News

Oil to rise in 2nd half of 2018 – Wood Mackenzie

The OPEC and NOPEC agreement to keep current production restraints in place through 2018 will contribute to an oil price increase in the second half of next year, according to Wood Mackenzie. “The stakes were high for OPEC,” Ann-Louise Hittle, Wood Mackenzie...

MoF, MNR to form joint technical committee on oil

Following a recommendation by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Government of Guyana is in the process of establishing an Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee (IMTC) on Petroleum. This committee was deemed necessary for the coordination and collaboration between the two...

ExxonMobil courts Guyanese companies for support contracts

US oil major ExxonMobil has begun to up the ante in its push to sensitize the Guyanese business community of opportunities during its exploration and development phases in the coming decades and is in fact encouraging private companies from...

TechnipFMC-led consortium to expand Bahrain refinery

(Reuters) - State-run Bahrain Petroleum Co (Bapco) has awarded a consortium led by UK-based TechnipFMC a contract to expand Bahrain's only oil refinery, sources close to the matter told Reuters on Friday. TechnipFMC awarded Subsea Contract for Liza deep water...

President of Trinidad’s Petrotrin resigns amid “fake oil scandal”

The President of Trinidad and Tobagos’ state-owned oil company Petrotrin has resigned over a scandal involving discrepancies between reported oil production in the exploration and production operations in the Catshill Field operated by A&V Oil and Gas and the...

Oil prices slip on OPEC deal extension jitters

(Reuters) - Oil prices eased on Tuesday, weighed down by uncertainty over the outcome of an OPEC meeting this week at which an extension to its price-supporting oil output cuts will be discussed. Prices also briefly came under pressure after...

Saipem awarded US$400M ECP contract by Saudi Aramco

Saipem has been awarded a new E&C Offshore contract by Saudi Aramco for Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) activities in Saudi Arabia, under the Long Term Agreement renewed in 2015 until 2021. The contract’s main scope of work includes the engineering,...

Maersk, partners sanction $3.4B North Sea project

Maersk Oil said on Friday that the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC) has approved an investment of approximately 21bn DKK in the full redevelopment of the Tyra gas field. The announcement follows the Danish Parliament’s approval to implement legislation to...

Chapman elected ExxonMobil Senior VP; Verity appointed President of chemical company

Exxon Mobil Corporation’s (NYSE:XOM) board of directors has elected Neil Chapman to the position of senior vice president and member of the corporation’s management committee. As successor to Chapman, the board also appointed John Verity as president of ExxonMobil...

Contract disclosure: Exxon, Natural Resources weigh in

ExxonMobil Guyana said on Thursday it remains committed to transparency while the country’s Minister of Natural Resources signaled government’s intent to eventually release all contracts for oil exploration and production. The country’s Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, told reporters at...

Latest News

Guyanese businesses can benefit by joining Exxon’s virtual Feedback Session slated for Dec. 13

By Clement Smith - OilNOW Guyanese businesses interested in tapping into the oil and gas sector or already operating in...