Exploration

After having made more than 30 discoveries offshore Guyana with a success rate close to 90%, ExxonMobil sees the potential for the Stabroek Block’s near 11 billion oil equivalent barrels to more than double. In addition, the company sees...

Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said in a notice over the weekend that an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the cumulative effects of a 35-well campaign proposed by ExxonMobil at the Stabroek Block, is required before a determination can...

The most striking news to emerge from Suriname’s recently concluded Energy, Oil and Gas Summit (SEOGS) 2022 was uttered by the Vice President of Offshore at Staatsolie, Glenn Corrie – that 30 billion barrels of oil equivalent awaits discovery in the South American nation’s...

Tullow Oil said it expects drilling completion and results for the Beebei-Potaro well offshore Guyana in the third quarter of 2022. This was stated in its July trading statement and operational update, released on Wednesday. The Beebei-Potaro prospect is targeting...

Suriname’s Block 58 has churned out five discoveries in total, but operator TotalEnergies E&P Suriname B.V. is yet to make a Final Investment Decision (FID). Government officials expressed hope during the recently held Suriname Energy, Oil and Gas Conference (SEOGS) that this...

With nearly 11 billion barrels of oil equivalent discovered since 2015, ExxonMobil is looking to further increase these volumes at its largest deepwater license offshore Guyana. The US oil major is targeting a new prospect - Yarrow-1 – located approximately...

Maersk Drilling recently reached another safety milestone. Its Maersk Resilient jack up rig went an entire year without lost time incidents. “Another safety milestone has been reached! As a true testament to #MaerskDrilling’s commitment to safety, #MaerskResilient surpassed 1 year without any lost time incidents,”...

Investors have already lined up to grab Suriname’s deepwater blocks when the auction opens later this year. But Staatsolie’s Offshore Vice President, Glenn Corrie is urging that attention also be paid to the shallow water auction set for 2023. That...

In just seven years Guyana has moved from a frontier area to South America’s hottest new oil province and emerging energy hub, all as a result of an unprecedented series of discoveries made by ExxonMobil off the country’s coast...

Paramaribo, Suriname – 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 tiny fraction of what is believed to be held...