Brazil Puts a Battery Inside a Transmission Auction
Brazil’s regulator opens consultation on a 12.9 billion real transmission auction whose fifth lot contracts a 100 MW battery in...
September 9, 2026Section
Energy
Guyana Is Swapping a Pontoon for a Bridge and Diesel for Gas, Both by December
Two Guyanese projects with December deadlines: a 109-metre steel bridge over the Puruni River, and the first 57-megawatt turbine of...
September 9, 2026
Repsol Venezuela Output Is Growing on Money the Company Never Sent
Repsol says it is expanding Venezuelan output while adding no new capital, financing the growth from the oil cargoes it...
September 9, 2026
Colombia Electricity Bills Now Come With a Personal Savings Target
Every Colombian household now has an individual consumption target based on its own 12-month history. Exceed it by 10 percent...
September 9, 2026
Brent Crude Is Back Above US$100, and Latin America Does Not Feel It Evenly
Brent crude passed US$100 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since July, after US forces destroyed five Iranian...
September 9, 2026
Bolivia Opens Crude Imports to Refiners in Push to Escape Fuel Subsidies
Bolivia will let refineries import crude and sell fuel unsubsidised, a step away from costly subsidies. The rules that make...
September 9, 2026
Chevron to More Than Double Venezuela Rigs, Testing Washington’s Oil Bet
Chevron will more than double its Venezuela rigs, an early test of the US bet on the world's largest oil...
September 9, 2026
More Than 25 Firms Weigh Venezuela Entry as Licences Widen
A Colombian daily counts more than 25 companies weighing Venezuelan entry. US licences allow signing contracts, not yet performing most...
September 8, 2026
Senate Calls Petrobras and IG4 to Answer for Maceió
Brazil’s Senate economic affairs committee invited Petrobras chief Magda Chambriard and IG4 Capital to explain what the Braskem ownership change
September 8, 2026