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.
Suriname is estimated to have 17 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves, which if proven would surpass those of Mexico and Brazil.