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Trinidad Petroleum Vows to Fix Debt after S&P Downgrade

(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, 4.Feb.2022) — S&P Global Ratings has downgraded Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Ltd‘s (TPHL) rating from BB to B+ in its latest overview on Wednesday. The company attributed the downgrade to the delayed issuance of TPHL’s 2019 consolidated audited financial statements, and the tight maturity profile of upcoming […]

Fiscal Effects Of Covid-19, Oil Could Last Years In Colombia

(Reuters, 23.Jun.2020) — The fiscal fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices could affect Colombia for several years, Richard Francis, director of sovereign ratings at ratings agency Fitch, said on Tuesday. Colombia’s government predicts the usually healthy economy will contract 5.5% this year. The country has suspended its […]

Petrobras Says S&P Maintains Scale Rating

(Petrobras, 17.Apr.2020) — Petrobras announces the rating agency S&P Global Ratings affirmed the ”BB-” global scale rating for Petrobras, with a stable outlook. The stand-alone credit profile remained at “bb”, one notch above the sovereign. S&P highlighted that the company’s liquidity position remains strong despite forecasted lower operating cash flow […]

Petrobras Says S&P Changes Global Rating Perspective

(Petrobras, 7.Apr.2020) — Petrobras informs that S&P Global Ratings Agency (S&P) has changed the company’s global credit rating outlook from positive to stable, and has kept the risk level (rating) of corporate debt at “BB-“. Yesterday the agency revised Brazil’s global credit rating outlook to stable due to the impact […]

S&P Ups Petrobras’ Global Scale Outlook

(Petrobras, 12.Dec.2019) — Petrobras said rating agency S&P Global Ratings (S&P) raised the company’s global scale outlook from stable to positive, and maintained its corporate debt rating at “BB-“. Yesterday, the agency revised the outlook on its long-term rating on Brazil to positive, reflecting prospects for an upgrade in the […]

S&P Raises Petrobras Stand-Alone Credit Profile

S&P Confirms Pemex’s Global Rating at BBB+

(Pemex, 31.Aug.2018) — Rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) confirmed the global rating of Petróleos Mexicanos at ‘BBB+’ with stable outlook after its annual review of the company, and modified its individual credit profile from ‘bb’ to ‘bb-‘. Additionally, the global rating and stable outlook reflect not only the implicit […]

S&P Affirms Ecopetrol Rating

(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 28.Jun.2018) – The rating agency affirmed the investment rating for Ecopetrol, S.A. Standard & Poor’s kept Ecopetrol’s long-term international rating at BBB-, with stable outlook, and stand-alone credit rating at bb+, reported Ecopetrol in an official statement. In a recent report, the agency highlighted Ecopetrol’s […]

Frontera Prices $350 Mln Notes at 9.7%

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart 22.Jun.2018) – Canada’s Frontera Energy Corporation successfully priced an offering of $350 million. The offering was comprised of senior unsecured notes due 2023 at a coupon rate of 9.70% pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, […]

Venezuelan Oil Output Charting New Lows

(UPI, Daniel J. Graeber, 19.Jun.2018) – Ahead of what could be pivotal talks among OPEC members, production from founding member Venezuela could hit new lows soon, an industry report found. State-backed oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, known commonly as PDVSA, notified 11 of its international customers earlier this month that […]

Standard & Poor’s Improves Petrobras’ Rating

(Petrobras, 11.Feb.2017) – Petrobras announced that the credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s raised its rating for the company’s corporate debt to ‘BB-‘ from ‘B+’ and changed its outlook to stable from negative. The agency stated that the improvement in Petrobras’ rating reflects the evolution of its liquidity and a […]

Petrobras Reports on Downgrade by S&P’s

(Petrobras, 11.Sep.2015) – Regarding Standard & Poor’s announcement of its new rating on September 10, 2015, Petrobras reiterates the medium-term fundability of its projects has been assured through loans taken out this year from financial institutions in Brazil and other countries. Petrobras also clarifies its loans do not contain any […]

S&P Maintains Ecopetrol Credit Rating

(Ecopetrol S.A., 1.Jul.2015) – Ecopetrol S.A. reported that the credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s has maintained Ecopetrol’s long term corporate credit rating at BBB with a stable outlook. S&P’s mentioned that the new strategy presented by the company is in line with the current oil market conditions and prioritizes […]