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Guyana’s Burgeoning Oil Wealth Kindles Contract Row

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)January 30, 2020February 19, 2020

(S&P Global Platts, 30.Jan.2020) — ExxonMobil's growing oil discoveries offshore Guyana are amplifying domestic calls for a review of production-sharing contract terms on the eve of the small South American...

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Hess Announces Oil Discovery At Uaru

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)January 27, 2020January 30, 2020

(Hess, 27.Jan.2020) — Hess announced another oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Uaru well, the 16th discovery on the Stabroek Block. The company also announced an increase in the estimated...

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Guyana Searches For Firm To Trade Its Crude

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)January 23, 2020January 26, 2020

(Reuters, 23.Jan.2020) — Guyana’s government next month plans to begin a search for an oil company or trading firm to market its share of the South American country’s crude, the...

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CNOOC Says Liza Field Offshore Starts Production

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)December 20, 2019January 2, 2020

(CNOOC, 20.Dec.2019) — CNOOC Limited announced 20 Dec. that Liza field offshore Guyana has safely commenced production ahead of schedule. Liza Phase 1 development project is located in the Stabroek...

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ExxonMobil Plans 31-Well Program In Guyana

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)December 6, 2019December 10, 2019

(Zacks Equity Research, 6.Dec.2019) — Exxon Mobil Corporation is planning to commence a 31-well exploration campaign offshore Guyana, per Argus. The company has submitted requests to the Environmental Protection Agency...

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Why ExxonMobil’s Guyana Success May Have Hurt Petrobras

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)November 20, 2019November 27, 2019

(The Motley Fool, John Bromels, 20.Nov.2019) — Oil is a big business with even bigger money attached. That's why governments that control oil assets are eager to auction them off...

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Saipem Inks Subsea Contract In Guyana

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)November 14, 2019November 17, 2019

(Saipem, 14.Nov.2019) — Milan-based Saipem has been awarded a subsea contract by ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) for the proposed Payara development project located in the...

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Rosneft Cool On Venezuela’s Sweeter Gas Terms, For Now

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)November 6, 2019November 10, 2019

(Argus, 6.Nov.2019) — Venezuela is offering sweeter fiscal terms to Russia's state-controlled Rosneft for two offshore natural gas fields that are well-positioned to supply nearby Trinidad and Tobago, but the...

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Brazil’s $50bn Oil Boom Is Falling Apart

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)October 31, 2019November 3, 2019

(Oilprice.com Julianne Geiger, 31.Oct.2019) — Exxon may not be interested in stepping up to the bidding plate at Brazil’s massive $50 billion transfer of rights auction next week, because the...

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ANP 16th Round Attracts Record R$8.9bn Signings

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)October 10, 2019October 20, 2019

(ANP, 10.Oct.2019) — The 16th Bidding Round collected R$ 8.9 billions in signature bonuses, a record value among the concession rounds already held in Brazil. The round will generate investments...

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Exxon Mobil Bars Use Of Oil Tankers Linked To Venezuela

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)October 4, 2019October 8, 2019

(Reuters, Jonathan Saul and Collin Eaton, 4.Oct.2019) — Exxon Mobil Corp this week banned the use of vessels linked to oil flows from Venezuela in the last year, according to...

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Guyana Must Learn To Use Its Riches

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)September 26, 2019September 29, 2019

(Upstream, Gareth Chetwynd, 26.Sep.2019) — As development on Guyana’s Stabroek block continues apace, it is worth considering that the Liza development took form in an era when low oil prices...

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Four Colombia fracking Projects Could Attract $5bn In Yearly Investments

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)September 24, 2019September 29, 2019

(Reuters, 24.Sep.2019) — Four fracking pilot projects in Colombia could bring in $5 billion annually in investment once they are in the production phase, industry leaders said on Tuesday, as...

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Hess Says Liza Destiny FPSO Arrives Offshore Guyana

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)August 29, 2019September 10, 2019

(Hess, 29.Aug.2019) — Hess Corporation announced that the Liza Destiny, Guyana’s first oil production vessel, has arrived at the Stabroek Block. Source: Exxon The Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO)...

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Guyana Find Progresses Amid Political Tensions

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)July 29, 2019August 12, 2019

(Forbes, David Blackmon, 29.Jul.2019) — Nothing is ever easy or simple in the world of international offshore oil and gas development. That axiom is proving to be true for the...

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US’ Refineries Need Mexican Crude Oil

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)June 5, 2019June 5, 2019

(CNN, Matt Egan, 5.Jun.2019) — The Trump administration's threatened tariffs on Mexico couldn't come at a worse time for America's oil refineries. Mexico is the No. 2 foreign source of...

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Hess Sanctions Liza Phase 2 Development Offshore Guyana

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)May 3, 2019May 6, 2019

(Hess, 3.May.2019) — Hess Corporation today announced it has received regulatory approval from the government of Guyana and has made a final investment decision to proceed with the second phase...

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CNOOC Limited Announces Key 1Q:19 Operational Statistics

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)April 25, 2019May 1, 2019

(CNOOC Ltd. 25Apr.2019) — CNOOC Limited announced its key operational statistics for the first quarter of 2019. The Company achieved a total net production of 120.1 million barrels of oil...

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Qatar Petroleum Wins Exploration Rights In 5 Offshore Blocks In Argentina

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)April 16, 2019April 23, 2019

(Qatar Petroleum, 16.Apr.2019) — Qatar Petroleum has won exploration rights in five offshore blocks in the North Argentina, and Malvinas West basins in Argentina. Mr. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi. Source: Qatar...

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Political Shakeup In Oil-Rich Guyana

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)March 27, 2019March 28, 2019

(RT, 27.Mar.2019) — A political shakeup in oil-rich Guyana, which neighbors OPEC’s Venezuela, in South America. RT America’s Michele Greenstein joins Scottie Nell Hughes to explain how oil discoveries have...

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Eco Atlantic Updates Reserve Estimates Offshore Guyana

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)March 18, 2019March 29, 2019

(Eco Atlantic, 18.Mar.2019) — Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. announce that Gustavson Associates LLC of Boulder Colorado has completed and delivered an updated NI 51-101 compliant Competent Persons Report...

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Why Billions Of Barrels Of Oil Go Untapped In Brazil

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)March 3, 2019March 4, 2019

(Bloomberg, Peter Millard, 3.Mar.2019) — There’s enough as-yet-unassigned oil under the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro to keep the entire world running for almost six months. So why...

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Exxon Getting EPA Approval For Liza Phase 2

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)February 24, 2019February 25, 2019

(Stabroek News, Marcelle Thomas, 24.Feb.2019) — ExxonMobil is expected to receive its permit from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week for its Liza Phase 2 operations in the Stabroek...

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Pemex Crude Output Lowest Since Records Began

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)February 23, 2019February 23, 2019

(Reuters, 23.Feb.2019) — Mexico’s Pemex produced 1.62 million barrels of crude per day in January, less than any month in almost three decades, the state-owned oil company said on Friday,...

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Guyana Hopes Oil Will Bring Wealth – Not Corruption And Crisis

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)February 21, 2019February 22, 2019

(The Conversation, 21.Feb.2019) — When ExxonMobil begins oil production in Guyana next year, mining crude from its seven new deepwater wells, life may change dramatically in this small South American...

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Eco (Atlantic) Contracts Stena Forth To Drill Offshore Guyana

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)February 20, 2019February 20, 2019

(Eco Oil & Gas, 20.Feb.2019) — Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd., along with its partners in the Orinduik Block, offshore Guyana, Total E&P Activités Pétrolières and Tullow Guyana B.V....

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The Surprising Next Oil Superpower: Guyana

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)February 8, 2019February 9, 2019

(Axios, Steve LeVine, 8.Feb.2019) — On the coast of South America, just north of Brazil, lies the impoverished former British colony of Guyana, distantly remembered for a bizarre mass suicide...

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Esso Invites TT Firms To Sign Up

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)February 7, 2019February 9, 2019

(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Richardson Dhalai, 7.Feb.2019) — TT energy companies are being encouraged to sign up for a chance to be a part of Guyana’s oil and gas exploration...

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Is Guyana In Control Of Its ‘Oil Dorado’?

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)January 28, 2019January 29, 2019

(Stabroek News, Phil Miller, 28.Jan.2019) — Guyana’s High Commission in London threw open its doors on Thursday night to tell investors about the country’s newly discovered oilfields. Tellingly, the event...

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Venezuela Disputes Guyana’s Account Of Incident Involving ExxonMobil Ships

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)January 11, 2019January 14, 2019

(CMC, 11.Jan.2019) — Venezuela has disputed Guyana’s account of what Georgetown said was the dangerous incursion into local waters after a Norwegian ship hired by ExxonMobil was “intercepted” by a...

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ExxonMobil Issues Statement On Activities In Guyana

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)December 26, 2018December 27, 2018

(ExxonMobil, 26.Dec.2018) — ExxonMobil said today that drilling and development operations offshore Guyana are unaffected by an incident involving seismic acquisition vessels on Saturday. Two vessels operated by Petroleum Geo-Services...

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Venezuela Calls U.S. Comments On Guyana Dispute ‘Interventionist’

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)December 25, 2018December 27, 2018

(Reuters, 25.Dec.2018) — Venezuela’s foreign ministry on Tuesday described as “interventionist and disrespectful” U.S. comments on a weekend incident in which the country’s navy stopped two ships exploring for oil...

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Hess Corporation Investor Day Highlights: Guyana (Select Slides)

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)December 12, 2018December 12, 2018

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Hess Sees Oil Output Driven By Bakken, Offshore Guyana Projects

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)December 12, 2018December 12, 2018

(Reuters, 12.Dec.2018) — U.S. oil and gas producer Hess Corp. said Dec. 12 it expects output of barrels of oil equivalent to grow more than 10% per year compounded through...

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Tullow Oil Eyes Next Hot Spot, Gears Up For Guyana Probe

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)December 11, 2018December 13, 2018

(Hart Energy, Velda Addison, 11.Dec.2018) — When it comes to navigating the intricacies of the unknown, Tullow Oil is considered an expert, particularly in Africa where it has discovered over...

Latin America and Caribbean Mexico

Mexico’s New President Throws Down Gauntlet To Oil Majors

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)December 5, 2018December 6, 2018

(Reuters, Frank Jack Daniel and David Alire Garcia, 5.Dec.2018) — Mexico’s new president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, said on Wednesday he would not cancel contracts issued to foreign and national...

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Tullow Oil Plans To Drill First Guyana Well In Third Quarter Of 2019

ENERGY ANALYTICS INSTITUTE (EAI)September 5, 2018February 13, 2019

(Reuters, 5.Sep.2018) — Tullow Oil plans to drill its first well in the much-watched Guyana offshore basin in the third quarter of next year in its Orinduik licence bordering discoveries...