Headlines November 2025

STOP PRESS :  For breaking news during the month [ Including  President Trump and the developments in Venezuela ]

TRINIDADTouchstone revives Gas drilling in Central Block: …& Q3 Results : …&RESULT OF RETAIL OFFER : …&ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT CHANGE : PM unveils Revitalisation plan : …&launches blueprint agenda & job creation :  PPGPL president retires suddenly : T&T can survive without Venezuela gas : Manatee gas is safe :  bpTT safely completes Cypre : …& 7-well Cypre project : bp Q3 results : Nutrien chiefs meet PM – uncertain future : …&  Open door policy : Moonilal upbeat about gas supply : TTNGL turns around with $99m profit : Moonilal welcomes tariff removal :…& T&T  ZERO TARIFFS ON AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS TO USA : ,,,& Proman welcomes  removal : TOFCO advances Manatee jacket :  UNC halts 10-year decline in oil output : ,,,& output up 5.5% :  Refinery report :  Moonilal welcomes report of US$20b in possible Exxon investments : Upgrading Trinidad’s rigs for tomorrow’s challenges :  CDB, World Bank & OECS Build Capacity in Procurement : T&T & UAE sign MoU on digital :

GUYANA :  GO-Invest delegation to EU : Exxon Guyana produces 900,000 oil barrels/day : …& Stabroek Block  passes  milestone : …& Fourth Exxon-operated project to new heights : …& Stabroek delivers : …& Guyana’s oil … : …& World-class, profitable Block : QatarEnergy Joins Offshore Consortium : PETRONAS marks first foray into Guyana : …& TotalEnergies takes consortium operatorship : …& Petronas  Guyana debut : Guyana banks US$15M bonus for new PSA in Block S4 : …&Guyana to ink first post-bid oil deal : …&partners strike loan deal :Technology powers a safer, smarter  industry  :  SOUTHCOM  reaffirms U.S. commitment to security & stability : EnerMech Americas expansion in Guyana : SBM sale of Guyana FPSO to reduce debt :  Guyana debt soars :  ExxonMobil recovers costs of US$10B :…& ramps up global output with early startup and Permian gains : 3MW solar farm powers up  Guyana  transition :

CARICOMCNOOC expansion in Trinidad & Tobago : BpTT completes Cypre gas project : Suriname offers 60% of offshore acreage to accelerate explorationStaatsolie launches Open-Door Offering : PETRONAS clears  for Suriname’s first offshore gas project :…& declares commerciality for Sloanea field with Staatsolie : …& approves Commercial Field : …& and Chevron sign offshore contracts : QatarEnergy adds to interests with Suriname contracts : Guyana gas-to-energy power plant is 68 percent complete : EnerMech expands presence in Guyana & LNG markets under new leadership : Oil and gas demand is set to grow, but can T&T supply? : CDB Vice President Calls for Resilience and Economic Stability : CDB Leads Push for Increased Concessional Climate Financing at COP30 :  Grenada  IMF Staff  2025 Article IV Mission :  Jamaica  United Oil & Gas signs vessel contract for Survey : Excelerate’s Jamaica LNG business resumes full ops after Hurricane Melissa U.S. Support for Hurricane Melissa Recovery :

ISABELANA 1East Venezuela boosts surveillance :  General Caine Meets T&T Prime Minister : …& did not discuss Venezuela : Third US Military aircraft in Tobago : …& Chief Sec probing visit : US intent on Venezuela : Dominican Republic authorised US  anti-drug ops : US Secretary of War visits + Maduro officials hold talks : Washington calling :  Venezuela seeks Chevron Feedstock : Deeper Africa-Caribbean collaboration :  US  chief in T&T to meet PM : Melbana Energy  mobilisation for next well :  Industry lauds ‘historic’ U.S. offshore leasing : ECLAC – Guyana is top exporter :  US armada offshore Trinidad : Chevron affirms long-term presence in Venezuela amid political pressure : PM welcomes US Marines :  Trump – ‘Talks with Maduro possible’ : IMF Article IV Report –Dominican Republic : PM backs US–Venezuela talks : US lifts tariffs on T&T fertilisers  : FT reports US Military ramp-up : …& US aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean Sea : …& ties run deep in T & T : …& USS Gerald Ford sparks Venezuelan military mobilization : …& Largest US carrier arrives in Caribbean :

ISABELANA 2Frontera  strategic spin-off for intrinsic value : Arrow appraisal well M-6 on production : …& well M-5 successfully drilled : Promigas & Vopak to boost  FSRU capacity : Melbana Energy completes Amistad-2 : Guyana airspace open amid Venezuela’s closure : As Caine exits, 2 US military aircraft land in Tobago : No money from Venezuela to T&T : IV EU-Celac Summit : …& paints a grim outlook : …& T&T dissociated from VANISHED ZONE OF PEACE : …& Guyana seeks security cooperation : Barons of Emerging EU superpower : CAF to invest US$40B in LAC growth : Trump intensifies pressure on Maduro as Senate eschews limit on military power : Machado vision for Venezuelan democracy : US vs Venezuela – Why should Guyana be worried? : Deployment of Hurricane Disaster Assistance Response Team : UN COP30 Talk-Fest Ends with Mixed Results : Bermuda receives  green ferry duo from Strategic Marine : T&T LAUNCHES TRANSFORMATION BLUEPRINT : …& Groundwork for megaprojects has begun : IMF Article IV Consultation Dominican Republic : IMF reviews Western Hemisphere economy :  OAS & CEAL join forces for development :

ISABELANA 3  :  US gives Maduro one last chance : UN failure to combat trafficking  led USA to act : …& UN urges restraint as US strikes escalate tension :