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Trinidad & Tobago signs milestone gas supply contract with bpTT

The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) said on Friday that it signed a "milestone" gas supply contract with energy major, bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT), to ensure future domestic gas supply for the upcoming years. NGC’s...

Maersk Drilling awarded one-well extension for Suriname campaign

TotalEnergies E&P Suriname, Suriname Branch has exercised an option to add the drilling of one additional well in Block 58 offshore Suriname to the work scope of the drillship Maersk Valiant. The contract extension is expected to commence in January...

Petrobras looking for new floating production vessel for Campos Basin

Petrobras on Tuesday launched a tender for a new floating oil platform as it moves ahead with the Albacora field, located in the pre-salt Campos Basin. The Brazilian state-owned entity said that the unit will be chartered for 27 years...

T&T government, Shell discuss possible restructure of Atlantic LNG

A potential restructure of Trinidad and Tobago’s Atlantic LNG dawns as a team of top government officials led by the Prime Minister Keith Rowley recently engaged with Shell Global at its Hague headquarters to discuss future developmental plans for...

Quality of life for Trinidadians at risk if no new gas projects come online soon – Rowley

Trinidad and Tobago truly offers a lesson to Guyana on what not to do with its vast oil and gas revenues, as the twin-island Republic struggles to keep its economy afloat with the earnings being garnered each year. Its Prime...

Petrobras backtracks on sale of deepwater field

Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras decided to end the divestment process for a sale of its entire stake in a Brazilian deepwater field - Albacora concession - to PRIO, formerly PetroRio, as both parties have failed to come to an amicable...

Staatsolie eyes operatorship in Suriname’s shallow water blocks

Staatsolie – Suriname’s state oil company – has its eyes set on becoming an operator in that nation’s shallow water blocks, according to its strategic goals 2022 through 2026. In its updated 2021 year-end report, Staatsolie’s Vice President – Offshore,...

Venezuela’s latest move in its waiting game with Guyana, pt. 2

By Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith - OilNOW In Part 1, we discussed Guyana’s pursuits at the World Court, Venezuela’s legal manoeuvres that likely will lead to an extension of the waiting game, and the existential anxiety and geopolitical desperation being experienced...

Joe Douglas Jack Up returns to TT for bp’s new drill campaign

The Joe Douglas Jack Up rig has returned to Trinidad and Tobago for bp Trinidad and Tobago’s (bpTT) new round of drilling next month. According to bp, the drilling rig arrived in Trinidad on 30 August 2022 at Chaguaramas, headed to its Mango drilling site – situated...

Venezuela now projected to have 2nd highest growth this year, behind Guyana

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean’s (ECLAC) latest report lists Venezuela as the only other country behind Guyana with a high projected gross domestic product (GDP) rate for 2022. According to ECLAC, Venezuela is set to experience a...

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U.S. EXIM Bank President says US$526M loan to Guyana is ‘first of many deals to come’

A US$526 million loan to Guyana for its Gas-to-Energy project is the first of many deals to come, an...