EP Petroecuador awards tender for 8.6 MMbbls of Oriente crude to Unipec and Petrochina

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Aug.2025, Words: 150) — EP Petroecuador awarded the export of 8.6 million barrels (MMbbls) of Oriente crude oil through 3 international tenders to the state-owned companies Unipec AmĂ©rica Inc. (-$3.70/bbl) and (-$3.05/bbl) and Petrochina International Co. Ltd. (-$3.62/bbl, which emerged as […]

Sinopec Signs LT Deal With Venture Global LNG

(Sinopec, 4.Nov.2021) — China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (HKG: 0386, Sinopec) signed a 20-year liquified natural gas (LNG) contract with U.S. LNG producer and exporter Venture Global LNG to purchase 4mn tons of LNG a year. Venture Global will supply the LNG from its plant in Plaquemines, Louisiana. In addition, China International […]

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 […]

Pemex to Supply Isthmus Crude to Japan

(Pemex, 24Jul.2015) – Pemex, through P.M.I. Comercio Internacional (PMI), and the largest refining company in Japan, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, agreed to ship 6 MMbbls of Isthmus crude oil through 6 cargoes beginning in Aug.2015 and until Jan.2016, from the Salina Cruz maritime terminal located in the state […]