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“We do not want to send mix signals to contractors, operators” – EPA boss

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Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy must work closely to support the Government’s policy for the oil and gas sector. This is the view of the newly appointed Director of the EPA, Dr. Vincent Adams,...
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Guyana poised to be world’s largest oil producing country per person in 2020s

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Ahead of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Brunei and Norway, the South American nation of Guyana, with a projected output of 700,000 barrels per day among just 770,000 people, is set to be the world’s largest oil producing country per person...
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Exxon explores selling U.S. Gulf of Mexico assets

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(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp is exploring the sale of many of its U.S. Gulf of Mexico assets, as higher oil prices prompt the world's largest publicly listed oil company to review its portfolio, people familiar with the matter said...
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Oil company suing government over decision to stop issuing new exploration permits

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(RNZ) A New Zealand-owned oil and gas company that missed out on an oil exploration permit is suing the government for breach of procedure. Greymouth Gas Turangi missed out on a permit in last year's offer, and now wants its...
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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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Exxon’s 2017 Guyana oil discoveries place country among top 3 globally for that year

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Although 2017 was yet another record low year for discovered conventional oil volumes globally, Guyana was among the top three countries where recoverable resources were found. “We haven’t seen anything like this since the 1940s,” says Sonia Mladá Passos, Senior...
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Reducing revenue leakage among Energy Dept top priorities

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Among the top priorities for recently appointed Head of the Government’s Energy Department, Dr. Mark Bynoe is “reducing revenue leakage” or the unnoticed or unintended loss of revenue. Dr. Bynoe was appointed to lead the department which was set up...
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Deep-water feeding frenzy in South America as Brazil and Guyana lead enthusiasm

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Good reservoir quality and improved upstream terms have combined with cost declines and firmer oil prices to spark enthusiasm for deep offshore oil exploration in South America. According to a report in the Petroleum Economist, analysts say that while the...
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CNOOC considering selling US oil assets as Guyana discoveries redefine company’s perspective

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China’s CNOOC which owns a 25 percent interest in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana is considering selling parts of its U.S. oil assets in the Gulf of Mexico, Reuters reported a company spokesperson as saying on Thursday.  The spokesperson...
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World Bank funding to help expedite ExxonMobil cost recovery audit

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Guyana’s Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, had suggested that the Government should consider hiring external experts to audit the pre-production cost incurred by ExxonMobil in its operations offshore, particularly since the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is already overburdened with work. In...
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Moonilal appoints new boards for Trinidad’s state energy companies

Trinidad and Tobago's Energy Minister Roodal Moonilal on Monday issued letters of appointment to the new boards of directors...

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