Headlines November 2022

STOP PRESS    Corentyne Block,  JV  to drill upon rig’s arrival :  T&T Deepwater survey  :  bp  production from Cassia C

TRINIDAD  asks US permission for Venezuelan gas :  OSHA-contracted report on Paria :  Subsea7 awarded BP contract :  BP third subsea development :  TOUCHSTONE REPORTS Q3 2022 :  Challenger Energy Q3 2022 update :  Heritage pays $4.8 billion  tax :  HDF lead  green hydrogen :  Caribbean Investment Forum :  T&T Iron and Steel returns to Point Lisas :  Lake Asphalt bitumen supply :  Woodside Energy :  Republic Bank profits :  EU  blacklist removal :  Improved balance of payments :  Finance Minister announces surplus :  TT’s debt-to-GDP ratio down to 70 : COP27  :  Egypt and Fossils :  Energy Minister at GECF :  Proman Stena Bulk’s first methanol-fuelled tanker :  ships promise economic turnaround :  partners with UTT :  UTT award posthumous PhD to Zephaniah

GUYANA 1   : offshore  auction with new fiscal terms :  Bid Benefits :  First competitive licensing round :  1 million bpd by 2030 :  Auction of 14 offshore blocks :  Exxon  two discoveries in Stabroek :  CGX/Frontera – Corentyne :  ‘A defining moment in  offshore drilling’ :  Maersk Nomad wins Exxon contract :  MODEC wins  FEED prize for Uaru :  Exxon Mobil :  Breakout Time :  FPSO order with SBM Offshore : MoU  for next oil ship :  SBM  for sixth Guyana FPSO : ExxonMobil books DOF Subsea vessels :  appraisal of deeper play :  record US$19B earnings in Q3  :  EIL wins US$22m contract for NGL plant :  US LINDSAYCA for negotiations on gas to energy plant :  FAO to update Guyana maps :  UN warns against two energy projects :  Minister endorses Stabroek Block local content Master Plan :

GUYANA 2    : Local earnings exceed $129B : real GDP growth of 36.4% :  Green investments amid oil boom :  Third notification of revenues to NRF :  EU signs $1B forest  pact :  Private sector  local content targets :  COP27 negotiations : US  backs policies :   ExxonMobil spending Audit : Guyana gold fever :  British firm wins contract to market Liza oil : BP International wins crude oil marketing contract :

CARICOMSuriname to offer six  blocks in deep-water bid round : Demerara Bid Round 2022-2023 :  Suriname  bid round :   Suriname APA Corporation update on Block 58 :  Shell to assess  well before new campaign :  Hess  Q3 report income and news in Guyana and Suriname : IMF – St. Vincent and the Grenadines :  Guyana Local Content Certificate for Ramps Logistics :  State  options in RAMPS Logistics matter :  Relieved Ramps receives certificate :  Guyana President in Trinidad :  Green Energy Producers for Europe :  Caribbean Development Bank –
Launch of Scholarship :

ISABELANA 1   :  COP 27 :  German Chancellor& Italian, French, UK Prime Ministers, Egyptian President :  climate change payments to poorer countries :  UK Chancellor’s tax changes :  Ukraine a reason to act fast :  COP27 summit in Egypt UK statement  :   UK Sunak gas deal with US :  Turn promises into action :  Equity markets :  War fallout, aid demands overshadow climate talks :  Shell extends its UK gas portfolio : Shell is buyer of UK gas asset :  [Shell LNG trading division lost nearly $1B in Q3  (link) : Biden, oil industry ‘war profiteering’  : BpTT  :  Bumper profits: Is a windfall tax a good idea? :  BP PLC strong Q3 show :  UK: Centrica re-opens Rough storage facility :  Melbana Energy reaches TD at Zapato-1 exploration well onshore :  Cuban oil well suspended as owners return to previous discovery :  Melbana advances Cuba oil appraisal drilling : G20 members support fossil fuels :  G20 BALI LEADERS’ DECLARATION : BP chief executive at COP 27 as Mauritania delegate :  COP37 Closure :

ISABELANA 2    :  Haiti  fuel depot stand-off :  Chevron seeks to ramp up oil production in Venezuela :  Chevron to resume oil output : IMF Costa Rica :  Costa Rica to Tackle Climate Change with New  Facility :  Nicaragua   Statement of the 2022 Article IV Mission :  Executive Board  2022 Article IV  Saint Lucia :  UK in recession :  Eni’s Coral Sul FLNG off Mozambique sends first cargo :  Show us the money-
Loss and Damage in the Caribbean:  Pelosi, dominant figure for the ages, leaves lasting imprint :

October Headlines and links to earlier months