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Guyana Prime Minister pegs cost of Gas-to-Energy project at US$1.8 billion

Guyana’s Prime Minister, Mark Phillips has informed the country’s Parliament that the landmark Gas-to-Energy project will cost approximately US$1.8 billion. In providing a breakdown of the project costs, Phillips said the pipeline cost is US$1 billion, which includes the entire...

Saipem gets US$900 million contract for work offshore Norway, Brazil

Saipem said it has been awarded two offshore contracts for a total amount of approximately US$900 million. The first contract was awarded by TotalEnergies for work offshore Brazil on the LAPA Southwest (LAPA SW) Development Project, a deepwater oil field...

Liza field plan being revised to pave way for commercial gas production – Guyana Finance Minister

A review of the Liza Field Development Plan (FDP) and license is on Guyana’s agenda for 2023 to allow for the production of natural gas for commercial use in the country.  Its Senior Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh made...

T&T’s Energy Chamber mulls piping gas from Venezuela as production dwindles

Trinidad and Tobago’s Energy Chamber believes the State is well positioned to replenish its dwindling gas reserves by using a pipeline to channel resources from Venezuela. The Chamber recalled that it had submitted a six point plan to Trinidadian authorities...

Guyana’s largest shore base facility hits ISO 45001:2018 certification

Building on its ISO 9001:2015 certification, GYSBI – Guyana’s largest shore base recently announced that it is now ISO 45001:2018 certified. ISO 45001 is an international standard that specifies the requirements for a management system for occupational health and safety...

Sri Lanka to auction around 900 offshore oil blocks

Sri Lanka has joined the list of countries looking to garner as much investment as it can from offshore oil and gas resources. President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, recently finalised new regulations to allow for companies to sign an expression of...

Norway awards 47 new oil and gas exploration licences

Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has issued 47 new oil and gas exploration licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf to 25 companies. This move is regarded as critical to Europe’s energy security as Russia continues to hit much...

Touchstone Exploration in deal for exchange of onshore assets in T&T

Touchstone Exploration’s Trinidadian subsidiary, Primera Oil and Gas Limited has entered a new Asset Exchange deal with Lease Operators Limited to see the exchange of onshore Trinidad assets. Touchstone will be transferring the Fyzabad, San Francique and Barrackpore blocks –...

Bidders show favourable interest in Trinidad’s onshore, nearshore round

Bids were submitted for eight out of 11 of Trinidad and Tobago’s onshore and nearshore blocks, which were put up for auction in 2022. The Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries closed the auction on Monday, January 9 indicating that...

‘Gas-to-power’ seen as ‘most logical’ step for South America’s rising oil giant

With Guyana’s natural gas reserves pegged at around 16 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Trinidad and Tobago’s Energy Chamber, Dr. Dax Driver believes that converting it to electricity is the “most logical” avenue at this...

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Global upstream sector could generate $495B cash windfall this year, Wood Mackenzie says 

The global upstream oil and gas sector could generate a cash windfall of US$495 billion in 2026 if Brent...