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(Reuters) - Venezuela’s state-run Petroleos de Venezuela has boosted crude blending and upgrading to their highest levels in six months, according to company documents seen by Reuters on Wednesday, as exports rise despite strict U.S. sanctions. The upgraders are...

Wells that once tapped the world’s largest crude reserves are abandoned or left to flare toxic gases that cast an orange glow over depressed oil towns in Venezuela, the New York Times said in a recent report. Refineries that once...

(S&P Global) Brazil's Supreme Court maintained 2018 regulations that allowed state-led oil company Petrobras to sell exploration and production assets, in a majority decision handed down Oct. 2. This decision gave the company its second consecutive court victory in support...

The Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago says two ongoing projects in the Caribbean oil producing nation are wells to watch in 2020 – BHP’s Broadside and Touchstone Exploration’s Chinook – both offshore Trinidad. In a recent article, the Chamber...

Sanctions imposed by the United States have had a debilitating impact on Venezuela’s crude exports from which the country got most of its foreign currency revenues. Citing the impact of this on the economy, President Nicolás Maduro tweeted on Wednesday...

Countries which lack the necessary skills and experience in the oil and gas industry run the risk of slowing down development of their petroleum resources if local content requirements are not realistic and lack flexibility. So says Angele Ramsaransing-Karg, Manager...

Venezuela has reportedly obtained fuel from Iran in return for plane loads of gold, according to comments which have been attributed to Iranian Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Yahya Safavi. The Middle East Monitor (MEM) quotes...

The South American country of Guyana is on course to receive the highest estimated total income from its multi-billion-barrel oil and gas resources when compared to both Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), under various oil price scenarios. This...

Offshore drilling company, Seadrill Ltd., has been targeted in the ongoing criminal investigation by the Federal Police of Brazil – Operation Car Wash - which began in March 2014. Seadrill confirmed on Wednesday that its subsidiary Seadrill Serviços de Petroleo,...

While oil production in Trinidad and Tobago has been on the decline since the 1980’s, two current events could potentially change the game in the Caribbean oil producing nation, according to the Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago. In a...