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Venezuela’s military to escort Iranian tankers bringing petrol

The Venezuelan military will escort Iranian tankers delivering much-needed petrol to the country to prevent any attempt by the US to stop them, BBC said in a report on Thursday. Five vessels are on the high seas and are due...

U.S. grants royalty relief to hard-hit oil and gas drillers

(Reuters) The Trump administration has granted royalty relief to several drilling companies producing oil and gas on federal lands in recent weeks, according to a government database, as the industry seeks help weathering low energy prices. The move shows drillers...

Shell evacuates foreign staff from Iraq’s Basra Gas project – executive

(Reuters) – Shell has temporarily evacuated foreign staff, numbering around 60, from Iraq’s Basra Gas Company for security reasons and flew them out of the country but production was not disrupted, officials and company executives said on Thursday. The staff...

Total lands $15 billion financing commitment for Mozambique project

(Bloomberg) - A Total SA-led liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique will receive commitments for about $15 billion of financing at a signing scheduled in June, according to people familiar with the matter. The first and most significant phase of...

ExxonMobil Guyana names new President as Henson appointed Global VP in Houston

ExxonMobil Guyana President Rod Henson will be leaving the South American country in the coming months to take up a new position as Vice President, Wells, for ExxonMobil in Houston, with responsibility for all drilling activities around the world. The...

Guyana competing for investments and must get its act together – Chamber President

Political instability is a major deterrent to economic growth and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and with competition for financial resources, investors looking to come into Guyana will tend to reconsider their options if an improvement in the country’s political...

Aquaterra gets Trinidad & Tobago platform contract

UK-based Aquaterra Energy, a global offshore engineering solutions provider, has been awarded the FEED (Front End Engineering and Design) contract by DeNovo Energy for a second Sea Swift platform to be located in the Zandolie field, off of the...

Factbox: Oil and gas industry delays repairs amid virus lockdown

(Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted maintenance at oil and gas projects and refineries from Russia’s Far East to the coast of Canada, storing up problems for an industry already reeling from slumping prices, analysts say. Below is a...

NOCs slashing exploration budgets by over 25% this year

National oil companies (NOCs) globally are estimated to cut exploration budgets by over a quarter on average in 2020, says Wood Mackenzie. The analysis is based on announcements and tracking well plans of 11 top spending NOC explorers, including three...

Tanker arrives to lift Guyana’s second 1 million barrels of Liza Crude

The oil tanker Sonangol Namibe has arrived offshore Guyana to lift the South American country’s second 1 million barrels of oil from the Liza Destiny FPSO at the Stabroek Block. OilNOW understands the Bahamas flag carrier is expected to begin...

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“Delay, Baby, Delay”: Oil industry to pull back as prices tumble – Wood Mackenzie

The global oil industry is preparing to delay spending and development in response to falling crude prices and market...