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Venezuela running out of fuel, PdV suspends supply

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(Argus) Venezuelan state-owned PdV has nearly exhausted its motor fuel stocks, forcing up to 80pc of the country's more than 2,700 service stations nationwide to suspend sales until further notice, according to four senior officials with the federation of...
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Petrobras-led group drills first well in Peroba subsalt area

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A consortium of Petrobras, BP Energy and CNPC has started drilling its first well in the offshore Brazil Peroba subsalt area, Petrobras said Friday. According to an S&P Global Platts report, the group acquired the area during Brazil's third subsalt...
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Trinidad set to offer 8 blocks in November bid round

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Trinidad and Tobago will put up 8 blocks in a new shallow water bid round set to take place in November. According a report in the Guardian, this was confirmed by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and...
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Petrobras fires up new Lula oil platform offshore Brazil

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(Hart Energy) State-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro, also known as Petrobras, said on Oct. 24 it had started production on its eighth platform in the offshore Lula Field, Brazil's most productive, as it ramps up output from the Santos...
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Brazil’s Petrobras receives $149M payment from SBM in leniency deal

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(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA has received an initial payment of 549 million reais ($148.92 million) from Dutch marine engineering group SBM Offshore as part of a 1.22 billion-real leniency deal, the Brazilian government said...
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Guyana could become ‘linchpin of stability’ for greater Caribbean Basin – ASP

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No one should pretend that just because Guyana found oil and will profit from its extraction that its history, divided politics, and geopolitical challenges are gone, says the American Security Project (ASP). On the other hand, no one should...
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Guyana looking to learn from experiences of Newfoundland and Labrador as MoU on O&G cooperation is inked

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The Government of Guyana and the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Monday at the Ministry of the Presidency, in the South American country’s capital, Georgetown. The MOU is intended to foster greater...
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$20 oil? Welcome to Canada, where crude prices haven’t recovered

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Western Canada Select slumped below $20 a barrel on Thursday, the lowest in more than two years, continuing a brutal streak of declines for the country’s main grade of crude, Bloomberg said in a report on Thursday. The drop has...
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‘Regulatory certainty’ key to O&G investments – ASEA Executive

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Mexico has installed perhaps the most comprehensive and complex energy rule changes in any nation, at any time, lifting strict state control over the oil and gas and electricity sectors, hoping for much more foreign investment. And, it is for...
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In South America ExxonMobil’s success makes Guyana-Suriname Basin second only to pre-salt Brazil – GlobalData

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Following the recent Hammerhead-1 discovery by ExxonMobil in the Stabroek block in Guyana, Adrian Lara, Senior Oil and Gas Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offered his view on the impact this could have on the upstream...
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Stena Drilling invests over US$85M in Guyana, employs 157 locals

Since 2016, Stena Drilling has contributed significantly to Guyana’s economy through local investments and job creation. Stena DrillMAX en route...

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