Exploration

CGX delivers historic discovery after more than 2 decades on the hunt

After more than 20 years of seismic data acquisition and drilling, CGX Energy Inc. has finally landed its first oil discovery in Guyana at the Kawa-1 well on the Corentyne Block which appears to rival some of the notable...

Exxon delivered big results in Guyana last year as discoveries plummeted globally

Oil and Gas explorers around the world had high hopes pinned on 2021 as pandemic restrictions eased and wildcat wells deferred from the year before were given the green light. But according to Rystad Energy, despite an impetus from...

Exxon looking to hit pay at Patwa-1

Patwa-1 is the latest prospect to be targeted by ExxonMobil at the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana where over 10 billion barrels of oil equivalent resources have already been found. OilNOW understands the Noble Sam Croft will be engaged in drilling...

Guyana-Suriname Upper Cretaceous play delivered the goods in 2021

Frontier exploration drilling fell to its lowest level since 2008 with only 15 frontier wells being completed and only one making a potentially modest sized commercial discovery according to a report released this week by energy market research and...

2022 Guyana bid round will open more acreage in prolific basin

By the third quarter of this year, Guyanese authorities plan to auction the nation’s remaining offshore oil blocks to international oil companies (IOC) marking a shift from the country’s earlier awards of production sharing contracts (PSCs) based on direct...

Lau Lau-1 is Exxon’s largest discovery by depth in Guyana; almost three times the height of Marriott Hotel

To date, there have been more than 20 major discoveries in the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The largest of them by depth is Lau Lau-1 which was announced on January 5 by the American multinational. The Lau Lau-1 well...

Guyanese inspectors will begin testing crude produced offshore from this month

The South American country of Guyana has been striking oil in quick succession and building the capacity needed to manage the new industry in stride, with officers from the country’s standards bureau already carrying out monitoring activities on the...

So far only Stabroek has delivered the goods…what’s next?

High impact wells will continue to dominate global offshore exploration this year with mainly the big prospects being of significant interest to oil majors and larger National Oil Companies (NOC). The Guyana-Suriname Basin remains at the top of the...

US Gulf of Mexico to hit new production record this year

By Ed Crooks - Vice-Chair, Americas, Wood Mackenzie Platforms coming on stream will take US deepwater output to a record high in 2022. But new entrants have been wary of moving into the region. When British cartographers mapped what was to...

Maersk Drilling awarded one-well extension for Suriname campaign

TotalEnergies E&P Suriname, Suriname Branch has exercised an option to add the drilling of one additional well in Block 58 offshore Suriname to the work scope of the drillship Maersk Valiant. The contract extension has an estimated duration of 100...

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Guyana launches Global Student Exchange with EU & UG on health, oil and gas, engineering sectors

The European Chamber of Commerce Guyana (ECCG), in partnership with the European Union and the University of Guyana (UG),...