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Local content policies in oil-producing countries: a comparative look with focus on Suriname

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Local content policies are increasingly used by oil-producing nations to ensure that petroleum extraction generates long-term economic benefits for local populations. These policies typically require international oil companies to prioritize hiring national workers, sourcing goods and services from local...
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‘Entirely misleading’ – ExxonMobil rejects media comparisons of IFRS profits and oil profit share

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ExxonMobil Guyana’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, John A. Colling, has rejected recent claims in the local media that the Stabroek Block Contractor Group manipulates accounting standards to inflate its financial results. In a letter published in the Stabroek...
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TT Energy Chamber flags long-term decline despite short-term gains in oil production

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The Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago is urging serious reform in the country's energy sector following the release of first-quarter 2025 production data by the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries. In a press statement on Monday, the Chamber...
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Saipem targets local content growth in logistics, fabrication for Suriname oil project

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PARAMARIBO, SURINAME – Saipem is setting the stage for major local content contributions in Suriname through its work on the second phase of the offshore GranMorgu project, according to Gianluigi Della Rossa, the company’s Country Manager for Guyana and...
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SBM Offshore gets O&M contract for first Suriname FPSO 

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SBM Offshore inked a deal for the operations and maintenance (O&M) of the GranMorgu floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel with TotalEnergies, the Dutch shipbuilder said Thursday morning.  TotalEnergies’ Suriname affiliate TotalEnergies EP Suriname B.V. awarded the contract, which...
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Almost 50% of Suriname’s offshore acreage under contract – Staatsolie

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PARIMARIBO, SURINAME - Almost 50% of Suriname’s offshore acreage is now under contract, according to its state oil company, Staatsolie.  Managing Director, Annand Jagesar, provided the update during his welcome address as the 5th Suriname Energy Oil and Gas Summit...
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PETRONAS secures deepwater Block 66 in Suriname with new contract

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PARAMARIBO, SURINAME - Staatsolie has signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with PETRONAS Suriname E&P B.V. (PSEPBV) and Paradise Oil Company N.V. (POC) for Block 66.  The agreement was signed on June 17, 2025, on the sidelines of the ongoing...
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No oil blocks, gas deal to be issued before Guyana’s September elections

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Guyana’s Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Thursday that no new oil block contracts or agreements for a major gas project involving U.S. firm Fulcrum LNG will be signed before the country’s General and Regional Elections scheduled for September...
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Shell to increase stake in Nigeria’s Bonga oil field

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Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) has signed an agreement to acquire TotalEnergies’ 12.5% stake in the OML 118 Production Sharing Contract offshore Nigeria. The deal, announced by Shell on May 28, will raise Shell’s interest in OML 118...
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Snapshot: Exxon’s first Stabroek Block tie back development tapping three oil fields 

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ExxonMobil’s Uaru development is the first Stabroek Block project to utilize a subsea tieback connecting three fields - Uaru, Mako, and Snoek oil fields - to a single production facility. Tiebacks, by industry definition, transport hydrocarbons from seabed wells to...
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TT will lead ‘next chapter’ in energy age — PM Persad-Bissessar

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has pledged that Trinidad and Tobago will take a proactive role in shaping the future...

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