Energy & Oil

• Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 13:14 UTC

  Brazil oil and gas production in September above 4.000 MMboe

  

  Brazil's total oil and gas production during September reached 4.048 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, according to the country's market regulator, ANP.

• Friday, October 21st 2022 - 20:45 UTC

  “Lithium ABC countries” working on common pricing policies

  

  South America's “ABC” lithium-producing countries Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile are considering joint policies to set the sale price of the mineral, Télam reported Thursday.

• Friday, October 21st 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Falkland Islands lawmakers committed to enable oil production

  

  Members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly John Birmingham and Pete Biggs have both voiced personal distaste at the concept of oil production in the Falkland Islands, despite an overall commitment in the Islands Plan 2022 to “progress extractive industries in an environmentally conscious way.”

• Thursday, October 20th 2022 - 10:27 UTC

  BBC has emergency scripts in the event of blackouts Jan/Feb in the UK, Guardian reports

  

  The Guardian has reported that BBC has prepared a number of emergency scripts in the event of blackouts that could last up to two days this winter. One quote from the script reads, “The government has said it’s hoped power will be restored in the next 36 to 48 hours. Different parts of Britain will start to receive intermittent supplies before then.”

• Thursday, October 20th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Brazilian firm pledges US$ 100 to lithium project in Argentina

  

  Brazil's Unipar has pledged to invest over US$ 100 million in lithium and renewable energies over the next three years in Argentina, it was announced.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Gasoline at pumps in Brazil up again after 15 weeks

  

  Brazil's National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) said in its weekly report Monday that the price of gasoline at pumps nationwide had gone up 1.47% after 15 weeks of successive drops.

• Saturday, October 15th 2022 - 14:48 UTC

  Petrobras leaving Argentina to seek more profitable investments

  

  Brazilian oil company Petrobras Friday announced its intention to leave Argentina and has therefore launched the sale of its stake in Posa, its local subsidiary, which holds a 33.6 % of the Río Neuquén Field.

• Friday, October 14th 2022 - 20:20 UTC

  Mobile green hydrogen plant launched in northern Chile

  

  Chile Thursday launched a mobile green hydrogen plant in Antofagasta to evaluate the country's potential in this regard. The ceremony was attended by President Gabriel Boric Font and Energy Minister Diego Pardow, among other high-ranking officials.

• Thursday, October 13th 2022 - 21:01 UTC

  Brazil's oil and gas output reaches 3.967 mn bpds

  

  Brazil's oil and natural gas production in the month of August of 2022 reached 3.967 million barrels per day (bpd), the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) reported Thursday in the Dynamic Panel of Oil and Natural Gas Production.

• Wednesday, October 12th 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  France with gasoline and diesel outages because of oil refineries strikes

  

  Industrial conflict in French oil refineries has left many gasoline stations without fuel forcing the government to requisition with a court order, essential workers to staff oil depots of companies in conflict.