Announced last month, the president of COP30 was well-received both nationally and internationally. The internal and external challenges ahead, however, appear to be no greater than the high expectations placed upon him.
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.
With less than a year to go until COP30, whether Belem’s city improvement work will finish in time remains in question, as well as Brazil’s capacity to lead negotiations.
Argentina needs capital and off-take deals to fulfil its gas export ambitions at a time of global volatility and looming oversupply.
An announcement this week at the Arpel-Naturgas conference in Cartagena suggests that the administration of Colombian President Gustavo Petro is putting more emphasis on Venezuelan gas than domestic alternatives.
Argentina’s gas surge is at once accelerating Bolivia’s demise as a gas supplier and reinforcing South America’s dependence on fossil fuels.
A new gas-to-power project, dubbed a fossil fuel “bridge,” poses a challenge in a country that is especially vulnerable to climate change.
The recent gradual easing of U.S. sanctions on the country is calling attention to Venezuela's gas flaring.
Brazil’s president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wants to reassert some form of state control over motor fuel prices and steer state-run Petrobras back into refining, but analysts say he will have limited political and economic scope for major near-term fossil fuels policy changes.
Rising sea levels and intensifying hurricanes underline the urgency of transforming Caribbean energy systems, which are oil-based, costly and vulnerable.
Landmark legislation has the potential to unlock a wave of investment in renewable energy in Peru, but political dysfunction could get in the way.
A new gas-to-power project, dubbed a fossil fuel “bridge,” poses a challenge in a country that is especially vulnerable to climate change.
Deepening political and social unrest in Peru, a major LNG exporter, are deepening delays to the country's energy transition.
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.
Landmark legislation has the potential to unlock a wave of investment in renewable energy in Peru, but political dysfunction could get in the way.
Chile’s green hydrogen plans and renewable energy potential position it as a significant exporter of the fuel to markets including Europe.
Deepening political and social unrest in Peru, a major LNG exporter, are deepening delays to the country's energy transition.
Chile needs to accelerate legal, regulatory and marketing groundwork for green hydrogen if it hopes to meet ambitious production and export targets, executives in the fledgling industry say.
Colombia’s new government is racing to wind down the oil and gas industry but also signalling that it could resort to neighbouring Venezuela to replenish gas supply.
Uruguay is the latest South American country to unveil a green hydrogen roadmap, but unlike some other aspiring producers and exporters of the emerging resource, the government has not yet relinquished plans to drill for oil and gas.
Southern Chile’s green hydrogen development has exposed the challenges in harmonising new energy sources with local communities and fauna.
Leftist frontrunner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is polling ahead of hard-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the run-up to the 2 October election.