LatAmOil - Latin America Oil & Gas

21 May 2021

Canje drilling programme expected to shed light on extent of Upper Cretaceous play

20 May 2021

Westwood Global Energy Group believes that the outcome of ExxonMobil’s exploration drilling programme at the Canje block will help determine how far the Upper Cretaceous play extends through the Guyana-Suriname basin.

ExxonMobil Guyana to restart gas compressor on Liza Destiny FPSO next month

20 May 2021

ExxonMobil Guyana is reportedly on track to re-install and restart the flash gas compressor (FGC) system on the Liza Destiny FPSO at the offshore Liza-1 oilfield by the end of June.

Mesa says Colombia’s oil production has dropped below 700,000 bpd

20 May 2021

Colombia’s oil production has dropped below the threshold of 700,000 barrels per day (bpd) for the first time in more than a decade, Energy Minister Diego Mesa said earlier this week.

Pemex to build $2.64bn coking plant at Tula refinery

20 May 2021

Mexico’s national oil company (NOC) Pemex has said it intends to build a coking plant at the Tula refinery in Hidalgo State.

Outgoing Staatsolie chief comments on potential of Suriname’s first three discoveries

20 May 2021

Rudolf Elias, the outgoing managing director of Suriname’s national oil company (NOC) Staatsolie, has said he expects the first three fields discovered in the country’s offshore zone to yield at least 1.4bn barrels of oil equivalent (boe).

LatAmOil: Peru LNG halts production

18 May 2021

The Peru LNG consortium has suspended operations at its natural gas liquefaction plant in Pampa Melchorita, citing an issue with one of its compressors.

Peru LNG halts production, citing compressor problem

18 May 2021

The Peru LNG consortium has suspended operations at its natural gas liquefaction plant in Pampa Melchorita, citing an issue with one of its compressors.

Invenergy, BW LNG complete financing of FSRU for El Salvador

14 May 2021

Invenergy and BW LNG announced this week that they had completed the financing of a floating, storage and regasification unit (FSRU) for the Energía del Pacífico (EDP) LNG-to-power project in El Salvador.

Limetree Bay Ventures under pressure

14 May 2021

The operator of the US Virgin Islands’ only refinery is under pressure from environmental groups – and from local officials who want the plant to resume operations.

McDermott to conduct FEED study of FPU for BHP’s Trion field

14 May 2021

US-based McDermott International will provide FEED services for a semi-submersible floating production unit (FPU) that will be installed at Mexico's offshore Trion field.

PetroTal expects Bretaña field to yield 18,000-19,000 bpd by year-end

14 May 2021

PetroTal (Canada) expects production levels at Bretaña, its flagship oilfield in Peru, to rise to at least 18,000 barrels per day by the end of this year.

TGS blames government pricing policy for losses in Q1-2021

14 May 2021

Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), Argentina’s largest transporter of natural gas, has blamed the government for its poor financial performance in the first quarter of the year.