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By Scott B. MacDonald - OilNOW Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Caribbean has seen some lean years and some bountiful years. 2020 was a brutal year due to the Covid-19 pandemic; 2021 was much better, with FDI bouncing back...

The Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) latest review of Guyana’s affairs shows that the nation’s non-oil economy is projected to have “better-than-expected” growth for 2022. In its quarterly report published Tuesday, the IDB said the country's non-oil sector is estimated to...

TotalEnergies and Eni (operator) have made a new gas discovery at the Zeus-1 well, in Block 6, offshore Cyprus. This discovery follows the Calypso-1 and the Cronos-1 discoveries made on the same block respectively in 2018 and August 2022....

Brazil’s National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) has awarded the state-owned Petrobras operator status of three blocks located in the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil. The blocks are called Sudoeste de Sagitário, Água Marinha and Norte de Brava. Brazil’s pre-salt churns...

Qualco Guyana has received authorisation from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the country’s first rope access training facility located at Supply, East Bank Demerara. “This permit covers the company’s activities for a workshop and equipment storage facility at the company’s operations...

By Dr H. Arlington Chesney - OilNOW Recent global activities have re-emphasised the importance of oil and gas revenues emanating in the Caribbean with the achievement of climate resilient activities and acceptable food security levels in the Caribbean Community and...

Since achieving first oil on December 20, 2019, Guyana has maintained an industry-leading pace of development and production, much to the credit of its partnership with seasoned oil majors. But even amid such successes, it must still hasten to...

Eco Atlantic Oil and Gas has successfully upped its participating interest share in Block 3B/4B offshore South Africa by 6.25%. The company in an announcement on Monday said it received all the requisite regulatory approvals from the Department of Mineral Resources and...

Quanten Consortium Angola LLC, Environmental Solutions Inc. and SPEC Energy DMCC are the latest US-based companies bidding to build Guyana’s 30,000 barrels per day modular refinery. Quanten said it focuses on developing “transformational projects” in emerging markets with interventions that support deep,...

Subsea 7 S.A. on Friday said it was awarded three contracts by Aker BP for work offshore Norway. The awards included a major contract (over US$750 million) for Yggdrasil field development project (formerly NOAKA), a large contract (US$300-500 million) for Skarv Satellite Project and a substantial contract (US$150-300 million) for...