This year marked the return to boosting oil and gas production, and with it—increased exploration efforts in key basins and promising new frontiers. Guyana, Suriname, Namibia, and Brazil have seen major oil discoveries in recent years. Big oil scaled back on renewable energy investment and has returned to oil and gas exploration. Sept. 19 (oilprice.com)... Continue Reading →
Trinidad and Tobago Gets Bids for Only Four Out of 26 Oil and Gas Blocks
Sept. 18 (Reuters) An auction of deepwater oil and gas exploration and production blocks in Trinidad and Tobago has failed to attract significant interest from foreign investors, with bids submitted for just four of the 26 areas on offer. The bidding round closed on Wednesday with bids from China's CNOOC for three areas and a... Continue Reading →
Trinidad awards deepwater blocks to Exxon, could see $21.7 billion investment, minister says
Aug 12 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil could invest as much as $21.7 billion in Trinidad and Tobago if the U.S. energy major finds reserves in a large deepwater area it was awarded on Tuesday to explore for oil and gas in the Caribbean country, Energy Minister Roodal Moonilal said. Moonilal was speaking at an event... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Trinidad, ExxonMobil agree to terms for deepwater blocks, government sources say
Aug 5 (Reuters) - Trinidad and Tobago's government has agreed to award U.S. oil major ExxonMobil acreage in an ultra-deep area that includes seven blocks to explore for oil and gas, two senior government officials told Reuters. The parties began negotiations earlier this year for the areas off the east coast of the Caribbean country, which... Continue Reading →
EnerMech Nets BP’s Services Contract Extension off Trinidad & Tobago
(OE) July 31 - Energy industry services firm EnerMech has been awarded a two-year contract extension by BP Trinidad & Tobago to continue providing crane operations on the operator’s 12 offshore platforms in the Caribbean country. Project scope includes crane operations, preventive and corrective maintenance, minor modifications, and offshore audits, while EnerMech must also provide... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Exxon in talks with Trinidad for seven deepwater blocks, sources say
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil has begun negotiations with the Trinidad and Tobago government to explore for oil and gas in up to seven deepwater blocks off the East Coast of the Caribbean country, which the top U.S. oil producer left more than two decades ago, two sources close to the talks told Reuters. The areas Exxon... Continue Reading →
Perenco Brings Woodside’s Trinidad Oil and Gas Assets Into Its Fold
(OE) Perenco has completed the acquisition of the Greater Angostura producing oil and gas assets and associated production facilities from Woodside Energy in Trinidad and Tobago. The finalization of the deal, combined with Perenco’s existing operation of the Teak, Samaan and Poui (TSP) and Cashima, Amherstia, Flamboyant and Immortelle (CAFI) fields, aligns Perenco as a... Continue Reading →
Subsea7 and OneSubsea pick up work on Equinor’s Bacalhau Field development
(offshore-energy.biz) Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has hired Subsea Integration Alliance (SIA), a strategic alliance combining the strengths of SLB OneSubsea and Subsea7, to handle an assignment related to the next stage of its operated oil field off the coast of Brazil. Subsea7 has confirmed Subsea Integration Alliance’s new contract with Equinor, which puts SIA in... Continue Reading →
FourPhase Nets Shell Contract for its Caribbean Oil and Gas Platforms
(OE) FourPhase, a solids and production performance specialist for the oil and gas industry, has secured a master service agreement (MSA) with Shell Trinidad and Tobago, for work on its topside offshore oil and gas platforms in the Caribbean. The MSA involves sand management and production optimization. FourPhase also signed two other contracts in the... Continue Reading →
Shell Hires Subsea7 for Work at Aphrodite Development off Trinidad
(OE) Subsea 7 has secured a contract by Shell for the Aphrodite gas project offshore Trinidad and Tobago. The project involves the transportation and installation of subsea equipment at the Aphrodite development, located within Block 5a, at water depths of up to 290 meters. Project management and engineering activities will begin immediately at Subsea7's office... Continue Reading →