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First gas expected from BP Trinidad’s Cassia project in 2021

BP Trinidad and Tobago’s (BPTT) Cassia Compression project is on track with first gas expected in 3Q 2021. The Cassia Compression project will enable BPTT to access and produce low pressure gas reserves from currently producing fields in the...

US allows Chevron to remain in Venezuela

(Argus) The US will extend by three months Chevron's exemption from sanctions targeting Venezuela's oil sector. Chevron and oil field service providers Halliburton, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes and Weatherford will have until 27 October to wind down business in Venezuela, the...

Tullow aiming to drill Suriname wildcat in 2020

UK-based Tullow Oil and its joint venture partners are gunning for a drill campaign at a Suriname wildcat in 2020. The company said this week that is has interests in three blocks in Suriname; Blocks 54, 62 and 47. “Following...

Massive discovered resource opportunities on offer in Brazil 2019 pre-salt bid rounds

The forthcoming three-round licensing bonanza of Brazil’s pre-salt acreage includes four massive discovered resource opportunities (DROs) sandwiched between two high-profile exploration rounds.  Timing for this round is set for November 6, 2019, industry analyst Wood Mackenzie said in a...

China will determine the future of Venezuela

(Al Jazeera) On January 23, when US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president of Venezuela, he thought deposing President Nicolas Maduro from power would be easy. He had a simple, three-thronged plan: declare Maduro's presidency illegitimate by exposing...

SBM signs letter of intent to lease and operate FPSO Mero 2 in Brazil

SBM Offshore has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) together with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for a 22.5 years lease and operate of FPSO Mero 2, to be deployed at the Mero field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil, 180...

Caracas threatens to seize Chevron oil assets

Venezuela is threatening to nationalize Chevron's oil assets if Washington declines to extend a sanctions waiver that expires on 27 July, reports independent media organization, Argus. The waiver issued as a general license by the US Treasury Department on 28 January allowed...

No signing bonus, free seismic data for companies in Dominican Republic’s first ever licensing round

With no signing bonus and seismic exploration data being made available to companies for free, the Dominican Republic is offering low-risk contract terms in an effort to attract big investment in its nascent oil and gas industry. The licensing round...

Mexico moratorium on oil auctions giving rival Brazil an edge

(Bloomberg) -- Mexico’s moratorium on auctioning off its oil riches to foreign producers is giving a leg up to nearby rivals Brazil and Guyana. Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has halted new bid rounds, and state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos has...

Malaria surges back in crisis-hit Venezuela

El Tucuco (Venezuela) (AFP) - The sweltering heat of the Venezuelan forest makes no difference to Jose Gregorio, who trembles with a cold chill. "I have pain everywhere, fever," he stammers. Gregorio has the classic symptoms of malaria, a disease...

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An inside look at the complex nature of moving a drillship 

Relocating a drillship requires careful planning and execution, according to Richard Wells, International Logistics Manager at Stena Drilling, who...