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Oil recovers as China data offers hope for global demand

(Bloomberg) Oil recovered some lost ground in Asian trade on Monday after an upbeat Chinese economic report at the weekend offered grounds for optimism on the global demand outlook. Futures were up 1% in New York, after losing 5.1% on...

‘Job-creation, world-class education and health care’ among campaign promises of Guyana’s main opposition party as oil production set to get underway

With what is being described as the ‘mother of all elections’ on the horizon, the main opposition party in the soon-to-be newest oil producing country in South America – Guyana - has released an excerpt of its manifesto which...

Brazil, China, UAE firms in second round of bids for Petrobras refineries

(Reuters) - Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4.SA) has selected four groups for the second round of bidding for four refineries up for sale, including China’s Sinopec, Abu Dhabi’s state investor and two Brazilian firms, according to...

Adjustment in policies, enabling business environment for Guyanese necessary – fmr. Jamaican PM

As Guyana swiftly approaches first oil, which is expected next month, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson-Miller, is warning that certain adjustments need to be made as the South American country prepares for the anticipated windfall. She expressed these...

Guyana Shore Base is now a 24hr facility employing 94% locals

Majority Guyanese-owned port company – Guyana Shore Base Inc. (GYSBI) has moved from operating on a 12-hour basis employing just a handful of Guyanese to what is now a 24-hr facility with a 94% local workforce. Muneshwers Limited, Pacific Rim...

Brazil + OPEC forever? Hold off on those wedding invites says Rystad Energy

At an October forum in Saudi Arabia, Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro suggested that he would like to see Brazil join OPEC. If such a marriage were to come to fruition, OPEC would be the clear winner and Brazil the...

Noble Don Taylor sails into Stabroek Block

The drillship Noble Don Taylor has arrived offshore Guyana to begin a one-year contract for drill campaigns at the Stabroek Block, operated by US oil major ExxonMobil, with co-venturers Hess and China’s CNOOC. The Noble Don Taylor brings the total number...

Texas oil explorers say predictions of growth contradict dire reality

(Bloomberg) Texas wildcatters, after years eye-rolling at shale skeptics, are now saying global analysts are underestimating just how severe the industry’s slowdown is. What’s ticking folks off these days is how the International Energy Agency in Paris and the Energy...

TT gas shortage chipping away at country’s industrial base

Trinidad and Tobago's industries regulator is warning that a natural gas shortage is slowly chipping away at the country's industrial base. James Lee, executive director of the regulated industries commission, told Argus on the sidelines of a gas conference that the planned...

Former Jamaica PM set to speak at dinner hosted by business chamber in Guyana

  Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson-Miller, will deliver the keynote address at the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (GCCI) Annual Awards Presentation and Dinner on Thursday, November 28. The event, set to take place at the Guyana Marriott...

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Technip Energies highlights collaborative role in GranMorgu FPSO project

PARAMARIBO, SURINAME  - In an exclusive interview with OilNOW during the Suriname Energy, Oil & Gas Summit (SEOGS) 2025,...