Exploration

Guyana is one of the main beneficiaries of deepwater reinvention

Deepwater and tight oil are two of the great growth themes in the oil and gas industry, but are often considered to be at opposite ends of the development spectrum. Deepwater represents large, expensive and complex long-cycle projects best suited...

Multiple play types with an 87% success rate make Guyana a unique frontier

The resource growth in Guyana’s Stabroek Block is being described as ‘staggering’ by a top official at US oil major ExxonMobil who says while the average success rate in a frontier area is 10%, the company has had an...

ExxonMobil evacuates staff from Iraq following rocket fire

Rocket fire on Wednesday June 19 near the site of ExxonMobil’s operation in Iraq, has triggered an evacuation of the US oil major's staff, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, a rocket hit a site in southern Iraq which is used...

Why explorers are in the grip of an existential crisis

The energy transition is challenging the raison d'etre of conventional exploration, which has always been the industry's primary engine for growth. So says Andrew Latham, Vice President of Global Exploration at Wood Mackenzie. In a low-carbon future, is there still room...

Guyana government did not sanction oil blocks probe

The Guyana government said on Friday it only learnt about a probe into the award of oil blocks through media reports and it has not received any formal update from the State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA) in relation to...

Offshore drilling making comeback with low-cost targets like Stabroek

Producing 120,000 barrels of oil per day from the Permian basin would require a $12.8 billion investment while hitting the same volume from Guyana’s Stabroek Block require just $3.7 billion for the first phase of the Liza Development project. John...

CGX to begin hazard assessment at Utakwaaka-1

CGX Energy Inc. is set to begin a shallow hazard survey at its Utakwaaka-1 well site offshore Guyana ahead of a drill campaign scheduled to get underway by or before November 2019. Guyana’s Maritime Administration Department said the operation, which...

Guyana discoveries help ExxonMobil add 4.5 billion barrels to its reserves

ExxonMobil said on Tuesday it added 4.5 billion oil-equivalent barrels of proved oil and gas reserves in 2018, replacing 313 percent of the year’s production. The company said continuing success in exploration and strategic acquisitions in Guyana and Brazil have...

Major oil find excites southern Caribbean

(Amsterdam News) U.S. supermajor ExxonMobil announced two major oil finds offshore Guyana in the past week, and the discovery has raised the hopes for similar massive oil discoveries in two of its neighbors that incidentally already produce oil and...

Tilapia encountered “highest net pay count” to date on Stabroek Block

The two most recent discoveries on Guyana’s prolific Stabroek Block is particularly significant since one represents the highest net pay count found to date and the other the first gas discovery announced by the ExxonMobil-led consortium of Hess and...

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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 -...