Energy & Oil

• Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 11:41 UTC

  Petrobras profits soar thirty fold in the second quarter helped by rising oil prices

  

  Brazil’s Petrobras benefited from the rising oil prices and booked a thirty-fold yearly jump in its second-quarter net income, which also beat analyst expectations.

• Thursday, August 2nd 2018 - 08:04 UTC

  Power outages in Venezuela turn once rich cities into ghost towns

  

  The state of Zulia, the historic heart of Venezuela’s energy industry that was for decades known for opulent oil wealth, has been plunged into darkness for several hours a day since March, sometimes leaving its 3.7 million residents with no electricity for up to 24 hours.

• Wednesday, August 1st 2018 - 08:18 UTC

  Brazil investigating collusion and price fixing at the fuel pump: largest distributors targeted

  

  Brazil’s three largest fuel distribution companies are under investigation for fixing prices at the pump, police said on Tuesday, reigniting debate over potential collusion among gas station owners in Latin America’s largest oil producer.

• Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 08:36 UTC

  Guyana top country in discovered oil resources during 2018

  

  Discovered resources globally of conventional oil and natural gas surpassed 4.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent in the first half of 2018, making for an exciting recovery with Guyana leading the way, according to analysis by Rystad Energy. Average monthly discovered volumes are 826 million barrels of oil equivalent. This is a 30% increase from 2017.

• Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 08:19 UTC

  YPF faces a US$ 14 billion lawsuit in the US, dating back to Maxus Energy acquisition

  

  Argentina's hydrocarbons company YPF is facing a fresh lawsuit in the United States, this time for US$14bn, which is twice the market value of the state oil firm, over alleged corporate restructuring that the company was said to have carried out several years ago.

• Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 07:00 UTC

  Venezuela scarce gasoline will be sold only to the politically loyal

  

  Venezuela is taking steps to direct dwindling motor fuel to politically loyal vehicle owners. President Nicolas Maduro ordered a national census on 3-5 August to determine how many vehicle owners possess a homeland identity card, a document created in first quarter 2017 to strengthen the government's social and political surveillance capabilities.

• Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 15:27 UTC

  Strong Dollar could cap oil prices

  

  By Irina Slav for Oilprice.com - The strength of the U.S. dollar poses an obstacle to further gains in oil prices. President Trump's trade war with China, which is still in its early stages, has already battered the Yuan.

• Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 02:52 UTC

  Premier Oil Outline Procurement and Infrastructure Plan in the Falkland Islands

  

  As Mercopress have reported over recent months, Premier Oil continue to progress their Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) process for the Sea Lion oil discovery. As a next step in this process, earlier this week Premier Oil plc provided details of their intended approach to both procurement and infrastructure to support the discovery to the north of the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, July 27th 2018 - 07:41 UTC

  US clears the way for natural gas exports to Latin America

  

  The U.S. Energy Department on Wednesday cleared the way for faster approval of small scale exports of natural gas including liquefied natural gas to Latin American countries by issuing a rule that does away with a public interest review of the shipments.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 06:10 UTC

  Argentine natural gas for Chile beginning next October

  

  Argentina will begin exporting natural gas to Chile from October, the Argentine Energy Ministry said on Friday, following a meeting between the governments of both countries.