Headlines June 2025

STOP PRESS :  For what crops up during the month: (India’s PM to receive T&T’s highest Honour)

TRINIDADTouchstone Exploration PRIVATE PLACEMENT : Moonilal seeks more gas from Manatee : Energy Ministers meet upstream executives : Shell  boosting gas   from Manatee : …& plans Manitee subsea trenching  :   FourPhase Secures topsides Contract :  …& Subsea7 lands sizeable contract :  …&Subsea7 wins Shell Aphrodite contract :  …& Shell approves offshore gas development :….Shell approves  gas project offshore Trinidad : … & Second gas bonanza  from Shell : …&Shell approves offshore gas : …&FID on Aphrodite gas project : ,,,& takes Final Investment Decision : bpTT & EOG report first gas from Mento : Proman :  

GUYANA : ExxonMobil spuds Hamlet exploration well :  VP – ‘Guyana remains crucial part of ExxonMobil’s global portfolio’ :  ExxonMobil  Consortium Reports $10.4B Profit in 2024 :  Modec to contract offshore installation for seventh FPSO : ExxonMobil Guyana funds UG mechanical lab upgrade :  ExxonMobil Guyana assets : Guyana to be major regional oil and gas services providerGuyanese subsea oil and gas company OMS launched : KeystoneCNOOCEverybody in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded : Resilient Guyana : Oil Spill Bill vital for ecosystem protection : …& Companies liable for spills :   higher  insurance due to Venezuelan incursion : Trinidad can refine Guyana’s oil :  Rise Guyana reports US$29m close on real estate & infrastructure fund : ExxonMobil Drilling Decade : Guyana & Afreximbank promote opportunities with $1 billion oil fund : Natural Resource Fund 101, What every Guyanese should know : Guyana received significantly less oil income compared to the oil profits : Returns from PRC investment incomparable to US : IBC Guyana – Tap into the Momentum :  …& Where IBC Guyana Fits In :

CARICOM :  The Occidental Seaboard   T&T pivots to Guyana :  2025 Deep Water Competitive Bidding Round : Phoenix Park Gas Processors bids for Guyana gas plant : Suriname alliance with T&T :  Total Recall to De-risked T&T :  Lost opportunities : Ralph Maraj, Trinidad and Tobago envoy to Caricom :  United Oil & Gas publication of updated presentation :  …& interview on Jamaica licence :  Suriname- SBM Offshore signs contract with TotalEnergies :  …&becomes first FPSO operator in Suriname : TotalEnergies Suriname consortium targets double exploration drive : Petronas contract with Suriname expands deepwater portfolio : …& extends Suriname footprint and picks Halliburton’s solutions :Caribbean Sustainable Energy Conference : …&Winds (power)  of change and energy: …&Caribbean committed to clean energy: …&Barbados seeks Regional  renewable projects : ….&UWI launches Renewable Energy Lab : Shipping demand & looming biofuel supply crunch : Sustainable energy forum : MONTEGO BAY TO HOST LANDMARK CARIBBEAN INVESTMENT FORUM IMF   Article IV Consultation with Dominica : …&Press Release :…& IMF Article IV Consultation with St. Kitts and Nevis : Barbados to receive nearly US$60 million :  The IMF Caribbean Challenge – Global Uncertainty :

ISABELANA : New US $400M US embassy in Trinidad : USA risk to national security : T&T Green Fund balance and disbursements: Prof Ramlal champions geospatial innovation : Missing Runaway tug behind oil spill :  Benefit from conflict, trilateral dragon deal : Refinery reopening committee : Mirage of the Dragon dream : …&Diplomacy destroyed : Venezuela Partners With Small Firms :  Venezuela arrests alleged mercenary from T&T : Brazil partnership propels Guyana’s coconut industry into bright future : Canada to expand support to Guyana through CARICOM partnership : ANSA McAL to capture hydrogen :CDB, CABEI & CAF  Sign Exposure Exchange Agreements (Press Release) : Ecopetrol continue gas drilling in Colombia : Why predictions of “peak oil” are always wrong : Food security on Summit agenda :  Macroeconomic Projections Tool-   End-project Report : 5.7 magnitude quake :  Guyana silica for Dominican Republic : NFE gets non-compliance notice & FLNG :

Headlines May 2025……….. And links to earlier months