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First gas from TT Cascadura facility expected in June

Trinidad and Tobago’s National Gas Company (NGC) is expected to receive first gas from the Cascadura natural gas and associated liquids facility on or about June 30, 2023, Touchstone Exploration announced. “Touchstone remains on track to complete the Cascadura facility...

Dutch FPSO builder focusing efforts on Guyana, Brazil markets

Guyana and Brazil remain key to Dutch floater specialist, SBM Offshore. The company in its 2022 Annual Report outlined that it is taking a “disciplined and selective” approach to market opportunities, focusing on the main floating, production, storage and offloading...

Guyana: Waiting for ICJ Decision, but also Investing in Security; Part 1

By Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith – OilNOW This is the first of a two-part series on the ongoing territorial-judicial saga between Guyana and Venezuela. Here, we provide some recent developments on Guyana’s oil exploration and production landscape, which have increased the...

T&T targeting shallow water bid round launch this quarter

Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) will be launching a shallow water bid round, targeting over 23 blocks in its offshore acreage. MEEI featured a booth at Guyana’s International Energy Conference and Expo 2023 in Georgetown. The...

APA’s new flow test at Suriname well adds ‘substantial resources’ – Christmann

APA Corporation (Nasdaq: APA) on Wednesday announced the successful drilling and flow testing of the Sapakara South-2 (SPS-2) appraisal well, the second appraisal well to test the previously announced discovery. The well is located approximately 4.6 kilometers (3 miles)...

Energy diplomacy in Guyana and Caricom

By Dr. Riyad Insanally - OilNOW Introduction On January 24 last, the Kaieteur News (KN) reported that an erroneous map of Guyana was used by Rystad Energy, as part of a panel discussion at the recently held Trinidad and Tobago (T&T)...

US waiver to tap Venezuela gas field “a breath of fresh air” for Trini services sector – Ramps CEO

RAMPS Logistics’ Chief Executive Officer, Shaun Rampersad, said “a breath of fresh air” has been breathed into the Trinidad and Tobago services sector, now that the United States has granted a waiver of its sanctions regime to allow development...

Guyana and Suriname forge closer private sector ties

Guyana’s Private Sector Commission is establishing closer ties with its Surinamese counterpart for enhanced collaboration as both countries pursue oil and gas development.  The Guyana-Suriname Private Sector Business Council headed by Guyanese Paul Cheong was created in 2022 and on...

Petrobras adding more FPSOs despite rising costs

Petrobras has been saddled with increased costs for floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessels, triggered by supply chain disruptions. Yet, the Brazil-state-owned company, in pursuing an aggressive production ramp-up, has four new vessels for start-up this year; a total...

Rystad Energy says TT conference did not use finalised map

Norway based Rystad Energy said on Wednesday that a map used this week by the Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference showing a portion of Guyana’s Stabroek Block in Venezuela’s waters was part of an ‘unfinished draft presentation’, and not...

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What happens to the parts of Guyana’s offshore blocks that contractors give back?

When ExxonMobil drilled the Liza-1 well in 2015, it confirmed the first major offshore oil discovery in Guyana —...