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US oil price under pressure as Guyana and T&T keep close watch on Brent futures

While the sale of crude from the Liza Field in Guyana and in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) has not shared the same fate as US oil, former Energy Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kevin Ramnarine, says the Caribbean...

Tullow sells stake in Uganda oil fields for $575 million

Tullow Oil announced on Thursday that Total has agreed to buy its entire stake in their joint onshore oil fields in Uganda for $575 million as part of its target to raise $1 billion this year to tackle its...

Tullow Oil appoints Rahul Dhir as CEO

Tullow Oil plc on Tuesday announced the appointment of Rahul Dhir as Chief Executive Officer and an Executive Director of the Group. Dhir will take up his appointment from July 1, 2020 and Dorothy Thompson, currently Executive Chair of...

Forbes: Don’t panic…it is not oil price Armageddon

For perspective, it is not oil price Armageddon. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) May-dated futures contracts, which expire on Tuesday, require futures buyers to take delivery of the oil that is in Cushing, Oklahoma, the largest crude oil storage hub...

Transocean drill ship Discoverer India suffers contract termination

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean is reporting that it has received a contract termination for its drill ship Discoverer India which has been operating in Egypt. This is according to Transocean’s latest Quarterly Fleet Status Report dated April 16, 2020. The...

Largest supply-demand imbalance in history pushing US storage to its limits

US crude oil stock builds hit a new weekly record in the week ending April 10 (week 15) as about 17.2 million barrels were sent into storage, Norway-based Rystad Energy estimates. It said this new record is forecast to...

Oil industry could be wiped out “on the other side of the pandemic” – US Energy Secretary warned

The United States Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette has noted that if oil producing countries did not agree to cuts in an attempt to rebalance a low price market and to counter the heavy impact of COVID-19, there may not...

More than half of 2020 licensing rounds set to be wiped out – Rystad Energy

More than half of the world’s planned licensing rounds are likely to be cancelled this year due to the combined effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing oil price war, a Rystad Energy impact analysis forecasts. New licensed...

Understanding the dynamics of the global oil market: OPEC and non-OPEC production

Crude oil is a major component of modern lifestyle. It has played an important role in many world events for over a hundred years. Wars have been fought over crude oil, and energy security is one of the major...

Guyana oil production in best position to weather global price storm

As disruptions in the global oil and gas industry intensify as a result of oil price shocks and the COVID-19 pandemic, companies have been forced to slow down or stop operations altogether. While the co-venturers at Guyana’s Stabroek Block...

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Payara still leads ExxonMobil’s record-breaking ramp-up offshore Guyana

ExxonMobil’s Payara project continues to hold the record for the fastest production ramp-up among all oil developments in Guyana’s...