Featured

Chatham House researcher likens release of Global Witness report to ‘throwing bomb’ into elections fray

Dr. Valerie Marcel, a researcher at think tank Chatham House, has criticized the recently published Global Witness report on Guyana’s oil agreement with ExxonMobil. In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Dr Marcel, who was part of a Chatham House...

Transparency body to receive first trades in oil data from Guyana’s Dept of Energy

The Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI) will soon be receiving information regarding Guyana’s first trades in oil now that the country has commenced production. The local EITI chapter, headed by Dr Rudy Jadoopat, held a meeting with the Department...

Petrobras to sell stake in Brazil field

(Zacks) Petrobras PBR and minority partner Chevron CVX announced plans to sell their stakes in the Papa-terra deep-water oilfield located in Brazil’s Campos Basin. Per Petrobras, the plan is in sync with its strategy to cut costs and improve capital...

Saipem signs MoU with Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company

Italian firm Saipem has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC), a joint venture equally owned by the National Oil and Gas Holding Company in the Kingdom of Bahrain, SABIC Agri-nutrient Investments in the...

Guyana collecting royalties in cash; all oil revenues being deposited into Federal Reserve Bank – Dr. Bynoe

The first tanker has sailed and Guyana is now among the oil producing countries of the world. Annual revenue is set to move from around US$300 million in the first years to US$10 billion per annum by 2030. “The economic...

US$10 billion a year by 2030 takes Guyana from 0 to 100 in transformational potential

Even as debate rages on in the South American country of Guyana on whether revenues flowing to the government from oil production could have been higher, the small nation of just over 750,000 people is set to cash in...

Over 50 prospects identified on Suriname’s Block 58

Apache Corporation has identified over 50 prospects on Block 58 offshore Suriname where it has made the first deepwater discovery in the South American country in an area that runs parallel to ExxonMobil’s prolific Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The Maka...

BP enjoyed its best year in oil and gas trading since 2009

(Bloomberg) BP Plc enjoyed its best year trading oil and natural gas since 2009, helping the company weather the impact of lower energy prices and weak refining and chemical margins. The oil major runs one of the world’s most sophisticated trading...

Trinidad cancels gas deal over US sanctions on Venezuela

(Reuters) Trinidad and Tobago has cancelled an agreement with Venezuela for the joint development of a natural gas field straddling their maritime border because of United States sanctions on Venezuela's state energy giant Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA). The Caribbean...

New estimate pushes Orinduik prospective resources to over 5 billion BOE

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. said on Monday that an updated Competent Persons Report (CPR) on the Orinduik Block offshore Guyana has upped the gross prospective resources to 5.141 billion barrels of oil equivalent, from the previous estimate...

Latest News

EPA, MARAD say Wales Gas-to-Energy pipeline inactive, dispels reports of rupture

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) have rejected reports that the natural gas pipeline...