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Mexico gov’t may be looking to halt open bidding for oil blocks – Reuters

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The incoming government of Mexico may be considering suspending auctions for oil and gas projects in favour of direct negotiations Reuters reported on Wednesday. Mexico’s state-owned petroleum company Pemex could be given the authority to pick its own joint-venture partners...
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Rigzone: Report envisions 30,000 new offshore Brazil jobs

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Wood Mackenzie contends that Brazil's mature Campos basin oil fields could produce an extra 230,000 boepd with the right investment, reports Rigzone. Spending $8 billion to redevelop the mature oil fields in Brazil’s Campos basin rather than incurring that amount in decommissioning...
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Amendments to Companies Act needed to ensure those benefiting from O&G are ‘local’ – GCCI President

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Amendments may have to be made to sections of Guyana’s Companies Act to ensure that businesses registered to operate in the South American country have put adequate measures in place to be considered ‘local’, and in so doing, benefit...
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Kamla Persad-Bissessar calls for pragmatic approach to Petrotrin’s restructuring

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Trinidad and Tobago’s Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar has urged the country’s Government to take a cautious and pragmatic approach to the restructuring of state-owned petroleum company Petrotrin. On Monday, it was announced that Petrotrin would be shutting down...
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Guyana Government appoints Matthew Wilks as O&G Advisor

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The Government of Guyana has confirmed the appointment of Matthew Wilks to the post of Oil and Gas Advisor in the newly created Department of Energy which operates under the aegis of the Ministry of the Presidency. A press release...
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2,600 workers to be impacted as Petrotrin shuts down operations

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The closure of Trinidad and Tobago’s Petrotrin refinery was confirmed on Tuesday, August 28, following a meeting between the Board of Directors, union representatives and the company’s management. The Pointe-a-Pierre refinery’s operations will end entirely and Petrotrin will move to...
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TechnipFMC records highest order intake since merger

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TechnipFMC, the subsea contractor for the Liza Phase 1 development project in Guyana, recorded its third consecutive quarter of order growth in Q2 2018 as well as the highest order intake to date since the merger that saw FMC...
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Trinidad refinery to close report indicates

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Trinidad and Tobago’s State oil company Petrotrin’s Pointe-a-Pierre refinery is said to be on the verge of shutting down operations. The Trinidad Express reported on Monday night that the twin-island republic’s government has decided to shut down the refinery due...
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Trinidad’s move to enter ‘gas deal’ with Venezuela detrimental to Guyana – Robert Persaud

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Former Guyanese Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud has accused Trinidad and Tobago of “once again acting in its own narrow economic interest" in partnering with Venezuela on a gas deal over the weekend. In a Facebook...
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Petrotrin could bankrupt TT – Franklin Khan

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Trinidad and Tobago’s Energy Minister Franklin Khan has warned that state oil company Petrotrin’s current financial state of affairs could bankrupt the Caribbean oil producing nation. News outlets reported that Khan was speaking at a press conference on Sunday when...
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