Exploration

Koebi-1 fails to deliver commercial crude, but Stabroek bonanza grows

The success rate at the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana remains unprecedented with significant hydrocarbon resources being found over the last year at previously announced discoveries. Even with disappointment at some of the wells, the overall oil strikes remain on...

Exxon resumes exploration drilling at Canje Block, Repsol kicks off survey at Kanuku

Exploration drilling in the Canje Block offshore Guyana continues at the Jabillo-1 prospect located approximately 261 kilometers offshore. The Stena Carron had initiated drilling operations at Jabillo-1 on March 14 as part of a three-well campaign planned this year on...

Guyana oil minister calls on investors to work with locals

To ensure all stakeholders benefit from Guyana’s lucrative oil and gas sector, Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat urged current and prospective investors to work with locals on their projects. He made this call during his brief remarks at...

Guyana-Suriname Basin will be important to global energy transition – Hess VP Exploration

In order for the energy needs of the world to be met, upstream investments will have to significantly increase in the coming years. Deepwater ‘advantaged barrels’ in locations such as the Guyana-Suriname Basin will therefore continue to play a...

Russia Deputy Prime Minister says IEA’s net zero plan could push oil price to $200

Russia Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak says the International Energy Agency (IEA)’s call for a halt to global oil and gas developments could push oil prices to $200 a barrel. “If the international energy agency's decision to avoid financing new...

Scale of resources, production potential at Suriname’s Block 58 “bigger than big” says APA official

All eyes are on Suriname’s Block 58 where four of the country’s five offshore discoveries have been made to date and the scale of the resource volume and production potential is said to be “bigger than big” according to...

Global exploration has more than 3 decades of life left – Guyana remains top destination

Updated May 31, 2021 Major oil and gas explorers around the world expect at least three decades of exploration still to come and see this lasting beyond 2050 even as the global pandemic and slashed oil prices have caused companies...

Guyana and Suriname have reached ‘developmental take-off speed’ – analysts

Nestled on the north coast of South America, Guyana and Suriname are among the smallest of the countries on the continent. But with the discovery of multi-billion-barrel hydrocarbon resources, the economic prospects of these upcoming potential giants are among...

Big oil not yet out for the count, says Platts in new analysis

(S&P Global Platts) Global oil and gas producers, facing a pummeling from environmental activists and shareholders, can rely at least for a while on persistent oil demand and a need for their expertize and scale, even as pressure increases...

Mid-Atlantic Oil & Gas plugs GY$10 million into Guyana flood relief efforts

Heavy rainfall continues to affect regions across Guyana with severe flooding in several communities. Relief efforts have been ongoing in the areas affected and this is expected to continue in the coming days. Mid Atlantic Oil & Gas Inc. donated...

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Jaguar FPSO advances toward 2027 start-up with module installation and integration works underway

SBM Offshore said the Jaguar floating production, storage and offloading vessel project has reached several construction milestones as work...