Headlines February

STEAM    Trinidad & Tobago Energy Conference : Claire Fitzpatrick : Eugene Tiah ;  Prime Minister :  Rod Henson : Guyana energy boom : Energy Efficiency Declaration : Deepwater, a new dimension : Etc.

STEAM 2    Presentations by : National Energy Corporation : Shell : BPTT : Ahmed Hashmi : Keith Bally : Minister of Energy :

TRINIDAD     Venezuela gas deal : BHP  deepwater  : Investment  :  Atlantic Energy ; US  oil sanctions :

TRINIDAD 2    Rowan’s Gorilla VI  :  Touchstone  Ortoire : 2018 in Review :  Tax reforms : OBITUARY Dr Norbert Masson :  GSTT “The Hammer”  links

GUYANA 1     CGX and Frontera : Tullow  Update : Wood Mackenzie reserves update :  Discoveries  Tilapia-1 and Haimara-1  :  PGS seismic update :  business directory launch :

GUYANA 2     Intimidation not to affect Exxon plans :  Guyana & Venezuela History :   Worst-Case Scenario : Other Countries  Opinions :  Investment Implications :

GUYANA 3    UWI  &  University of Guyana  :  Diaspora & Migrants : CSIS- China & Guyana’s oil sector  2050 :  Aberdeen Provost visit :  US Congressman :  Saipem  pipes for Liza :  Liza development

CARICOM     Quarterly Bulletin :    Guyanese new Grenada  AG :  Caricom heads : Meet with UN President :  Maduro mediation  :   crisis talks with UN :   LNG – New Fortress Energy  $400 Million IPO :

VENEZUELA   Ven. Congress slams oil deals :  EREPLA :  Ven. to remap offshore prospects :  MADURO:  Six Years of Failures :  USA Bars PDVSA Deals :  Judge flees to US :  Supreme Court ‘an appendage’ :  crisis deepens :  TT  Moses to Caracas for  inauguration :  Exxon  incident site :  U.S.  next sanctions:  DILUTING HEAVY CRUDE HARDER :  last oil buyers react to sanctions :  MADURO – “U.S. TRYING TO GET HANDS ON OUR OIL” :  What next? :  Unrest & U.S. supply :  China and India feast of cheap oil :  Sanctions uncertainty :  OIL PUSHES HIGHER  :  Venezuela risk :  US’S BOLTON APPEARS TO THREATEN  :  posturing? :  Sending signals :

VENEZUELA  2   The country that lost 3 million people :  Where to? :  The region reacts :  Exxon Mobil  seismic vessel incident :  resource-rich area :  US backs Guyana :  Mafia war in  gold mines :  Russia sends bombers :

VENEZUELA  3    Guaido – U.S. envoy promises :  Falling Production :  Guyana soon to pump more oil  than Venezuela :  U.S. refiners cut off from crude :  Sanctions Uncertainty :  Pirates of the Caribbean :  PIRACY STRANGLING TRADE :

ISABELANA     Colombia – Amerisur Resources updates reserves :  CPO5 operational update :  acquisition of Gulfsands  block :  Cuba – Melbana signs farmout :  Frontera Energy  updates  operations in Colombia, Peru and Guyana ;  GeoPark  Q4 2018 operational update :

INTERNATIONAL & UN/IMF      Seabird  contract for 2D seismic :  PGS and ExxonMobil :   Israel and US quit UNESCO :  IMF – Panama ARTICLE IV  CONSULTATION

JANUARY HEADLINES  and links to earlier months