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Iran warns US against disrupting fuel shipments to Venezuela

(Al Jazeera) Iran's foreign minister on Sunday warned the United States against deploying its navy in the Caribbean to disrupt Iranian fuel shipments to Venezuela. According to an oil shipment analyst, five Iranian-flagged tankers loaded with tens of millions of...

Petrobras looks to China’s ‘teapots’ to keep oil exports flowing

(Reuters) - Brazil’s state-run Petrobras sees no need for cuts in oil production, executives say, as the market for its crude remains robust in China, while domestic demand for fuel picks up amid social distancing fatigue in Latin America’s...

Petrobras makes double oil strikes in Brazil’s pre-salt

Brazilian oil company Petrobras announced on Monday two oil strikes in the Santos and Campos Basins offshore the South American country. Petrobras said oil, which is of excellent quality, was found in the Southeast area of the Búzios in the...

Analysis: US oil and gas rig count falls 34 to 398 as Permian collapse extends

(Platts) The US oil and gas rig count fell 34 to a total of 398 in the week ended May 6, as Permian basin drilling activity continued to decline, rig data provider Enervus said Thursday. Oil rigs again led the...

T&T is not the best example for Guyana to follow – Caribbean Economist

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the oil industry should help Guyana, South America’s newest oil producer, to understand a most valuable lesson — avoid heavy dependence on oil alone and diversify the economy at all costs. This...

Apache spuds 3rd Suriname well as search for more crude intensifies

Apache Corporation and Total S.A have spudded their third well offshore the South American country of Suriname. The two companies each hold 50% interest in Block 58 where they have made 2 discoveries to date. In the second half of...

Full-blown crisis in Trinidad & Tobago’s petrochemical sector

There is now a full-blown crisis in Trinidad and Tobagio’s petrochemical sector, with four plants shut down in four months and word that more could be taken out of operation as the sector reels under low commodity prices and...

Chevron, Exxon curtail production as US shut-ins set to double

US production of 616,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) will be shut during May and 655,000 bpd during June as a result of the supply-demand imbalance that the Covid-19 pandemic has created, according to a Rystad Energy analysis...

Canada-based energy company inks deal to sell TT gas

Touchstone Exploration said on Monday after markets closed that it had inked a deal for the sale of natural gas and gas liquids produced from the Ortoire block in Trinidad and Tobago. The Canada-based oil and gas explorer said it had signed...

Venezuela crude output keeps sliding, fields shut due to fire damage

Venezuela’s oilfields produced 687,000 barrels of crude last Saturday, up from 653,000 barrels on Friday but below the 718,000 barrels per day (bpd) the country said it produced in March, according to documents seen by Reuters on Monday. The drop...

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WoodMac estimates 4.6 billion barrels discovered offshore Suriname 

Consultancy Group, Wood Mackenzie puts Suriname’s oil resource count at more than 2.4 billion barrels and its natural gas...