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July 29 (Reuters) - The Paraguana Refining Center in Western Venezuela once symbolized the country's oil wealth and its ambition to turn vast crude reserves into fuels and export revenue. Today, the 955,000-barrel-per-day complex in Falcon state runs at a fraction of capacity, a decline decades in the making and unrelated to the strong earthquakes... Continue Reading →
July 27 (oilnow.gy) Guyana’s crude has earned a reputation for being light and sweet, making it attractive to refiners because it is easier and less expensive to process into products such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Increasingly, however, another quality is helping distinguish the country’s barrels in global markets: their relatively low carbon intensity. As... Continue Reading →
July 27 (Reuters) Portuguese energy company Galp Energia posted a 45% jump in second-quarter adjusted net profit on Monday, boosted by higher oil output in Brazil and stronger crude prices and refining margins brought on by Iran war supply disruptions. The company raised its earnings guidance for the year, and it said the board of... Continue Reading →
July 26 (oilprice.com) Argentina’s massive shale oil and gas boom is going from strength to strength. The economically crisis-prone South American country yet again reported record monthly oil and natural gas production for May 2026. This couldn’t come at a better time for Argentina and South America. Rising global geopolitical risks, notably due to war in the Middle... Continue Reading →
