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Market intelligence and consulting for energy and natural resources in Latin America. Independent research, data and strategic analysis across oil, gas, power and renewables.

Syndicated research and intelligence trusted by operators, investors and governments.

  • More than twenty-five years of continuous local presence
  • Offices in Fort Lauderdale and Madrid

What we do

Local expertise, global perspective, independent judgment.

IPD Latin America combines analysts on the ground with international consultants to give clients a clear view of the issues that shape energy projects in the region.

  • Research and intelligence

    Ongoing coverage of every basin, market and policy shift that moves oil, gas and power in Latin America, written by analysts based in the countries they cover.

  • Strategic consulting

    Independent analysis of the political, regulatory and commercial questions behind a specific project, investment or market entry, delivered by local and international consultants.

  • EnergyNet

    Our subscription service: periodic reports on the issues shaping Latin American energy, monthly consulting hours with the analysts who write them, and quarterly executive presentations.

Why IPD

Present in the region for more than twenty-five years.

Continuous local presence in several countries gives us standing relationships with government and industry stakeholders, and a view of the nuanced issues that affect projects on the ground.

25+
Years of continuous local presence in the region
Independent
Analysis with no stake in the outcome, on issues others are reluctant to call
Connected
Working relationships with government and industry stakeholders across the region
Real time
Insight from local and international consultants as events unfold, not after
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Locations
  • Argentina
  • Spain
  • United States
  • Venezuela

Markets we cover

Country reports written by dedicated country experts.

Each market gets a recurring report that follows politics, the economy, the legal framework and the production numbers together, because in Latin American energy none of them moves alone.

Argentina

Monthly report

Production and exports
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  • Domestic use
  • Exports
  • Other
  • Export share

What's inside

  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Finance
  • Legal updates
  • Oil and gas statistics
  • Equity production by company
  • Trade balances by country
  • Monthly deep dive
  • Glossary and basin reference
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Venezuela

Regular monthly reports and quarterly oil and gas sector overview

Output by region
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  • East
  • Orinoco Belt
  • West
  • Offshore
  • Utilization

What's inside

  • Political developments
  • Economic developments
  • Crude production by region
  • Output by operating framework
  • Refinery runs and fuels
  • Crude and product exports
  • Product imports
  • Natural gas production and consumption
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Sectors

Oil
Upstream, midstream, diluent requirements, fiscal terms
Gas
Supply and demand, LNG, pipelines, pricing
Power
Generation, transmission, markets
Renewables
Wind, solar, hydro, policy
Risk and policy
Political, regulatory, above-ground

EnergyNet

In-depth analysis and direct access to the people who wrote it.

EnergyNet combines in-depth analysis with insight on the key issues shaping energy sector development in Latin America. Clients receive periodic, timely reports and draw on monthly consulting hours to explore the topics that matter to them, with quarterly executive presentations for leadership.

  • Upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas, and power markets
  • Country risk, regulatory and legislative analysis
  • Monthly consulting hours and quarterly executive presentations
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Subscription terms and a walkthrough of the client platform are available on request.

Consulting services

Studies and workshops built around a specific decision.

Beyond the subscription, IPD provides an extensive range of services for companies entering, operating in or reassessing a market. Each is scoped to the question in front of you and delivered by the team that covers the country.

Map of eastern Venezuela with oil and gas blocks colored by holder, from Caracas to the Orinoco Belt
Block-level tracking of holders, contract types and production in Venezuela, from IPD's upstream research.Used in opportunity assessments and competitive analysis
  • Upstream business opportunity assessment

    Identifies new business development openings field by field: remaining reserves, crude characteristics, production profiles, lifting costs and the infrastructure to bring barrels to market. Covers likely government priorities and contractual structures, brownfield farm-ins and bidding rounds, with a SWOT and above-ground risk analysis built on IPD's proprietary field data and output modeling.

  • Political scenarios and country risk

    A sharp reading of the political arena for any company operating or planning to invest. Scenarios that make the complexities legible, and country risk services that identify solutions to the issues affecting long-term projects: domestic politics, market trends, the legal and regulatory framework, barriers to entry and exit, and the economic and financial picture.

  • Competitive analysis

    A clear, current view of how your company stacks up against other industry players across key business indicators, and how you are seen by host governments, competitors and potential partners. Detailed competitor best practices, segmented by project approach, delivered in a workshop format with time for questions and discussion.

  • Stakeholder strategy

    Key stakeholders are not names on a map. Our local teams interact regularly with decision makers and their circles to understand the motivations behind their choices. We prepare clients to approach, interact and convince, with tailored engagement strategies and coaching on institutional relations across government agencies, institutions and local organizations.

  • Country 101 workshops

    A crash course on doing business in a market, delivered in a highly interactive workshop. Venezuela 101, for example, builds an understanding of the government's mindset on energy development and documents the critical issues: state-to-state accords, taxation, nationalizations and arbitration cases, the national oil company's business plan and other corporate aspects.

  • Gas balance study

    Natural gas supply and demand analysis that builds certainty around domestic and export projects. Supply modeling forecasts production from producing fields and exploration, consumption and operating losses. Demand modeling covers power, petrochemicals, refining, steel and aluminum, gas injection and secondary oil recovery, with projects ranked from more certain to more speculative volumes.

  • Diluent balance study

    A supply and demand picture of light crude for a market whose growth depends increasingly on heavy oil. As traditional basins decline and the Orinoco Oil Belt carries incremental growth, our diluent study maps the dynamics around light crude and pinpoints where new projects could run into diluent deficits.

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