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Venezuela gov’t & opposition unite around claims over Guyana’s territory at Mexico talks

The Venezuelan government and its political opposition found limited areas of agreement during a second round of negotiations in Mexico aimed at achieving broad U.S. sanctions relief. But the two sides did reach consensus on a territorial claim with...

TechnipFMC says Brazil contracts ‘significant’

TechnipFMC and its joint venture (JV) partner DOF Subsea have been awarded significant long-term charter and services contracts by Petrobras for the pipelay support vessels Skandi Vitória and Skandi Niteroi. The Brazilian-built and flagged vessels are owned by DOFCON Navegação...

Maduro in major bid to attract more oil investments as top China producer pushes to revive output

(Bloomberg) China’s top oil producer is laying the groundwork to revive output in Venezuela as President Nicolas Maduro finalizes legislation to attract more international investment. Once a major investor in the OPEC nation, China National Petroleum Corp. is sending engineers and commercial...

PEMEX production could take a hit following platform fire, says Fitch

PEMEX's reported fires at its Ku-Maloob-Zaap (KMZ) production fields may slow the company's production growth rates, as this field is the company's largest production complex, according to Fitch Ratings. Fitch's current rating case assumes that the company's production levels will...

Brazil planning to expand Open Acreage program – could unlock smaller oil deposits

(S&P Global Platts) Brazil plans to expand the country's Open Acreage program to include exploration and production blocks inside the subsalt polygon that requires production sharing contracts in a move that could unlock development of smaller oil and natural...

Petrobras begins production at largest FPSO in Brazil

Petrobras began producing oil and natural gas on Monday from the FPSO Carioca the first definitive production system installed in the Sepia field, in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin. The Brazilian state oil company said this will be...

South America’s new deepwater players serious about partnership and prosperity

Following a four-day official visit to Guyana, President of Suriname, Chandrikapersad Santokhi is taking home news of new partnerships with Guyana after extensive meetings with President, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali and the Guyanese government. The two countries have decided to...

Investments and opportunities growing in South America’s new oil producing nation

With Guyana approaching its second year as an oil-producing nation, the small South American country, with a population of approximately 750,000 continues to see increasing benefits from its resource-rich Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), in which its vast oil fields...

Guyana, Suriname exploring unification of economic spaces – senior minister

The Presidents of Guyana and Suriname, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali and Chandrikapersad Santokhi, have discussed at length, ways in which the two countries can unify their economic spaces. So said senior minister in the Office of the President with responsibility...

TotalEnergies says decision on 1st Suriname offshore development by year end

TotalEnergies, operator of Suriname’s Block 58, says by the end of the year it will be able to determine if an announcement of the first commercial development offshore the South American country will be made. The French oil major along...

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IEA forecasts 2026 oil demand to average 1 million b/d below 2025

Global oil demand is recovering from its May low as refined product supplies rebound, but the International Energy Agency...