STOP PRESS OBITUARY – Dr Anthony Coates
TRINIDAD 1 US grants licence to develop Venezuela offshore gas field : Energy Chamber– Dragon Field waiver a ‘major opportunity’ ; Revamped terms for offshore gas auction : Promising bid round alongside change : 16 bids for 11 blocks : BP and Shell discuss deep-water blocks : $800m for Energy Ministry for fuel subsidy : Hydrogen : Solar & Wind best for Renewables : Touchstone, CEO on prices : ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF SUSTAINABILITY REPORT : Noble – damaged jack-up and new contracts : New approach to cut power costs : Heritage : Economic crisis : EOG joins Methane Partnership 2.0 : Piarco Solar Park : NP accreditation viscosity : Ramps Logistics : Sovereign Wealth Fund + US$345 m :Petroleum contributed $30B : Young – ‘deceptive fabrication’: Brighter days in 2023 : Trade with PRC > US$1.1B : Security – crime solutions : Opposition Leader seeks brave new world : Presidential swan song : Political trickery : UN, progress on SDGs : Paria/LMCS should be prosecuted : ” FELL SHORT” : Paria efforts ‘entirely reasonable’ : Safe TO Work (STOW) certification programme : Obituary- Geologist Wayne Bertrand.
GUYANA 1 :Record $781.9B Santa Mega-Budget : $488.5M for BIT to train 8,000 : $94.4B for access to education : $43.4B for gas-to-energy project & transition to renewables : Budget 2023 Goals : 65% of O & G workforce are locals : Budget 2023 to enhance livelihoods & investment : Budget built on manifesto : Inter-American Development Bank : commends policies : 82.6% increase in arrivals : Fifth fastest-growing economy, even without petroleum : Inevitable prosperity : Oil wealth benefits all, : ILO – lack of qualified personnel : Education attainment of Guyana’s working age population : Rystad expert opinion burnishes global O&G profile :
GUYANA 2 : Uaru-Mako Field Project : ExxonMobil – Uaru development = $12.7 billion : Modec selecting yard for Guyana FPSO : Fourth revenues paid to NRF : US$82.6m banked for first 2023 oil lift : World Bank– Guyana to sustain growth : Sharp decline in Latin America exports- IDB : Hess offers US$75M for Guyana carbon credits : oil discovery may require seventh platform : to lift output above 1.2 MMboe/d : 5th project to cost Guyana US$12.6B : Exxon consortium to develop fifth oilfield : Exxon applies for approval of : Whiptail as sixth development : India– high interest in Guyana oil : Joint venture with Indian firm to recruit skills : Indian investment in hydrocarbon sector : India collaboration in agro-processing : assistance to boost agriculture, : Indian Ferry to arrive in February : Ali receives India’s highest overseas award : Working groups established to drive cooperation agenda : Energy Conference February 14-17, 2023 : ILO – oil sector moving too fast for small labour force : IDB- benefit from higher prices, levels of production : Noble rig spuds exploration well : Natural Resource Fund Board agreement with Bank of Guyana : Guyana to inaugurate natural gas exports from offshore fields : Exxon Ramps Up Oil Production : Opposition criticises Budget 2023 : Exxon sizing up more blocks :
ISABELANA : Brazil, Guyana, have lion’s share of L. A. oil production : India interested in Guyana oil : IDB : ECLAC : Venezuela : Chevron Expands Venezuelan Crude Sales : activities picking up pace : CEO Defends Chevron Profits : U.S. no longer recognizes Guaidó as Venezuela’s president : Venezuela closer to Mercosur and Argentina : Cuba : Gran Tierra Energy operational and financial update : Petrobras – CNOOC Deal For Natural Gas Flow And Processing : Exxon aims to block EU windfall tax : Africa Gas investments worth $245 billion risk becoming stranded assets : PRC to boost pipeline imports of Russian gas by 47% : Big Oil in sights of climate activist protests (Davos 2023) : Equinor : Rosebank oilfield (UK) : Shell expects $2bn hit from windfall taxes :
ISABELANA 2 : NGC on Dragon Gas Deal and removal of US sanctions : step in the right direction : “BEWARE BOLIVARIAN BLINDSIDE IN DRAGON DEAL” : Atlantic LNG restructuring & TT gas sector : “Venezuela delighted”: Possible buffer to T&T : A ‘perfect relationship’ : The gas price formula : The renewables balancing act : Venezuela : suspends exports : Geoex & MCG signs MoU for Multi-client seismic project : Will Venezuela Make an Oil Market Comeback in 2023? : GeoPark Q4 2022 operational update : ECLAC :
H2 : Hydrogen needs to grow sevenfold for transition : Green hydrogen has ‘big potential’ but a blind spot, scientists warn : Bacton could provide clean energy for up to 20 million homes and businesses ; £102 million backing for nuclear and hydrogen in the UK :
CARICOM: Presidents of Suriname and Guyana meet Indian PM : admired PM Modi : Good management can jumpstart economies : Guyana Energy Chamber signs MOU with Suriname Energy Chamber : Guyana urges PRC bid for oil blocks : Antigua and Barbuda : WIOC : -Strong mag. 6.2 earthquake : Grenada: fuel shortage on Carriacou : Dominica : ECLAC Ferry service in the Eastern Caribbean : CDB US$43 Million loan for Bahamas Education : Haiti reaches a breaking point : CDB interest in financing Guyana energy : urges implementation of CSME, improved regional travel : Another window for Caricom to advance : Trinidad investors to help Guyana develop oil sector : Regional collaboration is key : Guyana President- Region must reject world bias : UK helps to develop maritime economy : Indian, European Oil Firms to Bid for Offshore Blocks : India offers plethora of collaborative opportunities : Exxon to mirror Guyana success in India :
Headlines December 2022 …And links to earlier months.