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Guyana President tells summit country on cusp of economic explosion

In an address that focused heavily on Guyana’s coming transformation, President of the new oil producing country Dr. Irfaan Ali told participants at the Guyana Basins Summit last week major strides in infrastructure and social services will see the...

Industry has found more natural gas than it needs or can commercialise, oil remains king

Energy market research and intelligence company Westwood Energy said in a report last week that more than 60% of the discovered resource in 2012-2020 was gas, even though ~70% of high-impact wells were targeting oil. This was due to...

How a perfume entrepreneur profited by flipping cheap oil leases from Trump auctions

(Reuters) A Myanmar-born U.S. perfume entrepreneur became a curiosity last year when she became the nation’s top buyer of oil-and-gas leases at the Trump administration’s federal auctions, despite having no apparent energy background. Since July, Levi Sap Nei Thang has...

Guyana and Brazil set to dominate non-OPEC+ oil supply growth, IEA says in new report

With US and Canadian oil production growth tapering off, Brazil is poised to be one of the key sources of expansion over the medium term, while all eyes are on newcomer Guyana where output is on course to skyrocket...

Guyana oil exports driving Suezmax fortunes

Midsize tankers loading in the Americas could see freight rates taper down in the second quarter, as weather-related port logistic disruptions will decrease to a seasonal low and remove the main bullish factor from the otherwise pandemic-affected Aframax and...

Strategic consultations on local content advancing, feedback on key areas received

Intense engagements with oil and gas companies in Guyana and other stakeholders in recent weeks have seen feedback on specific areas of enhance business development being received by the Ministry of Natural Resources. “The consultations are evolving with both stakeholders...

IEA not optimistic of Venezuela oil recovery under Maduro

After losing 1.4 mb/d in three years, output in Venezuela may be bottoming out, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its newly released Oil 2021 report. US financial sanctions, poor reservoir management and chronic underinvestment cut production to...

Huge explosion hits gas pipeline in Venezuela, minister blames it on attack

(Reuters) - A tract of a gas pipeline in eastern Venezuela suffered an explosion on Saturday afternoon, according to a report from state oil company PDVSA seen by Reuters, an incident the country’s oil minister blamed on an attack. The...

Despite $49 billion drop in profit, Saudi Aramco remains one of the most valuable companies

(AP) — Saudi Arabia’s state-backed oil giant Aramco announced Sunday that its profits nearly halved in 2020 to $49 billion, a big drop that came as the coronavirus pandemic roiled global energy markets. Saudi Arabian Oil Co. released its annual...

Professors say ‘betting on Guyana is a winning proposition’

By Jerry Haar and Deanne Butchey - OilNOW Many believe that oil is the magic bullet that will hit the bullseye of prosperity for Guyana, dramatically increasing revenue, growth and economic development (regardless of how and where that largesse is...

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Chevron says US$2.2B Q1 earnings “solid” despite disruptions

Chevron reported first-quarter earnings of $2.2 billion on Friday, down from $3.5 billion a year earlier, but said performance...