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Bristow observes 1,000 days accident-free

Nine bases throughout the Americas reached the critical milestone of a 1,000 days without a recordable incident on June 18, 2020: making them 1,000 days Target Zero for helicopter giant Bristow. The company said the milestone was achieved by the...

Source bed for Guyana basin similar to those in Venezuela, Colombia and Trinidad- WoodMac

With only 19 discoveries to date, geological experts at Wood Mackenzie posit that the Guyana basin stands as the most exciting exploration hotspot, with ExxonMobil leading the way in showcasing the basin’s outstanding prospectivity. In one of its special reports...

Staatsolie taking ‘accelerated steps’ to prepare for offshore oil bounty

Fresh off the historical twin oil discoveries at Block 58, Suriname state oil company Staatsolie says the oil strikes mark a change for both the company and country and it has been preparing for this for years, partly through...

‘There is no wealth to distribute’: Venezuela poverty rate surges

Venezuela's poverty rate surged in 2019 to levels unmatched elsewhere in Latin America as the once-prosperous oil producing nation's hyperinflationary economic collapse continued for a sixth-straight year, according to a new study. The 2019-20 National Survey of Living Conditions (ENCOVI),...

Norway to tackle $100 billion P&A liabilities with new oilfield tech

(Bloomberg) --North Sea nations and oil companies face costs of more than $100 billion to shut down old wells in the depleted region. Researchers in Norway believe they can cut that figure dramatically. A new technology center in Trondheim hopes...

Iran will develop oil industry despite U.S. sanctions

(Reuters) - Iran is determined to develop its oil industry in spite of U.S. sanctions imposed on the country, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said in a televised speech on Saturday. “We will not surrender under any circumstances ... We...

FPSO awards set to bounce back next year as Guyana’s Payara, other projects expected to take off

Hit by the second industry downturn in five years, global awards for floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels will likely be limited to a single unit in 2020, Rystad Energy believes, as exploration and production firms slash budgets...

Post-election chaos could threaten long-awaited oil windfall in Guyana

By David E. Lewis and Anthony T. Bryan - Caribbean News Global At the end of last year, the tiny South American nation of Guyana made headlines as the country predicted to register the world’s fastest economic growth rate in...

Oil falls on resurgence of virus cases, oversupply

(Reuters) - Oil prices dropped on Friday and were headed for weekly declines as inventories rose and record-breaking new coronavirus cases in the United States stoked concern about the pace of economic recovery and fuel demand. Brent crude was down...

Halliburton, TechnipFMC launch ground-breaking sub-sea well technology

Halliburton Company and TechnipFMC today introduced Odassea™, the first distributed acoustic sensing solution for subsea wells. The technology platform enables operators to execute intervention-less seismic imaging and reservoir diagnostics to reduce total cost of ownership while improving reservoir knowledge. The...

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High-tech seismic campaign offshore Guyana to wrap up in December

ExxonMobil Guyana will complete its latest seismic data acquisition campaign in December, marking the end of a months-long effort...