Regional

Paramaribo, Suriname – Suriname’s recent oil finds in Block 58 put the South American nation’s recoverable resource count at over five billion oil-equivalent barrels. But that number is merely a tiny fraction of what is believed to be held...

Minister of Natural Resources for Suriname, David Abiamofo, said the nation is extremely proud of its track record in honouring contracts, including production sharing contracts. He made the comment during an interview with energy analyst from Americas Market Intelligence Arthur...

One day after it held a media conference demanding answers, Ramps was told by the Guyana Local Content Secretariat that the onus is on it, as an applicant, to submit documents that are not false or misleading. Ramps had applied...

Paramaribo, Suriname - A brand-new chapter dawns for Suriname, quickly becoming one of the hottest new oil exploration destinations on the globe. And its President, Chandrikapersad Santokhi has opened the floodgates, inviting investors from all and sundry to help develop...

Shortly after snatching up two major deepwater blocks offshore Brazil, Norway-based BW Energy inked a deal with Saipem to acquire the Cidade de Vitoria oil vessel to develop the Golfinho cluster. According to BW, the deal amounts to US$73 million;...

Suriname’s state oil company, Staatsolie is set to auction off several deepwater blocks this year with another bid round reportedly planned for the shallow blocks by mid-2023. “We are very excited about the prospects of releasing further offshore acreage,” Annand Jagesar,...

Norway’s BW Energy has reached an agreement with Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras to acquire two of its major deepwater clusters – Golfinho and Camarupim – in a deal costing up to US$75 million. The sale is part of Petrobras' strategy to divest assets and focus...

After being fined GY$20 million for breaching customs law earlier this year, Ramps Logistics had threatened the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) with a lawsuit if it did not return the fine. The letter dated March 4, 2022, from its attorney-at-law,...

Uruguay announced on Thursday that it awarded three of six oil blocks on its continental shelf, through its state energy company, National Administration of Fuels, Alcohols and Portland (ANCAP). ANCAP said the winning bids for the blocks are Block OFF-2: Shell, which...

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) says disapproves "rent-a-citizen" and "fronting" tactics potentially being used by companies operating in Guyana's oil and gas sector, because such tactics run counter to the spirit of Guyana's local content legislation.  In...