Energy & Oil

• Saturday, November 15th 2014 - 07:52 UTC

  Something stinks in Petrobras: former director and leading contractors CEOs arrested on bribery charges

  

  Brazilian police arrested a former Petrobras executive on Friday, sending the state-run oil company's shares and bonds down after a widening corruption scandal forced it to delay the release of its financial results.

• Friday, November 14th 2014 - 07:27 UTC

  Falklands accepts Premier's 'realistic solution' to current world oil price environment

  

  The Falkland Islands Government said on Thursday it took notice of the announcement by Premier Oil of their revised proposal for commercial oil production in the Falkland Islands, which “it is considered represents a realistic solution to progress development in the current international oil price environment”.

• Friday, November 14th 2014 - 07:13 UTC

  Early signs of a pullback in drilling activity

  

  With oil prices low and showing no sign of an immediate rebound, the industry is beginning to pull back on spending. Oil prices have dropped around 30% since summer highs, raising fears among producers across the globe.

• Thursday, November 13th 2014 - 05:44 UTC

  Crude price falls to a three year low, created by shale boom and Libya restart

  

  West Texas Intermediate, WTI crude closed at a three-year low on Wednesday with prices under pressure from the growing oil glut created by the U.S. shale boom and the restart of Libya's largest operational oilfield.

• Wednesday, November 12th 2014 - 07:10 UTC

  World largest offshore drilling fleet admits slowdown in oversupplied rig market

  

  Transocean Ltd, the owner of the world's largest offshore drilling fleet, said it was likely to retire additional rigs as the company continued to face pressure due to slowdown in an oversupplied rig market.

• Wednesday, November 12th 2014 - 06:42 UTC

  Petrobras Argentina plans to invest 622m dollars to explore for shale gas

  

  The Argentine unit of Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras plans to invest 622 million dollars to explore for non-conventional natural gas in Neuquen, the Argentine government announced on Monday.

• Tuesday, November 11th 2014 - 04:34 UTC

  Minister Swire underlines business opportunities for UK companies in Paraguay

  

  UK Minister for Latin America, Hugo Swire, spoke of the growing presence of UK in Latin America and more specifically on the expanding links with Paraguay. Minister Swire said UK was determined to deepen its commercial ties with a rising Latin America and described Paraguay as a perfect trade and investment partner for UK, particularly since British oil industry has struck oil in the Chaco region.

• Monday, November 10th 2014 - 07:34 UTC

  Latam Energy Organization approves statement on “Malvinas sovereignty”

  

  Energy ministers from the Latin American Energy Organization, OLADE, meeting in San Salvador approved last Friday a statement on “Malvinas Islands sovereignty” referred to the “illegal hydrocarbons exploration and exploitation undertaken in the Islands surrounding waters”, points out a release from the Argentine Foreign ministry.

• Saturday, November 8th 2014 - 09:37 UTC

  Relief for Petrobras: Dilma allows increase in gasoline and diesel prices

  

  Brazil raised domestic wholesale gasoline and diesel prices for the first time in more than 11 months effective Friday in a move to bolster the finances of the heavily indebted Petrobras oil and gas company after years of refining losses.

• Thursday, November 6th 2014 - 21:50 UTC

  Falklands oil industry regulated by UK North Sea standards, one of the highest in the world

  

  The elected government of the Falkland Islands has strongly refuted remarks by Argentine official 'Malvinas Secretary' Daniel Filmus, published in The Guardian, in which he states that hydrocarbons activities in the Falklands are environmentally reckless, and describes Filmus words as “yet another example of the Argentine's government futile efforts to damage the Falklands economy”