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Jose Luis Rivero Sandoval new YPFB president, delivers fuel

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Bolivia's President Añez greets José Luis Rivero Sandoval, new president of YPFB.

By Patricia Garip / Argus

LA PAZ
Petroleumworld 11 20 2019

Curacao's labor unions lobbies from PDVSA Isla refinery closure

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Klesch Group Potential New Operator of PDVSA (pdv) operated Isla Refinery in Curacao.

By Patricia Garip / Argus

BOGOTA
Petroleumworld 11 20 2019

General Luis Valverde new head of ANH, tasked with restoring bolivian fuel supply

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La presidenta interina de Bolivia, Jeanine Áñez , nombró al General de División, Luis Fernando Valverde
Ferrufino como nuevo director general de la Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH).

By Patricia Garip / Argus

LA PAZ
Petroleumworld 11 19 2019

PDVSA jet fuel sales expose Venezuela's embrace of dollar

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Venezuela's state-owned PDVSA (PdV) is increasingly embracing the US dollar as its preferred financial instrument for domestic transactions.

By Argus

CARACAS
Petroleumworld 11 19 2019

AMLO's new rules hit wind, solar energy investors

- Lopez Obrador allows state-run dams to qualify for subsidies
- Critics say move will make credits worthless for new projects

By Justin Villamil / Bloomberg

MEXICO CITY
Petroleumworld 11 18 2019

New hydrocarbons team in place in Bolivia

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Victor Hugo Zamora Castedo

- Former senator Victor Hugo Zamora Castedo new hydrocarbons minister
- Shell reopened its administrative offices in Santa Cruz and La Paz

By Patricia Garip / Argus

LA PAZ
Petroleumworld 11 18 2019

Venezuela exporting millions of barrels of oil secretly

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Tankers under contract for the Russian state-oil giant Rosneft Oil Co PJSC are loading and exporting venezuelan oil.

- Cloaked tankers provide crucial revenue to sanctioned nations
- Vessels increasingly turn off transponders to avoid tracking

By Lucia Kasai / Bloomberg

HOUSTON
Petroleumworld 11 15 2019

PDVSA brings in Flash Forge to help revive venezuelan crude output, repair refineries

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Indian Flash Forge Private Limited (F-F) work in Oil and Gas, Power, Marine, and other industries, producing and supplying custom Valves, Heat Exchangers, Fittings, Pipes & Tubes and other specialty solutions, in non-standard materials and exotic alloys.

By Newsdesk Venezuela / Platts

CARACAS
Petroleumworld 11 15 2019

Pemex computers still locked out, $5 million demanded by hacker

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Mexico's Pemex Oil Suffers Ransomware Attack, $4.9 Million Demanded

- Hacking group suggests they are behind previous attack in U.S.
- Cybersecurity firms link attack to DoppelPaymer malware

By Amy Stillman, William Turton, and Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg

MEXICO CITY/NEW YORK/WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld 11 14 2019

Guyana oil-quality concern made Tullow worst fall on record

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Tullow says heavy oil was found in wells, assessing commercial

- Shares drop 27% as discovery is shown to be sulfurous
- Company and partners assessing commercial viability of finds

By Paul Burkhardt / Bloomberg

JOHANNNESBURG
Petroleumworld 11 14 2019

Repsol move on Alberta oil to replace mexican and venezuelan crude

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Canada shipping oil by train.

- Company would use rail to move barrels to the Atlantic Coast
- Repsol could get 500,000 barrels per month of oil sands crude

By Robert Tuttle, Lucia Kassai, and Rodrigo Orihuela / Bloomberg

CALGARY/HOUSTON/MADRID
Petroleumworld 11 13 2019

Pemex administration on manual after cyber attack

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A ransomware attack that hit Mexico's Petroleos Mexicanos is disrupting the company's billing systems.

- Company is being forced to rely on manual billing amid attack
- Pemex employees still don't have access to emails and internet

By Amy Stillman and Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg

MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld 11 13 2019

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