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(BBC) The United States has expanded its controversial travel ban to include people from North Korea, Venezuela and Chad. The White House said the restrictions follow a review of information sharing by foreign governments. Donald Trump issued a presidential proclamation late...

Total announced Friday that its subsidiary, TOTAL E&P USA, INC., has entered into an agreement to capture 7 prospects operated by CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The agreement covers 16 blocks. The associated prospects are located...

ExxonMobil said today that its Baytown and Beaumont refineries have begun producing fuels at reduced rates and that crude oil and refined product pipelines in the Gulf and other regions of Texas have restarted as recovery continues from Hurricane Harvey. Offshore production...

Belize Energy Limited (Apbel) will not purchase any oil derived product within Petrocaribe’s framework. The company made this announcement on September 17, after alleging the escalation of issues from PDVSA due to a breach of contract. “We are indeed very...

The Caribbean-Central American Action (CCAA) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will be hosting a business summit in Guyana in collaboration with a number of stakeholders, slated for September 25 and 26. The event; The Transformational Economy: Perspectives and Opportunities...

World energy consumption is projected to increase by 28% between 2015 and 2040 according to the US Energy Information Administration. In figures published last week, EIA said coal demand will remain flat, and renewable energy will be the world’s...

Country Representative of Tullow Oil in Guyana, Joachim Vogt, says not much opportunity exist for local content in the exploration phase of offshore operations. Vogt was at the time responding to a question from OilNOW about the likelihood of Guyanese...

(Bloomberg) -- Oil traded near $50/bbl in New York, close to a three-month high, as a further reduction in U.S. drilling added to signs the global crude surplus is abating. WTI futures slipped 0.5% after advancing 5.1% last week. Rigs...

Royal Dutch Shell and Petrobras last week signed  in The Hague, Netherlands, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a long-term mutual collaboration in developing pre-salt fields in Brazil. Shell will benefit from technical solutions, contract management expertise and cost...

Paradigm will present the latest innovations in its extensive suite of geological and geophysical software solutions in at the SEG International Exposition and 87th Annual Meeting in Houston, to be held September 24-29.  Demonstrations will feature integrated workflows for seismic processing and imaging, interpretation,...