Erwin Cifuentes is a Contributing Editor for Southern Pulse Info where he focuses on politics, economics and security issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. He has worked as a writer for The Latin Americanist blog since 2005 and is the social media editor for the website's Twitter page. Erwin is also a graduate of Florida International University, and a member of the Association of Latino Professionals for America along with the Jackie Robinson Foundation Alumni Association.
Pan American Energy (PAE) of Argentina could soon announce plans to invest some US$1.4 billion in its home country, based on statements made by anonymous…
Marathon Oil Corporation announced a breakthrough at its new Alba B3 offshore compression platform off the coast of Equatorial Guinea. The Houston-based company is optimistic…
Officials with PDVSA rejected allegations that the Venezuelan state-owned oil firm plans to lower crude exports to Cuba, according to Xinhua. “There has not been…
The latest American Petroleum Institute (API) report on Tuesday showed crude oil supplies rose to their highest point in ten weeks despite expectations of a…
Iranian officials on Tuesday approved the new Iran Petroleum Contract (IPC) deal after numerous delays between hardliners and more moderate elements of the government. As…
China is expected to reach its highest point of energy consumption by 2035, while its reliance on fossil fuels is expected to drop, according to…
Brazilian state-owned energy company Petrobras on 11 July recorded high production levels of oil and gas during the month of June. The gains represent a…
PDVSA of Venezuela has drastically cut the quantity of oil exported to Cuba in what may signal a possible shift in the Latin American state’s…
Shell Nigeria resumed exports of Bonny Light on 7 June nearly two months after force majeure was declared on the vital crude oil commodity. As…
At least one person died and four others were seriously injured following a fire at a domestic gas storage facility at the Marib province of…
Angolan state-owned oil firm Sonangol will reportedly halt all talks related to the potential sale of assets. The decision has been made by the company’s…
Toronto-based Centerra Gold will purchase Thompson Creek Metals Co. in a deal valued at US$1.1 billion, Bloomberg reports. The transaction will include a US$135 million…
Armed secessionists have purportedly struck against Nigerian energy facilities in the oil-rich Niger Delta region for the second time in two days, according to AllAfrica.…
Brazilian state-owned oil giant Petrobras plans to sell nine oil fields as part of its previously announced move to lower the company’s massive debt. The…
An offshore oil find near Guyana by Exxon Mobil could yield double the anticipated production, according to a statement from the company cited by Reuters…
The president of Argentina’s state-owned YPF, Miguel Angel Gutiérrez, confirmed on 27 June that the oil company will continue its strong presence in the energy-rich…
Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, ordered the merger of state-owned investment firms Mubadala Development Company PJSC and International Petroleum Investment…
The leaders of the North American triumvirate of Canada, the U.S., and Mexico will pledge to have their respective countries increase their output of clean…
Contractors have cut back the drilling of oil in Venezuela amid a rising unpaid debt owed to suppliers by the Latin American country’s government and…
Driftwood LNG plans to become the seventh company to build a natural gas terminal in the southwestern area of Louisiana, the Associated Press reported over…