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May 21 (oilnow.gy) Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF) surpassed the US$4 billion mark for the first time at the end of April 2026, supported by high crude prices and stable offshore crude production. According to the April report for the NRF, the fund closed the month with a balance of approximately US$4.1 billion (GY$856 billion).... Continue Reading →
May 21 (oilnow.gy) The Guyana government and Viridien/CGG Services will commence geotechnical and seismic survey operations within offshore Block S4, which was licensed last year to a TotalEnergies-led group. Guyana’s Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) announced the survey in notices. The notices, dated May 18, 2026, said the work will take place within Guyana’s Exclusive Economic... Continue Reading →
May 21 (OE) Rockhopper Exploration has informed that the operator Navitas Petroleum is studying an accelerated expansion of the Sea Lion offshore oil development north of the Falkland Islands after signing a memorandum of understanding for a second floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO). The additional FPSO could raise Sea Lion production capacity by... Continue Reading →
May 21 (OE) Saipem and Petrobras have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to initiate a technical dialogue aimed at assessing and potentially developing integrated solutions for decommissioning activities in Brazil, with reference to oil and gas fields, subsea systems and associated infrastructure. In particular, the MoU covers plug and abandonment activities – relating to... Continue Reading →
Rio de Janeiro, May 20, 2026 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, announces that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held today, approved the company’s adherence to the economic subvention program for producers and importers of petroleum‑based fuels, established by Provisional Measure (MP) 1,358, dated May 13, 2026. The economic subvention established under this... Continue Reading →
Rio de Janeiro, May 20, 2026 –Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (“Petrobras”), further to its release dated December 16, 2025, announces that it has completed the acquisition of a 49.99% equity interest in Lightsource bp’s subsidiaries in Brazil, establishing a strategic partnership in onshore renewable energy in the country, including energy storage. The partnership is... Continue Reading →
May 20 (Reuters) - Colombia's environment ministry said on Wednesday it had approved the environmental viability of the exploratory phase of the Nereidas geothermal project, led by state oil company Ecopetrol , Baker Hughes and utility CHEC, in a step that could help open a new source of round-the-clock renewable power in the Andean country. The... Continue Reading →
May 20 (interestingengineering) China’s offshore wind-powered underwater data center, said to be the world’s first of its kind, has entered full commercial operation off the coast of Shanghai’s Lingang Special Area. The $226M project was officially launched in June 2025 through a cooperation agreement signed between the Lingang Special Area administrative committee, Shanghai Lingang Special... Continue Reading →
May 20 (offshore-energy.biz) French provider of tubular solutions Vallourec has secured two additional line pipe orders from ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) for delivery to the Stabroek Block, under the long-term agreement the companies signed in 2021. The combined scope includes the supply of over 145 kilometers of coated line pipe for EMGL’s deepwater Hammerhead and Longtail... Continue Reading →
May 20 (oilnow.gy) Trinidad and Tobago will negotiate the commercial terms for cross-border natural gas projects with Venezuela in what officials say must serve the country’s national interest, as policymakers seek to ease tightening domestic gas supply, according to a May 18 Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago report. Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo told Parliament recently... Continue Reading →
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