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Suriname state oil company Staatsolie has ended its Nearshore Drilling project which got underway in April, after encountering 6 dry holes off the country’s coast. While no commercial oil discovery was made, valuable data has been collected, Staatsolie said,...

Saipem has been awarded a contract by the French company EDF Renewables for the construction of the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) wind farm offshore Scotland. This is the first turn-key project awarded to Saipem in the offshore wind farm sector....

Guyanese-owned and operated online platform OilNOW has received its second award in three months in recognition of coverage being provided on the country’s emerging oil and gas industry and related business activities. The most recent award was handed over by...

(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...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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...