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TechnipFMC secures FPSO design contract from BP

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BP has awarded TechnipFMC the engineering design contract for the Tortue/Ahmeyim fields floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. TechnipFMC is the same company that has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil Guyana for the engineering, manufacture and delivery of...
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Exxon Guyana acreage equivalent to 2,000 Gulf of Mexico blocks; nation prepping for windfall

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ExxonMobil’s position in the South American country of Guyana spans 11.5 million acres, inclusive of the 6.6 million acres Stabroek Block where more than 3.2 billion barrels of oil have already been found. The company says this is “equivalent to...
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Guyana gets US$20M from World Bank for O&G capacity building

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Guyana says it will use a US$20M loan approved by the World Bank for capacity building initiatives ahead of first oil in 2020.These include finalizing critical legislation and the establishment of critical units, such as a Petroleum Revenue Unit...
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Guyana says ExxonMobil signature bonus still intact, earning interest

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Guyana’s Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan says none of the US$18M—received as a signing bonus from US oil major ExxonMobil—has been spent, and the sum has in fact earned interest between July 2016 and now since it was placed...
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Japanese Master Plan focusing on technical advice not policy – Trotman

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An Oil and Gas Master Plan developed by the Mitsubishi and Chiyoda Corporations in collaboration with the Government of Japan provides a technical review of the use of petroleum and its by-products in Guyana and the South American country’s...
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Exxon targeting 2 billion barrels of oil in first 3 phases of development in Guyana

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US oil major ExxonMobil is targeting production of 2 billion oil equivalent barrels in Guyana over the first three phases of development in the 6.6 million acres Stabroek Block, beginning with Liza Phase 1 in 2020. In its recently released...
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New Zealand halts future oil & gas offshore exploration permits

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(Reuters) - New Zealand will not grant any new permits for offshore oil and gas exploration, Prime Minister Jacinda Ahern said on Thursday, taking the industry by surprise with a decision that it says will push investment overseas. The centre-left...
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BP, Petrobras in strategic business alliance

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BP and state-owned Brazilian oil company Petrobras have announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a strategic alliance to jointly explore potential business opportunities both in Brazil and beyond. Petrobras is globally recognized as the world’s...
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Exxon Papua New Guinea gas resource increase by 84 percent

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Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) said Wednesday that the size of the natural gas resource at the P’nyang field in Papua New Guinea has increased to 4.36 trillion cubic feet of gas, an 84 percent increase from a previous assessment completed...
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World Bank funding to help boost GRA technical capacity in O&G

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Priority is being given in Guyana to the full establishment of a unit that deals specifically with oil and gas within the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) – the South American country’s tax agency. Finance Minister Winston Jordan in an interview...
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