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Saipem says death on FDS ship in Netherlands not COVID-19 related

Italian-based engineering company Saipem says that the death which occurred on Friday on board the Saipem FDS ship, currently located in the port district of Waalhaven in Rotterdam, happened due to natural causes, as confirmed by the investigations of...

S&P Global: Oil crisis, project delays will not derail Exxon-Hess development in Guyana

(S&P Global) On the precipice of a production boom that could transform its struggling economy, Guyana has attracted the drill bits of some of the largest international oil companies in recent years. Now, amid a collapse in global oil demand...

Noble drill contracts shortened due to oil price, COVID-19 woes

Noble Corporation says as a result of the oil price war and the global COVID-19 outbreak, its oil drilling contracts have been shortened, drill ships placed on standby and day rates slashed. The US drilling corporation has updated its drill...

Guyana oil production in best position to weather global price storm

As disruptions in the global oil and gas industry intensify as a result of oil price shocks and the COVID-19 pandemic, companies have been forced to slow down or stop operations altogether. While the co-venturers at Guyana’s Stabroek Block...

CNOOC plans to cut 2020 investment by up to 15%

(Reuters) - China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) will trim annual investment by 10% to 15% in 2020, while maintaining its goal of increasing domestic crude oil and natural gas production for the year, the company said in a...

World running out of oil storage capacity

If OPEC does not act, lack of storage will begin to force shut-in of crude oil production at some locations around the world since oil demand will be unlikely to recover substantially in the coming weeks, according to a...

Fugro forced to implement hiring, salary freeze as impact of COVID-19 deepens

Dutch engineering company Fugro said on Monday it is taking appropriate measures during the COVID-19 pandemic to keep its employees, partners and clients safe and healthy while ensuring service delivery. Current market conditions have forced the company to implement...

Over US$1.2M in royalty for NRF by month end…Liza production surpasses 1.7 million barrels in January

Oil production from the Liza Phase 1 Development at Guyana’s Stabroek Block amounted to 1,745,930 barrels for the month of January which is equivalent to 56,320 barrels of oil per day. Guyana’s Ministry of Finance said on Thursday in its...

Political turmoil, price uncertainty will delay FIDs in Guyana for months – Rystad Energy

Political turmoil in South America’s newest oil producing nation Guyana, coupled with falling oil prices and the COVID-19 pandemic will delay Final Investment Decisions (FIDs) for offshore projects by several months, according to Norway-based energy research and business intelligence...

Tullow utilizing Ebola-tested contingency strategies against COVID-19

Tullow Oil PLC is using contingency plans developed to avoid the dreaded Ebola outbreak in Africa to craft strategies to guard its employees against the virulent novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The virus has to date infected more than 575,000 persons...

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Guyana oil fund got US$253 million in February

Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF) received US$253 million (GY$53 billion) in February from the sale of the country’s share...