Headlines October 2023
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GUYANA – Exxonmobil 46th Stabroek discovery : Hess Guyana profits : Women’s group wins blocks : Replicate Guyana model : tChevron – Hess deal : Exxon & Hess relinquish offshore block : First steel cut for FPSO modules : SBM Offshore awarded FEED contracts : …including new FPSO : Exxon FID for sixth oil project by 2024Q1 : cost-recovery audits : 25 compete for crude marketing contract : New oil contracts : 2022 Bid Round : Arbitration likely if Guyana & ExxonMobil cannot settle claim : Media and Ministry : British Envoy promotes investment : Gas-to-Energy Project : BACKGROUND ON GAS PROJECT : Electricity tax for large firms on GPL grid : Gas-to-Energy contracts should be made public : Gas-to-Energy to end blackouts :
GUYANA 2 – Canada support for sovereignty :Guyana and Canada create STREAM jobs : IFAD invests in hinterland : Revised request for Amaila Falls project bids : Ring-fencing oil projects risks revenue : A brighter future under PPP/C rule : ICCR : IDB loan for education : New US Ambassador : New York senators to visit :
CARICOM – Caricom warns Venezuela on Guyana : CANADA-CARICOM SUMMIT : …. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP : …bloc vows stronger bilateral ties : … expects Canada to get funds : Trudeau chastises Haiti elite : ….Strengthen economies & regional security : ….work to ‘overcome hurdles’ : Crime : IMF (Suriname) : …Antigua and Barbuda : Hess & Chevron in blockbuster deal : Chevron to ‘more than double’ free cashflow : Farewell to Hess – one of the last ground-breaking E&P companies : USA & CARICOM :
CARICOM 2 – Caricom events cost TT $7.9 million : US Trade show will boost RE : Local ladies win key offshore oil blocks : Guyana & Russian & Cuban envoys discuss Venezuela : Maritime licences from Guyana ‘null & void’ : Energy sector pursues regional collaboration : 6 Dragon risks : Essequibo explosion : NCB group :
TRINIDAD 1 – Venezuelan Natural Gas : Shallow water bid round : Heritage : Yara earns US$93M in for operating Tringen : NGC & Methanex sign gas-sale agreement : NGC & Point Lisas Nitrogen sign gas-sales contract : Dragon debate : Argus : USA allows payment for Dragon Gas : 2024 Budget : No bitumen shortage : LNG restructuring in November : UNC deals : Germany to strengthen bilateral relations : Solar energy : Budgetary balance : Extra boost in 2023 gas output : Chambers support minimum wage rise : TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ON GROWTH PATH : ECONOMIC GROWTH : Security – too little, too late : POLICE POINTS- : Top ten budget takeaways : Clarke Energy : ….Making best use of energy : NGC climate platform :
TRINIDAD 2 : Dragon decision : Dragon in Caracas : U.S.suspends sanctions on Venezuela : Hostility from Venezuela : ALNG : More forex : NGC & Methanex launch training platform : Ministry & NIHERST, Shell provide STREAM kits :
ISABELANA : Joint Statement on Venezuela Negotiations : US lifts sanctions with conditions. : Return of oil services : US Suspends Sanctions on Oil, Gas, Gold Sectors : US relieves Venezuela sanctions : US mitigates sanctions : Biden softens sanctions on Venezuela : U.S. Lifts Broad Sanctions Against Venezuela for Six Months : …. after Maduro deal with opposition : María Corina Machado wins Venezuela opposition primary : Venezuelans to vote in presidential primaries : Deal between regime and opposition welcomed : Maduro Reignites Venezuela-Guyana Border Dispute : Colombia : AES and Seaspan ink Panama LNG bunkering pact : Guyana greenlights oil drilling in waters claimed by Venezuela : Venezuela seeks talks with Caricom :
Headlines September ….and links to earlier months
Editor:
Sally Radford PhD,
Fellow of The Caribbean Academy of Sciences
ss.radford1@gmail.com
Headlines October 2023
