The Trump administration has scuttled an incipient tie-up between gas-rich Venezuela and its gas-hungry Caribbean neighbour Trinidad and Tobago, the latest punch in a revived U.S. campaign to isolate Caracas.
The Atacama Desert of northern Chile is a hotspot for solar and wind energy. It’s also a paradise for astronomers drawn to its exceptionally dark and clear skies.
LNG exporter Trinidad and Tobago is taking a bet on deepwater drilling and long-suppressed reserves in neighbouring Venezuela to close a chronic gap in gas feedstock.
Argentina needs capital and off-take deals to fulfil its gas export ambitions at a time of global volatility and looming oversupply.
Investors in Chile fret over transmission bottlenecks, permitting lags and a subsidy scheme — as well as an administration that is seemingly unfazed by their plight.
Just days before Venezuela’s presidential election on July 28th, BP signed a long-term gas deal with the Venezuelan government headed by autocrat Nicolas Maduro, locking in access to the planet-warming resource regardless of the electoral outcome.
Mexico will soon open an export pathway for low-cost U.S. gas to reach high-paying Asian markets, but policy questions on both sides of the border may be narrowing the near-term scope of the Mexican route.
The U.S. company New Fortress Energy is quietly preparing to inaugurate an LNG-to-power project in Nicaragua, where deepening repression is testing Washington’s tolerance for commercial engagement.
Israeli energy firm Navitas plans to take a final investment decision this year on whether to move ahead with an oil-for-peatlands restoration concept in the Falkland Islands.
In the upcoming tender, Ancap will offer four blocks for companies to install renewable energy to make green hydrogen.