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Rosneft hands Venezuelan oil business to Russian state firm

(AP) — Russia’s Rosneft oil company said Saturday that it’s halting operations in Venezuela and selling its assets there to a company fully owned by the Russian government, a move apparently intended to protect Russia’s largest oil producer from...

Staatsolie issues US$195 million international bond ahead of anticipated offshore oil boom

Suriname state oil company Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V. has issued a US$195 million bond in Suriname and Curaçao. This bond issuance, executed on March 23, is internationally listed on the Dutch Caribbean Securities Exchange (DCSX). De Surinaamsche Bank N.V....

COVID-19, political instability could restrict Guyana’s growth and stall oil investments

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says commodity exporters in South America will face all round lower export revenues as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic both from the drop in prices and reduction in export volumes, especially to China, Europe...

Suriname aiming to become offshore oil producer in 5 to 6 years

Suriname’s first major offshore oil discovery at the Maka Central-1 field in Block 58 could move to production in 5 to 6 years and expectations are high that multiple projects could come on stream within the same period. Reports indicate...

Brazil’s Petrobras reduces on-site workforce by 50% amid virus efforts

(S&P Global) Brazilian state-led oil company Petrobras slashed administrative staff by at least 50%, including at operations units such as refineries and production facilities, amid expanding efforts across Latin America's biggest country to limit social contact and avoid dissemination...

Venezuela to close pumps as gas runs short, viral outbreak grows

(Bloomberg) -- Venezuela’s government is shutting fuel stations nationwide to ration dwindling gasoline inventories as a quarantine designed to stop the coronavirus paralyzes the country, seven people said. Just a few dozen of Petroleos de Venezuela SA’s 1,800 gas stations...

Tullow writes off Jamaican oil exploration licence

(The Gleaner) Tullow oil Plc has fully written off its oil exploration licence for the Walton-Morant Basin offshore Jamaica, on which it has taken a US$36-million hit. The write-off relates to what the company indicated in its most recent earnings report...

ICJ hearings on Guyana-Venezuela border case postponed

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, has indicated that the oral proceedings scheduled to begin on March 23, 2020 concerning the Arbitral Award of October 3, 1899 (Guyana v. Venezuela) have...

Saudi-Russia oil price war could lead to global economic recession – John Hess

CEO of Hess Corporation John Hess said the fallout from the current oil price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia could lead to a worldwide economic recession and a reduction of US oil production in 2021. Hess was on March...

Sanctions-hit Venezuela offers big discounts as oil prices collapse

(Reuters) - Venezuela’s oil company PDVSA was last week offering discounts of up to $23 per barrel on its flagship crude, traders said, as a collapse in global oil prices puts more pressure on the state-run firm, already reeling...

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Suriname eyes data sharing with Guyana as Staatsolie advances open-door offshore policy

Staatsolie is engaging Guyana and other countries to share and access petroleum data as it works to better understand...