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Suriname bid round closes with interest shown in less than 50% of blocks offered

Suriname’s Shallow Offshore Bid Round closed on April 30 with international oil companies showing interest in just 3 of the 8 oil blocks that were on offer. According to state oil company Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V., a total of 10...

Guyanese recruitment firm expands services to Suriname as deepwater operations grow

Guyanese firm Strategic Recruitment Solutions Inc. (SRS) has expanded its professional network and services to Suriname. Effective May 4, 2021, SRS launched a partnership with the Suriname based Humus Consulting. The Joint Venture, Strategic Recruitment Suriname N.V., will provide...

Venezuela oil production on course to be surpassed by South America’s ‘new kid on the block’

Even with its vast oil reserves of over 300 billion barrels, Venezuela’s output is now on course to be surpassed by new producer Guyana where oil fields are moving to development at a robust pace as the government looks...

Brazil’s Petrobras inviting bids for one of the largest FPSOs in the world

Petrobras said on Friday that it started the bidding process for the acquisition of a new FPSO for the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. Named P-80, the platform will be the ninth unit to operate in the field,...

Suriname official encourages collaboration in oil spill prevention and response

As oil and gas operations offshore Guyana and Suriname intensify in the Guyana-Suriname Basin, the importance of collaboration between the two countries in preventing and responding to oil spills has been emphasised by Suriname’s Minister of Natural Resources, David...

Talks on ‘Arco Norte’ energy corridor to advance later this year – President Ali

The Governments of Guyana, Northern Brazil, Suriname, and French Guiana are due for a meeting later this year on the planned regional energy corridor. Guyana’s President, Dr. Irfaan Ali made the disclosure during a press conference on Wednesday. The planned...

Brazil oil production falls 6% in first quarter

(Reuters) - Oil production in Brazil fell 6% in the first quarter from a year earlier, according to National Petroleum Agency (ANP) figures seen by Reuters on Monday, led by a drop in output from state-run oil giant Petrobras. Brazil...

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

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,...

Suriname had largest farm-out discovery in 2020, emerging plays carrying premium – Westwood

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...

U.S. judge says Exxon lawsuit demanding millions lost in Cuba can proceed

(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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“We don’t have to wait on production” – Anne Wijdh calls on TotalEnergies, ADEK to advance energy PhD programs in Suriname

Local content specialist Anne Rita Wijdh is urging major offshore operators in Suriname to begin investing in advanced academic...