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Brazil’s Petrobras records record income

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Brazilian state oil company Petrobras recorded an income of 9.205 billion dollars in 2019, which represents a 55.7 % rise compared to 2018. According to an update from the company, the greatest revenue in its history was a result of...
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Maduro declares oil emergency; appoints commission to revamp PDVSA

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President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro has declared an oil emergency, announcing a commission to revamp state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) in a bid to rescue the country’s collapsing oil industry. According to a report in Bloomberg, the...
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Hungry for gas; Brazil needs LNG imports to meet demand – Rystad Energy

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Brazil’s natural gas demand is set to climb to a record in 2020‒2021 at 39 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year, giving the country one of its biggest demand-supply deficits in history, Rysatd Energy said in a new report...
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Most competitive deepwater projects will be those with shortest development cycle times – IHS Markit

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From discovery in 2015 to production in 2019, the Liza Phase 1 development offshore Guyana is considered to be one of the fastest deepwater project ramp-ups in the industry’s history. London–based IHS Markit said in a report this month...
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Just how good is Guyana’s crude oil?

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Following ExxonMobil’s commercial discovery at the giant Liza field in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana in 2015, it was confirmed that the oil found is of ‘high quality’. The term “High Quality” is commonly used to refer to crude...
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US Treasury Department sanctions Rosneft Trading S.A. for supporting Maduro regime

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The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury on Tuesday announced the designation of Rosneft Trading S.A., the Swiss-incorporated, Russian-controlled oil brokerage firm for operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy. A...
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BP halts output at North Sea ETAP platform after power failure

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(Reuters) - BP halted production at its ETAP platform, which connects seven oil and gas fields in the British North Sea with the Forties Pipeline System and the CATS gas terminal, after a problem with its power generation system,...
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Over GY$45B expended on local suppliers since 2015 in S/America’s newest oil producing nation

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Since the world class Liza discovery in 2015, ExxonMobil has expended more than GY$45 billion on local suppliers in the South American country of Guyana. The company said Wednesday in an activity update that more than 700 Guyanese vendors...
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Guyana’s share of Liza crude to be traded at around minus $1.50/b versus Dated Brent

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Oil production at the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana will see the South American country cashing in on 5 million barrels of oil in 2020 plus 2 percent royalty on all crude produced at the Liza Phase 1 Development. “I am...
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Systems in place to ensure Guyana gets fair share of oil – Energy Director

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Officers from multiple state agencies in Guyana have been working closely with operators onboard the Liza Destiny FPSO to ensure all systems are monitored and output verified as oil production ramps up and the country prepares to export its...
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GranMorgu development to also tap Baja discovery – TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies announced on Friday that it will leverage its GranMorgu development to also tap the Baja discovery in Suriname's...

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