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Brazil’s Petrobras plans to place 18 floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessels offshore Brazil in the next five years, according to its 2023-2027 Strategic Plan. The vessels’ capacities will range from 70,000 to 225,000 barrels of oil per day...

Italian contractor Saipem is looking for local welders to assist with its operations offshore Guyana. According to a notice posted by Country Manager, Gianluigi Della Rosa to LinkedIn, the selected welders must be able to operate an electrode holder, welding...

Come January next year, Guyana will be dispatching new bilateral requests to Brazil’s new President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as it looks to foster closer relations through the creation of a deepwater harbour connecting the two countries. Guyana’s President,...

Tullow Oil said it signed a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for offshore exploration licence CI-803 in Côte d’Ivoire. Tullow will operate the licence with 90% equity. The remaining 10% is held by PetroCi. CI-803 covers an area of 1,345 square kilometres...

Guyana’s Supreme Court on Friday quashed a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to waive an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) during the authorisation process for the construction and operation of a source storage and calibration building facility at...

ExxonMobil Guyana is seeking Environmental Authorisation for a proposed fifth deep water petroleum development project in the eastern portion of the Stabroek Block offshore the South American country, in the Uaru, Mako and Snoek Fields. The project, which will consist...

US oil producer, Hess Corporation, has announced that it has earned a place on the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the 13th consecutive year. This is the first time that Hess has been included in...

CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited (CPGL) said it recently donated a complete solar lighting community system to Moraikobai, the only indigenous village in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice), Guyana. In all, 130 lights were given to the community along with eight flood lights...

Guyana’s first offshore bid round has been launched and as oil majors set their sights on the prime blocks up for grabs, Guyanese companies have been encouraged to team up and also, cash in on the action. But there are...

A security officer posted at Guyana’s State House, the official residence of the First Family, was stabbed and another relieved of his weapon by an intruder who opened fire at what should be one of the most secure buildings in...