Tag: gas

• Wednesday, July 17th 2019 - 10:10 UTC

  Uruguayan State to manage Montevideo gas supply as Petrobras leaves country

  

  Uruguay's President Tabaré Vázquez and Petrobras CEO Roberto Castello Branco met Tuesday in Santa Fe, Argentina, to discuss a possible solution to the crisis affecting Montevideo's two gas suppliers, which are both subsidiaries of the Brazilian consortium.

• Friday, May 10th 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  Shell to invest US$ 2bn annually in Brazil until 2025

  

  Shell plans to invest as much as US$2 billion annually in its Brazilian operations by 2025, Shell’s chief executive officer Ben van Beurden told Brazilian business daily Valor Economico in an exclusive interview published on Thursday.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  Bolivia considering exporting natural gas from liquefaction terminals in Argentina

  

  Bolivia is looking at exporting natural gas globally through liquefaction terminals to be built in Argentina, and to buy crude from its southern neighbor, Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Monday, a move that would compensate for dwindling sales of its main export to Argentina and Brazil.

• Friday, April 19th 2019 - 09:27 UTC

  ConocoPhillips pulling out of the North Sea oil exploration and production

  

  ConocoPhillips is pulling out of UK exploration and production after selling its North Sea oil and gas assets to Chrysaor for US$ 2.68bn (£2bn). The sale will boost Chrysaor's production by about 72,000 barrels a day to 177,000 - making it one of the UK's biggest operators.

• Thursday, April 18th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Toyota Brazil to build a Corolla sedan that runs on electricity, ethanol and gas

  

  Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday it will begin building a new version of the Corolla sedan in Brazil that will run on electricity, ethanol and gas, which it says will be the first vehicle of its kind in the world.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 08:27 UTC

  Argentina boosting natural gas output and plans pipeline to supply Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina’s efforts to boost its natural gas output and supply are progressing through new pipeline and transport projects and auctions, moves that are expected to balance the country’s production and demand, the energy secretary said on Monday.

• Thursday, January 17th 2019 - 10:05 UTC

  Petrobras averaged 2.63 MMboed last year, targets 2.8 MMboed for 2019

  

  Petrobras reports that in 2018, its total production of oil and gas, including natural gas liquids (NGL), was 2.63 MMboed, of which 2.53 MMboed produced in Brazil and 101,000 boed abroad. Petrobras’ own production of oil in Brazil was 2.03 MMbpd.

• Wednesday, December 26th 2018 - 08:55 UTC

  Petrobras plans to invest US$ 84bn mainly in pre-salt areas by 2023

  

  Petrobras has unveiled plans to invest US$ 84.1bn in deepwater exploration and production projects in Brazil, as well as raise $27bn through asset sales and partnerships by 2023. Around US$ 69bn of the planned investment will be channelled into the development of production in the pre-salt areas. Other key focus areas of investment include refining, transportation, trading, and natural gas and petrochemicals.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

  Brazil's oil and gas output rose strongly in October after five flat months

  

  Brazil's domestic crude oil output rose for the first time in five months in October as production from the subsalt region continued to grow and fewer floating production units were idled by maintenance shutdowns during the month.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 08:40 UTC

  Bolivia delivering smaller volumes of gas to Argentina than set forth in the contract

  

  Bolivia's Hydrocarbons Minister Luis Alberto Sánchez Friday admitted that gas deliveries to Argentina are kept at an average of 10 million cubic metres per day (MMm3d), far below the 17.2 MMm3d agreed upon in the contract