Regional

There is now a full-blown crisis in Trinidad and Tobagio’s petrochemical sector, with four plants shut down in four months and word that more could be taken out of operation as the sector reels under low commodity prices and...

US production of 616,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) will be shut during May and 655,000 bpd during June as a result of the supply-demand imbalance that the Covid-19 pandemic has created, according to a Rystad Energy analysis...

Touchstone Exploration said on Monday after markets closed that it had inked a deal for the sale of natural gas and gas liquids produced from the Ortoire block in Trinidad and Tobago. The Canada-based oil and gas explorer said it had signed...

Venezuela’s oilfields produced 687,000 barrels of crude last Saturday, up from 653,000 barrels on Friday but below the 718,000 barrels per day (bpd) the country said it produced in March, according to documents seen by Reuters on Monday. The drop...

New leadership at Petroleos de Venezuela SA is considering a major overhaul that could see the company streamlining its oil business and even forsaking decades of state monopoly, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg said in a...

Oil production in Trinidad and Tobago came down to the lowest point since the 1950s during the month of February this year as the Caribbean energy producing country continues to face challenges in its economy. Former energy minister Kevin Ramnarine...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday appointed his economy vice president, Tareck El Aissami, who has been indicted in the United States on drug trafficking charges, as oil minister, amid acute fuel shortages across the country, Reuters reported. Maduro named...

Brazil's National Petroleum Agency (ANP) issued new rules and procedures on Monday for deactivating mature oil and natural gas fields that should result in about $5 billion in investments over the next five years as Latin America's biggest producer...

While trading at Brent futures does not necessarily provide insulation from the oil price volatility gripping the global industry at present, it puts producers in this class in a better position to rally as storage space for crude continues...

Mexican state oil company Pemex has declared force majeure over fuel imports from its trading arm PMI Comercio Internacional, two sources with knowledge of the decision told Reuters on Thursday, as demand craters due to fallout from the coronavirus...