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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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2016 Stabroek contract revisions followed dry hole at Skipjack

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When US oil major ExxonMobil first started exploration activities at the Liza field the odds of finding oil at the high-risk Guyana basin was less than 20 percent. The giant discovery in 2015 of 800 million to 1.4 billion...
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Risk and reward: less than 9 months to first oil

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With roughly less than nine months to go until first oil, there is great anticipation of the positive impact that oil revenues would potentially have on Guyana’s economic development. The 13 discoveries made by ExxonMobil thus far do not only...
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Guyana to raise gov’t royalties for future oil licenses

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(Reuters) - Guyana is preparing to raise the take of the government in future oil licences, the director of the South American country’s Department of Energy said on Wednesday. U.S. energy giant Exxon, French group Total and Britain’s Tullow Oil...
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TechnipFMC bags India subsea contract

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TechnipFMC (NYSE: FTI) (PARIS: FTI) has been awarded subsea contracts by Reliance Industries Limited for the MJ1 field located in deep water offshore India in the Krishna Godavari basin. The company says these contracts cover the fabrication and installation of...
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Over 1,000 Guyanese worked on projects leading up to 1st floating oil production complex

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Over 1,000 Guyanese have been working on projects that culminated with the commissioning of the 1st floating oil production complex on Saturday in Singapore. The vessel will soon set sail for the South American country where oil production is...
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Total commits to transparency of contracts at EITI Paris conference

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Patrick Pouyanne, CEO of French multinational oil corporation Total, gave a commitment to supporting transparency and openness of contracts in its operations around the world. Pouyanne was speaking on Thursday at the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Global Conference in...
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Liza Destiny ready to set sail for Guyana oil bonanza

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The Liza Destiny, the first oil production vessel to be placed in Guyana has been officially dedicated by the South American country’s First Lady, Madam Sandra Granger. In keeping with tradition and naming protocols, the dedication is performed by a...
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2019 EITI Standard launched with new requirements for contract transparency

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At the opening of the 8th Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Global Conference in Paris, outgoing Chair Fredrik Reinfeldt formally launched the 2019 EITI Standard. He said this is one of the most significant achievements of the outgoing EITI...
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Chevron looks for a way out from U.S.’s Venezuela oil sanctions

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(Bloomberg) Chevron Corp. is lobbying the U.S. for sanctions relief so it can continue doing business in oil-rich Venezuela where President Donald Trump has been pushing for regime change. Chevron executives have been telling local staff that the company expects...
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What you need to know about the U.S. military build-up in the Caribbean

What began on August 14, when Washington ordered air and naval forces into the southern Caribbean reportedly to combat...

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