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ExxonMobil confirms award of contracts to SBM for Liza project in Guyana

ExxonMobil has formally confirmed the award of contracts to SBM Offshore for the next phase of the Liza project in Guyana. Under these contracts, SBM Offshore will construct, install, lease and operate a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Vessel...

McDermott awards major Trinidad & Tobago contract to PJ Valves

PJ Valves (PJV) and PJ Piping (PJP), the specialist manufacturers and suppliers of valves and piping components for the global energy industry, have been awarded a major contract by McDermott International Inc. to supply valves and piping elements for...

Hess to sell enhanced oil recovery assets in Permian Basin

Hess Corporation said on Monday it has entered into an agreement to sell its interests in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) assets in the Permian Basin to Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) for a total consideration of $600 million, effective...

ExxonMobil makes final investment decision for Liza phase-1 development

Exxon Mobil Corporation said Friday it has made a final investment decision to proceed with the first phase of development for the Liza field, one of the largest oil discoveries of the past decade, located offshore Guyana. The announcement comes...

How oil revenue will be used in Guyana remains unclear

With just 3 years remaining before Guyana produces first oil, the country’s government is yet to roll out a clear development plan outlining how projected revenues from oil production and royalties will be used. With weak infrastructure and deficiencies in...

Review uncovers multiple shortcomings in Guyana’s draft local content framework

A review of Guyana’s draft local content policy framework by members of the business community has identified several shortcomings which it believes put Guyanese business operators at a disadvantage. The review, done by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and...

Local content expert to work with Guyanese private sector

Business operators in Guyana eager to get involved in the country’s emerging oil and gas sector will soon benefit from the input of a local content specialist. OilNOW understands the Guyana government is hiring the expert based on the completion...

Ramnarine weighs-in on Chevron’s exit, questions value of Shell marketing LNG

Reports surfaced last week that US energy company, Chevron was winding down its operations in Trinidad and Tobago.  The company has entered an agreement to sell all its shares in Chevron Trinidad and Tobago Resources (CTTR) to Shell’s BG...

Chevron prepares to exit Trinidad & Tobago

Chevron has entered into an agreement to sell all of its shares in Chevron Trinidad and Tobago Resources (CTTR) to Shell’s BG, and all of its interest in Trinling, an LNG marketing and transportation company, to Shell’s BG Gas. According...

Guyana finalizing ExxonMobil production license; public disclosure on agreement likely

Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman said today that government is in the process of finalising ExxonMobil’s production license and will be “making some pronouncements in the next few weeks.” Mr. Trotman made the announcement to stakeholders at...

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Telesur and Orange expand subsea capacity to meet Suriname’s rising oil and gas demand

PARAMARIBO, SURINAME – Telecommunications provider Telesur and Orange Global Networks have entered a new ten-year agreement to expand Suriname’s...