Energy & Oil

• Monday, February 10th 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Chinese group takes control of major lithium project in Argentina

  

  China’s Ganfeng Lithium Co said it will take control of an Argentina lithium project it has been developing with Lithium Americas Corp, cementing its control over a key source of the white metal for electric vehicle batteries.

• Friday, February 7th 2020 - 09:35 UTC

  Brazil's development bank BNDES sells shares in Petrobras

  

  Brazil's development bank BNDES sold US$5.2 billion in common shares it owned in state-controlled oil company Petrobras. The company priced the offering at 30 Reais per common share, a discount of 1.57% relative to Wednesday's closing price. BNDES sold 22 billion reais in shares.

• Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 07:18 UTC

  Consolidation and a FPSO platform in Brazil's Campo Basin

  

  Brazil’s PetroRio SA has acquired a floating oil and gas platform type FPSO OSX-3 for US$140 million and 80% of the Tubarão Martelo oil field where the vessel is located, the field’s previous owner Dommo Energia SA said.

• Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 06:49 UTC

  US shale fields starting to plateau; investors looking to Guyana offshore fields

  

  Shale pioneer John Hess said on Tuesday that key U.S. shale fields are starting to plateau, calling shale “important but not the next Saudi Arabia.”

• Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 07:44 UTC

  Guyana rapidly becoming an oil major: 16th discovery in four years of exploration

  

  ExxonMobil today announced its 16 discovery in the Stabroek Block, located off the Guyanese coastline. The Texas-based company announced that it encountered 29 meters of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone at the Uaru well.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 08:09 UTC

  Brazil willing to discuss with OPEC, but not prepared to join the cartel

  

  Brazil has decided to stay out of OPEC for the time being as it seeks to expand its oil production, according to media reports quoting energy minister Bento Albuquerque. “The idea is just to increase our production and to participate more in the international oil and gas market,” Albuquerque said in an interview.

• Monday, January 27th 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Deadly China virus impacts on oil prices while safe havens assets rally

  

  Fears over the global economic impact of the deadly China virus sent oil prices plunging more than on Monday to extend last week's sell-off, while safe-haven assets including the yen and gold rallied.

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:34 UTC

  Argentina's YPF returns successfully to money markets: issues US$ 164 million debt

  

  Argentina’s state energy company YPF said it issued debt of US$ 164 million on Wednesday, in a result it said exceeded its expectation.

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:08 UTC

  Chile spurring lithium mining: copper giant Codelco joins the exploration

  

  Chile state miner Codelco filed with regulators on Friday a plan to begin exploration for lithium in its Maricunga salt flat holdings, a key step in advancing development of the country's second richest deposit of the metal needed for batteries.

• Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  Record oil production in Brazil during 2019

  

  By Irina Slav for Oilprice.com – Brazil produced more than 1 billion barrels last year, the first time it has breached the 1-billion-barrel mark, according to reports from the country’s oil regulator, ANP. The daily average stood at 3.106 million bpd, up 7.78% on 2018, ANP also said.