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SBM Offshore locks in $465mn financing for Mexico's Trion FSO
Deepwater financial engineering: SBM Offshore locks in a unique $465mn hybrid package for Mexico's Trion field, blending commercial debt, institutional capital, and Chinese export credit insurance to slice sovereign risk thin.
Latin America confronts uneven methane challenges as new analysis maps cost‑effective fixes
Mexico, US and Canada to hold virtual talks on USMCA review
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the United States and Canada will hold a virtual meeting to review the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on July 1. The Mexican government seeks to secure a 16-year extension.
Venezuela says oil output holds at 1.2mn barrels a day despite earthquakes
Venezuela's crude production has remained steady at 1.2mn barrels a day despite the twin earthquakes that struck the country on June 24, Hydrocarbons Minister Paulo Henao said
PDVSA rig blast leaves one dead, 16 injured
Energy statistics show we remain an overwhelmingly fossil fuel-based world
Renewables are growing fast, but oil and gas by far still dominate the global energy system.
Argentina's energy inflows ease pressure on agriculture as profit remittances rise
Argentina’s energy and mining sectors are playing an increasingly important role in generating foreign currency inflows, reducing the economy’s dependence on agricultural exports.
YPF brings in Eni and XRG for Vaca Muerta LNG export venture
Argentine state oil firm YPF has signed agreements with Italy’s Eni and Abu Dhabi-based XRG to join the upstream development of Argentina LNG, a $20bn liquefied natural gas export project linked to Vaca Muerta.
Brazil's antitrust watchdog clears Subsea7-Saipem merger without conditions
The general superintendence of Brazil's antitrust regulator CADE has approved the proposed merger between energy contractors Subsea7 and Saipem without restrictions.
Brazil's ANP publishes qualified bidder list for October oil and gas auctions
Brazil's oil and gas regulator ANP released the list of companies qualified to participate in the next cycles of the Permanent Sharing Offer and the Permanent Concession Offer, both scheduled for October 7.
Brazil’s Petrobras overtakes MercadoLibre as Latin America's most valuable Wall Street company
Petrobras has overtaken e-commerce major MercadoLibre as the most valuable Latin American company listed on Wall Street as commodity prices rose sharply, driving a broad rotation of capital towards cash-generative, dividend-paying companies.
Brazil's Petrobras Búzios field hits record 1.1mn barrels per day output
Petrobras said its flagship Búzios field in the Santos Basin pre-salt province has reached a record average daily output of 1.1mn barrels of oil, surpassing the previous milestone of 1mn barrels per day set in October 2025.
Brazil’s Braskem bets on polymers price recovery, agrees $3.7bn debt overhaul
Braskem is pressing ahead with plans to ramp up production and lift plant efficiency to 85% by December, while simultaneously banking on a multi-year price recovery to underpin a $3.7bn debt restructuring agreed.
Brazil faces trade-off between fossil fuel phaseout and tax revenue, says Petrobras CEO
The CEO at Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobras said the country must choose between moving away from fossil fuels and preserving the tax revenue the sector generates, in remarks that highlight tensions in Brazil's climate policy.
Energy consultancy ABL opens new Bahia office to expand Brazil asset integrity services
UK energy and marine consultancy ABL has opened a new office in Salvador, Brazil’s state of Bahia, expanding its footprint in the country as it targets growing demand from the oil and gas, maritime, and industrial sectors.
TGS and SLB launch 13,500 sq km seismic survey in Brazil's Pelotas Basin
Norwegian energy data company TGS and oilfield services group SLB have launched a multi-client 3D seismic survey covering approximately 13,500 square kilometres in the Pelotas Basin offshore southern Brazil.
France's GreenYellow expands Colombia industrial solar footprint with new Meta project
GreenYellow Colombia has commissioned a 1.45MWp self-generation solar park for Cerámica Industrial del Meta (CIMET) in Acacías, Meta department, a project expected to generate about 2.2GWh of electricity annually and supply around 30%
Colombia gas reserves shrink as offshore prospects offer supply hope
Colombia's proven natural gas reserves fell 16.8% in 2025 to 1,717bn cubic feet (48.62bn cubic metres), reducing the country's reserve life to 5.9 years at current production rates, while oil reserves slipped 0.7% to 2.02bn barrels
Guyana defies the global exploration drought
Guyana defies the global exploration collapse. As high-impact drilling hits a historic low, the maturing Guyana-Suriname basin shifts from frontier wildcatting to surgical extraction, with Exxon’s Stabroek block pumping 900,000bpd.
Pemex restarts operations at Olmeca refinery after power disruption
State oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) said operations would restart at their Olmeca refinery in Tabasco after a power disruption forced its shutdown on June 24.
Reports show Mexican government support for Pemex generates net fiscal loss
A recent multilateral report by various Mexican government agencies shows that federal support for Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has produced a net fiscal loss for the country.
Venezuela’s Amuay refinery halts operations after power outage
Venezuela’s largest refinery, the 645,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Amuay facility, was forced to shut down after a power outage on June 28
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