Energy & Oil

• Thursday, April 1st 2010 - 05:53 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Investors lose fortunes as oil shares plummet

  

  LOCAL investors – reputedly one in ten of the population – saw the value of their oil shares plummet this week as Desire Petroleum confirmed media speculation that the first oil found by the Ocean Guardian rig was of poor quality.

• Wednesday, March 31st 2010 - 18:24 UTC

  High-quality oil in once guerrilla infested Colombian jungle

  

  Petrominerales Ltd., mostly owned by Canadian companies said Monday that an oil well drilled in Colombia has produced a prolific 15,600 barrels of high-quality crude per day, following similarly strong results from two other wells on its Candelilla discovery.

• Tuesday, March 30th 2010 - 04:48 UTC

  Chavez announces the discovery of a “super well” of natural gas

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced the discovery of a “super well” that shows an offshore field holds almost twice as much natural gas as originally estimated.

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 18:40 UTC

  Falklands’ Desire shares slump following disappointing first well

  

  Shares in UK-Falklands Desire Petroleum slumped Monday as the company officially confirmed a disappointing result from the first drilling in its exploration campaign in the North Falkland Basin.

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 18:30 UTC

  Solar power project to refine Chilean copper

  

  Codelco, Chile’s nationally-owned copper company and one of the world’s largest, announced last week a plan to outfit some of their mines with solar power over the next few years, a move expected to save millions of dollars in energy costs.

• Sunday, March 28th 2010 - 04:56 UTC

  Oil in Falklands but not in commercial volumes, reports The Times

  

  The first well drilled off the Falkland Islands in 12 years has struck oil — but not enough for a commercial well, according to a report from the Sunday edition of The Times.

• Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 06:40 UTC

  Argentina and Bolivia sign expansion of natural gas agreement

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met Friday with her Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales and signed a deal that expands until 2026 the current gas-sharing bilateral agreement, which is expected to supply the Argentine Northeast.

• Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 06:19 UTC

  In support of our planet, Earth Hour’s global display of climate action

  

  Saturday March 27 at 8.30pm local time, more than 4000 cities and towns across 125 countries and regions will switch off their lights for Earth Hour in an historic moment of global unity.

• Friday, March 26th 2010 - 21:37 UTC

  Chavez adds 3 days to Easter holiday (completing a week) to save energy

  

  President Hugo Chavez has added three days to Venezuela's Easter holiday to deal with a growing energy crisis. The move which will close government and public offices means most Venezuelans will have a seven-day break starting on 1 April.

• Friday, March 26th 2010 - 00:59 UTC

  Chilean government announces biggest fuel price hike in months

  

  Chile’s government has decided to “un-freeze” the increase of the gasoline prices considering that the value of both oil and the US dollar is growing all around the world.
  By law, on March 25 the transitory price reduction to the specific oil tax must come to an end. The decree was passed last year to help the local economy given the financial crisis that affected many countries.