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...
Trinidad and Tobago is looking to play a leading role in the Caribbean region as more governments look towards cleaner and renewable energy sources. The country is also adamant that it must develop its hydrocarbon resources with alacrity so...
(Reuters) Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA is turning to local partners as it seeks to plug the gap left by Western companies in the OPEC nation's oil sector, according to interviews with a half dozen industry sources, as U.S....
Political instability and economic turmoil in Venezuela have caused its economy and oil industry to collapse. The country’s highest-ever oil production occurred in 1998 at 3.5 million barrels per day (bpd), the same year that Hugo Chávez was elected...
