One Basin Three Nations (OBTN) has launched a new Regional Energy Training and Technology Center based in Suriname, created by joining forces with strategic internationally established industry partners such as MINTRA Group, Technology Catalogue and IN-VR. OBTN’s said its...
Chevron Exploration Suriname Limited and a consortium consisting of TotalEnergies and Qatar Petroleum have submitted the most favourable bids for shallow offshore blocks in Suriname’s recently concluded bid round.
State oil company Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V. said on Friday Chevron...
Countries across the Latin America and Caribbean region have been increasingly pursuing measures that would enhance the competitiveness of their oil and gas sector and speed up production. Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname and new oil producer Guyana are...
As transition strategies begin to take shape around the world, it is becoming more evident that natural gas has a key role to play in helping countries and organizations achieve ambitious targets. Making this fundamental point recently was Prime...
Despite criticism by some groups in Guyana that the country is moving too quickly with the development of its vast hydrocarbon resources, the government there as well as authorities in other Caribbean territories have recognised that the window to...
Consultancy group Rystad Energy estimates that the five offshore discoveries made so far in Suriname hold cumulative recoverable resources of around 1.9 billion barrels of oil equivalent and anticipates production to come on stream by the end of decade,...
Italian multinational oilfield services company Saipem in joint venture with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd (DSME) has been awarded a contract by Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) for the construction of the Floating Production Storage and Offloading...
Yinson has been selected by Total to perform preliminary Front-End Engineering Design (pre-FEED) for two FPSO projects; one to be installed in Block 58 in Suriname and the other at Block 20/21 in Angola.
“The Angola project will be installed...
On the first day of the Trinidad & Tobago Energy Conference 2021, Peter Inglefield, Chair of the Energy Chamber’s Task Force on Fiscal Reform outlined the need for changes to Trinidad & Tobago’s fiscal regime, if the industry is...
While it is crucial for local investors to position themselves to benefit from the opportunities that lie in Guyana’s booming oil sector, they should also take caution in not having tunnel vision. According to President Irfaan Ali, Guyanese investors...