Energy & Oil

• Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  UK pledges HGVs will be zero-emission by 2040; unveils new chargepoint design

  

  The United Kingdom has announced all-new road vehicles in the country will be zero-emission within the next two decades, while charge points are to be the main focus to adapt to the EV revolution.

• Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Venezuelan aircraft banned in the US carries Evo Morales to Buenos Aires

  

  Former Bolivian President Evo Morales landed in Buenos Aires aboard a Venezuela-registered aircraft blacklisted by the United States Treasury Department.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 03:45 UTC

  Energy exports to Brazil to finance Argentina's infrastructure works

  

  Argentina's Energy Ministry has ruled that energy exports to Brazil will finance the Vaca Muerta gas pipeline and electrical transportation works, it was announced Tuesday.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Australian firm pledges US $ 8 bn to green hydrogen development in Argentina

  

  The Argentine Government has reached an understanding with a leading Australian firm to move forward with local production of clean energy. President Alberto Fernández made the announcement Monday from Glasgow, where he is attending the UN COP26 Climate Summit.

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Not Yet on Track: Climate Threat Demands More Ambitious Global Action

  

  By Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director – In 1785, Robert Burns reflected on how humanity has come to dominate our planet: “I’m truly sorry man’s dominion, has broken nature’s social union,” he wrote. The Scottish poet’s words still ring true two centuries later.

• Saturday, October 30th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Brazil's VP says Bolsonaro would be greeted with stones at Glasgow's climate summit

  

  Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao said that if President Jair Bolsonaro was to attend the COP 26 climate change summit in Glasgow he would be greeted with stones.

• Saturday, October 30th 2021 - 09:22 UTC

  Vaca Muerta boosts Argentina's oil output to record number of BPDs

  

  Argentina's output of crude oil has reached an unprecedented 532,566 barrels per day in September 2021, according to a report released Friday by the private firm Regional Investment Consulting (Ricsa), thus surpassing the previous highest mark of 528,782 bpds from March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  South Korea to submit final plan for Paraguayan commuter train next month

  

  South Korea is to submit a Final Commuter Rail Proposal to the Paraguayan Government by Nov. 20, Ferrocarriles del Paraguay SA (Fepasa) CEO Lauro Ramírez announced Wednesday. The new commuter train line will link Asunción to Ypacaraí.

• Monday, October 25th 2021 - 22:03 UTC

  Fuel goes up in Brazil amid international surge in crude oil

  

  Brazil's oil company Petrobras Monday decreed an increase in the price of gasoline of 7.04% at refineries and 9.15% in the case of diesel fuel, it was announced. These adjustments were to impact the price consumers pay at pumps as of Tuesday.

• Monday, October 25th 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  Bolivia's FM says no lithium deal discussed with Russia's Gazprom

  

  Bolivia's Foreign Minister Rogelio Mayta Sunday denied press reports according to which he had reached an agreement with the Russian government to exploit lithium from the Salar de Uyuni during his recent trip to Moscow.