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One oil major walked away, 20 companies said no to Guyana exploration

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The financial risk was high and the prospects of finding oil off the Guyana coast was low in the lead-up to the 2015 drill campaign that saw the largest discovery for that year being made at the Liza field....
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Orinduik explorers targeting 220 million barrels of oil at Jethro-Lobe

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Explorers in the 1800km2 Orinduik Block, situated in shallow water (70 – 1,400m), 170 km offshore Guyana, are targeting around 220 million barrels of oil at the first wildcat well currently being drilled – Jethro-Lobe. Orinduik is located adjacent to...
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SBM signs letter of intent to lease and operate FPSO Mero 2 in Brazil

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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...
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Two years on: Exxon business centre on a mission to make access to training easier

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The Centre for Local Business Development (CLBD), which was established back in July 2017 to help build the capacity of Guyanese businesses to better position themselves for the oil and gas industry, is on a mission to make training...
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Caracas threatens to seize Chevron oil assets

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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...
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Discoveries up 35% – Guyana oil strikes propelling uptick

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Global discoveries of conventional oil and gas continue to show promising growth, with new finds totaling 6.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in the first half of 2019, according to the mid-year assessment of upstream data by Rystad...
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No signing bonus, free seismic data for companies in Dominican Republic’s first ever licensing round

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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...
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Oil Workers Evacuate GOM Rigs as Storm Strengthens

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(Bloomberg) -- Oil and natural gas producers in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico began evacuating workers and shutting in output as a storm gathers strength off the coast of Florida. The system sitting 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Apalachicola,...
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More than 15 drill targets identified at Orinduik

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More than 15 drill targets have been identified at the Orinduik block offshore Guyana and co-venturers Tullow, Total and Eco Atlantic are fully funded to drill at least 8, having just a few days ago spudded the first of...
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Mexico moratorium on oil auctions giving rival Brazil an edge

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(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...
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Petrobras discovers hydrocarbons in Santos Basin’s Aram Block offshore Brazil 

Petrobras has identified hydrocarbons in the pre-salt Santos Basin at an exploratory well in the Aram block. The discovery...

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