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Saipem in ground-breaking agreement for deep-seabed mining

Fincantieri and Saipem have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the development of deep-seabed mining (DSM), i.e. the sustainable exploitation of deep-sea floors over 3,000 metres in depth. This agreement sets the ground for a strategic partnership...

Suriname’s Block 58 could hold 6.5 billion barrels of oil – Morgan Stanley

US multinational investment bank and financial services company Morgan Stanley says its modelling of Suriname’s Block 58 shows that it contains a potential 6.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent resources which can be developed across seven phases with first...

Oil tanker SKS SPEY will lift Guyana’s 3rd million-barrel oil cargo this weekend

Norwegian flag-carrier SKS SPEY will lift the third million-barrel oil cargo for Guyana this weekend. OilNOW understands the vessel is in a waiting area ahead of lifting the crude from the Liza Destiny FPSO. Guyana lifted its first million-barrel entitlement...

Drill campaign for Liza phase 2 development continues

ExxonMobil, operator at the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, is moving forward with its development drilling operations for phase 2 of the Liza project. The Noble Tom Madden and Bob Douglas are currently drilling development wells just over 100 nautical miles...

ExxonMobil rips up $30B growth plan

(Bloomberg) -- Exxon Mobil Corp. is ripping up its debt-fueled, $30 billion-a-year plan to rebuild an aging worldwide portfolio after cash flow evaporated and threatened the company’s vaunted dividend. The shift by the Western world’s premier oil explorer represents an...

UK oil company strikes exploration deal in Jamaica

UK-based United Oil & Gas PLC said on Monday it has received approval from the Jamaican Government to take forward the Walton Morant Licence, Jamaica, on a 100% operated basis. United has been assigned Tullow Jamaica Ltd's 80% equity in the Walton Morant...

Robust systems must be in place before touching oil money – President Ali

Newly elected President of Guyana, Dr. Irfaan Ali, says he will be looking to ensure that robust systems are in place for the management of oil revenue so that benefits to current and future generations are maximized even before...

Back from the brink – Guyana looks ahead to oil-rich future

Guyanese breathed a sigh of relief on Sunday when it became apparent that a five-month long ordeal that saw no end to the March 2 elections was finally ending. A meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) started just...

BP halves dividend after record loss, speeds up reinvention

(Reuters) – BP cut its dividend for the first time in a decade after a record $6.7 billion second quarter loss when the coronavirus crisis hammered fuel demand and it sought to win over investors by speeding up its...

Venezuela’s oil exports stagnant in July at below 400,000 bpd – data

(Reuters) - Venezuela exported about 388,100 barrels per day of crude and fuel in July, almost unchanged versus the previous month, as U.S. sanctions on PDVSA continued limiting sales, according to Refinitiv Eikon and internal data from the state-run...

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Yellowtail production could climb to 290,000 b/d pending government green light

ExxonMobil Guyana plans to boost production at its Yellowtail offshore oil project by roughly 10% as it conducts a...