras has started offering...
(Reuters, 21.May.2020) — Royal Dutch Shell has begun drilling the Saturn block in the Santos pre-salt basin, the company’s Brazil chief said on Thursday, adding that Brazil faces hurdles to...
(Upstream, 1.May.2020) — Argentine oil company YPF has appointed industry veteran Sergio Affronti as chief executive, replacing Daniel Gonzalez, amid headwinds from the coronavirus pandemic and the collapse in oil...
(Ecopetrol, 30.Apr.2020) — It is the first link in Ecopetrol’s value chain. Its main objective is to explore, discover and appraise commercially viable hydrocarbon accumulations, seeking to ensure the reserve...
(Argus, 19.Apr.2020) — Raizen has suspended operations at its 110,000 b/d Buenos Aires refinery in response to the plunge in oil demand caused by coronavirus restrictions. Raizen, a joint venture...
(Bloomberg, 1.Apr.2020) — Just a bit more than 3 weeks ago, the head of Argentina’s state-run driller outlined an aggressive $1.8 billion spending plan for 2020 in the country’s Vaca...
(Reuters, 17.Mar.2020) — The recent collapse in oil prices could chop $300 million to $600 million off 2020 exploration budgets in Brazil, which has emerged as one of the world’s...
(Reuters, 11.Mar.2020) — Guyana has extended the initial deadline in its search for an agent to market its share of oil produced by an Exxon Mobil-led consortium to March 24,...
(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 focus on slowing the spread...
(Shell, 27.Feb.2020) — Shell Oil Company, in conjunction with Sonoma Raceway and Speedway Motorsports, announced Make the Future Live California featuring Shell Eco-marathon Americas will return to Sonoma Raceway as...
(Office of the PM of Trinidad and Tobago, 7.Feb.2020) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister the Honourable Keith Rowley provided details related to the agreement for the development of the...
(Ecopetrol, 7.Feb.2020) — Ecopetrol S.A. and Shell, through its subsidiary Shell EP Offshore Ventures Limited, signed an agreement whereby Shell will acquire a 50% stake in Fuerte Sur, Purple Angel...
(Trinidad Newsday, 5.Feb.2020) — One of the biggest lessons we can take away from the pausing of the landmark cross-border agreement between TT and Venezuela is how our interests are...
(Reuters, 31.Jan.2020) — Oil firms Equinor and Shell have signed a preliminary agreement with Argentina state energy firm YPF to acquire an additional 11% participation in the Bandurria Sur region...
(Argus, 30.Jan.2020) — Argentina's government said Thursday it has extended a freeze on diesel and gasoline prices until the end of February, as it tries to reel in one of...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 31.Jan.2020) — The presidents of YPF, and European companies Equinor and Shell meet to discuss the scope of signed agreements and plans for the development...
(S&P Global Platts, 27.Jan.2020) — Equinor, Shell and Total vowed to press on with projects in Vaca Muerta, even as policy uncertainty and price controls make it harder to plan...
(MHPS, 7.Jan.2020) — Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas (MHPS), Patria Investments, and Shell announced the signing of a contract with Brazil’s State-owned development bank (BNDES) to finance the gas-powered Marlim...
(Seeking Alpha, Carl Surran, 20.Nov.2019) — Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell say they want to ramp up oil and natural gas production in Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale play but...
(S&P Global Platts, 30.Oct.2019) — Colombia's state-controlled Ecopetrol is targeting 2020 production of 740,000-760,000 barrels of crude and equivalents per day, up to 4% more than expected average output this...
(Ecopetrol, 29.Oct.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. announced the Ecopetrol Group's financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2019, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards...
(Reuters, Devika Krishna Kumar and Stefanie Eschenbacher, 23.Oct.2019) — Mexico’s finance ministry has completed a majority of its annual oil hedging program, working with at least four top investment banks...
(Reuters, Julia Symmes Cobb and Luis Jaime Acosta, 26.Sep.2019) — Colombia hopes to sign 20 contracts for oil exploration and production rights in its coming auction, the head of the...
(Technip, 22.Aug.2019) — TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant(1) integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (iEPCI™) contract by Shell for the PowerNap project, located in the Gulf of Mexico. TechnipFMC...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 20.Aug.2019) — Argentina’s Energy Secretariat Gustavo Lopetegui held a meeting in provinces with governors and oil company executives to discuss recently announced freezes to oil...
(Ecopetrol, 18.Jul.2019) — Ecopetrol S.A. said the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Brazil has authorized the transfer of a 10% stake in the Saturno block, located in the Santos...
(Chron.com, Jordan Blum, 12.Jun.2019) — The Libra Consortium led by Petrobras, Royal Dutch Shell and Total said they've authorized construction of the multibillion-dollar Mero 2 project offshore of Brazil. The...
(Shell, 11.Jun.2019) — Libra Consortium announced the final investment decision to contract the Mero-2 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to be deployed at the Mero field offshore Santos...
(Reuters, 11.Jun.2019) — Mexico’s independent oil regulator on Tuesday approved deepwater energy exploration plans for five areas operated by Royal Dutch Shell Plc in Mexican waters near the maritime border...
(Argus, 11.Jun.2019) — Trinidad and Tobago has cleared Shell to develop the country's side of a shallow-water natural gas field that straddles the maritime border with Venezuela, prime minister Keith...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 7.Jun.2019) — UOCRA union leader Juan Carlos Levi was reportedly arrested in Argentina after a search of his home, online media Diariamente Neuquen reported. Levi...
(Argus, 3.Jun.2019) — Trinidad and Tobago agreed with BP and Shell to discuss restructuring Atlantic LNG to try to forestall the shutdown of Train 1, which represents 20pc of capacity....
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 24.May.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to the state entity YPF’s plans to ship natural gas to Chile through May 2020,...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 24.May.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to YPFB being the withholding agent for transport carriers in Chaco, and YPFB and Shell...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 24.May.2019) — As part of Energy Analytics Institute’s ongoing coverage of the Latin America and Caribbean energy sectors from conventionals, unconventionals to renewables, Colombia’s Hydrocarbons...
(Shell, 23.May.2019) — Royal Dutch Shell plc, through its subsidiary Shell Offshore Inc (Shell) announces today that production has started at the Shell-operated Appomattox floating production system months ahead of...
(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, production and reserves paid dividends...
(Globes, 12.May.2019) — One of the existing partners has exercised its first right of refusal on the rights in the Caesar Tonga oil field. The share price of Delek Group...
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 8.May.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to eight oil and gas sector deaths in the Neuquina Basin in 15 months, Neuquén...
(Reuters, Tarmo Virki, 26.Apr.2019) — Finnish biofuel producer and oil refiner Neste reported a bigger than expected fall in quarterly profit on Friday, with U.S. sanctions against Venezuela having curbed...
(Shell, 24.Apr.2019) — Shell Offshore Inc. (“Shell”), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, today announced a significant discovery at the Blacktip prospect in the deep water U.S. Gulf of...
(Reuters, 24.Apr.2019) — Royal Dutch Shell’s U.S. unit said on Wednesday that it had made one of its biggest oil discoveries in the Blacktip deepwater well in the U.S. Gulf...
(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Yvonne Webb, 19.Apr.2019) — Deputy political leader of the United National Congress, Pointe-a-Pierre MP David Lee, has said the Dragon gas deal between TT and Venezuela...
(Chron.com, Sergio Chapa, 17.Apr.2019) — Royal Dutch Shell has awarded a three-year contract to Houston oilfield service company Halliburton to explore and develop two projects off the coast of Brazil....
(Trinidad and Tobago News Day, Sean Douglas, 17.Apr.2019) — The Prime Minister has publicly implored prayerful citizens to pray for new deposits of oil to be found in exploratory drilling...
(Trinidad and Tobago News Day, Melanie Waithe, 11.Apr.2019) — Ever took a walk on the bottom of the sea, to see how natural gas is extracted from beneath the earth’s...
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