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OPEC Secretary General optimistic of oil’s outlook

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OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, has signaled optimism that the international oil market is rebalancing itself at an accelerated pace and that there is finally light at the end of the dark tunnel for the first time in...
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ExxonMobil earnings rise 50% to $4B on solid business performance

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Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced its estimated third quarter 2017 earnings of $4 billion, or $0.93 per diluted share, compared with $2.7 billion a year earlier as commodity prices improved and performance in the upstream and downstream strengthened. In a...
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CNOOC Nexen and Guyana discuss collaboration, future plans

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The relationship between the Government of Guyana and China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) Nexen advanced further on Wednesday when a meeting was held between Raphael Trotman, Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources and representatives of the company in Guyana. CNOOC...
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Uncapping Guyana’s agro potential key to averting Dutch Disease – GMSA President

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Ensuring steps are taken to boost the competitiveness of key sectors outside of the oil and gas industry, such as agriculture, will play a key role if Guyana is to lessen the impact of, or avert altogether, the dreaded...
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Ramnarine urges speedy establishment of Petroleum Commission

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Trinidad and Tobago’s former Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs, Kevin Ramnarine, believes that the process for establishing the Petroleum Commission in Guyana should be hastened. He said the work of a Joint Select Committee in Guyana’s Parliament which is...
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Tullow fails to strike oil at Araku prospect in Suriname

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The Araku-1 exploration well in Suriname has been drilled to a total depth of 2,685 metres and penetrated the objectives of the Araku prospect. No significant reservoir quality rocks were encountered although logging and sampling proved the presence of...
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Brazil judge suspends pre-salt oil auctions set for Friday

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(Reuters) - A federal judge in the Brazilian state of Amazonas issued an injunction on Thursday ordering the suspension of the billion-dollar auctions of pre-salt oil and gas rights scheduled for Friday. The injunction was sought by the leftist Workers...
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TechnipFMC projects slow deepwater recovery in 2018

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(Chron) The world's largest offshore services company, TechnipFMC, reported that its revenues grew from the previous quarter, but the deepwater sector remains mired in a downturn. CEO Doug Pferdehirt said he sees the early signs of a recovery continuing into 2018...
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ExxonMobil to resume exploration off Brazil

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US supermajor ExxonMobil is set to resume exploration activity off Brazil in the first half of 2018 after a nearly eight-year hiatus. The company will be shooting 3D seismic covering two ultra-deepwater blocks it recently farmed into in the...
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Liza 1 discovery was intentionally “downplayed” in lead-up to Guyana elections – former minister

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The biggest offshore oil discovery in 2015 and the first of its kind in the South American country of Guyana was intentionally downplayed in the weeks leading up to the country’s May 11, 2015 national elections. While the magnitude of...
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The rise of Expro’s first Guyanese Field Service Supervisor, Norman Chapman 

When Norman Chapman joined Expro Guyana in 2018, then known as Frank’s International, he was one of just five...

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