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Guyana moving towards open bidding for oil blocks, multi-client seismic survey

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Guyana could soon have its first open bid round for oil blocks by Q1 2020 the Director of the Department of Energy (DoE), Dr. Mark Bynoe, told reporters on Monday. An overhaul of the 1986 Petroleum Exploration and Production Act,...
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2019 high impact exploration starts with a bang: Guyana leads with 2

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In the first few weeks of 2019 there have been four high impact discoveries of conventional oil and gas, finding 25% of the high impact volume discovered globally in the whole of 2018, says Westwood Global Energy Group. One of...
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Venezuela oil production could fall below 700,000 bpd by 2020

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As Guyana prepares for first oil in 2020 from the Liza Phase 1 Development, and multiple additional projects on the horizon, with an estimated ramp up to 750,000 bpd by 2025, its western neighbor Venezuela, could see production drop...
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Guyana moving ahead with new model PSA

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A review of Guyana’s 1986 Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act is underway as the country moves to modify and modernize the document which is the basis for a number of Petroleum Agreements it has signed with oil companies exploring offshore. This is according...
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‘We are not discussing renegotiation of contract’ – Dr. Bynoe

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Head of Guyana’s Department of Energy (DoE), Dr. Mark Bynoe, says that renegotiation of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) between US oil major ExxonMobil and the South American country is not currently being discussed and reiterated that such a course...
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Commercial choices and developmental linkages for Guyana’s promising oil economy

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Government preferences should take into account wider factors than those considered by private investors. This is because governments are concerned with the linkages between petroleum production and the rest of the economy. Also, governments are or should be responsible...
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Shell leads cash race but Exxon catching up

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(Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell widened its lead over Exxon Mobil as king of cash among the world’s top oil and gas companies last year but its U.S. rival could catch up with its investment drive in new production. The...
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GIPEX postponed: organizers eyeing Q3 2019

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The Guyana International Petroleum Exhibition (GIPEX), originally scheduled to be held in March 2019, has been postponed to the 3rd quarter of the year. The inaugural event, held from February 7 to 9, 2018, at the Guyana Marriott Hotel, was...
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Total pulls staff out of Venezuela after US sanctions

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(AFP) French oil and gas firm Total has evacuated its staff from Venezuela where its accounts have been blocked due to US sanctions, the company's chief executive said Thursday. "The accounts are blocked thanks to US decisions," CEO Patrick Pouyanne...
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Total makes significant gas discovery off South Africa

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Total Petroleum is reporting that it has made a significant gas condensate discovery on the Brulpadda prospects, located on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, 175 kilometers off the southern coast of South Africa. In a release on Thursday, Total...
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Hull for Guyana’s Jaguar FPSO arrives at Singapore yard

SBM Offshore said the multi-purpose floater (MPF) 5 has arrived at the Seatrium yard in Singapore. The hull is...

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