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US$1.63 billion financing secured for Brazil’s largest FPSO – SBM Offshore

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SBM Offshore has secured project financing of US$1.63 billion for the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Almirante Tamandaré, which is set to become Brazil's largest oil-producing unit. The project financing has been provided by a consortium of...
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Guyana receives almost US$80 million for sole oil lift in March

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A statutory report in Guyana’s Official Gazette indicates the country received and sold one lift of profit oil from Stabroek Block crude production in March. The lift earned the country US$79,613,822.68 (GY$16,599,482,029).  For the new year, Guyana has received US$219,454,039.47...
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Major Exxon contractors cop OTC award for new technologies 

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Baker Hughes, Saipem and Schlumberger (now SLB) together with Equinor were among the top awardees for the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2023 Spotlight on New Technology Award.  SLB, Baker Hughes and Saipem are all key contractors for ExxonMobil Guyana, operator...
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Advocates for renegotiation of Exxon contract have made a major loss

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The recent dismissal of a lawsuit against ExxonMobil’s Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) marks a major loss for advocates pushing for changes to the contract.  Glenn Lall, the publisher of Kaieteur News, a Guyanese daily newspaper known for its...
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‘ONE GUYANA’ to be highest producing FPSO delivered by SBM Offshore 

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The ‘ONE GUYANA’ floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel will be, not only the highest producing floater offshore Guyana, but also the highest producing FPSO to be delivered by SBM Offshore.  ONE GUYANA is designed to produce 250,000 barrels...
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19 out of 21 charged in PDVSA’s missing US$21.2B scandal 

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Charges of appropriation or distraction of public patrimony, money laundering and association, influence peddling, among other crimes were laid against 19 of the 21 persons fingered in the massive US$21.2 billion PDVSA scandal.  In a Tweet, Venezuela’s Attorney General Tarek...
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QatarEnergy farms into two Exxon-operated licenses in Canada

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QatarEnergy has announced its entry into a farm-in agreement with ExxonMobil Canada for two exploration licenses offshore the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. Pursuant to the agreement, QatarEnergy holds a 28% working interest in license EL 1167, where...
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Ministry, CNOOC team up to fund petroleum studies for Guyanese in China

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Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources and CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited is offering a limited number of scholarships in China at the Bachelor’s Degree level for the next academic year (2023/2024).  The scholars, to receive instruction in geoscience and petroleum engineering,...
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Cataleya Energy sees huge success in training program for business managers in Guyana

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Kaieteur Block partner, Cataleya Energy, has brought the curtains down on a six-month business management training program, with a graduation ceremony for 18 in Guyana's capital, Georgetown.  Cataleya’s co-founder and Director, Ryan Perreira, said the company has decided to reprise...
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Role, capacity of environmental regulator critical to Guyana’s success with oil

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Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a vital pillar in the country’s balancing act of being an oil producer, while also adhering to strict global climate goals.  And because of this, its institutional capacity must be strengthened to monitor and...
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