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By Gavin Maguire June 3 (Reuters) - While oil markets fixate on the disruptions to Middle East exports and surging U.S. supply in 2026, South America is quietly emerging as a key new source of global crude flows. Led by Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela, the region has delivered the largest increase in oil exports of... Continue Reading →
June 2 (Reuters) - Chevron has applied to join Argentina's incentive regime for large investments for a $13.8 billion unconventional oil project in the El Trapial area of Vaca Muerta, the U.S. oil major said on Tuesday, in what would rank among the biggest new bets on the country's shale patch. The filing, which still requires... Continue Reading →
June 1 (oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil says more technical work is needed to determine whether the Ranger discovery in Guyana’s Stabroek Block can be developed. Neil Chapman, Senior Vice President of ExxonMobil, discussed the discovery during the Bernstein 42nd Annual Strategic Decisions Conference on May 28. Chapman said Ranger is different from the discoveries that have supported... Continue Reading →
May 30 (Reuters) - Guyana was already the world’s fastest growing economy before the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran drove up oil prices. Now, the tiny Caribbean nation of nearly 1 million people will reap an even bigger bonanza as the conflict reshapes global energy markets. The war that caused one of the largest energy disruptions... Continue Reading →
May 31 (World Oil) – ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips are pushing for durable contract terms and a way to resolve billions of dollars owed to them as they consider re-entering Venezuela after exiting the country two decades ago. Both companies are in active negotiations with President Delcy Rodríguez’s government about tapping Venezuela’s vast oil reserves. While they’ve recently said Venezuela has... Continue Reading →
My 28 (Reuters) Malaysia's oil and gas producer Petronas is exploring for oil at offshore Block 52 in Suriname, which was declared commercially viable for the development of natural gas late last year following large discoveries in the area, the managing director of state company Staatsolie said on Wednesday. "We hope also to somewhere in... Continue Reading →
May 27 (OE) ABS has issued a Statement of Maturity for SBM Offshore’s Seawater Intake Riser (SWIR) technology. Developed in collaboration with Shell, the SWIR technology features an innovative technique to pump colder seawater from approximately 700 meters below the ocean’s surface up to an FPSO’s topsides to be used for cooling purposes. Depending on... Continue Reading →
May 26 (oilnow.gy) Guyana is seen as a more attractive oil investment destination as Venezuela works through a sovereign debt restructuring process that analysts say could take years to complete, according to an S&P Global analysis published on May 20. The report examined Venezuela’s plans to restructure sovereign debt and obligations tied to state oil... Continue Reading →
May 26 (oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil Guyana has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for environmental authorization for the Haimara project, its proposed ninth development in the Stabroek Block. The project is expected to anchor a gas-focused development in the southeast section of the block, where ExxonMobil has made discoveries including Haimara and Pluma. Public scoping... Continue Reading →
May 26 (Reuters) - Occidental Petroleum is acquiring a 10% stake in Exxon Mobil’s deepwater exploration block offshore Trinidad and Tobago, according to two people familiar with the matter. Exxon was previously the sole owner of the large offshore block, known as UD(1), which lies in water depths of 2,000 to 3,000 meters and was first acquired... Continue Reading →
