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Concerned about ‘oil leaving underground’ Colombia looking to boost pace of investments

Colombia, which holds regular licensing rounds to invite investment in its upstream sector, has recently undertaken what National Hydrocarbons Agency President Jose Armando Zamora called a "full review of our contract offering for bidding rounds," building on its attractiveness...

South American basin with abundant oil resources giving rise to fierce competition

Some are calling it the last major hydrocarbon frontier while others see it as the Holy Grail of oil and gas. The Guyana Suriname Basin (GSB) has now become a major hotspot for petroleum exploration and production and is...

Crude oil futures surge, ICE Brent May contract up almost 2%

(S&P Global Platts) Crude oil futures surged during the mid-morning trade in Asia March 1, with the oil market reversing the previous session's losses as risk-on sentiment gripped the markets following the US House of Representatives' approval of further...

Rivalry in the Guyana Suriname Basin, the Holy Grail of oil & gas

By Anthony T. Bryan – OilNOW From Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) it is about one hour flying time south to Georgetown the capital of the Republic of Guyana and another hour flying south to Paramaribo the capital of Suriname. These two...

Is the world heading for a shortfall in global oil supply?

By Dean Foreman, Chief Economist at American Petroleum Institute It’s possible we could be headed for a shortfall in global oil supply as soon as next year – pretty remarkable considering where oil demand was last spring, with economies slowing under...

Suriname lines up new shore base port

(Caribbean Maritime) In 2020, amid the worldwide Covid-19-induced economic downturn, Suriname reached second place, only behind Russia, in terms of discovered oil and gas reserves. And all this from just one offshore find in Block 58, and without counting...

Proposal to have 111 categories of service with high local content targets unrealistic – AMI Co-Director

If Brazil with a population of over 200 million people found it difficult to achieve high or progressive local content targets for 90 categories of service, how does Guyana propose to do a better job with a smaller population...

Will oil companies start spending again? Cash generation could hit record levels in 2021

By Simon Flowers - Chairman, Chief Analyst and author of The Edge at Wood Mackenzie This could be the year oil and gas roars back. Tom Ellacott, SVP Corporate Analysis, saw in early December that the industry could have its own V-shaped recovery...

Coming oil price bounce, supply shortfall opening space for Guyana barrels

More space is being created on the oil market for Guyana’s medium sweet Liza Crude as prices are expected to rise amid a coming shortfall in supply. According to the findings of a Reuters Poll published on Friday, oil prices will stage a...

New York Stock Exchange begins delisting CNOOC

The New York Stock Exchange on Friday decided to begin formal delisting of Chinese state oil giant CNOOC Ltd based on an executive order signed by former U.S. President Donald Trump in November last year, Reuters said in a...

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TotalEnergies Suriname opens applications for 30 fully funded scholarships

TotalEnergies Exploration & Production Suriname B.V. has opened applications for 30 fully funded scholarships for Surinamese students completing secondary...