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Guyana, Caribbean agencies monitoring Venezuelan oil tanker on verge of sinking near Trinidad & Tobago

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) in Guyana and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Authority (CDEMA) are closely monitoring a Venezuelan-flagged tanker anchored in the Gulf of Paria near Trinidad and Tobago, which is under threat of spilling 1.3 million...

Oceaneering bags BOP tethering services contract from Brazil’s Petrobras

Oceaneering International Inc. announced Tuesday that it has been awarded a BOP tethering services contract offshore Brazil from Petrobras. The contract duration is one-year with the option to extend for an additional year. The scope of work includes data acquisition...

Maka, Sapakara appraisal plans submitted as Suriname edges closer to offshore development

The appraisal programmes for Suriname’s first two deepwater discoveries have been submitted to state oil company Staatsolie as the South American country looks to forge ahead with development of its offshore oil resources. Suriname’s first offshore discovery at the Maka...

BP hits first gas at Phase 2 of Block 61 development in Oman

BP announced on Monday that production has begun from its Block 61 Phase 2 Ghazeer gas field in Oman, 33 months after the development was approved. The company said Ghazeer was initially expected to come into production in 2021. The...

Petronas spuds first well offshore Suriname

Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas has spudded its first well - Sloanea-1 - offshore Suriname at Block 52 where it has farm-down 50% of its interest to US oil major ExxonMobil. Denmark-based drilling rig operator Maersk Drilling is carrying out...

Venezuela boosting crude blending, reaches highest level in 6 months

(Reuters) - Venezuela’s state-run Petroleos de Venezuela has boosted crude blending and upgrading to their highest levels in six months, according to company documents seen by Reuters on Wednesday, as exports rise despite strict U.S. sanctions. The upgraders are...

For the first time in 100 years no rigs are searching for oil in Venezuela

Wells that once tapped the world’s largest crude reserves are abandoned or left to flare toxic gases that cast an orange glow over depressed oil towns in Venezuela, the New York Times said in a recent report. Refineries that once...

Brazil’s Supreme Court maintains Petrobras E&P divestment rules

(S&P Global) Brazil's Supreme Court maintained 2018 regulations that allowed state-led oil company Petrobras to sell exploration and production assets, in a majority decision handed down Oct. 2. This decision gave the company its second consecutive court victory in support...

Broadside, Chinook are wells to watch – T&T Energy Chamber

The Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago says two ongoing projects in the Caribbean oil producing nation are wells to watch in 2020 – BHP’s Broadside and Touchstone Exploration’s Chinook – both offshore Trinidad. In a recent article, the Chamber...

Venezuela’s foreign currency income tumbles 99% as oil exports dry up

Sanctions imposed by the United States have had a debilitating impact on Venezuela’s crude exports from which the country got most of its foreign currency revenues. Citing the impact of this on the economy, President Nicolás Maduro tweeted on Wednesday...

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ExxonMobil sees up to US$2.3B upstream boost from oil prices in Q1 2026 filing

ExxonMobil in an 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said higher crude prices could lift...