Exploration

Emerging play options shrinking, Guyana & Suriname account for over 50% this year

Emerging play options around the world are shrinking with over 50% of such wells planned for 2021 located in the Guyana-Suriname basin where over 10 billion barrels of oil equivalent resources have been discovered since 2015. According to Westwood Global...

Basins with high-quality, low-cost discoveries will reign supreme

Analysts around the world have been crunching numbers and closely examining scenarios that provide insight into the future of oil and gas in a world that is moving towards renewable energy sources. The predictions vary, often considerably, for peak...

IEA landmark report calls for halt to global oil and gas developments, but cautions that each country would need to design its own strategy

The International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday that under an energy scenario needed to put the world on a path to net-zero emissions by 2050, no new oil and gas developments should be sanctioned beyond those already approved for...

Drilling at Canje Block will determine if upper-cretaceous play can be extended

Exploration drilling in the Canje Block offshore Guyana will be key to determining if the upper-cretaceous play can be extended in a basin where over 9 billion barrels of oil equivalent have been found in the adjacent Stabroek Block...

Brazil offshore wells could quadruple to 19 this year

(S&P Global Platts) Brazil's National Petroleum Agency expects the number of exploration wells drilled off the country's coast to nearly quadruple in 2021 to 19 wells as oil companies ramp up activity and the coronavirus pandemic wanes, the regulator's...

More penetrations in Santonian could push Guyana oil resources even higher

In addition to Uaru-2, three other discoveries offshore Guyana – Liza Deep, Tripletail and Yellowtail – have had deeper penetrations into the Santonian. That deeper interval is found not only at the prolific Stabroek Block, but also extends east...

Projects set to push Guyana’s production over 500,000 bpd by 2024 on schedule

Preparations for the 220,000 barrels per day (bpd) Liza Phase 2 and Payara developments offshore Guyana are moving ahead on schedule and will soon add to the 120,000 bpd Liza Phase 1 project, effectively pushing Guyana’s output at peak...

Multiple wells under drill bit at Stabroek Block as explorers look to identify 5th and 6th developments

The planned exploration and appraisal drilling campaigns offshore Guyana are now in high gear with forays set to start and others ongoing at multiple wells in the 6.6 million acres Stabroek Block. OilNOW understands that the Stabroek Block exploration programme...

Finnish Group, Guyanese companies join forces to handle waste from offshore oil & gas assets

One of the newest Oil and Gas (O&G) support companies to enter Guyana’s petroleum industry is Sustainable Environmental Solutions Inc. (SES), made possible through a joint venture agreement between Finnish company, Corena Group Integrated Environmental Solutions, and local companies,...

Exxon hits pay at Uaru-2 in 19th Guyana oil discovery

ExxonMobil announced on Tuesday its 19th discovery offshore the South American country of Guyana at the Uaru-2 well which will add to the previously announced gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the block, which is currently estimated to be...

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Suriname mourns former President Chandrikapersad Santokhi, dead at 67

Former Suriname President Chandrikapersad Santokhi has died at the age of 67. According to Waterkant News, an ambulance was called...