Hess Announces 2021 E&P CAPEX Of $1.9bn
(Hess, 25.Jan.2021) — Hess today announced a 2021 Exploration & Production capital and exploratory budget of $1.9bn, of which more than 80% will be allocated to Guyana and the Bakken....
Suriname Latest Big Oil Find As Industry Cuts Costs
(The New York Times, 20.Jan.2021) — The small South American country has become a hot prospect for oil companies looking to produce fossil fuels while spending less. The Atlantic waters...
Total Announces Fourth Find In Suriname’s Block 58
(Total, 14.Jan.2021) — Total and Apache Corporation have made a new significant oil and gas discovery at the Keskesi East-1 well, in Block 58 off the coast of Suriname. This...
Keskesi East-1 Finds Oil In Block 58 Offshore Suriname
(Apache, 14.Jan.2021) — Apache Corporation and Total S.A. today announced an oil discovery at the Keskesi East-1 exploration well in Block 58 offshore Suriname. Keskesi East-1 encountered targets in the...
Suriname Oil Drilling To Expand
(St. Kitts-Nevis Observer, 7.Jan.2021) — Bahamas Petroleum Company PLC told investors it is on-track to add further wells to its operations in Trinidad and also Suriname. At the same time,...
Apache Creates Holding Company Structure
(Apache, 4.Jan.2021) — Apache Corporation announced that its Board of Directors authorized the company to create a holding company structure. Upon its formation, APA Corporation, the new holding company, will...
Suriname: The Next Oil Superpower or Failed State?
(National Interest, 21.Dec.2020) — Although 2020 will go down as one of the worst years for most countries, it was a pivotal time for Suriname. The small, Dutch-speaking South American...
Petronas Finds Hydrocarbon In Offshore Suriname
(Petronas, 11.Dec.2020) — Petronas through its subsidiary, Petronas Suriname E&P B.V. (PSEPBV) made its first discovery of hydrocarbon in Suriname with the successful drilling of the Sloanea-1 exploration well located...
Exxon And Petronas Find Oil Offshore Suriname
(Exxon, 11.Dec.2020) — ExxonMobil and Petronas have discovered hydrocarbons at the Sloanea-1 exploration well on Block 52 offshore Suriname, adding to ExxonMobil’s extensive finds in the Guyana-Suriname basin. The well...
Bright Future For Suriname And Guyana
(Petroleum Economist, 2.Dec.2020) — Crumbling oil prices and volatile energy demand have tipped Latin America into a sharp recession, exacerbated by one of the world’s worst Covid-19 mortality rates. But...
Maersk Drilling Picked For Two-rig Suriname Campaign
(Maersk, 23.Nov.2020) — Maersk Drilling has received a Conditional Letter of Award (CLOA) from Total E&P Suriname, Suriname Branch for the supply of two deepwater rigs, Mærsk Developer and Maersk...
Goliathberg Voltzberg North To Spud Offshore Suriname
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Nov.2020) — Ratio Suriname, an affiliate of Tel Aviv-based Ratio Petroleum announced the decision to drill the Goliathberg Voltzberg North (GVN) prospect in Suriname’s Block 47 during...
Apache’s CEO Highlights Suriname On 3Q:20 Call
(Seeking Alpha, 5.Nov.2020) — Apache Corporation CEO John Christmann led the company’s third quarter of 2020 conference call to discuss results with analysts. What follows is the complete transcript of...
Apache Highlights Suriname And Egypt On 3Q:20 Call
(Apache, 4.Nov.2020) — Apache Corporation announced its financial and operational results for the third quarter 2020, highlighting activities in Suriname and Egypt. Key Takeaways -- Upstream capital investment significantly below...
Heard: Petronas Spuds Well Offshore Suriname
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Nov.2020) — Malaysia-based Petronas and US-based ExxonMobil have commenced drilling of an exploratory well offshore Suriname in Block 52, according to sources close to Energy Analytics Institute...
Total’s 3Q:20 Results Call Transcript
(Seeking Alpha, 30.Oct.2020) — Details of Total’s third quarter earnings conference call on 30 October 2020 can be found here. Company Participants Jean-Pierre Sbraire - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call...
China Slams Pompeo For ‘Arrogance’ On LatAm Tour
(Reuters, 18.Sep.2020) — China’s embassy to Suriname on Friday accused U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of “smearing” Beijing, after Washington’s top diplomat critiqued Chinese companies’ business practices during the...
Pompeo To Visit Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Colombia
(US State Department, 15.Sep.2020) — Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo will travel to Paramaribo, Suriname; Georgetown, Guyana; Boa Vista, Brazil; Bogota, Colombia; and Plano, Texas, September 17-20, 2020. This trip will highlight the United States’...
Apache On Kwaskwasi-1 In Block 58 Offshore Suriname
(Apache, 14.Sep.2020) — Apache Corporation and Total S.A. provided an update to the technical evaluation of the Kwaskwasi-1 discovery well offshore Suriname. As previously announced, Kwaskwasi-1 discovered hydrocarbons in multiple...
Kosmos To Farm Down Exploration Assets To Shell
(Kosmos, 9.Sep.2020) — Kosmos Energy has entered into an agreement with B.V. Dordtsche Petroleum Maatschappij (Shell), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, to farm down interests in a...
Big Oil Sees Major Potential In Suriname
(Oilprice.com, 7.Sep.2020) — Suriname is one of Latin America’s poorest countries. Up until July 2020, the former Dutch colony was mired in a political crisis that emerged from the hotly...
Stena Inks Deal For Tullow Suriname Well
(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Sep.2020) — Stena Drilling inked a new contract with Tullow Suriname BV for the Stena Forth drillship to drill one well offshore Suriname in Block-47. Block 47...
Guyana And Suriname To Benefit From Joining Forces
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Aug.2020) — Neighboring Guyana and Suriname in South America have been well off investor’s radars until recently. The countries are now regular headlines due to offshore crude...
Maduro Doubling Down On Earnings From Illicit Means
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Aug.2020) — Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro is doubling down on earning money through illicit means where sanctions have less of an impact while also doubling down on...
Suriname Election Soothes Investor Nerves
(Petroleum Economist, 11.Aug.2020) — The small Latin American nation of Suriname is poised for profound change. Revenues from major offshore oil discoveries announced this year could transform the country’s long-term...
Tullow Oil’s Trading Statement & Ops Update
(Tullow, 29.Jul.2020) — Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) issues this statement to summarise recent operational activities and to provide trading guidance in respect of the financial half year to 30 June...
Apache Finds Oil Offshore Suriname At Kwaskwasi-1
(Apache, 29.Jul.2020) — Apache Corporation and Total S.A. announced a major oil discovery at the Kwaskwasi-1 well drilled offshore Suriname in Block 58. The well was drilled using the Noble...
A Tale Of Two Neighbours: Guyana And Suriname
(Jamaica Observer, 26.Jul.2020) — Recent electoral events in Guyana and Suriname, which border each other on the north-eastern coast of the South American continent, display a remarkably different approach to...
Suriname Elects Santokhi As President, Brunswijk As VP
(Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Jul.2020) — Suriname elected Progressive Reform Party (VHP) front man Chan Santokhi as the country’s president and Ronnie Brunswijk, leader of the General Liberation and Development Party...
Fitch Downgrades Suriname’s LT-FC IDR To ‘RD’
(Fitch Ratings, 13.Jul.2020) — Fitch Ratings has downgraded Suriname's Long-Term Foreign-Currency (FC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'RD' from 'C'. KEY RATING DRIVERS The downgrade of Suriname's LT-FC IDR to...
Suriname Elects New President Santokhi
(The New York Times, 13.Jul.2020) — Desi Bouterse has cast a long shadow over Suriname since its independence. Once a dictator, he returned as a populist, but fell in the...
Suriname Closes Oil Drilling Deal For Later This Year
(Stabroek News, 10.Jul.2020) — Having gone almost entirely unnoticed in the global oil & gas industry for decades, both Guyana and neighbouring Suriname are now claiming their respective shares of...
Suriname Awaits Drilling Of Third Apache Well Offshore
(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jul.2020) — Suriname, the small Dutch-speaking South America country looking to emulate the success of its immediate neighbor to the north, Guyana, is awaiting drilling results of...
Fitch Downgrades Suriname’s IDR To ‘C’
(Fitch Ratings, 2.Jul.2020) — Fitch Ratings has downgraded Suriname's Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'C' from 'CCC'. KEY RATING DRIVERS The downgrade of Suriname's Long-Term Foreign Currency...
Maersk Awarded Deal Offshore Suriname
(Evercore ISI, 30.Jun.2020) — Maersk Drilling announced the 6th-Gen Maersk Developer was awarded a one-well exploration contract from Petronas for offshore Suriname. The $20.4M backlog includes integrated drilling services and...
Maersk In Exploration Deal For Petronas
(Maersk, 29.Jun.2020) — Maersk Drilling has secured a contract for the semi-submersible rig Mærsk Developer which will be employed by Petronas Suriname Exploration & Production B.V. for a one-well exploration...
The Oil Nation Aiming To Emulate Guyana’s Success
(Oilprice.com, 20.Jun.2020) — Paths to economic development might vary, ranging all the way from ruthless dictatorships hewing their way with an iron fist to established democracies laboring towards the well-being...
Electoral Authority Confirms Bouterse Defeat
(Reuters, 16.Jun.2020) — Surinamese President Desi Bouterse, a former military ruler who has dominated the country’s politics in recent decades, lost last month’s national election, the country’s electoral authority said...
Suriname’s President Loses Election
(Reuters, 16.Jun.2020) — Surinamese President Desi Bouterse, a former military ruler who has dominated the country's politics in recent decades, lost last month's national election, the country's electoral authority said...
Winds Shifting In Oil-rich Guyana, Suriname
(Argus, 8.Jun.2020) — Opposition parties pledging oil policy changes in Guyana and Suriname are close to taking power, but incumbents are signaling reluctance to step down. Guyana's opposition People's Progressive...
Suriname Beckons Oil Drillers Ahead Of Poll Result
(Argus, 3.Jun.2020) — Suriname is edging closer to a change of government that could pave the way for expanded offshore oil exploration. The South American country is hoping to emulate...
Caricom Election Mission To Suriname Departs
(Caricom, 1.Jun.2020) — The CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission (CEOM) is scheduled to depart Suriname on Tuesday 2nd June 2020 after having spent a full two weeks in Suriname observing, not...
Prelim Results: Opposition Winning Suriname Election
(AP, 27.May.2020) — Suriname's main opposition party is poised to win the country's general election, preliminary results showed on Wednesday, an outcome likely to end the longtime rule of President...
Bouterse Seeks Another Term In Suriname
(AP, 25.May.2020) — Few leaders have the sort of shadows that hang over Suriname’s President Dési Bouterse, a former coup leader and strongman, convicted of murder and drug smuggling, who...
Suriname On Election’s Eve
(Nacla, 21.May.2020) — With Suriname headed to the ballots on May 25, President Bouterse may be facing his toughest election yet. Suriname is rarely in the news these days, usually...
Petronas Farms Down 50% In Block 52 To Exxon
(Petronas, 19.May.2020) — Petronas through its subsidiary, Petronas Suriname Exploration & Production B.V. (PSEPBV), has completed the farm-down of 50 per cent of its participating interest to ExxonMobil Exploration and...
The Only Hotspot Where Big Oil Will Still Spend
(Oilprice.com, 7.May.2020) — Oil majors may be slashing spending and deferring development plans across the globe, but they remain committed to developing the newest offshore oil finds in the heart...
Apache Reports Significant Oil Find Offshore Suriname
(Apache, 2.Apr.2020) — Apache Corporation announced a significant oil discovery at the Sapakara West-1 well drilled offshore Suriname on Block 58. The well was drilled using the Noble Sam Croft...
Staatsolie Issues $195mn International Bond
(Staatsolie, 23.Mar.2020) — Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V. issued a US$ 195 million bond in Suriname and Curaçao on 23 March 2020. This bond issuance is internationally listed on the Dutch...
How Important Is The Suriname Oil Discovery?
(Oilprice.com, 18.Jan.2020) — The discovery of the Maka field in offshore Suriname will become one of the main upstream stories of 2020, bringing Suriname onto the international oil map, potentially...
Apache And Total Report Significant Oil Discovery Offshore Suriname
(Apache, 7.Jan.2020) — Apache Corporation and Total S.A. announced a significant oil discovery at the Maka Central-1 well drilled offshore Suriname on Block 58. The well was drilled using the...
Total And Apache Make Discovery In Block 58
(Total, 7.Jan.2020) — Total and Apache have made a material oil discovery with the Maka Central-1 well on Block 58 offshore Suriname, on trend with the prolific discoveries in the...
Apache Stock Jumps On Suriname JV
(Zacks, 24.Dec.2019) — Shares of Apache Corporation rallied more than 17% in yesterday’s trading, hitting an all-time high among the S&P 500 components, after the energy explorer teamed up with...
Total Enters Suriname With 50% Stake In Block 58
(Total, 23.Dec.2019) — Total has signed an agreement with Apache Corporation to acquire a 50% working interest and operatorship in the highly prospective Block 58 offshore Suriname, further expanding Total’s...
Apache Targets 3rd Play At Suriname Well
(Apache, 2.Dec.2019) — Apache Corporation updated the status of its first exploratory well in Block 58 offshore Suriname. Drilling operations on the Maka Central - 1 well commenced in late...
Suriname’s 14 Active PSCs With IOCs And NOCs
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Oct.2019) — Suriname has 14 active production-sharing contracts (PSCs) with companies from Apache and Total to Petronas and ExxonMobil. The PSCs grant contractors the authority to operate...
Noble Mobilizes Tom Croft Drillship In Suriname
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 30.Sep.2019) — Noble Corporation announced it has mobilized its Noble Tom Croft drillship in Suriname. Noble said the drillship started a contract in late September...
Suriname Seeking Funds for Offshore Exploration
(Reuters, 16.Aug.2019) — Suriname's state-owned oil company is planning a bond sale next year to finance offshore oil exploration, its chief executive said on Thursday, as it seeks to capitalize...
Suriname’s State Oil Entity Plans Bond Issuance
(Reuters, Ank Kuipers, 15.Aug.2019) — Suriname’s state-owned oil company is planning a bond sale next year to finance offshore oil exploration, its chief executive said on Thursday, as it seeks...
OPEC Releases MOMR With Oil Data Thru February 2019
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 14.Mar.2019) — OPEC announced publication of its Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR) as of 14 March 2019 with details on producers in Latin America and...
Venezuela’s Crisis: This Is Not About Politics Or Oil – This Is About People
(Marla Dukharan, 4.Feb.2019) — The worst humanitarian crisis in Latin American history has for years been festering in our backyard, with spillovers both good and (mostly) bad for the Caribbean....
Fact Sheet: Orinduik Block Offshore Guyana
(Eco Atlantic, 1.Jan.2019) — The 1800km2 Orinduik Block is situated in shallow water (70 – 1,400m), 170 km offshore Guyana in the Suriname Guyana basin, and is located 11km up-dip...
Course For Officials From Suriname, Trinidad, Mexico And Cuba
(ARPEL, 27.Dec.2018) — During October and November, various training courses on ARPEL Oil Spill Response Planning and Readiness Assessment Manual and the tool RETOS® (Readiness Evaluation/Excel Tool for Oil Spills)...
LatAmNRG Briefs: Guyana, Peru, Venezuela, Trinidad
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman and Piero Stewart, 13.Dec.2018) — Heard on the street and other LatAmNRG briefs from South America’s Guyana, which expects first oil to start flowing in...
Snapshot: Kosmos Energy Explores New Basin Potential in Suriname
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 14.Sep.2018) — Kosmos Energy continues to explore new basin potential outside of Africa. In December 2011, Kosmos secured a position offshore Suriname, marking the company’s...
Kosmos to Spud Pontoenoe Prospect Offshore Suriname
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 10.Aug.2018 – Kosmos Energy Ltd. expects to commence drilling operations on the Pontoenoe-1 well in mid-August. Pontoenoe is the first of up to three independent...
FDI in LAC Region Falls for Third Straight Year
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 12.Jul.2018) – Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean fell for a third straight year in 2017, reported the Economic Commission for...
Trinidad, Guyana and Suriname: Challenges
(AIPN, 27.Jun.2018) – Petroleum consultants and other energy sector experts will discuss the challenges and opportunities in Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana and Suriname during a discussion in London. The select...
India to Provide $51 Mln Development Aid to Suriname
(PTI, 21.Jun.2018) – India will also extend a Line of Credit of USD 27.5 million to support a power transmission project in PikinSaronarea and another Line of Credit of USD...
Regional Deepwater Industry in Southern Caribbean
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 7.Jun.2018) – Kevin Ramnarine discusses the regional deep-water industry in the southern Caribbean during a technical speech in Trinidad on the emerging regional deep-water province of...
Ramnarine Talks About Southern Caribbean Deepwater Industry
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 31.May.2018) – Former Trinidad and Tobago Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine will speak in Port of Spain about the regional deepwater industry in the Southern Caribbean....
Chevron, Hess, Kosmos Finalizing 1st Prospect Test in Suriname
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 30.May.2018) ‐- Kosmos Energy, Chevron Corporation and Hess Corporation are close to finalizing prospects tests in Block 42 in Suriname. The three companies are finalizing...
Energy, Education, and Learning Through NRG ED
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 24.May.2018) – Energy Analytics Institute, formerly LatinPetroleum Inc., continues to promote its “Energy Education Initiative” in the Americas, also known as “NRG ED.” NRG ED...
ECLAC Ssays Venezuela’s Economic Activity to Fall 8.5% in 2018
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 1.May.2018) – The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, also known as ECLAC or CEPAL by its Spanish acronym, projects economic...
Caribbean Of 2040: Vibrant Economies
The Caribbean Of 2040: vibrant economies where people are safe, productive, and happy, according to a video by Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).