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Tullow picks up 6 new licences offshore Peru; eyes drilling in 2019

Tullow today announced that it has agreed on terms to add six new licences covering 28,000 sq km, offshore Peru, South America, to its portfolio. “The Group has concluded negotiations with Perupetro and agreed to acquire a 100% stake in...

Stones FPSO designed for swift disconnection from approaching storms

(Offshore) The FPSO Turritella in the Gulf of Mexico is in the deepest-water setting of any floating production system to date, at around 2,900 m (9,500 ft). The location and the demanding operating environment – as evidenced by this season’s powerful...

TT’s economy to benefit from BP’s Juniper project in 2018 – Kevin Ramnarine

Former Minister of Energy in Trinidad and Tobago, Kevin Ramnarine, believes that during 2018 the country's economy will benefit from petroleum production by BP’s Juniper project; said to be the largest new project there in several years. BP has invested around...

Brazil’s oil production slips, oil exports up 25%

(Reuters) Brazil’s oil output fell 1.21% in November from October, regulator ANP said on Jan. 2, after state-run oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA (NYSE: PBR) carried out maintenance work at some production units. ANP said oil output was 2.595 million...

Petrobras to pay $2.95B in US settlement for ‘car wash’ corruption scandal

(Reuters) Brazil's state-controlled oil company, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, said Jan. 3 that it has agreed to pay $2.95 billion to settle a U.S. class action brought by investors who claim they lost money as a result of a corruption...

Trump administration proposes rollbacks to offshore oil drilling safety measures

(Market Watch) Regulators in the Trump administration are proposing to roll back safety measures put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a revision that would reduce the role of government in offshore oil production and return...

Brazil’s Temer relaxes stringent local content requirements

The Government of the Federation of Brazil has yielded to demands for higher minimum percentages as they edge closer to an industry-wide local content policy. Brazil in recent years has become known for its stringent local content requirements; some of...

Canada firm plans $200M coin/share offering for oil and gas

(Reuters) - Canadian oil financing firm Oleum Capital Inc plans to raise $200 million in mid-January through what it calls the world’s first offering of both shares and cryptocurrency tokens, a senior company executive told Reuters. The Calgary, Alberta-based company,...

New survey shows White House now considered most corrupt institution in America

The results of a survey released Tuesday by Transparency International show that compared to early 2016 more Americans now believe corruption is on the rise in the US and that the White House is the most corrupt of nine key...

St Lucia PM renews appeal for information on controversial Oil Exploration Agreement

(CARIBBEAN NEWS NOW) – Some four years after then leader of the opposition in Saint Lucia, Stephenson King, wrote to the governor general, Dame Pearlette Louisy, seeking clarification regarding an oil exploration licence purportedly granted to Colorado oilman Jack Grynberg...

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Guyana’s subsea buildout now nearing Gulf of Mexico scale, TechnipFMC says

HOUSTON, Texas — Guyana’s offshore oil sector is expanding at a pace that is beginning to rival subsea activity...