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Africa, Americas lighting up deepwater exploration this year

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Drilling of high-impact oil and gas prospects in 2020 suffered at the hands of the global pandemic, but the overall results were nevertheless positive, a Rystad Energy analysis reveals. The success rate rose to 41% from 32% in 2019...
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Staatsolie boss wants Guyana, Suriname to build world-class shore base as oil discoveries grow

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Both Guyana and Suriname are without adequate shore base facilities to support the growing needs of oil companies that continue to ramp up exploration and production activities offshore the two countries. But this state of affairs could change quite...
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Rig count in Guyana-Suriname basin has doubled in 2 years

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By Hans Jacob Bassoe Bassoe Offshore In the span of just five years, ExxonMobil has had 18 successful discoveries in the Guyanese Stabroek Block alone and proven recoverable resources of more than 9 bboe.  And the operator does not plan on slowing...
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Argentina’s ‘dead cow’ producing tight oil at record levels, matching US well scores

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The oil production decline that the coronavirus pandemic brought to Argentina’s Vaca Muerta formation now seems like a distant memory, Norway based Rystad Energy said on Wednesday. The reserve’s oil output has not only rebounded to pre-pandemic levels but...
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Venezuela releases Guyanese fishing vessels, crew

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Venezuelan authorities have released the two Guyanese fishing vessels and 12 crew members that were detained almost two weeks ago by its navy. Guyana has maintained that the vessels were operating well within its waters at the time of...
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Venezuela bumps up January oil production by 100,000 b/d to surpass half-million b/d mark

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Average crude output by Venezuela's state-owned PDVSA and its foreign partners in January rose to 520,000 b/d, or 100,000 b/d more than December, according to daily production reports reviewed by S&P Global Platts. Also, the preliminary average of Venezuelan crude...
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Brazil sweetening pot for oil investors to offset competition from Guyana, Suriname

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Brazil is facing intense competition for oil investments from countries around the globe, including neighbors Guyana, Suriname and Uruguay, and policy makers in Latin America’s biggest economy are now hammering out a new regulatory and production-sharing framework to make...
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Petrobras makes new discovery in Brazil’s pre-salt

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Petrobras said on Friday it has identified the presence of hydrocarbon in a pioneer well in the CM-411 block, located in the Campos Basin pre-salt, in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Well 1-BRSA-1377-RJS, informally called Urissanê, is located approximately...
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Venezuela ramps up naval activity in Guyana’s maritime space

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Since issuing a new decree on January 7 in what Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, described as “a new maritime territory”, Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd, said there has been increased activity in Guyana’s maritime space by Venezuelan...
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Search for more oil in Suriname underway at Tullow-operated Block 47

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A new drill campaign is set to get underway by Tullow Oil offshore Suriname at the Goliathberg Voltzberg North-1 (GVN-1) prospect at Block 47, targeting over 230 million barrels of oil. According to Ratio Petroleum, a 20% stakeholder in the...
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