CARACAS, VENEZUELA (By editors and writers with Energy Analytics Institute and Editores Latin Petroleum CA, 12.Jun.2026, Words: 325) — The following briefs are compiled from varied media outlets across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and beyond and span company details on PEMEX, PETROBRAS, PDVSA, and Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd., […]
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Ecuador eyes $683mn from 13.68-MMbbl tender, associated oil exports
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Dec.2025, Words: 315) — Petroecuador awarded crude oil export contracts totaling 13.68 million barrels (MMbbls) of Oriente and Napo crude oil. The exports will generate direct revenue estimated at $683mn for the Ecuadorian state to contribute to public finances.
Bolivia exports natural gas to Argentina through Trafigura and Gas Meridional
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Ofelia Paredes, Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Jun.2025, Words: 145) — This week, 2 private Argentine companies, Trafigura and Gas Meridional, reportedly started importing Bolivian natural gas to supply power generators in the northern regions of Argentina. According to the Argentine press, this is the first time in 2 decades […]
Ecuador inks 4 export deals for 8.64 MMbbls of Oriente oil with Shell, Petrochina and Trafigura
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.May.2025, Words: 210) — EP Petroecuador awarded 4 international tenders for the export of 8.64 million barrels (MMbbls) of Oriente crude oil. The contracts were awarded to Shell Western Supply and Trading Limited (-$3.93/bbl), Petrochina International Co. Ltd (-$4.51/bbl and -$4.04/bbl), and […]
EP Petroecuador inks export deal with Trafigura for 720,000 bbls of Napo oil
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Apr.2025) — EP Petroecuador completed the sale of 720,000 barrels of Napo crude oil to Trafigura Pte Ltd, generating $42mn in revenue for the Andean country. Over 30 qualified companies participated in this process, including Petrochina International Co. Ltd and Unipec America […]
Luca Buys Back Debenture, Continues Repayments with Trafigura Mexico
(Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Jan.2025) — Luca Mining Corp., along with an arm’s-length third-party corporation, Jaluca Limited, reached an agreement with Urion Holdings (Malta) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Trafigura Mexico S.A. de C.V. to repurchase 100% of Luca’s $5.8mn convertible debenture held by Urion. Luca and Jaluca […]
1PointFive and Trafigura Announce DAC Credit Agreement
(1PointFive, 16.Jan.2024) — 1PointFive, a carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS) company, and Trafigura, a market leader in the global commodities industry, announced that Trafigura has agreed to purchase carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits to be produced from 1PointFive’s first industrial-scale Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility, STRATOS, which is currently […]
Guyana Gets 15 Bids To Market Govt Crude
(Reuters, 4.Aug.2021) — Guyana received bids from 15 different companies aiming to market the government’s share of the crude produced off the South American country’s coast, according to Guyana’s National Procurement and Tender Board Administration website on Wednesday. The government re-launched the search last month after a previous tender was […]
Ex-Petrobras Trader Tells Judge Vitol Bribed Him
(Bloomberg, Sabrina Valle and Andy Hoffman, 25.Nov.2019) — A former Petroleo Brasileiro SA oil trader who went by the code name “Phil Collins” told a Brazilian judge he received bribes from Vitol Group to favor the firm in contracts with the crude producer, court documents show. Carlos Roberto Martins Barbosa […]
Trinidad Refinery Restarts By 3Q:20: Ministry
(Argus, 9.Oct.2019) — A new start-up company will acquire Trinidad and Tobago’s 160,000 b/d refinery for $700mn and resume operations by third quarter 2020, the energy ministry tells Argus. Patriotic Energies and Technologies (Pet) is partly owned by Trinidad’s oil labor union OWTU, which has not commented directly on the […]
Petrobras Refinery Sale Draws PetroChina
(Reuters, Tatiana Bautzer and Rodrigo Viga Gaier, 26.Aug.2019) — Brazil’s planned privatization of eight Petroleo Brasileiro SA refineries has lured several of the world’s largest trading and oil companies as prospective bidders, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. Around 20 companies have signed non-disclosure agreements granting them access […]
Argentina’s Energy Secretariat Meets With Governors, Companies
(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 and fuel prices. This was the first such discussion in which the Argentine government sought to establish joint dialogue with […]
Trafigura Seeks to End Ricardo Eliçabe Conflict
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 28.Jul.2018) – Negotiations continue to advance to overcome a labor related conflict at the Ricardo Eliçabe refinery in Bahía Blanca. The refinery, acquired last May by the Dutch group Trafigura, has been paralyzed for almost two months, reported the daily newspaper Clarin. The labor conflict […]
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. The Swiss company offered the best bid price with a positive differential of $ 1.08 per barrel, reported the daily newspaper El Universo. EP Petroecuador […]
Venezuela Sends Two Fuel Tankers to Singapore
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 25.Jun.2016) – Venezuela sent two fuel tankers at full capacity to Singapore, reported Reuters. The tankers, New Dream, rented by PetroChina, Britanis, and Trafigura, are en route to Singapore with 270,000 tons of fuel, reported the news agency. ***