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Iranian marchers chant “Death to America” on eve of US oil sanctions

(Reuters) - Iranians chanting “Death to America” rallied on Sunday to mark both the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. Embassy during the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the imminent reimposition of U.S. sanctions on Iran’s key oil sector. Thousands...

Hunt on for more oil in Guyana as Pluma well spudded

US oil major ExxonMobil is ramping up its search for more oil off the Guyana coast with the spudding of the Pluma prospect approximately 17 miles (27 kilometers) from Turbot in the South portion of the 6.6 million acres...

Venezuela running out of fuel, PdV suspends supply

(Argus) Venezuelan state-owned PdV has nearly exhausted its motor fuel stocks, forcing up to 80pc of the country's more than 2,700 service stations nationwide to suspend sales until further notice, according to four senior officials with the federation of...

Energy earnings pull Trinidad & Tobago from recession

(Oxford Business Group) Presented on October 1 by Colm Imbert, Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Finance, the 2019 budget forecasts GDP to increase by 1.9 percent this year before rising to 2.1 percent by 2021, reversing a trend that...

Edison Chouest opens ‘G-Boats’ office in new South American oil & gas hotspot

US marine transportation service provider Edison Chouest Offshore launched its G-Boats (Guyana) Inc. office in the South American country of Guyana on Friday. Edison Chouest entered Guyana in January 2016 with three vessels and has now increased its fleet to...

Exxon records 57% increase in earnings; Guyana discoveries enhance upstream opportunities

Exxon Mobil Corporation on Friday announced estimated third quarter 2018 earnings of $6.2 billion, or $1.46 per share assuming dilution, compared with $4 billion a year earlier. Cash flow from operations and asset sales was $12.6 billion, including proceeds associated with...

Finance minister says major transformation from oil money coming; promises tight controls on revenue

Guyana’s Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, says the revenue to be earned from the first phase of oil production in the South American country – around US$300M annually – will go directly into the Natural Resources Fund and will eventually...

Oil revenue can radically transform tourism in Guyana – stakeholders say

Tourism Stakeholders in Guyana believe that revenues from oil production could potentially advance the tourism sector, making the South American country one of the most talked about destinations in the world. This was the highlight of a Tourism, Oil and...

Hammerhead is ‘thickest single sand package’ drilled on Stabroek Block – Hess

The Hammerhead-1 well, where approximately 197 feet (60 meters) of high-quality, oil-bearing sandstone reservoir was encountered by the Stena Carron drillship in August offshore Guyana is the ‘thickest single sand package’ drilled on the Stabroek Block, according to President...

Stena Carron will sail to Spain for dry-docking before returning to Guyana in December – Hess

The Stena Carron drillship which has been exploring for oil in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana is scheduled to depart for Spain for drydocking. Speaking on a 3rd quarter earnings call on Wednesday, Gregory P. Hill, President and Chief Operating...

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Libra Consortium announces first oil at third FPSO in Brazil pre-salt

Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (Shell Brasil), a subsidiary of Shell plc, announced on Thursday the start of production of...