Posts by Shail Aamir
Welligence Colombia Rumblings on the Ground | Colombia’s upstream: Trapped in the status quo, searching for a breakout
The Welligence team recently spent a week in Colombia meeting with upstream and midstream companies, government officials, and key stakeholders to gauge the latest sentiment…
Read MoreBrazil Licensing | Brazil’s frontier play heats up as Chevron, CNPC, ExxonMobil, and Petrobras go big in Foz do Amazonas
On 17 June 2025, the ANP awarded 34 of the 172 available blocks across the Santos, Pelotas, Foz do Amazonas, and Parecis basins as part…
Read MoreWelligence Mexico | Mexico’s fiscal changes: meaningful reform or a half step?
The government of Mexico has introduced two new changes to its fiscal regime. The first is a new tax framework called “Derecho Petrolero del Bienestar”…
Read MoreWelligence Global Fiscal | Global trends in petroleum fiscal terms – a race to the top?
Since the 2014 oil price crash, countries have increasingly competed for limited upstream investment by adopting investor-friendly reforms—driven by declining investment, tighter capital availability, and…
Read MoreWelligence Trinidad and Tobago Politics | Oil & gas sector uncertainty as T&T votes for change
The United National Congress (UNC), the opposition, has won Trinidad & Tobago’s (T&T) parliamentary election. Party leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is set for her second term…
Read MoreWelligence M&A | Robust first quarter but signs that M&A is slowing
Around US$34 billion was spent on M&A globally in Q1, across 47 transactions. As usual, the majority of deal-making was onshore North America, which accounted…
Read MoreWelligence Latin America Q1 2025 M&A Quarterly | Deal-making slows down, but new activity is imminent
14 deals were announced during Q1 2025, versus the three in Q4 2024 and three seen in Q1 2024 a year prior. The price of…
Read MoreTrinidad & Tobago M&A | Perenco boosts T&T portfolio with acquisition from Woodside
On 31 March 2025, Perenco entered into an agreement with Woodside Energy to acquire its operating stakes in the Greater Angostura shallow-water assets for US$206…
Read MoreWelligence Politics & Regulatory | Will Trump allow Venezuelan gas to reach Trinidad?
The Trump administration’s moves to revoke Chevron’s OFAC General License and the OFAC Specific Licenses held by Maurel & Prom, Eni, and Repsol in Venezuela…
Read MoreTrinidad and Tobago Rumblings on the Ground | Charting the gas puzzle: Trinidad & Tobago’s Venezuelan Connection
The Welligence team recently attended the Energy Conference in Port of Spain, Trinidad meeting with key stakeholders in the energy sector to gauge the overall…
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