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Saudi Arabia signs deals worth $50 billion in oil, gas and infrastructure

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia signed deals worth more than $50 billion in oil, gas, infrastructure and other sectors at an investment conference in Riyadh on Tuesday, officials there said. Details were announced at the Future Investment Initiative, held in Riyadh...

Brazil’s Petrobras receives $149M payment from SBM in leniency deal

(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA has received an initial payment of 549 million reais ($148.92 million) from Dutch marine engineering group SBM Offshore as part of a 1.22 billion-real leniency deal, the Brazilian government said...

TechnipFMC awarded subsea contract for ExxonMobil Liza Phase 2 Project; commits to boosting local content

TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI) (Paris:FTI) (ISIN:GB00BDSFG982) has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd. for the engineering of the subsea system for the proposed Liza Phase 2 project. Following engineering and subject to requisite government approvals,...

Hammerhead appraisal could signal good tidings for Eco Atlantic

“I think everyone hopes to be the next Cove, but the only one that really offers something like that is the Guyana blocks,” said Ashley Kelty, a Cantor analyst. “That’s the closest to Mozambique that we’ve had for a...

Saudi Arabia has no plans to repeat 1973 oil crisis

(Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia has no intention of using its oil wealth as a political tool in the controversy over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and the kingdom plans to boost crude output again soon. "For decades we used...

Halliburton international sales rise

(Reuters) Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co.’s (NYSE: HAL) third-quarter profit edged past analysts’ estimates on Oct. 22, helped by its international business, even as pipeline bottlenecks in North America led to fewer well completions. Halliburton, the largest provider of hydraulic fracturing...

Guyana could become ‘linchpin of stability’ for greater Caribbean Basin – ASP

No one should pretend that just because Guyana found oil and will profit from its extraction that its history, divided politics, and geopolitical challenges are gone, says the American Security Project (ASP). On the other hand, no one should...

Minister fears small businesses have not grasped magnitude of coming oil bonanza

Guyana's Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, said businesses that understand where the country is going over the next two decades will make better decisions than those that do not. He was at the time delivering remarks at the opening of...

Saipem, Petrofac and Samsung awarded US$4B onshore E&C contract in Thailand

Saipem, in consortium with Petrofac and Samsung, has been awarded a new Onshore E&C contract in Thailand for the expansion of the Sriracha refinery. The total value of the project is approximately 4 billion USD. In a press release on...

ExxonMobil in hunt for ‘next Guyana’

US oil major ExxonMobil is acquiring large amounts of seismic data in a hunt for prospects that would mirror its massive oil discoveries in the South American country of Guyana. The company is targeting western and southern Africa for the...

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Dragon gas deal safe, says TT as US sanctions return on Venezuela

Trinidad and Tobago has made it clear that the Dragon Gas deal with Venezuela remains unaffected by the reinstated...