Exploration

Tullow expects results for Beebei-Potaro well in third quarter of 2022

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...

Despite multiple discoveries, no timeline yet for first oil in Suriname

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...

Yarrow-1 is Exxon’s next target offshore Guyana

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 Resilient rig passes one year with no lost time incidents

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,”...

Suriname’s upcoming bid round: 8 million acres of shallow water blocks up for grabs – Staatsolie

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 7 years: 2 massive oil production vessels, 6 drill ships, multiple supply boats

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...

Massive 30 billion barrels of oil now estimated offshore Suriname – Staatsolie VP

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...

180 million barrels of oil in place at new Suriname well, APA confirms

APA Corporation announced Tuesday flow test results from the Krabdagu exploration well (KBD-1) on Block 58 offshore Suriname. APA Suriname holds a 50% working interest in the block, with TotalEnergies (TTE), the operator, also holding a 50% working interest. TotalEnergies...

Guyana not the only ‘iron in the fire’ for Hess; Suriname, GoM being targeted – CEO

The oil industry has been hard hit by two unprecedented risk factors—the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. To survive these turbulent times and any other similar risks well into 2040, Hess Corporation believes the key is continued...

CGX walks away from 1.1 million acres offshore Guyana, hedging all bets on Corentyne

Given their inability to honour their work obligations, Frontera Energy Corporation and CGX Energy Inc. have reached an agreement with the Guyana Government to relinquish the Demerara and Berbice Blocks, amounting to a combined 1.1 million acres. The attention of...

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T&T Energy Ministry to investigate rig collapse that left worker missing

Pete Phillip, a worker attached to Well Services Limited, is missing after an incident at Rig 110 within the...