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SBM Offshore firms up contract with Petrobras for FPSO Sepetiba

SBM Offshore said on Wednesday it has signed contracts with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for the 22.5 years lease and operation of FPSO Sepetiba (formerly known as Mero 2). These contracts follow the signing of the binding Letter of...

America blows past the world in oil and natural gas

(AXIOS) America is poised to produce far more oil and natural gas over the next five years than any other country in the world, according to a new report. Why it matters: It shows how America, already the world’s largest...

Data from dry holes ‘sharpen chances of success’ in future exploration – Staatsolie

Despite encountering 6 dry holes in its Nearshore Drilling Project (NSD), Suriname state oil company Staatsolie says the campaign allowed for valuable data to be collected which could play a key role in ultimately hitting pay offshore the Dutch-speaking...

Brazil will drill massive oil find despite climate concerns: minister

(Reuters) - Brazil will push to expand oil drilling in its massive “pre-salt” oil and gas area off its coast in spite of growing global concerns about climate change, the country’s energy minister told Reuters on Monday. Brazil’s Mines and...

Mexico’s Pemex announces giant oil discovery

Mexican state-owned petroleum company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) announced on Friday the discovery of the Sen field in Nacajuca, Tabasco, with 536 million barrels of oil equivalent. General Director of Pemex, Octavio Romero Oropeza, informed Mexican President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador that three other...

Oil companies swap stakes in Mexico as government holds off on auctions

(Reuters) - With Mexico’s government insisting that energy companies increase oil and gas output before it auctions off more of the country’s vast reserves or offers more partnerships with state-run Pemex, firms ranging from foreign majors to local players...

Adjustment in policies, enabling business environment for Guyanese necessary – fmr. Jamaican PM

As Guyana swiftly approaches first oil, which is expected next month, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson-Miller, is warning that certain adjustments need to be made as the South American country prepares for the anticipated windfall. She expressed these...

Brazil + OPEC forever? Hold off on those wedding invites says Rystad Energy

At an October forum in Saudi Arabia, Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro suggested that he would like to see Brazil join OPEC. If such a marriage were to come to fruition, OPEC would be the clear winner and Brazil the...

TT gas shortage chipping away at country’s industrial base

Trinidad and Tobago's industries regulator is warning that a natural gas shortage is slowly chipping away at the country's industrial base. James Lee, executive director of the regulated industries commission, told Argus on the sidelines of a gas conference that the planned...

Former Jamaica PM set to speak at dinner hosted by business chamber in Guyana

  Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson-Miller, will deliver the keynote address at the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (GCCI) Annual Awards Presentation and Dinner on Thursday, November 28. The event, set to take place at the Guyana Marriott...

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Seatrium gets job to integrate topsides for MODEC’s Errea Wittu FPSO

Seatrium Limited said it got a job to integrate the topsides for the Errea Wittu floating production, storage and...