More oil and gas development means more workers needed - 30,000 by 2024, according to Rystad Energy’s estimates, a significant increase from previous years. And this is just for South America’s operations and maintenance (O&M) workforce.  The Norway-based independent research...

In a significant development for Nigeria's oil industry, TotalEnergies, in collaboration with NNPC Limited, has made a momentous shallow water discovery at Ntokon in the Niger Delta. Gail Anderson, director of upstream research at Wood Mackenzie, hailed it as...

GO-NDE Inc., a joint venture partnership between Guyana Oil and Gas Support Services Inc. and Non Destructive Testers Guyana Inc., announced that it has successfully completed its International Rope Access Trade Association (IRATA) audit and has been granted probationary...

Noble Drilling, one of ExxonMobil’s prime contractors, has extended the deadline for firms to submit technical information for the provision of offshore catering, housekeeping, laundry, janitorial and pest control services. The deadline is now July 4.  Noble said the scope of...

Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources has announced the release of a draft Petroleum Activities Bill for public consultation, proposing a major overhaul of its oil and gas regulatory framework. The bill aims to replace the outdated Petroleum (Exploration and...

The energy transition talks came in hot but there appears to be a shift; majors are backpedaling on prior commitments to cut back on oil production.  bp was the first, and now Shell Corporation is moving in the same direction.  The...

Guyana's Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has disclosed plans to commence a public consultation process for the draft Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Act, which will be unveiled by next week. The move will give Guyanese an opportunity to share...

By Dr. Arlington Chesney - OilNOW In an April 2023 article by Terrence Blackman and Carolyn Walcott, “From Black Gold to Green Fields: The Promise of Guyana’s Oil Wealth in Supporting Agriculture”, the authors emphasized Guyana’s significant oil and as...

TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant contract by Woodside Energy to engineer, procure, construct, and install flexible pipes and umbilicals for the Julimar Phase 3 development, offshore Western Australia. The Company will tie back four subsea gas wells in the...

By Riyad Insanally - OilNOW In an April op-ed, Ivelaw Griffith provided us with an informative summary and analysis of the April 6th ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), dismissing Venezuela’s preliminary objections to the case brought by...