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Mexico's oil exports plunge 30% in June as Pemex crude falls 39%
Mexico's petroleum exports declined sharply in June, extending a downward trajectory throughout 2025's first half, according to fresh INEGI data, Mexico Business News reported
PDVSA Ad Hoc board faces scrutiny over legal spending and worker claims
Venezuelan economist Francisco Rodríguez has accused PDVSA’s US-based Ad Hoc Administrative Board, led by Horacio Medina, of diverting significant resources to contest legal claims by more than 20,000 former oil workers in US courts
Chevron’s Venezuela oil restart stalls as refineries await shipments
Chevron Corp. has yet to dispatch any Venezuelan crude to US refiners nearly a week after receiving authorisation from the Trump administration to resume production, leaving Gulf Coast processors in limbo amid tight global supplies
Venezuela insists Chevron must pay despite sanctions restrictions
Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello dismissed suggestions that Chevron's renewed operations in the country would allow the US oil major to extract crude without paying royalties
Explosives attack halts Colombia’s Caño Limón–Coveñas oil flow
Caño Limón–Coveñas pipeline, one of Colombia’s most important crude oil transport systems, with a central role in the country’s energy infrastructure and export economy, was forced to cease crude pumping following an explosives attack.
Colombia's Ecopetrol signals profit decline ahead of August results
Colombia's state-controlled oil giant Ecopetrol warned shareholders of another quarterly profit decline ahead of its August 12 results announcement.
Trinidad cuts Venezuela ties, turns to Guyana and Suriname for gas
Trinidad and Tobago has definitively abandoned its agreement with Venezuela's PDVSA for natural gas imports from the Dragon and Cocuina-Manakin fields, shifting toward energy partnerships with Guyana, Grenada, and Suriname.
Blue Water Suriname secures contract to support Noble Corporation drilling operations
Blue Water Suriname has secured a comprehensive rig agency and logistics contract to support Noble Corporation's Noble Developer drilling rig operations for Petronas in Block 52 offshore Suriname.
Petronas to drill new well offshore Suriname
Petronas is set to drill Caiman-1 in Suriname's offshore Block 52, targeting the shallower section of the prolific "Golden Lane" in a move that could significantly expand exploration opportunities in the Guyana-Suriname Basin.
Chevron granted limited licence to operate in Venezuela
Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA is preparing to relaunch operations with its joint venture partners under conditions reminiscent of the Biden-era oil-for-debt swap model, once President Donald Trump restores key operating authorisations.
Venezuela backs regional gas integration plan, revives work on Venezuela-Colombia gas pipeline
Venezuela has called for the creation of a joint action plan for regional gas integration, framing natural gas as a transitional fuel vital to reducing emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Argentina’s YPF nears offshore exploration deal with ENI in Uruguay
The agreement, expected to be finalised in the coming days, would expand a strategic partnership that began this year with joint work on liquefied natural gas
Venezuela oil return weighs on prices amid demand concerns and supply growth
Oil prices declined to a three-week low, dragged down in part by expectations that Venezuela may soon boost exports following reports the US will allow Chevron to resume limited operations in the country
Foreign oil firms await US approval to resume Venezuela operations
Several foreign energy companies are still waiting for clearance from the US Treasury and State departments to resume operations in Venezuela, following discussions last week regarding the reissuance of key licences
Chevron’s Venezuela comeback seen as boost to dollar liquidity and private sector access
Venezuela’s main business chamber, Consecomercio, has endorsed Chevron’s renewed presence in the country’s oil industry, following the US company’s receipt of a new licence to operate
Chevron secures narrow US licence to restart Venezuela operations
The new authorisation, issued privately, prohibits any oil-related revenue from reaching President Nicolás Maduro’s regime, effectively blocking royalties and tax transfers
BP hits oil signs in Brazil’s Santos Basin
British Petroleum (BP) has encountered signs of hydrocarbons in the Bumerangue block’s 1-BP-13-SPS wildcat well, located in Brazil’s Santos Basin pre-salt area.
COMMENT: Trump’s new Venezuela oil waiver raises more questions than answers
The Trump administration quietly granted Chevron a new oil licence in Venezuela, just after a major prisoner swap. But the deal may enrich regime insiders and boost China’s oil access, raising questions about the coherence of US sanctions policy.
Brazil’s Petrobras ramps output as pre-salt surges
Brazil’s Petrobras reported an average production of 2.91mn barrels of oil equivalent per day in the second quarter of 2025, up 5% from the previous quarter, driven by new platforms entering operation and ramp-ups across key offshore fields.
Venezuela's PDVSA eyes return to swap-based oil exports
Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA is preparing to relaunch operations with its joint venture partners under conditions reminiscent of the Biden-era oil-for-debt swap model, once President Donald Trump restores key operating authorisations
Mexico's Pemex posts rare quarterly profit, burns through bailout funds
Mexican state oil giant Pemex reported a net profit of $3.17bn for the second quarter of 2025, marking its first quarterly profit in over a year primarily due to the peso strengthening.
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