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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...

Brazil subsalt production-sharing fields to pump 3.9 million b/d by 2031: management company

Output from oil fields in Brazil’s subsalt frontier covered by production-sharing agreements will surge over the next decade to 3.9 million b/d by 2031, surpassing the country’s current total output of about 2.9 million b/d, the head of government...

SBM Offshore and Constellation complete minority ownership transaction

SBM Offshore and Constellation Oil Services Holding S.A. said on Friday they have successfully completed the transaction regarding the sale to SBM Offshore of Constellation’s equity ownership in the lease and operating companies related to five Brazilian FPSOs. This follows...

Petrobras set to become world’s largest oil producer

Brazil’s Petrobras is on track to become the world’s largest oil producer among publicly listed companies by 2030, based on Rystad Energy’s latest data and forecasts. Brazil’s biggest-ever oil auctions in November were generally deemed to be disappointing, receiving muted interest...

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ExxonMobil hires Saipem for limited work on proposed Longtail project in Guyana

ExxonMobil Guyana has awarded a limited notice to proceed (LNTP) to Italy’s Saipem, related to its proposed Longtail project...