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Struggling oil market finally stabilized but recovery will take up to 3 months – JP Morgan

Global oil demand remains at historic lows as inventory vastly outpaces storage, but JPMorgan analysts think the worst of the commodity-market carnage is over, according to a report from Markets Insider. The coronavirus pandemic and the ignition of a price...

Canada-based energy company inks deal to sell TT gas

Touchstone Exploration said on Monday after markets closed that it had inked a deal for the sale of natural gas and gas liquids produced from the Ortoire block in Trinidad and Tobago. The Canada-based oil and gas explorer said it had signed...

Oil storage not an issue for Guyana at this point but all options being considered

Even though global oil storage space continues to come under immense pressure following depressed demand, the situation is not one that has affected Guyana at this point. Be that as it may, nothing is being left to chance says...

Guyana should collaborate with industry stakeholders to consider oil storage alternatives – API’s Chief Economist

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to batter oil prices along with global demand, major exploration and production companies are growing concerned about storage space for all the oil that is not being consumed. It therefore means that along with making...

Finding oil is really hard, making money even harder

(Journal of Petroleum Technology) As ExxonMobil announced discovery after discovery offshore Guyana, it sounded easy. Beginning with the Liza-1 discovery well, the giant oil company announced 16 successful exploration wells. There were four or five successful wells per year from...

ExxonMobil sees future demand for oil and gas increasing by 20% – Darren Woods

As the global economy tightens under severe pressure brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for oil has plummeted to an all-time low creating a supply glut that has seen prices plummet as the world runs out of storage...

Oil producers scramble to find ‘creative’ storage options after historic price crash

An unprecedented collapse in oil demand has forced some producers to come up with “creative” measures in order to find places to store their crude, with one energy analyst describing the situation as like a “very elaborate game of...

Global oil glut reducing but just 400 million barrels of storage left – Rystad Energy

The global imbalance between oil supply and demand, which has built to 26.4 million barrels per day (bpd) in April due to the Covid-19 pandemic, is set to halve to 13.6 million bpd in May and fall further to...

Global exploration & production revenues will fall by staggering 1 trillion dollars – Rystad Energy

The devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on global oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) companies is better understood by looking at the industry’s expected total annual revenues for 2020. A Rystad Energy analysis shows that global E&P...

Guyana racking up millions in oil revenue – royalty payments to begin on April 30

In addition to the almost US$55M that has already been deposited into the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) account held by the Bank of Guyana at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, royalty payments are expected to begin this...

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Hess says exploration planned this year for Suriname blocks at Guyana border

Hess Corporation said exploration activities are planned this year for two Suriname blocks in which it holds stakes -...