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Venezuela’s chief prosecutor says US citizen sought to sabotage oil facilities

Venezuela’s chief prosecutor has said that a US citizen who was recently arrested in the country has been charged in an alleged terrorist plot involving oil refineries.

Pemex predicts 70% drop in Maya crude exports

Mexico’s state-run oil and gas company Pemex has predicted that exports of Maya, its flagship heavy crude grade, will drop by 70% over the next few years.

PowerChina in talks to build railway line for Vaca Muerta oil and gas

PowerChina, a state-run Chinese engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, is in talks on the construction of a railway line to transport crude oil and natural gas from Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale formation.

Argentina’s gas production drops 12.2% y/y in July

Production of natural gas in Argentina fell by 12.2% year on year in July to 126.8mn cubic metres per day.

NRG: Steps being taken in several directions

Dominican Republic pushing ahead with gas hub plan

AES Dominicana has completed tests of its floating storage programme only one month after the inauguration of the country’s new president.

Apache reports hydrocarbon shows in two intervals of latest well at Block 58

US-based Apache says it has encountered hydrocarbon shows in both the Campanian and Santonian intervals of its latest well at Block 58 offshore Suriname.