Carla Bass

Ethanol producer Atvos has joined <a href="http://direct.argusmedia.com/newsandanalysis/article/2517580">other Brazilian companies aiming to move into sustainable aviation fuel</a> (SAF), with an eye on the country's proposed formal policy to advance future fuels, president and chief executive Bruno Serapiao said.

Argentina has the reserves, investor interest and now most of the <a href="http://direct.argusmedia.com/newsandanalysis/article/2585886">regulatory framework</a> to potentially triple its oil and natural gas output by the early 2030s, but ensuring success will require much more, producers in the country said today.

A US federal grand jury has indicted a fugitive Venezuelan television news network owner for allegedly participating in a scheme to launder $1.2bn in funds from Venezuelan state-owned oil company PdV.

An international arbitration court has rejected Venezuela's appeal of an $8.5bn award given to ConocoPhillips related to Venezuela's expropriation of its crude assets in 2007.