Chris Noon

Latin America editor

Chris Noon has reported on international affairs, finance and the European power markets for Forbes, Oxford Analytica, HSBC and most recently ICIS Heren. While at ICIS, he wrote news and analysis on the European power, gas, carbon and coal markets, with special expertise in French, German, Central and Eastern European and Russian power.

chris.noon@interfax.co.uk
A pipeline in Brazil

Petrobras faces legal wrangle to clear way for TAG sale

Petrobras will push for a full Supreme Court vote on a legal decision that has frozen the company’s divestment plan, experts say.

12 July 2018
Mexico’s president-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Mexico could complete contract audit by H2 2019

Mexico’s president-elect has pledged a full audit of E&P; contracts that could be overseen by members of congress or energy ministry officials, according to a prominent lawyer.

10 July 2018

Brazil’s pre-salt output expands but problems remain

The pre-salt sector has grown rapidly in the past two years. However, state-run Petrobras is still re-injecting huge volumes of the CO2-rich gas.

9 July 2018
President-elect Andrés Manual López Obrador in a meeting with current President Enrique Peña Nieto .

Mexican oil and gas contracts safe under new president

The threat to Mexico’s private sector from President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador could be overstated, a former senior official tells Interfax Natural Gas Daily.

4 July 2018

Healthy rainfall cuts into Brazilian gas consumption

Improved hydropower production cut thermoelectric's share of Brazil's power mix to around 13% in H1 2018.

2 July 2018
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the frontrunner in Mexico’s general election

Industry holds its breath in Mexico

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has taken aim at the private sector, is almost certain to win Mexico’s election on Sunday. What’s in store for the industry?

29 June 2018

Latin gas deficit grows as production wobbles

The region’s consumption has grown strongly over the last decade, but production is still stuck at 2011 levels.

25 June 2018

Latin American drilling activity drops to record low

The region's rig count fell to 14 in May, but the correlation between rig numbers and output is weakening.

22 June 2018
A rig off Venezuela

Venezuela’s debt endangers La Perla development

Eni and Repsol have already choked off investment in Venezuelan gas production because of unpaid debts, and the worsening situation in the country may force more drastic action.

20 June 2018

Argentina to export to Chile via central-south pipelines

Argentina has around 30 MMcm/d of pipeline capacity available in its central-south and southern Magallanes regions

18 June 2018
A BP LNG carrier

No evidence of LNG ‘glut’ yet, BP execs say

A plentiful supply of LNG has hit prices for the fuel, but the market has yet to see the spectre of idle capacity, say BP executives.

14 June 2018
A worker on a gas pipeline in Brazil

Petrobras pipeline sale snags on legal issues

The crown jewel in the Petrobras divestment programme – the giant TAG pipeline in Brazil’s northeast – is proving a tough sell.

12 June 2018

Higher prices hit Argentine household demand

Newly published data shows that market pricing is changing the composition of Argentina's gas consumption.

11 June 2018

Argentina seeks to woo companies for offshore riches

Buenos Aires is using Argentina’s first-ever offshore bid round to market the country as investor-friendly territory, according to a senior lawyer.

5 June 2018

Peru counts cost of downtime in H1

Peru’s production and exports of gas have slumped in 2018. It has also pivoted from Spain to Asia as a destination for its LNG.

4 June 2018

Bad weather compounds Peru’s production problems

Poor weather conditions reduced the Pampa Melchorita LNG plant’s gas demand in May in the latest setback for Peru, which has seen its gas output slump this year.

1 June 2018

Mexico homes in on four storage sites

Mexico plans to store up to five days of gas in case of a supply crisis, with four abandoned fields earmarked for the purpose.

30 May 2018

Latin drilling slips as Starfish produces first gas

The number of gas-focused rigs in operation in Latin America fell to 17 in April.

25 May 2018
A worker on a Brazilian gas pipeline.

Beware the great Brazilian pipeline sell-off

A large majority of Brazil’s gas transport capacity will soon be controlled by private companies, but foreign investors remain cautious.

24 May 2018
Drilling in Argentina's Vaca Muerta formation

Argentina seeks to maintain Vaca Muerta momentum

Fresh fears are emerging over Argentina’s fragile economy, but the government has sought to reassure producers over the country’s generous gas incentives.

22 May 2018

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