Buenos Aires has imposed sanctions on companies and individuals involved in oil exploration around the disputed islands and filed criminal complaints against Israel’s Navitas Petroleum and its British partner Rockhopper Exploration.

Milei rules out force over Falklands as oil row with Britain escalates

LatAmOil - Latin America Oil & Gas
By IntelliNews Latam desk 22 October 2026
Javier Milei has ruled out using force to recover the Falkland Islands, pledging to pursue Argentina’s sovereignty claim through diplomacy even as Buenos Aires steps up a legal and economic offensive against British-backed oil developments.

Chevron confirms start of process to explore sale of older Gulf assets

NorthAmOil - North America Oil & Gas
By Newsbase analysts 22 October 2026
Supermajor Chevron confirmed to media this week that it was exploring a potential sale of some of its older assets in the US Gulf of Mexico.
The 2026-2027 El Niño is expected to be among the strongest since 1950, and hydropower supplies more than half the electricity in seven Latin American countries. Kenya and Southeast Asia face their own weather and import risks.

Strong El Niño threatens Latin America's hydro-dependent grids, IEA warns

REM - Renewable Energy
By Ben Aris in Berlin 22 October 2026
The 2026-2027 El Niño is expected to be among the strongest since 1950, putting power supplies at risk across hydro-dependent Latin America, the IEA said.

Beware the bear as Moscow woos Asia with oil and atoms

AsiaElec - Asia Power
AsianOil - Asia Oil & Gas
By Mark Buckton in New Taipei 22 October 2026
Asia provides Russia with opportunities to remain economically engaged even if the terms increasingly depend on what Asian partners themselves require.
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