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Tender to be put out soon for marketing Guyana’s share of oil

The Guyana government will be selling its own share of crude when production starts at the Liza Phase 1 Development project, just months away, and a tender for this will be put out before the end of the year....

World’s Largest Recent Offshore Oil Discovery Progresses Amid Political Tensions, Disputes

Nothing is ever easy or simple in the world of international offshore oil and gas development. That axiom is proving to be true for the most prolific offshore oil discovery in recent years off the coast of the...

Qatar Petroleum farms into Guyana oil blocks

Qatar Petroleum has entered into an agreement with Total for a share of exploration and production rights in two blocks offshore the South American country of Guyana. Under the agreement, which is subject to customary regulatory approvals by the government...

First gas expected from BP Trinidad’s Cassia project in 2021

BP Trinidad and Tobago’s (BPTT) Cassia Compression project is on track with first gas expected in 3Q 2021. The Cassia Compression project will enable BPTT to access and produce low pressure gas reserves from currently producing fields in the...

Guyana oil boom will drive construction activity, reduce unemployment – Fitch Solutions

Fitch Solutions - an industry-leading provider of credit, debt market, and macro intelligence services – says as the South American country of Guyana upgrades its infrastructure and prepares for an economic windfall from oil production, the construction sector will...

Factors to consider for licencing Guyana offshore oil blocks

Bocks are those where the initial term (normally x years) has expired and there has been no drilling for a period of y years and no dedicated seismic or other significant activity for a period of z years;...

OPEC’s mission to bolster oil market enters make-or-break phase

(Bloomberg) The latest mission by OPEC and its partners to contain an oil glut is entering its most critical phase. Saudi Arabia, Russia and other major crude exporters struggled to keep a surplus in check over the past six months...

US allows Chevron to remain in Venezuela

(Argus) The US will extend by three months Chevron's exemption from sanctions targeting Venezuela's oil sector. Chevron and oil field service providers Halliburton, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes and Weatherford will have until 27 October to wind down business in Venezuela, the...

Inpex enters Anadarko’s Gulf of Mexico blocks

(Offshore Energy) Japan’s Inpex has reached an agreement with Anadarko Petroleum to acquire a 40 percent participating interest in Keathley Canyon blocks 921 and 965 as well as Walker Ridge blocks 881 and 925 in the U.S. Gulf of...

Saipem secures over US$160M in new contracts

Saipem has been awarded new contracts in offshore drilling in Romania and Abu Dhabi worth over 160 million USD. According to one contract, the company will drill a well in Romania’s Black Sea waters, expectedly in the fourth quarter of...

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Jennifer Geerlings-Simons makes history as Suriname’s first female President amid offshore oil plans 

PARAMARIBO-SURINAME: Suriname’s National Assembly convened on Sunday to elect the country’s next president in an important parliamentary session. In...