LatAmOil - Latin America Oil & Gas

26 January 2023

US waives sanctions for Dragon gas project

25 January 2023

OFAC has given Trinidad and Tobago permission to work with PdVSA and Shell at the Dragon offshore gas field.

PM says Trinidad and Tobago may replace licensing rounds with direct talks on exploration

25 January 2023

The government of Trinidad and Tobago is considering the possibility of replacing licensing rounds with direct negotiations on oil and gas exploration deals, Prime Minister Keith Rowley has said.

Federation of Petroleum Workers urges Brazilian authorities to suspend Petrobras sell-offs

25 January 2023

The Federation of Petroleum Workers (FUP), a trade union representing Brazilian oil and gas workers, is urging Brazil’s government to put a freeze on the sale of non-core assets by Petrobras.

CNH data show Mexico’s oil output up, gas output down in 2022

25 January 2023

Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) has published figures showing that the country’s oil production sank in 2022, while natural gas output rose.

Wei-1 well spudded at Corentyne block

24 January 2023

Canada’s CGX Energy announced on January 23 that it had spudded Wei-1, the second exploration well at the Corentyne block offshore Guyana.

Guyanese PM provides breakdown of costs and budgeting for GTE project

24 January 2023

Guyana’s Prime Minister Mark Phillips offered a detailed breakdown of cost and funding plans for the Gas-to-Energy project that the government is carrying out in co-operation with ExxonMobil.

Velez: Colombia determined to halt new oil and gas exploration contract awards

24 January 2023

Colombia’s Energy and Mines Minister Irene Velez said at Davos that her country’s government remains determined to stop awarding new oil and gas exploration contracts.

Perenco’s new FSO departs Dubai shipyard for Pargo oilfield offshore Brazil

24 January 2023

Perenco (UK/France) says its new floating storage and off-loading vessel has departed the United Arab Emirates for the Pargo field offshore Brazil.