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Guyana FPSOs ramping up traffic at Asian shipyard

Guyana’s appetite for Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) units to produce its massive oil reserves is growing as more developments come on stream at the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek block. This demand for FPSOs was most evident recently with two Guyana...

Guyana, Brazil and Mexico best positioned to attract investors willing to take risk

The deepwater plays in Guyana, Brazil and Mexico will provide significant opportunities for these countries to help meet the oil and gas demand in coming years as supply shortfalls due to energy transition trends take hold. "Demand for oil will...

Delta denting demand outlook, pushing oil down

(Reuters) - The Brent benchmark oil price fell for a second day on Friday, albeit holding above $70 a barrel, after the International Energy Agency warned that demand growth for crude is slowing sharply owing to the spread of...

Maersk Discoverer en route to Guyana for 85-day drill campaign at Corentyne block

The Maersk Discoverer, a sixth-generation semi-submersible drilling rig, is en route to Guyana from neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago and is expected to arrive at the Kawa-1 well site on the Corentyne block by August 15. CGX Energy Inc., operator of...

Massive Prosperity FPSO hull arrives at Singapore yard

Dutch floater specialist SBM Offshore said on Thursday the hull for the Prosperity Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel has arrived safely at the Keppel yard in Singapore. The next phase of construction will now commence, with the...

Oil prices hold steady as IEA voice concerns about demand recovery

(Reuters) - Oil prices steadied on Thursday as the International Energy Agency (IEA) said the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus would slow the global oil demand recovery. Brent crude futures rose by 18 cents, or 0.25%, to...

Exxon seeking EPA approval for major 12-well drill campaign at Canje block

Exploration and appraisal drilling offshore Guyana is set to get even busier with more wells now being targeted at the Canje block where two non-commercial prospects have been spudded so far. The Environmental Protection Agency said in a notice...

Oil drops on report White House asking OPEC to pump more

(Reuters) - Oil fell below $70 a barrel on Wednesday, pressured by a CNBC report that the White House will call on OPEC and its allies to boost production in an effort to combat climbing gasoline prices. The price of...

UN Report says planet has spent 86% of carbon budget, humanity in ‘code red’ situation

A major scientific report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that human activity has resulted in an unprecedented expenditure of the planet's "carbon budget," 86 percent of it to be exact, thereby leaving humanity in...

Guyana EPA setting up real time monitoring of offshore operations

Newly appointed Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mr. Kemraj Parsram says the agency is working to improve, enhance and build its capacity and it plans to introduce real time technology, which can assist its monitoring of...

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Hess says exploration planned this year for Suriname blocks at Guyana border

Hess Corporation said exploration activities are planned this year for two Suriname blocks in which it holds stakes -...