Christopher joined NGI as a Senior Editor for Mexico and Latin America in November, 2018. Prior to that, he was a Senior Editorial Manager at BNamericas in Santiago, Chile. Based out of Santiago, he has covered Latin American energy markets since 2009 as a reporter, editor and analyst. He has an MA in International Economic Policy from Columbia University and a BA in International Studies from Trinity College.
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Hess Giving ‘Serious Consideration’ to Adding Bakken Rig to Boost Oil Supply
U.S. independent Hess Corp. expects to add a fourth rig to its Bakken Shale activity by the end of this year, but the company continues to prioritize capital discipline. “As our portfolio becomes increasingly free cash flow positive in the coming years we commit to return up to 75% of our annual free cash flow…
April 28, 2022
Mexico’s CFE Looking for Firm to Develop Natural Gas Pipeline in Baja California
Mexico’s state utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) has launched a tender for natural gas transport infrastructure in Baja California state. CFE is looking for the line to start at either the Sásabe-Guaymas pipeline in Caborca, Sonora or at the SoCal-Ehrenberg interconnection on the El Paso Natural Gas pipeline in Ehrenberg, Arizona. From there, the…
April 26, 2022
Vaca Muerta Natural Gas Pipeline Advances as Regional Market Tightens
Argentine officials last week celebrated the launch of the Néstor Kirchner pipeline to bring natural gas from the Vaca Muerta shale deposit to capital Buenos Aires. “Here in Argentina we have natural gas for another 200 years, and gas is the energy that the world has decided will be the transition fuel to renewable energies,”…
April 26, 2022
Natural Gas Prices Seeing ‘Crazy’ Variations on Production Concerns – Mexico Spotlight
North American natural gas prices displayed extreme volatility this week amid a continued lack of clarity over where U.S. production is headed. After breaking through the $8.00/MMBtu mark on Monday, the May Nymex gas futures contract settled Wednesday at $6.937/MMBtu, down 23.9 cents from Tuesday’s close. June futures slid 21.2 cents to $7.065. The market…
April 21, 2022
Amid Soaring Prices, Eni Ships First Oil from Mexico Project
Italy’s Eni SpA, one of Mexico’s leading private sector oil producers, said it has begun shipping oil from a project offshore Tabasco to the international market. The company’s first cargo from the Miamte floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) platform in the Gulf of Mexico shipped last week. The company hailed it as an important…
April 19, 2022
American Noble to Explore for Natural Gas in Kansas’ Hugoton Field
American Noble Gas Inc. has agreed to acquire a 40% participation in a farmout agreement with an unspecified operator in the Hugoton natural gas field in Haskell and Finney Counties, KS. The Kansas-headquartered independent exploration and production (E&P) company would join three other partners to explore for and develop oil and gas and brine reserves…
April 18, 2022
Bulls Extend Run to Four Weeks as U.S. Natural Gas Surges to $7.00 – Mexico Spotlight
North American natural gas futures continued to push higher last week as production and storage worries combined with strong global demand pushed futures prices over $7.00/MMbtu. That’s four straight weeks of rising natural gas prices as energy markets remain in turmoil following Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. On Wednesday, the New York Mercantile Exchange prompt-month…
April 14, 2022
Argentina Looking to Secure Winter Natural Gas Volumes Amid Soaring Cost of LNG
Argentina took a step towards securing additional natural gas supplies for this upcoming Southern Cone winter with a new agreement with neighboring Bolivia. The agreement guarantees Argentina will receive 14 Mm3/d of gas from Bolivia from May to September, the same volume of imports as last winter. Bolivia had initially said it would send out…
April 14, 2022
Argentina Racing to Secure Natural Gas Volumes as Cold Weather Approaches
Argentina took a step towards securing additional natural gas supplies for this upcoming Southern Cone winter with a new agreement with neighboring Bolivia. The agreement guarantees Argentina will receive 14 Mm3/d of gas from Bolivia from May to September, the same volume of imports as last winter. Bolivia had initially said it would send out…
April 12, 2022
California Climate Goals Said Possible with Diversified Decarbonization
A study by San Diego Gas and Electric Co. (SDG&E) found that a diversified decarbonization approach is needed for California to hit its goal of carbon neutrality by 2045. This would include intense electrification, the use of clean fuels such as hydrogen and renewable natural gas (RNG), and carbon removal projects. “Accelerated electrification of transportation…
April 7, 2022