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Conoco to recover $2B in agreement with Venezuela

ConocoPhillips said it will receive $2 billion in a settlement with Petroleos de Venezuela SA, ending a dispute that’s severely crippled Venezuela’s ability to export the crude oil at the heart of its faltering economy. An international tribunal awarded the amount in...

North Sea union holds fifth day of strikes at Total O&G platforms

Total confirmed Monday its North Sea production, which feeds the Forties crude stream, had been shut down due to a fifth day of strike action by the Unite trade union, S&P Global Platts said in a report. The fields together...

Former Anadarko employee arrested for deaths on company property

A former employee of US oil company Anadarko Petroleum was taken into police custody after the bodies of his wife and two children were discovered on property owned by the company in Colorado. It is being reported that a...

Study shows Suriname businesses must boost capacity to benefit from offshore oil industry

As the search for oil continues offshore Suriname, the Dutch-speaking South American country is looking to put systems in place for what the country hopes is an imminent discovery. State oil company Staatsolie recently commissioned an Industrial Baseline Study (IBS)...

IDA to provide US$1.6M for capacity building

The International Development Association (IDA), a branch of the World Bank will be providing some US$1.6 million, to aid in preparations for Guyana’s developing oil and gas sector. During a Thursday, August 16, 2018, press conference at the South-American nation’s...

Venezuela’s crack-up is accelerating

Country’s neighbors — and the world — should prepare for the worst (Bloomberg) What happens when the country with the world’s largest oil reserves becomes its latest failed state? As Venezuela’s government grows increasingly despotic, a crack-up is accelerating —...

Guyana President pledges full transparency in stewardship of O&G sector

Guyanese Head of State, President David Granger has pledged his administration’s ethical stewardship of the country’s developing Oil and Gas industry and integrity in the management of the revenues from the sector. In addressing his supporters at the People’s National...

Guyana Business Minister to meet with potential UK investors

Guyana’s Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin will be travelling to the United Kingdom (UK) to meet with potential investors in a number of the South-American nation’s productive sectors, including the emerging petroleum industry. The decision to send the Minister on...

GRA boss for overseas oil and gas training

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Godfrey Statia, has been selected to attend the 5th Government Oil & Gas Fiscal Summit in the United Kingdom. It takes place from October 4 -5, 2018. This was announced by Guyana’s...

No more cheap fuel…for some

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has the announced the end of Venezuela’s notoriously inexpensive subsidized gasoline for opponents. According to a report in the Panam Post, the Venezuelan President said on August 14 that he will maintain the subsidy for...

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Guyana drilling surges as ExxonMobil and Halliburton deliver first fully automated closed-loop well placement

Halliburton and ExxonMobil Guyana Limited have completed the industry’s first fully automated closed-loop well placement offshore Guyana, the companies...