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Guyana hits milestone with submission of 1st EITI report

Guyana’s first Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Annual Report has been successfully submitted to the International Secretariat on the submission deadline of April 25, 2019; a milestone in Guyana’s march to becoming a fully compliant member of the Norway-based...

Future oil discoveries at Stabroek could run into billions of barrels

Hess Corporation, a 30 percent stakeholder in the prolific Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, believes more mega oil deposits are still to be found in the 6.6 million-acre block. “Gross discovered recoverable resources on the block are estimated to be more...

Tullow confirms 3-well Guyana campaign

UK-based Tullow Oil on Thursday confirmed its three-well exploration programme in the South American country of Guyana where US oil major ExxonMobil has already found more than 5.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent in the adjacent block. Tullow plans to...

CNOOC releases operations report; Guyana tops company’s discoveries

CNOOC Limited (the “Company”, SEHK: 00883, NYSE: CEO, TSX: CNU) today announced its key operational statistics for the first quarter of 2019. The Company achieved a total net production of 120.1 million barrels of oil equivalent (“BOE”) for the first...

Brazil government publishes additional rules regarding massive oil auction

(Reuters) - Brazil’s government laid out on Wednesday some additional terms regarding a massive oil auction scheduled for later this year, in which it will sell off an oil-producing zone known as the transfer-of-rights area. In an official bulletin, the...

Hess reports net income of $32M as Guyana oil reserves soar

Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) today reported net income of $32 million, or $0.09 per common share, in the first quarter of 2019, compared to a net loss of $106 million, or $0.38 per common share, in the first quarter...

ExxonMobil looking to sanction 2 more developments in Guyana this year

As Guyana moves closer to producing its first barrel of oil from the Liza Phase 1 Development project, ExxonMobil is looking to make its Final Investment Decision on two more developments offshore the South American country this year. The company...

Exxon adds millions of acres to Namibia assets; exploration targeted for 2019

ExxonMobil said Wednesday it will increase its exploration acreage in Namibia with the addition of approximately 7 million net acres (28,000 square kilometers) following the signing of an agreement with the government of Namibia and the National Petroleum Corporation...

Occidental makes ‘superior proposal’ for Anadarko’s acquisition

Occidental Petroleum Corporation has made an offer to acquire American oil company Anadarko for $38 billion, bettering Chevron which offered $33 billion. Occidental said in a press release on April 24, 2019 that it delivered a letter to the Board...

Petrotrin rakes in 1.6 billion TT dollars operating profit in last year of service

Trinidad and Tobago State-owned oil company Petrotrin made an operating profit of TT$1.67 billion (US$250.28 million) during its last year in existence. According to a report published by CNC3, this was revealed in unaudited figures that the company’s successor, Trinidad Petroleum...

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Guyana oil fund got US$253 million in February

Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF) received US$253 million (GY$53 billion) in February from the sale of the country’s share...