CARICOM Suriname; CSME; Trinidad ffuel; Guyana IDB Loan; Empress Saves 2 lives; Caricom, US condemns Venezuela; ExxonMobil donates to U. of Guyana; Universities Caribbean; Banks Abandon Bantams ; EVENTS 2019; Energy Chamber Conference
ISABELANA Amerisur Resources; ONGC Indico-1 oil discovery; Colombia: Amerisur acquisition of Gulfsands Putumayo 14 block; Cuba: Melbana contract with CubaPetroleo; French Guiana: Total exploration campaign offshore;
GUYANA Orinduik Block; Hess Corporation; ExxonMobil Statement regarding Guyana drilling and development; World Oil and Gas Council; Could push Guyana past Mexico, Venezuela in oil output; CGX Energy and Frontera JVA; CGX Energy agreement with Rowan;
GUYANA 2 Guyana Office for Investment (link); Guyana-Suriname Basin; Alternative Energy; Opportunities in Energy Sector; Organizational Support; Contracts- Wood and Trees; Majority means majority; Governance gap; Cost of fuels; New maps for land management, mineral location
TRINIDAD Pact with BP, Shell; NGC, N2000 gas deal; BPTT gas projects; Payday for rehired employees; GOLDEN GOODBYE; Heritage Petroleum severed oil line; Fired workers uncertain futures; OWTU; Economy slowing; OBITUARY Dr. Norbert Joseph Masson
VENEZUELA MARITIME BORDERS; Oil Exports at 28-Year Low; American Security Project; Security Risk – Jose Terminal; Deals to Shield Citgo; Hyperinflation; reliance on credit cards; Maurel & Prom acquires Shell’s stake in Urdaneta West; RUSSIA plans its first military base; OBITUARIES: Nelson Martinez and Eulogio Del Pino.
IMF Jamaica Stability Assessment; Barbados; The Bahamas; Costa Rica; Venezuela
Press Briefing; Suriname; Haiti; Panama;
UN The Sustainable Blue Economy Conference; Marine Protection commitments; Canada; Norway and World Bank; Key Issues: Business and Private Sector Forum; Women of the Blue Economy: Global Momentum on Marine/Aquatic Plastics Litter; IUU Fishing; Nairobi Statement; Upcoming Meetings:
“Every person on the planet is believed to have plastic in their bodies.”
DECEMBER HEADLINES and links to earlier months