by Brian Kahn – Bloomberg Christoph Gebald’s company, Climeworks, is a pioneer in carbon-capture technology. Can it grow quickly enough to make an impact in the climate fight? Most everyone who’s committed their career to solving the climate crisis comes to the field because they have something they want to save. It’s the mountains for…
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Occidental Petroleum is leading the global charge to vastly expand the use of technologies that suck up carbon dioxide. The failure of company’s biggest-ever bet shows the challenges ahead. By Natasha White, Akshat Rathi, and Kevin Crowley The world wants to master the process of corralling carbon, and Occidental Petroleum Corp. is building a futuristic machine on the dusty plains of…
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Suriname’s window of opportunity to reap the full benefits of its offshore oil and gas sector is closing fast, said Guyana’s Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo during an October 12 press conference. Jagdeo was asked to respond to reports about Guyana being used as a “negative example” of how to govern an oil industry. In his…
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Production at Brazil’s state-run Petrobras hit close to four million barrels a day in this quarter, according to its chief executive officer, Jean-Paul Prates. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Prates said Petrobras began producing oil in 1953 with just shy of three thousand barrels a day. “Today, @petrobras produces more than a thousand…
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The government of Guyana has issued a statement expressing its concern over reports of increased military activities and troop mobilization by Venezuelan forces in proximity to the country’s borders. In response to these developments, Guyana has taken steps to address the situation, including informing its international partners and taking measures to safeguard its sovereignty. The…
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The carbon negative South American country bides its time ahead of potential oil boom The FDI angle: In early June, Suriname’s state-owned company Staatsolie hosted an energy, oil and gas summit in the capital, Paramaribo. The aim was to “bring Suriname to the attention of the world” and promote investment into the country’s nascent offshore…
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By Mitchell Ferman Apache Corp., confident in its oil discovery with TotalEnergies SE off Suriname’s coast, is pursuing further discussions for a floating liquefied natural gas site in cooperation with neighboring Guyana, an Apache executive told analysts and investors. Natural gas is a byproduct of oil production that companies handle in a variety of ways. Apache plans in…
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and launches development studies with the objective of sanctioning the project end 2024 eyesonsuriname Download the Press Release (PDF) Paris, September 13, 2023 – On the occasion of the meeting held in Paramaribo between Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, His Excellency Chandrikapersad Santokhi, President of the Republic of Suriname, and Annand Jagesar, CEO of…
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All details will be revealed to Suriname’s President on Block 58’s development prospects, said TotalEnergies’ Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanné. Speaking at the Barclays CEO-Energy Power Conference being held in New York, Pouyanné said that the oil field is big enough “to launch a sizeable deepwater development” but held other details close. He is due for…
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