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Rodríguez says US unfreezes Venezuelan assets after talks with Trump administration
Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, said assets held in the United States have begun to be unfrozen following diplomatic contacts with the administration of President Donald Trump
Arrow Exploration advances Colombia output after Mateguafa well tests
Canadian Arrow Exploration has reported mixed appraisal results at its Mateguafa Attic field in Colombia’s Llanos Basin, as the company seeks to expand production and sustain cash generation
Brazil’s Petrobras expands oil reserves by 6%, discovering 1.7 barrels for each one produced
Petrobras increased its proved oil and gas reserves by 6% in 2025, reaching 12.1bn barrels of oil equivalent, as additions from pre-salt fields more than offset production.
Chile’s ENAP posts record $848mn profit in 2025 as margins and costs align
Chile’s state-owned oil company ENAP reported a sharp rise in earnings in 2025, underlining the strategic role hydrocarbons continue to play in the country’s energy mix despite the push towards decarbonisation.
US steps up pressure on Cuba after Trump signals end to Venezuelan support
US President Donald Trump said that Cuba was “very close to failing”, arguing that the island was no longer receiving oil or financial support from Venezuela, as Washington intensified pressure on Havana following recent developments in Caracas
Argentina seeks to halt US court discovery process in $16bn YPF dispute
Argentina has filed a motion with a New York court to suspend proceedings in which plaintiffs are attempting to identify national assets that could be seized if a ruling ordering the state to pay $16.1bn is upheld.
Guyana records 260 oil lifts during 2025
Guyana advances governance framework for petroleum sector
Woodside invests $884mn in Mexico's deepwater Trión field
IMF warns Suriname's policy slippages threaten stability ahead of oil boom
The International Monetary Fund warned on January 28 that fiscal and monetary policy slippages in Suriname have eroded earlier progress towards macroeconomic stability, just as the small South American nation gears up for large-scale oil production.
Trump's Venezuela oil plan threatens Mexico's Pemex production, exports
Both countries primarily produce heavy sour crude.
Venezuela courts oil majors, service firms
This comes as legislative changes are mulled.
US control of Venezuela oil risks debt clash with China
American oversight of Venezuelan petroleum exports has trapped oil cargoes that Beijing was using to service debt, potentially creating a superpower confrontation that could complicate the South American nation's path out of default.
Venezuela receives additional $200mn from hydrocarbon sales
Colombia's Ecopetrol, Frontera Add 18MW from Quifa solar project in Colombia
Ecopetrol and Frontera Energy will incorporate 18 megawatts of capacity from the Quifa solar farm in eastern Colombia during the first quarter of 2026, strengthening their self-generation capacity and advancing the country’s energy transition
Colombia’s TGI Signs Deal With Hocol for LNG regasification plant in La Guajira
Colombia’s Transportadora de Gas Internacional (TGI), a unit of Grupo Energía Bogotá, has signed a connection and access agreement with Hocol, an Ecopetrol subsidiary, to install a liquefied natural gas regasification plant in La Guajira
Chevron ramps up Venezuelan crude flows to US
Chevron Corp. has sharply increased shipments of Venezuelan crude to the US, deploying its largest tanker fleet in nearly a year as Washington deepens its oversight of the country’s oil sector following the capture of Nicolás Maduro
Venezuela debt rally signals opening for historic restructuring after Maduro ouster
Venezuelan bonds, long treated by investors as a speculative bet on a deeply troubled economy, surged after a pre-dawn US operation in Caracas removed President Nicolás Maduro, reviving expectations of a sweeping debt overhaul
PetroChina steps back from Venezuelan crude as US takes control of exports
The move marks another pause in what was once a key supply relationship. Until early 2019, PetroChina was Venezuela’s largest single crude buyer, before US sanctions forced a halt to imports
Venezuela prepares to resume LPG exports under US-backed oil deal
Vitol and Trafigura were granted the first US licences earlier this month to handle cargoes tied to the roughly $2bn agreement, which seeks to draw down inventories that accumulated after the US imposed an oil blockade in December
Venezuela's oil prospects fraught with difficulties, says Fitch
Venezuela’s hopes of reviving its long-struggling oil industry have gained fresh momentum following recent US actions, but a ratings agency is warning that any recovery will be slow, costly and fraught with structural challenges.
Trinidad targets 2027 start for Venezuelan gas despite political upheaval
Shell and Trinidad's state gas company continue planning for a Venezuelan offshore project that officials say could begin flowing gas by late 2027 despite recent political changes in Caracas.
Venezuela's oil reform fails to lure US majors despite push for private investment
Venezuela's interim government has fast-tracked changes to the country's hydrocarbon law in a bid to attract foreign capital to its battered oil industry, but major US producers remain reluctant to commit billions of dollars amid uncertainties.
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