(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...
Warnings about a looming oil and gas supply gap continue to increase with a new report pointing out that the oil and gas industry will have to overcome its pandemic-induced retrenchment and boost investment by at least 25% annually...
European Union Ambassador to Guyana Mr. Fernando Ponz Canto has joined the call for the South American country to diversify the economy and ensure that it does not become reliant on just the oil and gas sector.
He made these...
While the plans of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) administration to pursue regulatory reform for the oil sector while simultaneously improving the energy grid is indeed commendable, U.S. Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch, is of the view that diversification...
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...
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...
Disagreements over how far and fast Royal Dutch Shell should shift towards renewables have seen several clean energy executives part ways with the company, the Financial Times said in an article on Tuesday.
Shell has said it is investing more in...
Global oil reserves are not being replenished with enough conventional resources for future demand of oil and gas and this is set to create a major shortfall through 2050 despite lower future demand due to the coronavirus pandemic and...
(Reuters) - Oil rose above $49 a barrel on Thursday as hopes of a faster demand recovery after the release of COVID-19 vaccines offset a huge rise in U.S. crude inventories that showed supply remains ample.
Britain began vaccinations this...
With Guyana lacking the capacity to adequately respond to large oil spills--that is, Tier Two and Tier Three spills--local companies have been playing an important role in oil spill response preparedness efforts.
The National Oil Spill Contingency Plan indicates that...