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Kosmos encounters ‘stability issues’ at Anapai-1; to re-spud well

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The highly anticipated results from the Anapai-1 well in Block-45 offshore Suriname will be delayed by another 50 to 60 days after the Ensco DS12 drillship encountered shallow bore hole stability issues before reaching the target interval, Kosmos Energy...
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Shell boss urges T&T to “diversify economy rapidly”

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Shell’s country manager for Trinidad and Tobago, Derek Hudson, has said the Caribbean country’s offshore oil and gas exploration and production has “only scratched the surface” but the twin island republic must diversify its economy rapidly. Speaking at the Institute...
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Opponents slam Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s election victory as a sham

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(CNN) Socialist President Nicolas Maduro has won another six years in power in crisis-hit Venezuela, in an election that the political opposition and foreign powers have denounced as a sham. Many eligible voters boycotted Sunday's polling, bringing turnout to a lackluster 46%,...
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Guyana should fast track offshore licensing ahead of any ICJ moratorium

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An official familiar with the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy and the move to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a hearing and resolution of the matter believes that all efforts should be made by Guyana to green-light as much...
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No legal basis for challenge to Guyana/ExxonMobil PSA – Natural Resources Minister

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Guyana has no legal case to challenge the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) between its Government and ExxonMobil affiliate; Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) and partners—CNOOC-Nexen and Hess. This was the view expressed by Guyanese Minister of Natural Resources,...
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Maduro wins presidential vote election board says

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(Reuters) Venezuela's leftist leader Nicolas Maduro won a new six-year term on Sunday, but his main rivals disavowed the election alleging massive irregularities in a process critics decried as a farce propping up a dictatorship. Victory for the 55-year-old former...
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Venezuela vote turnout was 32% by 6pm

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Participation in Venezuela’s controversial presidential election on Sunday was at 32.3 percent by 6 p.m. as most polling stations began closing, according to an election board source. Turnout at Venezuela’s last presidential election in 2015 was 80 percent, but the...
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Venezuelans go the polls in an election widely seen as a foregone conclusion

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(BBC) After years of turmoil which at one point saw almost daily street protests, President Nicolas Maduro is looking to consolidate his power. The opposition, however, refuses to even take part. Who's going to win? Most analysts agree that President Maduro is...
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“Re-membering the Brink: Oil and a Whole Lotta Gas” opens May 26 in Guyana

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The Theatre Guild of Guyana is in its 70th year and will be reopening its doors on the occasion of the South American country’s Independence Day - May 26, with the grand premiere of its brand new production; Re-membering...
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Over 500 Guyanese gain employment through ExxonMobil operations

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Guyanese represent fifty-two percent of ExxonMobil’s local workforce while 227 Guyanese companies supplied its oil and gas operations in 2018. ExxonMobil's Senior Director, Public and Government Affairs, Kimberly Brasington, provided data to Guyana's Department of Public Information (DPI) which indicated...
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