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ExxonMobil support for Iwokrama science programme will hit almost 1 million USD this year

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The Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development (IIC) has been able to relaunch its Science Programme and forge ahead with its development following substantial support from ExxonMobil Guyana which has so far seen more than half of...
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Block 58 explorers look to Sapakara for continued success offshore Suriname

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Apache and Total, 50-50 partners in Suriname’s Block 58, said their next well – Sapakara West-1 - will test the same-aged upper Cretaceous intervals that brought them success at Maka Central-1, in a separate and distinct stratigraphic feature. Sapakara is...
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ExxonMobil looking to ramp up public engagements in 2020

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With exploration and production activities taking place 120 miles and more offshore Guyana, ExxonMobil, operator at the 6.6 million acres Stabroek Block, says it has been undertaking a number of engagements geared towards providing more information about its operations...
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Chevron’s Venezuela sanctions waiver extended to April: US Treasury

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(S&P Global)  The US Treasury Department has extended for three months a sanctions waiver to Chevron and four US oil services companies allowing them to continue work in Venezuela. Some within the Trump administration had pushed to allow the waiver...
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Cocktail, firework display usher in Guyana’s entry as oil producing nation

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Celebrations got underway in Guyana on Friday evening as the country’s government and US oil major ExxonMobil along with Stabroek Block co-venturers Hess and CNOOC held a cocktail reception at the Marriott Hotel to mark the historic milestone of...
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Guyana oil production could’ve started in 2024 – Liam Mallon

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Average industry performance would’ve seen Guyana becoming an oil producing nation until almost the middle of the decade if efforts to safely fast-track the Liza Phase 1 Development were not made by stakeholders. Speaking to a room filled with guests...
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Global exploration poised for upswing as operators flock to licensing rounds

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The past year showed a significant increase in licensing activity with a large number of lease rounds announced and the number of awarded licensing rounds rising for the third year in a row. The Mediterranean region was the hotspot,...
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Extreme cold in Western Canada disrupts oil production, refining

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(Reuters) - Canadian oil producers and refiners have cut processing rates this week as extreme cold weather grips Western Canada, traders familiar with the matter said on Friday. Cold weather has spread across western Canada this week. In Edmonton, the...
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Tanker to soon lift first one million barrels of oil from Stabroek Block

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The Yannis P – a Marshall Islands registered crude oil tanker will soon lift the first one million barrels of crude from the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. Production in Guyana commenced on December 20, 2019, less than five years after...
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Tullow Oil not likely to drill any Guyana wells this year

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UK-based Tullow Oil, reeling from disappointing results from its offshore campaigns in the South American country of Guyana, may not drill anymore wells there this year. The company said exploration write-offs of approximately $1.5 billion dollars include the Jethro, Joe...
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