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Bahamas Petroleum looking to ramp up production in T&T, Suriname

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Bahamas Petroleum Company plc said Friday it will be embarking on a comprehensive program of activities that will see an increase in production and cashflow from operations in Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname. In a Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting and Circular,...
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Suriname had largest farm-out discovery in 2020, emerging plays carrying premium – Westwood

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The deal flow in the farm-out market was at an all-time low in 2020 although the success rates from wells drilled were at a 5-year high. This is according to Westwood Global Energy Group who said in a new...
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U.S. judge says Exxon lawsuit demanding millions lost in Cuba can proceed

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(Bloomberg) Exxon Mobil Corporation can move forward with a U.S. lawsuit seeking $280 million from two Cuban companies as compensation for a refinery and other assets seized from the oil giant after Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution, a judge in Washington...
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Maersk Drilling bags four-well contract for Brazil campaign

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Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract with Karoon Energy Ltd for the semi-submersible rig Mærsk Developer to perform well intervention on four wells at the Baúna field offshore Brazil. The contract is expected to commence in the first...
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Venezuela oil field shuts down for maintenance, over 300 wells targeted

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Venezuela's state-owned PDVSA has started a maintenance shutdown of its Petropiar oil field located in the Ayacucho block in the Orinoco Belt, according to a technical report reviewed by S&P Global Platts. "It's being stopped in a programmed manner: 338...
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Major expansion works at Guyana Shore Base set to pull more projects from T&T

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Just under six years since its first oil discovery and around 16 months since production began, shore base capabilities in Guyana to service the offshore operations are rapidly growing resulting in an increasing number of projects being moved from...
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Venezuela would have to think many times before blocking use of Stabroek block resources – Advisor

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The emergence of the oil industry has unequivocally refashioned Guyana's geopolitical importance. But every rise to stardom in the petroleum world will bring its fair share of challenges. In Guyana's case, the issue of great concern remains Venezuela. The...
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Petrobras to bag whopping $6.5 billion for investments in Brazil oil fields

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(S&P Global Platts) Brazilian state-led oil company Petrobras will be reimbursed around $6.5 billion for investments it made to develop the Atapu and Sepia subsalt fields in the transfer-of-rights area in an agreement to clarify terms ahead of a...
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Touchstone confirms ‘liquids rich’ natural gas discovery in Trinidad and Tobago

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Canada-based oil and gas company Touchstone Exploration Inc. said on Monday the completion of flowback testing of the Cascadura Deep-1 well in Trinidad and Tobago confirms a liquids rich natural gas discovery. Touchstone has an 80 percent operating working...
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Stakes are high for Guyana and Venezuela in long-standing border controversy

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By Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith - OilNOW In the first article in this four-part series, I focused on Venezuela’s recent saber-rattling moves. In this 2nd part I turn attention now to stakes involved for the two South American nations. The spotlight on...
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Six FPSOs targeting over five billion barrels of oil at Stabroek Block – Hess

Hess Corporation has revealed that nearly half of the Stabroek Block’s massive 11.6-billion-barrel reserve will be tapped with six...

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