Merely 40 days after his appointment as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Brazilian state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), President Jair Bolsonaro has ordered that José Mauro Ferreira Coelho, the man he handpicked, be removed from the post. Coelho is expected to be replaced by...

If Guyana considers the establishment of a National Oil Company (NOC), Americas Market Intelligence (AMI) Analyst, Arthur Deakin, believes that partnering with Middle Eastern oil giant Saudi Aramco offers significant upside, although still presenting some notable risks. In his most...

Repsol, operator of the Kanuku Block offshore Guyana, is preparing to undertake drilling operations at the Beebei-1 prospect. OilNOW understands the well will be spudded around May 25. Repsol has a 37.5 stake in the Kanuku Block. The other partners...

Shareholders of the Australian Woodside Petroleum voted to move forward with a merger with the BHP’s Petroleum business, BHP said in a note. Woodside said 98.66% of the votes submitted favoured the merged. “All conditions precedent necessary to implement the Merger...

(S&P Global Platts) Details remained scant May 18 on a US policy shift that could chart a path for US companies to again invest in and operate Venezuelan oil projects as the Biden administration has reportedly begun to ease...

While the Guyana government has outlined a series of comprehensive reforms it intends to take over the next decade in its Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030, it has determined that it is also important to ensure international oil companies (IOC)...

Plagued with years of declining economic growth, Trinidad and Tobago is facing challenging times. For failing to sufficiently diversify its economy in the hundred plus years since it started producing oil, Trinidad is dependent on gas production to keep...

Italian multinational oilfield services company, Saipem, recently launched its new sustainable technology for subsea pipelaying, touted as one that considerably reduces environmental impacts on the seabed. The “Underwater Cold Bending” technology was unveiled during the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, the leading international events in the offshore energy...

As the global energy transition kicks off, the recently accredited Norwegian Ambassador to Guyana, Odd Magne Ruud, has shared that his home country is willing and able to contribute to an increased renewable energy mix in the South American...

IHS Markit, an industry-leading information services provider that merged this year with S&P Global, believes petroleum exploration success in Guyana has taken on a new dimension, particularly with the recent hydrocarbon discovery at the Kawa-1 well in the offshore...