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No signing bonus, free seismic data for companies in Dominican Republic’s first ever licensing round

With no signing bonus and seismic exploration data being made available to companies for free, the Dominican Republic is offering low-risk contract terms in an effort to attract big investment in its nascent oil and gas industry. The licensing round...

Total divests several non-core UK assets to Petrogas

French oil giant Total has confirmed that it has signed an agreement to divest several UK non-core assets to Petrogas NEO UK Ltd, the exploration and production arm of the Oman-based conglomerate MB Holding. According to a Total release,...

More than 15 drill targets identified at Orinduik

More than 15 drill targets have been identified at the Orinduik block offshore Guyana and co-venturers Tullow, Total and Eco Atlantic are fully funded to drill at least 8, having just a few days ago spudded the first of...

Staying home, getting cheque in mail not on the cards for oil revenue – Finance Minister

Guyana’s finance minister, Winston Jordan, says while the prospect of cash payouts to citizens from oil revenue has not been discussed at the level of Cabinet since it was first floated several months ago, it is not something that...

CARICOM reaffirms ‘unswerving support’ for Guyana in border spat with Venezuela

The Caribbean Community said this week in a Communique coming out of the 40th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government that it remains committed to supporting Guyana in the country’s efforts to preserve its sovereignty in...

Mexico moratorium on oil auctions giving rival Brazil an edge

(Bloomberg) -- Mexico’s moratorium on auctioning off its oil riches to foreign producers is giving a leg up to nearby rivals Brazil and Guyana. Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has halted new bid rounds, and state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos has...

Hammerhead opened pathway to potential 10-billion-barrel province

Hammerhead, the 9th of 13 discoveries made so far off the oil-rich coast of Guyana, opened a new play in the Stabroek block that potentially unlocks a pathway for the emergence of a multi-billion-barrel province. So says Westwood Global...

New pipeline needed to meet surge in demand for Permian crude

Growing supply of Permian crude means the basin will need extra crude oil takeaway capacity of up to 500,000 barrels per day (b/d) by the end of next decade, according to new research from global natural resources consultancy Wood...

2016 Stabroek contract revisions followed dry hole at Skipjack

When US oil major ExxonMobil first started exploration activities at the Liza field the odds of finding oil at the high-risk Guyana basin was less than 20 percent. The giant discovery in 2015 of 800 million to 1.4 billion...

Major trade & investment show launched in Guyana

The second Guyana Trade and Investment Exhibition (GuyTIE) was officially launched on Wednesday, July 3, at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre on the outskirts of the country's capital, Georgetown, under the theme, “Made Locally, Trading Globally.” GuyTIE is intended to...

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Vessel to push Guyana oil production past 1 million bpd weeks away from arriving

The Errea Wittu floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is currently in West African water on its voyage...