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The US Department of Interior is set to allow oil and gas firms to explore and develop 77.3 million acres offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Anticipated to be conducted on 15 August this year, Lease Sale 251 will...

Warnings about Islamist group ISIS having a local cell in Trinidad and Tobago (TT) has prompted energy companies in the twin island republic to beef up security. London-based Argus Media reported on Monday that government, industry officials and diplomats told...

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva says US President, Donald Trump “doesn't care about Latin America in the least” and added that “Bush and Condoleezza Rice pursued a much more democratic policy towards Brazil than Barack Obama...

For decades, many Latin America’s oil-producing nations have often shunned investment from foreign firms, instead keeping their vast reserves under the tight control of governments and state-run oil companies, Reuters states in a April 2 report. They aimed to protect...

The Guyanese government on Thursday formally filed its Application with the International Court of Justice in The Hague, over its border controversy with neighbouring Venezuela. The application stems from a decision in January last by United Nations Secretary General, Antonio...

Jamaica’s Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. Andrew Wheatley has warned against any unrealistic expectations of a financial windfall in the short term from the three-dimensional (3-D) seismic survey for offshore oil and gas exploration now getting under...

Crude oil and natural gas production in South America is likely to remain fairly flat over the next five years, slightly increasing to roughly 11.7 million barrels of oil-equivalent per day (MMBOE/d) by 2025, Rystad said Tuesday. The lone English speaking...

(RT) The so-called ‘petro’ digital currency, which was launched by Venezuela last month, will be traded for several global currencies, including the Russian ruble. “Starting March 23, all legal and physical entities will be able to purchase the petro directly…...

(Hart Energy) An opportunity to develop and produce oil from the Burgos, Tampico-Misantla-Veracruz and Cuencas del Sureste (Southeast) basins has attracted three dozen companies—including the U.K.’s BP, Capricorn Energy and Premier Oil—to Mexico. Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) said 36...

Guyana - the latest and soon-to-be greatest producer of oil in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) could sell the commodity to member states at preferential rates, similar to a special facility Venezuela set up in 2005 under the Petrocaribe agreement. Up...