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Liza Destiny FPSO designed to avoid routine flaring

The 120,000 barrels per day Liza Destiny FPSO producing oil at the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana was designed to ensure there is no routine flaring in the daily operations of the vessel. Operating processes during production operations include safely flowing...

Analysis – Guyana Elections Results

By Economist - Bobby Gossai, Jr. The National Recount exercise following the March 2, 2020, General and Regional Elections took thirty-three days and the preliminary tabulations from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have shown that the People’s Progressive Party –...

Change in government will not disrupt Guyana’s O&G sector – IHS Markit

A change in government in South America’s newest oil producing nation Guyana is not expected to have an adverse effect on the country’s emerging oil and gas sector since both of the major political parties are seen as pro-investment,...

Oil tankers turn away from Venezuela as more sanctions loom

(Reuters) - Oil tankers that were sailing toward Venezuela have turned around and others have left the country’s waters as the United States considers blacklisting dozens of ships for transporting Venezuelan oil, according to shipping data and industry sources. The...

U.S. to cut off Iran-Venezuela trade by sanctioning oil tankers

(Bloomberg) - The Trump administration is preparing sanctions on as many as 50 oil and fuel tankers as part of an effort to cut off trade between Iran and Venezuela, according to a person familiar with the matter. The sanctions...

Glut no more: Fresh OPEC+ cuts point to crude and condensate supply deficits through 2021

The forced oil production shutdowns and the extension of the generous OPEC+ voluntary cuts into July will not only balance the Covid-19-hit global crude and condensate demand, but are deep enough to create a monthly deficit starting from June...

ExxonMobil collaborates with Guyanese partners to improve access to education

ExxonMobil Guyana is supporting several programs that will help students keep up with their studies while schools across Guyana remain closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said Tuesday it has contributed GY$15 M to support continuing education programmes offered through...

Recount shows Guyana opposition secured majority of votes in elections

A 33-day long recount of the ballots in Guyana’s March 2 General and Regional Elections shows that the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) secured a majority of the votes and pending a declaration by the electoral body, should...

Oil price war was a ‘very big mistake,’ – Qatar Energy Minister

(CNBC) Qatar’s Minister of State for Energy Affairs shared his thoughts on some of the major oil producers’ market moves in recent months, shedding disapproval on the March decision by Saudi Arabia and Russia to launch into a price...

BP to slash one seventh of workforce in a major cost-cutting move

(S&P Global) BP announced one of the most aggressive wave of job cuts in its history June 8, with plans to slash a seventh of its global workforce, as the oil major looks stem losses from the pandemic-triggered oil...

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Telesur and Orange expand subsea capacity to meet Suriname’s rising oil and gas demand

PARAMARIBO, SURINAME – Telecommunications provider Telesur and Orange Global Networks have entered a new ten-year agreement to expand Suriname’s...