Christopher Lenton

The Energía Costa Azul (ECA) natural gas export project in Mexico’s Baja California is still waiting on an export approval, Infraestructura Energética Nova (IEnova) executives said Thursday. During a second quarter earnings call, the commitment to the project was reiterated, but there was no fixed date set for when the company expected the export permit…

Natural gas-based generation made up 30% of installed microgrid capacity in the United States in 2019, according to research from Wood Mackenzie. Last year saw a record 546 microgrids installed in the country, according to the firm’s analysis. Wood Mackenzie analysts see natural gas as a percentage of annually installed microgrid capacity rising to 38%…

Mexico’s national pipeline operator Centro Nacional de Control del Gas Natural (Cenagas) has opened a second bidding for natural gas supply to ensure the Sistrangas pipeline system maintains system balance. Cenagas wants to guarantee “the balance and operation of the system to ensure the continuity of natural gas supply in the country,” it said. The…

Natural gas production in Argentina decreased by 9.2% year/year in May to 124.4 million cubic meters/day (MMm3/d), or 4.39 Bcf/d, according to the latest report by the IAE Argentine Energy Institute. Analysts blamed the movement restrictions in place because of Covid-19 leading to lower activity and reduced demand. Argentina has had one of the strictest…

Colorado’s Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) for Boulder County has extended the existing moratorium on accepting and processing new oil and gas development applications and on seismic testing to December 31. The moratorium was put in place to give BOCC staff time to review and update the county’s oil and gas regulations in light of…

Latin America oil and natural gas companies will cut close to $8.3 billion in capital expenditures (capex) in 2020, or about 30% from original guidance for the year, according to Moody’s Investors Service. Brazilian national oil firm Petróleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, Colombian state firm Ecopetrol SA and Mexico’s national oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex)…

Even as the coronavirus rages on, impacting both natural gas demand and production, pipeline natural gas exports from the United States to Mexico continue to show strength. On July 8, U.S. piped exports to Mexico hit the 6.2 Bcf/d mark, the highest level ever reached in cross-border flows in a single gas day, according to…

Argentina’s state-owned Integración Energética Argentina (Ieasa) has purchased 28 liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for the Southern Cone winter at a record price of $2.87/MMBtu on average, the company said on Monday. Despite growing domestic gas production from the Vaca Muerta formation and plans to develop large-scale LNG facilities, Argentina continues to import LNG in…

Mexico’s Energy Ministry (Sener) has ordered the unification of the Zama discovery offshore Mexico and has given Houston-based exploration and production company Talos Energy Inc. and Mexican state company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) 120 days to come up with terms of how to carry out joint development of the field. In May, Mexico upstream regulator Comisión…