(Bloomberg, 24.Mar.2021) — The oil tankers docking at the refinery in Baytown, Texas, look exactly like many others plying the waters of the Houston Ship Channel. But stashed inside their...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Jan.2021) — Irving, Texas-based Exxon Mobil Corporation announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.87 per share on the common stock. The dividend...
(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...
(Argus, 22.Dec.2020) — Guyana plans to export "five to six" 1mn bl cargoes of its crude entitlement from the deepwater Stabroek block in 2021 to offset lower-than-expected shipments in 2020,...
(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...
(Westmount, 17.Nov.2020) — Westmount Energy Ltd., further to the announcement by Ratio Petroleum Energy Limited Partnership dated today, that the Tanager-1 well, offshore Guyana, has been reported as an oil...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Nov.2020) — ExxonMobil Guyana recently conducted maintenance on some oil spill response equipment located offshore the small South America country. “This maintenance and training activity involved deploying...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Nov.2020) — The government of Guyana, the newest petro-state in the Latin America and Caribbean region, announced it has made strides in extracting better benefits from oil...
(Exxon, 30.Oct.2020) — As part of an extensive global review announced earlier this year, the company plans to reduce staffing levels in the United States, primarily at its management offices...
(Exxon, 28.Oct.2020) — The Board of Directors of Exxon Mobil Corporation declared a cash dividend of $0.87 per share on the Common Stock, payable on 10 December 2020 to shareholders...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Oct.2020) — Major differences in the licenses for the Liza Phase 1 and Payara developments offshore Guyana in the Stabroek Block as provided by Guyana’s Ministry of...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Oct.2020) — Argentina’s Neuquén Ministry of Energy data reveal 11 drilling rigs have been reactivated in the province, and all targeting the Vaca Muerta formation. Of the...
(DPI, 3.Oct.2020) — The new licence issued to Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) for the development of its Payara well features significant new clauses missing from the Liza 1...
(Petrobras, 23.Sep.2020) — Petrobras found the presence of hydrocarbons in the pioneer well of block C-M-657, located in the pre-salt of the Campos Basin. Well 1-BRSA-1376D-RJS (Naru) is located approximately...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Sep.2020) — Ratio Guyana, an affiliate of Tel Aviv-based Ratio Petroleum, announced the arrival of the Stena Carron drillship to the Tanager prospect and the start of...
(Argus, 8.Sep.2020) — Rafael Ramirez served as Venezuela's oil minister from 2002-2013 and concurrent chief executive of state-owned PdV from 2004-2013, a tumultuous period marked by an oil strike and...
(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...
(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...
(Kaieteur News, 13.Aug.2020) — Payara will be proof and pave the way. Payara could be the first plank toward petroleum prosperity. That delay pending review is a constructive move. For...
(Stabroek News, 12.Aug.2020) — In a key oil sector decision, President Irfaan Ali last evening said that his government is lobbying for technical and financial support to have an international...
(Argus, 11.Aug.2020) — Guyana's new government will decide by the end of August whether to approve ExxonMobil's 220,000 b/d Payara project, natural resources minister Vickram Bharrat said. Payara is ExxonMobil's...
(Forbes, 1.Aug.2020) — Hess Corp. reported more good news from its joint development of Guyana’s Stabroek Block with ExxonMobil and CNOOC on Thursday. The company announced that recently-completed appraisal drilling...
(Argus, 13.Jul.2020) — Guyana's political stalemate is prolonging uncertainty over the future management of the South American country's fledgling oil sector, and raising the prospect of US sanctions. The declaration...
(S&P Global Platts, 26.Jun.2020) — Argentina has extended a 99-day-old economic lockdown for three more weeks to try to contain a surge in coronavirus cases, including by tightening restrictions on...
(Argus, 9.Jun.2020) — Guyana's crude production has plunged by 65pc to 27,500 b/d from early May because of technical problems with compression equipment. "We do not know how long this...
(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...
(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...
(Reuters, 21.Apr.2020) — More than 30 companies, including commodities traders like Gunvor and Vitol as well as units of oil majors like Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell, submitted expressions...
(Stabroek News, 14.Apr.2020) — Before we approve Payara and Hammer-head, let’s renegotiate the contract to include control of how much oil is being pumped given market conditions. Dear Editor, Many...
(Petrobras, 2.Apr.2020) — Petrobras informs that it has identified the presence of oil in the pioneer well of the Uirapuru block, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The pioneer well...
(News America, 8.Mar.2020) — As tension continues in Guyana one week after its general elections and a top court upheld an injunction blocking the elections commission from proclaiming a winner...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(Oilprice.com Julianne Geiger, 31.Oct.2019) — Exxon may not be interested in stepping up to the bidding plate at Brazil’s massive $50 billion transfer of rights auction next week, because the...
(ANP, 10.Oct.2019) — The 16th Bidding Round collected R$ 8.9 billions in signature bonuses, a record value among the concession rounds already held in Brazil. The round will generate investments...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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)...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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,...
(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...
(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....
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...