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Romero Deschamps a longtime boss of Mexican oil workers union resigns

economiahoy.mx

Carlos Romero Deschamps

Reporting by Mexico City Newsroom /Reuters

MEXICO CITY
Petroleumworld 10 17 2019

Jamaica sets aside Venezuela's Petrocaribe oil payments

loopjamaica.com

Petrojam is Jamaica's oil refining facility a limited liability company; original a JV with Venezuela. In 2019,
Jamaica expropriated Venezuela PDVSA's (PdV) asset in Petrojam.

By Argus

KINGSTON
Petroleumworld 10 17 2019

PDVSA Citgo close to be auctioned off

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Ashmore has most at stake in event of PDVSA 2020 bond default

Source: Bloomberg NOTE: Percent holdings compiled from latest available filings

Looming PDVSA Default Pits Ashmore Against Venezuela's Guaido

- PDVSA 2020 notes are only Venezuelan bonds not in default
- Ashmore is largest reported holder of Citgo-backed securities

By Ben Bartenstein and Sydney Maki / Bloomberg

NEW YORK
Petroleumworld 10 16 2019

PDVSA bonds are unconstitutional -Venezuela's National Assembly

@orazioadamo

Venezuela's opposition snubs PDVSA bondholders

By Argus

CARACAS
Petroleumworld 10 16 2019

Venezuelan oil output could be halved without Chevron et al waiver extension

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White House sees waiver end as tool to pressure Maduro

- Waiver for Chevron, four services companies ends October 25
- Biggest impact may be on 200,000 b/d Petropiar project

By Brian Scheid / Platts

WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld 10 15 2019

Venezuela Hamaca crude cargo dropped in Curacao's PDVSA Bullen Bay

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Bullen Bay on the Southwest coast of Curaçao

By Argus

CURACAO
Petroleumworld 10 15 2019

U.S. Census Bureau wrong on data on oil exports to Mexico - U.S. agency

Yael Martinez/Bloomberg

U.S. Census Bureau Says Its Data On Oil Exports to Mexico Wrong

- U.S. agency says Mexico didn't import crude in July, August
- Mexico government had denied that country had imported crude

By Amy Stillman / Bloomberg

MEXICO CITY
Petroleumworld 10 14 2019

Rubio, Cruz write Trump to prevent PDVSA's bonds holders seizing U.S. Citgo

Erwin Seba / Reuters

Listen: Will Citgo's US refineries be seized by creditors? On this week's Platts Capitol Crude, Risa Grais-Targow, the Eurasia Group's director for Latin America, talks about Citgo's path forward as it struggles to manage billions of dollars in debt, why the Trump administration may revoke a license granting bondholders control of the company and Venezuela's declining status in the global oil market.

Reporting by Corina Pons and Luc Cohen / Reuters

CARACAS
Petroleumworld 10 14 2019

Ecuador protests continue, indigenous grabbed policemen and demand IMF Leave

Rodrigo Buendia/AFP

Demonstrators clash with riot police in Quito on Oct. 9.

- President Moreno moved government to Guayaquil this week
-Twenty-seven reporters detained by indigenous groups in Quito

By Matthew Bristow and Stephan Kueffner / Bloomberg

BOGOTA /QUITO
Petroleumworld 10 11 2019

Argentina opposition sees changes in energy policies

WSJ

YPF would be put in charge of developing Vaca Muerta.

- Argentina's frontrunner in the presidential race may freeze energy tariffs
- Advisors to the candidate call for unlinking oil product prices from the dollar

By Charles Newbery / Platts

BUENOS AIRES
Petroleumworld 10 09 2019

Oil polluting Brazil coast probably came from Venezuela - Environment Minister

Sergipe State Government /AP

Oil lays on the beach on Sergipe state, Brazil on Sept. 25.  

- Environment minister cites study indicating oil is foreign
- Mysterious spill affecting nine northeastern coastal states

By Peter Millard / Bloomberg

RIO
Petroleumworld 10 10 2019

Aruba reclaims refinery assets from PDVSA CITGO

crudeoildaily

Aruba's San Nicolas refinery

By Argus

ORANJESTAD
Petroleumworld 10 10 2019

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