MONTERREY, MEXICO (By Isaac Silvestre, Editores Latin Petroleum, 21.Sep.2026, Words: 130) — Javier Aguilar, a Mexican citizen residing in Houston, Texas, and a former oil trader, was sentenced in Brooklyn, New […]
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PRESS DIGEST 2 APR. 2026: Ran for ENI in MEX; Trafigura and Vitol in BOL; Braskem BRA
MONTERREY, MEXICO (By editors with Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Apr.2026, Words: 419) — The following briefs are compiled from varied media outlets across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and beyond […]
Vitol group submits bid above $10bn for Citgo, sources say
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Marianna Parraga, Reuters, 2.Jul.2025, Words: 559) — A group led by commodities trading house Vitol submitted a bid exceeding $10 billion for the parent of Venezuela-owned U.S. refiner […]
Vitol to Pay $1.65bn for Certain Eni Assets in Ivory Coast and Congo Including Congo LNG
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Mar.2025) — Vitol will acquire interests in certain assets owned by Eni in Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and the Republic of Congo for an aggregate consideration […]
GeoPark Signs New Offtake Agreement with Vitol for the Llanos 34 Block in Colombia
(GeoPark, 9.May.2024) — GeoPark Limited (NYSE: GPRK) announces the execution of an offtake and prepayment agreement with Vitol, one of the world’s leading energy and commodity companies. The offtake agreement […]
Eni Find Oil In Ghana’s Block 4
(Eni, 6.Jul.2021) — Eni announces a significant oil discovery on the Eban exploration prospect in CTP Block 4, offshore Ghana. The Eban – 1X well is the second well drilled […]
Petrobras On Vitol Leniency Agreement
(Petrobras, 29.Dec.2020) — Petrobras informs that it received, as of today, the amount of R$232.6mn, as a result of a leniency agreement entered into between the Federal Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) […]
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 […]
Petrobras Announces $1.4bn Sale Of African Oil Business
(Ft.com, Andres Schipani, Neil Hume, 31.Oct.2018) — Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras agreed to sell its 50 per cent stake in an African enterprise to a consortium led by trader […]