Mexico's government keeps struggling with fracking. Energy minister Rocío Nahle said during January's Energy México conference that the government will be using fracking. But President Andrés Manuel L&...
With the Mexican government doubling down on its campaign to halt fuel theft by acquiring 500 tanker trucks, it seems that its promises to end fuel shortages quickly could well come true. Gasoline shortages generally seem to be...
The news that 5% of all Mexico's gasoline and diesel production was being stolen, 80% from within Pemex's installations, during the Enrique Peña Nieto government (2012-18) not only shows failures in public...
These are the key events that will define the new Mexican government's relations with the energy sector following the inauguration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (known as AMLO, in photo) on Saturday. The 4th long-...
Over the last decade or so, the perception of Chile as being the go-to country in Latin America for capital-intensive projects has changed. The politicization of several initiatives such as the Dominga iron ore...
Colombian multi-utility EPM is aiming raise up to 4tn pesos (US$1.3bn) from asset sales to guarantee the future of its troubled Hidroituango dam project. EPM is awaiting approval from the Medellín city council, its owner, to...
Argentina's offshore exploration round, its first since 1991, is due for launch with the imminent publishing of bidding terms and conditions for the areas that government officials have dubbed the "most extensive and...
The recent signing of a contract modification between Ecuador's hydrocarbons department (SHE) and Sipec, the local subsidiary of Chile's state oil company Enap, to boost activity reflects the sector's growing...
The politically charged appointments of Manuel Bartlett and Nicolás Romero as the heads of Mexican state-run electricity utility CFE and NOC Pemex echo past political nominees and revive memories of past scandals that have ...
Pemex has been, as one worker on an oil platform put it, the "rich kid who pays for everybody." Mexico's giant NOC covers the whole value stream from exploration to retail to petrochemical ...
Andrés Manuel López Obrador's (AMLO) victory in Mexico's presidential election will most immediately imply a change in discourse regarding the energy sector. The tussle for power between left and right...
With just over two weeks to go before Mexico's presidential election on July 1, leftwing candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO, in photo) is enjoying leads of around 20% in the polls. This week Carlos Urz&uac...
New sanctions imposed on Venezuela by US President Donald Trump are expected to have broad implications for the OPEC nation's economy and the oil industry that sustains it. Already crippled by dwindling export revenue as a...
He has been dubbed a traitor by the left-wing constituency he once represented and a Trojan horse by leery conservatives. But despite fomenting suspicions on both sides of the political spectrum, Henri Falcón (pictured)...
After months of wildly fluctuating opinion polls, it seems no possibility can be discounted for the first round of Colombia's presidential election. However, the most recent voter snapshots show that the May 27 ballot will...
Colombia's presidential election in May will be held amid division and uncertainty over the 2016 peace deal between the government and FARC rebels. But the historic accord - which ended Latin America's longest and ...
Trinidad and Tobago's energy minister Franklin Khan said recently that "one of the clear indications of a resurgence in the domestic energy sector is the increase in development and exploration drilling." ...
France's Total is consolidating its position in the Brazilian oil and gas sector as it increases its footprint in the Santos basin pre-salt, one of the country's most prolific hydrocarbon areas. In...
In times of crisis what is important is to be resilient and that means changing the way that things are done at every level, working on cost, organization and process structures and also on rules and procedures. That was a...
In just over a decade, Pampa Energía has become Argentina's largest private energy company, with operations throughout the electric power and oil & gas streams. ELECTRIC POWER As the owner of power...