BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO Brazil's Bolsonaro fires third Petrobras chief as fuel prices soar 24-05-2022 08:56 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro dismisses president of state oil giant Petrobras – who had been in the job for only 40 days.
FEATURE: VENEZUELA IN CRISIS Venezuela: the decline of an oil giant in crisis 17-01-2022 08:15 The Maracaibo basin in Venezuela was once a flurry of oil activity, with a halo of light over the complex visible at night from a fair distance. Today, it is a humid swamp that stinks of oil from leaking pipes floating on the water.
Energy & Environment Climate crisis puts oil in the crosshairs, but dependence persists 27-12-2021 23:20 The climate crisis has put the end of oil onto the agenda, but achieving that is a colossal task given the world economy's deep dependence on petroleum.
BLOOMBERG Argentina’s oil workers getting 15% wage increase in December 05-11-2021 14:09 Workers in the oil industry in Argentina will receive wage increases next month, according to a government statement.
BLOOMBERG Argentina is first in South America to regain pre-Covid fuel demand 05-11-2021 02:17 Argentina is the first major country in Latin America to see gasoline demand recover to pre-pandemic levels.
THE WEEK What we learned this week: February 13 to 20 20-02-2021 08:27 The stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.
AND THAT REMINDS ME... Your petrol frizzled 23-01-2021 10:19 If Vaca Muerta is indeed a dead cow, then Argentina will end up importing fuel, a move which will surely cost more dollars than those denied YPF to service its debts. by Michael Soltys
STATE OIL FIRM YPF posts US$1.1 billion loss for second quarter 11-08-2020 22:11 State oil company confirms losses totalling 85 billion pesos (US$ 1.105 billion) in the second quarter of the year.