Headlines April 2019

GUYANA      BREAKING NEWS :   ExxonMobil Announces 13th Discovery Offshore Guyana :   Orinduik  second location :  IDB praises oil and gas sector :  Frontera Energy /  CGX Energy :  New US Ambassador :  Trade with UK :  Laws for oil industry :  Regulating oil sector :  REFINING AND MARKETING :  24 technicians join ExxonMobil : Harvey Gulf : Renewable energy :  University of Guyana :

CARICOM      Bahamas Petroleum raises $2.5M :  Wärtsilä Bahamas LNG-ready power plant :  Green Energy :  Dominica :  US pledges investment :  DOOMED CARICOM :  Bocas del Dragon :  Cayman Islands :

TRINIDAD      Columbus update  Inniss-Trinity :  Trinity Exploration & Production plc :  Touchstone   operational update :  Range Resources -Debt :  EOG  investing :  Trinidad Petroleum loans :  LONG ROAD AHEAD :  BHP   :  UK trade deal  :  Oil and gas for Toco  :  Gas price for NGC :  Island of STEAM :  CNG  :  Atlantic LNG milestone :  CARIFORUM- UK trade deal :  Trinidad  late as usual :  Scorched Earth :   Repsol contract Rowan EXL II :  Trade with UK :  Breaking- Trinidad signed the EPA on 1 April in London,  (See CARIFORUM page )

VENEZUELA      BREAKING NEWS :  Venezuela ‘false berthings’ off Trinidad further obscure oil exports :  Sanctioned oil : Lifeline From Russia :  Russian  imports surge  :  Shipments dead in the water  :  Shell, BP win : Black Power :  Free Fall :  U.S. Withdraws : Power  restored :  Blame game : Billions of Russian dollars sunk :  Little to show :  Rosneft  Overseas :  OIL POWER :  Money troubles :  SOCIAL UNREST :  Challenges remain :  LEADERSHIP BID :  Billions spent, little to show :  LOSING HIS SHIRT? :  Debit cards  in Venezuela :  Market ‘cushion’ :  A privileged class :  $8.7B for  ConocoPhillips’  fields :   Fitch  Credit Rating  :  Output Dropping  :  Oil output goes AWOL :  Russian Planes :  Government bars Guaido :  Canada condemns move :  Power returns for some :

ISABELANA         Shell’s Colombia offshore contracts :  Amerisur Resources reserves :  Colombia – IMF Staff  Statement  :  Guatemala IMF Working Paper :  Puerto Rico  Electric Power Authority :  Cuba- JAW JAW :

UN / IDB / EU            International Seabed Authority :  Annual Session (First Part) :  Report :  Exploitation Regulations :  regional environmental  plans :  precautionary approach :  Inspection mechanism :  The Enterprise :  Upcoming Meetings :  GLOSSARY (1) :  Earth Negotiations Bulletin (1) :  chemicals and waste :  On biodiversity :  UNEA-4 :  UN Convention on the Law of the Sea :   Plastic :  Earth Negotiations Bulletin (2 ) ;  Innovative Solutions ;    Pathways to Achieve  Sustainable Consumption and Production :  sustainable business practices:  Marine plastic litter and microplastics :  management of chemicals :  Biodiversity  Protection :  Sustainable coral reefs :  Deforestation and  supply chains :  health of mangroves :  Sustainable blue economy:  Environmental Governance :  Geoengineering :  gender equality & human rights :  Poverty-Environment nexus :  Implementation plan “Towards a Pollution-free Planet” :  Keeping  Environment Under Review :  Management of trust funds :  Stakeholder Engagement :  High-level Segment :  Environmental challenges :  sustainable business  at a time of  change :  Ministerial Declaration :  US disassociated itself  :   Analysis of UNEA-4 :  Signals, Guideposts and Hazard Warnings :  Upcoming Meetings :  GLOSSARY (2) :  Latin America Priorities :  Integrated Policy Making :  Securing the Natural Resource Base :  Shell tells companies to share & cooperate :

CARIFORUM     Continuing the United Kingdom’s trade relationship with the CARIFORUM States :  Trade between the UK and the region, 2017 (£, billion) :  Economic impact of the existing EPA :  Longer term impact :  Memorandum of Understanding  :  Annexes and Protocols :  Cotonou Agreement :

Headlines March    and links to earlier months