Suriname oil finds eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, Jan 20 th 2023 – Suriname’s recent oil finds in Block 58 put the South American nation’s recoverable resource count at over five billion oil-equivalent barrels. But that number is merely a fraction of what is believed to be held in the Suriname basin. There should be much, much more. Seismic…
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Suriname, Guyana knocking hard on the door eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, Jan 20th 2023 — Global Analytical Group, Wood Mackenzie said it expects low-key, direct negotiations rather than a proliferation of high-profile licensing rounds as countries look to accelerate their oil and gas potential. But even with that said, WoodMac noted that several licensing rounds are creating quite…
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eyesonsuriname/af Amsterdam, 6 January 2023–Suriname’s state energy company, Staatsolie, said offshore activity is being followed with great interest both locally and internationally. In 2023, the company expects there to be multi-block exploration, seismic tests, and new license awards. Suriname’s ongoing Demerara area competitive bid round involves six deepwater blocks. The blocks lie to the east…
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Investments Chevron and Exxon eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 6 January 2023–Chevron Corp. and ExxonMobil – two of the biggest oil and gas majors on the globe have been pulling the plug on mega international projects to focus attention on more lucrative ventures in the Americas. The Wall Street Journal is deeming it “the era of retrenchment”. Both…
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Countries come and go eyesonsuriname/ roykhemradj Amsterdam, 7 January 2022– The issue in the border issue was that Suriname demanded that the Netherlands make a public statement regarding the territory to be transferred to the new Republic of Suriname in 1975. In the end, this was laid down by the Netherlands in an internal, i.e.…
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eyesonsuriname/ antonfoek Amsterdam, 27 december 2022=Brazil’s President-elect Lula looking up North. Thats where Suriname is located. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will seek to rebuild ties with its South American neighbors and regain a leading role in the fight against climate change under future Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira. The first step in this direction occurred…
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Hess Corporation Acts eyesonsuriname/antonfoek Amsterdam, 22 december 2022–Standard & Poor Global believes bid rounds in Guyana and Suriname will attract further investments that are needed to drive the development of a competitive global oil environment. Given the trail of economic damage left by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war, industry players such as Hess Corporation have…
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Neighbouring Suriname eyesonsuriname the Hague, Nov 19th 2022–The Venezuelan government wants to resolve the border dispute in direct talks with Guyana, but the latter insists it has been already regulated with the 1899 settlement. We will demonstrate Guyana’s claim is inadmissible,” Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said on Thursday to the International Court of Justice in…
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Chances For Paramaribo ( Hello Mr. Ramdin, President Santhoki are you listening ?? Hello…are you there ?? ) Part III eyesonsuriname H. W. French and Anton JieSamFoek Amsterdam, Nov 9 th 2022–It is not immediately obvious where the income necessary to sustain this kind of commercial strip comes from. Some surely derives from work in the offshore oil business based nearby,…
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Chances For Paramaribo ( Hello Mr. Ramdin, President Santhoki are you listening ?? Hello…are you there ?? ) Part II Eyesonsuriname H. W. French and Anton JieSamFoek Amsterdam, Nov 8th 2022 We followed a route traced out on a Michelin map. It did not take long to discover that many of the routes marked on the map in red –…
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