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Fugro awarded contract for positioning services in Guyana-Suriname basin

Dutch engineering company Fugro has received a contract award from PETRONAS Suriname E&P B.V. (PSEPBV), a subsidiary of PETRONAS, for the provision of positioning services for an exploration programme in Block 52, off the coast of the capital Paramaribo...

New report points to over 2.4-billion-barrel oil potential in Jamaica

The unprecedented oil exploration success in Guyana is raising hopes for countries throughout the region and this is seeing a renewed emphasis being placed on the search for black gold. An independent evaluation of Prospective Resources offshore Jamaica prepared by Gaffney...

Staatsolie celebrates 40 years as Suriname braces for deepwater bonanza

Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V., Suriname’s state oil company, is celebrating its 40th Anniversary in a year that has seen almost 70 years of oil exploration culminating with four major deepwater oil discoveries and the opening of the offshore potential...

Kosmos Energy completes farm down of Suriname, other exploration assets to Shell

Kosmos Energy said Friday it has closed the previously announced transaction with B.V. Dordtsche Petroleum Maatschappij, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell PLC (LSE: RDSA), to farm down interests in Suriname, Sao Tome & Principe and Namibia for approximately $95 million, plus future contingent payments of...

ExxonMobil hoping to replicate Guyana success as 1st Suriname discovery extends position in region

Covering an area 1.2 million acres (4,749 square kilometers), Block 52 is located approximately 75 miles offshore north of Suriname’s capital city, Paramaribo, and represents the first discovery ever made by U.S. oil major ExxonMobil, offshore the South American...

Brazil removes 32 high potential offshore blocks from 17th bid round

(S&P Global Platts) Brazil's National Energy Policy Council, or CNPE, dealt a sharp blow to the country's offshore exploration and production program by removing 32 high potential but environmentally sensitive offshore blocks from the upcoming 17th bid round during...

Venezuela claims to have thwarted plot to blow up refinery

(Reuters) -Venezuela’s Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami said on Friday that authorities had disrupted a plan to attack the country’s 146,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) El Palito refinery and had arrested two suspects in the plot. El Aissami alleged, without providing evidence, that...

Petronas and ExxonMobil hit pay at Sloanea-1 offshore Suriname

Petronas through its subsidiary, Petronas Suriname E&P B.V. (PSEPBV) announced Friday that it made its first discovery of hydrocarbon in Suriname with the successful drilling of the Sloanea-1 exploration well located in Block 52. PSEPBV is the operator of Block...

ICJ set to deliver judgement on question of jurisdiction in Guyana, Venezuela border case

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on Thursday it will deliver its Judgment on the question of its jurisdiction in the case concerning the Guyana v. Venezuela Arbitral Award of October 3, 1899, on Friday, December 18, 2020. The...

Hess encouraged by Suriname oil strikes, says offshore potential significant

Hess Corporation said it is encouraged by the exploration success of Apache and Total in Suriname’s Block 58 where three discoveries have so far been made and the search for more hydrocarbon continues. John Hess, CEO of Hess Corporation said...

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Creativity, innovation at forefront as SBM Offshore Guyana-Monaco Mousetrap competition enters second year

The second leg of the Guyana-Monaco Mousetrap Car Grand Prix was held on April 19 at the Everest Cricket...