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May 4 - Brazil broke a record for oil and natural gas production in March, with 5.531 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d). The data was released May 4th by the ANP in its Monthly Oil and Natural Gas Production Bulletin. The previous record was in February 2026. Regarding oil, 4.247 million barrels... Continue Reading →
May 4 (Reuters) - When potential providers and financiers for Venezuela's electric industry, including Siemens Energy and GE Vernova, held meetings with officials in Caracas in April, questions of how they might get paid to shore up the country's deteriorated grid were top of mind, two sources involved in the talks said. Those executives came away... Continue Reading →
May 4 (Reuters) President Donald Trump's administration has brought U.S. onshore wind development to a halt, citing national security concerns, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Approvals for about 165 onshore wind projects on private lands are being held up by the Pentagon, FT said, citing the American Clean Power Association and people close to the matter. The affected... Continue Reading →
May 4 (Reuters) Guyana has asked judges at the International Court of Justice to rule that Venezuela does not have a legitimate claim on the potentially oil-rich region around the Esequibo river, which has been the subject of a dispute between the Latin American neighbours since colonial days. "Facing a larger and more powerful neighbour's designs... Continue Reading →
Rio de Janeiro, May 1, 2026 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that the P-79 platform, located in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, began production today, ahead of the date scheduled in Business Plan 2026–2030 (BP 26–30). As the eighth platform in the Búzios field, with a capacity of 180 thousand barrels of... Continue Reading →
May 1 - Petrobras has requested authorization from IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) to use the Amaralina Star (NS-43) drillship, owned by Constellation, in exploratory activities in block FZA-M-59, in the Foz do Amazonas Basin. This measure aims to increase operational flexibility in the Equatorial Margin, allowing for optimized resource allocation... Continue Reading →
April 30 (Reuters) - Brazil will announce an increase in the mandatory ethanol mix in gasoline to 32% from 30% in the coming days, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday, also noting that the biodiesel blend is set to be raised to 16% from 15%. The Energy and Mines Ministry had previously... Continue Reading →
May 1 (Reuters) - Venezuela's oil exports rose 14% to 1.23 million barrels per day in April, the highest in more than seven years, fueled by more sales to the United States, India and Europe, shipping data and documents from state company PDVSA showed on Friday. The South American country has been draining oil inventories... Continue Reading →
May 1 (Reuters) - Chevron exceeded Wall Street estimates for its first-quarter earnings on Friday, as elevated oil prices linked to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran helped boost results from its upstream business. The company reported adjusted earnings of $1.41 per share, well above the consensus estimate of 95 cents, according to data compiled by LSEG.... Continue Reading →
April 30 (Reuters) - Brazil's Petrobras has cut to zero its oil exports to the U.S., as the conflict in Iran reshaped oil flows across the world and China became the destination for around 62% of the state-run oil firm's crude sent abroad in the first quarter. Petrobras exported about 1.12 million barrels per day of... Continue Reading →
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