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Exxon to acquire interest in Brazil’s Carcara oil field from Statoil

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ExxonMobil announced Friday that it has completed an agreement to purchase half of Statoil’s interest in the BM-S-8 block offshore Brazil, which contains part of the pre-salt Carcara oil field. The Carcara field contains an estimated recoverable resource of 2...
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CNOOC’s Q3 revenues up 16.9 %

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CNOOC announced on October 25 that for the third quarter of 2017 unaudited oil and gas sales revenue for the company reached approximately RMB 35.94 billion, an increase of 16.9 percent over last year. The company reports that this...
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OPEC Secretary General optimistic of oil’s outlook

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OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, has signaled optimism that the international oil market is rebalancing itself at an accelerated pace and that there is finally light at the end of the dark tunnel for the first time in...
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ExxonMobil earnings rise 50% to $4B on solid business performance

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Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced its estimated third quarter 2017 earnings of $4 billion, or $0.93 per diluted share, compared with $2.7 billion a year earlier as commodity prices improved and performance in the upstream and downstream strengthened. In a...
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CNOOC Nexen and Guyana discuss collaboration, future plans

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The relationship between the Government of Guyana and China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) Nexen advanced further on Wednesday when a meeting was held between Raphael Trotman, Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources and representatives of the company in Guyana. CNOOC...
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Uncapping Guyana’s agro potential key to averting Dutch Disease – GMSA President

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Ensuring steps are taken to boost the competitiveness of key sectors outside of the oil and gas industry, such as agriculture, will play a key role if Guyana is to lessen the impact of, or avert altogether, the dreaded...
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Ramnarine urges speedy establishment of Petroleum Commission

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Trinidad and Tobago’s former Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs, Kevin Ramnarine, believes that the process for establishing the Petroleum Commission in Guyana should be hastened. He said the work of a Joint Select Committee in Guyana’s Parliament which is...
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Tullow fails to strike oil at Araku prospect in Suriname

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The Araku-1 exploration well in Suriname has been drilled to a total depth of 2,685 metres and penetrated the objectives of the Araku prospect. No significant reservoir quality rocks were encountered although logging and sampling proved the presence of...
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Brazil judge suspends pre-salt oil auctions set for Friday

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(Reuters) - A federal judge in the Brazilian state of Amazonas issued an injunction on Thursday ordering the suspension of the billion-dollar auctions of pre-salt oil and gas rights scheduled for Friday. The injunction was sought by the leftist Workers...
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TechnipFMC projects slow deepwater recovery in 2018

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(Chron) The world's largest offshore services company, TechnipFMC, reported that its revenues grew from the previous quarter, but the deepwater sector remains mired in a downturn. CEO Doug Pferdehirt said he sees the early signs of a recovery continuing into 2018...
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High-tech seismic campaign offshore Guyana to wrap up in December

ExxonMobil Guyana will complete its latest seismic data acquisition campaign in December, marking the end of a months-long effort...

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