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June 8 (oilnow.gy) Going back to Venezuela might be a stretch for big oil with other more attractive places nearby like Guyana. That was the assessment from Texas-based energy attorney Ted Borrego in an S&P Global article published May 20, as analysts weighed whether Venezuela’s planned debt restructuring could eventually reopen the door to major... Continue Reading →
June 8 - Petrobras has filed a lawsuit in the United States against Murphy Oil Corp., its partner in operations in the Gulf of Mexico. In a lawsuit filed in a Texas court, the Brazilian state-owned company alleges that it has identified more than US$5 million in expenses improperly charged by the American company. Petrobras... Continue Reading →
June 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. designation of Brazil's biggest criminal groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) starting Friday is likely to increase the risks and costs of doing business in a country where gangs have had years to penetrate the formal economy. The two biggest Brazilian crime syndicates, the Comando Vermelho (CV) and Primeiro... Continue Reading →
Asunción, Paraguay - June 3, 2026 – DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, acted as lender technical advisor for the Villeta green hydrogen-based fertilizer project in Paraguay, supporting a group of international lenders through technical due diligence and contributing to the project reaching financial close. The project is being developed by ATOME. The... Continue Reading →
June 2 (Reuters) - Seven U.S. states led by New York sued the Trump administration and a French energy firm on Tuesday for canceling a major offshore wind lease off the coast of New York in exchange for a pledge by the company to invest instead in fossil fuel projects. The lawsuit in the Washington,... Continue Reading →
June 3 (Reuters) - Atlas Renewable Energy, one of South America's largest clean power generators, has put plans for $1 billion in new investments in Brazil on hold as the national grid operator has periodically rejected renewable power, CEO Carlos Barrera said. Atlas - owned by BlackRock unit Global Infrastructure Partners - had planned the projects... Continue Reading →
June 2 (Reuters) - Chevron has applied to join Argentina's incentive regime for large investments for a $13.8 billion unconventional oil project in the El Trapial area of Vaca Muerta, the U.S. oil major said on Tuesday, in what would rank among the biggest new bets on the country's shale patch. The filing, which still requires... Continue Reading →
June 1 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has proposed a new punitive tariff of 25% on many imports from Brazil, after deciding its practices were unfair on a range of issues from digital trade to illegal deforestation, top trade official Jamieson Greer said on Monday. The measures, under the Section 301 trade legislation, cover areas... Continue Reading →
June 1 (OE) Vantage Drilling has entered into a merger agreement under which Norway-based Eldorado Drilling will acquire the offshore drilling contractor in a transaction valuing the company's equity at approximately $257.6 million. Under the agreement, Vantage shareholders will receive $19.00 per share in cash. The transaction has been unanimously approved by Vantage's board of... Continue Reading →
May 30 (Reuters) - Brazil's economy rebounded in the first three months of 2026, supported by household consumption and stronger investment, against a backdrop of a tight labour market and government stimulus that has clouded the outlook for interest rate cuts. Latin America's largest economy expanded 1.1% from the prior quarter, government statistics agency IBGE... Continue Reading →
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