Golden handshake: Suriname's controversial President Desi Bouterse (left) congratulates Rudolf Elias, director of state-owned oil company Staatsolie, after learning that Apache had struck oil Photo: REUTERS/SCANPIX

Suriname explorers look beyond Covid-19 clouds

Operators see nation's waters as hotspot in chilly market, with Apache studying development plans for two finds

14 May 2020 22:00 GMT Updated 14 May 2020 22:00 GMT

By Gareth Chetwynd

in London

US independent Apache is already eyeing development plans for the first two discoveries on its Block 58 off Suriname, with a third well currently under way. An

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