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Guyana aids Trinidad in $200mn push to restart Petrotrin refinery

22 February 2026

Talks facilitated by Georgetown have connected Trinidadian officials with Arab investors, local banks and refining firms to explore joint ventures for the restart

Trinidad sees Venezuela gas projects advancing after political shift

22 February 2026

The projects are slated to be operated by Shell, BP and Trinidad’s National Gas Company, and are viewed as critical to supporting the twin-island nation’s energy sector

Repsol targets sharp rise in Venezuela oil output as operations restart

22 February 2026

Speaking after the presentation of the company’s 2025 results, Imaz said the group is positioning itself to fully resume day-to-day operations in the country

Pecom to acquire YPF’s Manantiales Behr field in Argentina

20 February 2026

Pecom has agreed to acquire the Manantiales Behr oilfield in Argentina’s Chubut province from state-controlled energy company YPF after a previously agreed $575mn sale to Limay Energía, linked to Rovella Capital.

Argentina’s RIGI scheme draws over $52bn in pledged mining and energy investments

20 February 2026

Argentina’s large investment incentive regime, known as RIGI, has attracted more than $52bn in pledged investments across mining and energy projects.

Cuba authorises private companies to import fuel as crisis deepens under US embargo

20 February 2026

Cuban authorities authorised private companies to import fuel for the first time, ending the government's decades-old monopoly as the island confronts its worst energy crisis following the halt of Venezuelan oil deliveries and US tariff threats

Colombia becomes 33rd IEA member after five-year accession process

19 February 2026

Colombia received a unanimous invitation to join the International Energy Agency as its 33rd member country, marking the first Latin American nation to achieve full membership in the Paris-based organisation

US refiners weigh direct Venezuelan crude purchases to lift margins

19 February 2026

The shift follows January approvals that allowed trading houses Trafigura and Vitol to export Venezuelan crude under a $2bn bilateral framework

Venezuela bonds hover in low 40s as oil recovery bets clash with heavy risks

19 February 2026

Prices imply investor optimism about recovery, even as the macroeconomic backdrop remains weak, marked by scarce official data and an external debt burden described as extreme

Trump’s Venezuela oil push runs into big oil’s aversion to risk

19 February 2026

The standoff reflects a deeper misreading of how the modern oil industry operates. Far from the swashbuckling image of early 20th-century wildcatters, today’s oil majors prioritise stability, scale and predictable returns

Revival of oil flows from Venezuela has started

19 February 2026

Tankers carrying Venezuelan crude are once again moving into commercial trade lanes, delivering barrels to US Gulf Coast refineries and, through commodity traders, to Europe and potentially beyond.

Brazil prosecutors seek suspension of Petrobras' Amazon Basin drilling licence

19 February 2026

Brazil's Federal Public Prosecutor's Office has recommended that environmental regulator Ibama suspend parts of the environmental licensing process for state-owned oil company Petrobras oil exploration in the Amazon River Mouth Basin.

Bolivia corruption probe deepens as ex-YPFB executive detained in Santa Cruz

19 February 2026

Authorities in Bolivia have detained former hydrocarbons executive Gabriela Delgadillo as part of an expanding corruption investigation linked to state energy operations.

Exxon lines up four Stabroek projects as Guyana output push continues

19 February 2026

ExxonMobil is advancing a pipeline of developments in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana that would add well over 900,000 bpd of new production capacity between now and 2029, with three projects already approved and a fourth in planning

Brazil faces dirtier energy future as oil flaring hits 15-year high and thermal power set to expand

19 February 2026

Brazil is on course to become a more carbon-intensive energy producer, with natural gas flaring on offshore platforms hitting its highest level in 15 years and the share of fossil fuel-based thermal power set to nearly double by 2040.

Brazil's pre-salt Social Fund failed to deliver on inequality promise, report finds

19 February 2026

Brazil's Pre-Salt Social Fund has spent most of its 15-year existence without proper governance, failing to fulfil its mission of reducing inequality and financing social development, said a report by the Institute of Socioeconomic Studies (Inesc).

Petrobras signs first free-market natural gas contract in Brazil's Northeast

19 February 2026

Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras has signed its first natural gas supply contract in the free market in Brazil's Northeast region to supply ceramics company Cerbras, based in the state of Ceará, with deliveries set to begin on March 1.

Brazil's Lula signs free cooking gas law for 15mn families as critics flag electoral motives and fiscal risks

19 February 2026

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed into law a programme providing LPG refills to around 15mn vulnerable households, a measure his critics have labelled an electoral subsidy carrying long-term fiscal risks.

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