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Brazil Faces Offshore Oil Dilemma

(4-Traders) In a few months, Brazil's federal government will start receiving crude oil from a huge field, known as Libra, off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. But the government has no tanker ships to unload oil from the...

Repsol among companies hosting live webcasts at Deutsche Bank’s Depositary investor conference

Deutsche Bank announced on Monday the lineup for its Depositary Receipts Virtual Investor Conference ("dbVIC") on November 15th and 16th, featuring live webcast presentations from international companies with American Depositary Receipt (ADR) programs in the US. Representatives from participating companies based in Germany, Japan, Norway, South...

Oil price hit a 28-month high

Oil price hit a 28-month high last week due to expectations on the OPEC/non-OPEC output-cut agreement and concerns about the political tensions in Saudi Arabia. Last week, Brent Crude future for January 2018 delivery rose to $64.65 a barrel, or the highest since June 2015, while...

US leads world in oil and gas production, IEA says

(BBC) International energy markets are set for "major upheaval" as the US cements its status as the world's largest oil and gas producer, while China overtakes it as the biggest oil consumer. The predictions come from the International Energy Agency's annual...

Trotman’s position on contract disclosure reflects will of President, Cabinet – MNR

Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) said on Tuesday the issue of contract disclosures continue to engage the attention of the country’s President and Cabinet, and government will move to publish the full details of all oil and gas...

Venezuela says debt refinancing underway, S&P calls selective default

(Reuters) Venezuela’s cash-strapped government said its plan to refinance some $60 billion in bonds was successfully underway after a creditors’ meeting in Caracas but a rating agency declared the nation in selective default over missed coupon payments. President Nicolas Maduro’s...

Reduced ministerial powers possible for Petroleum Commission

Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, says efforts are being made to address the concerns of several stakeholders that the Petroleum Commission of Guyana Bill in its current form, bestows too much authority in the subject minister. In a...

O&G manpower provider farms into offshore catering

Oil and gas manpower services provider El Dorado Offshore (EDO) is collaborating with the Carnegie School of Home Economics in Guyana, for the creation of a training programme in Offshore Catering and Hospitality. Sixteen candidates, between the ages of 19...

Exxon is drilling some extremely long shale oil wells

(Bloomberg) Exxon Mobil Corp. is drilling shale wells that stretch farther than the length of New York’s Central Park. The world’s biggest oil explorer by market value recently finished four wells in North Dakota’s Bakken region that extend sideways for...

Shell to sell stake in Woodside Petroleum for $2.7B

(Rigzone) Royal Dutch Shell plc has revealed that it will sell its entire stake in Woodside Petroleum Limited for $2.7 billion. Early on Monday, the company said its subsidiary, Shell Energy Holdings Australia Limited (SEHAL), had entered into an underwriting...

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Exxon gives back portion of Stabroek Block to Guyana government

ExxonMobil and its partners in Guyana have relinquished 2,534 square kilometers of the Stabroek offshore oil block to the...