Exploration

Whatever happens the oil will flow

The sheer magnitude of Guyana’s oil producing potential has been recognised by many international publications and industry experts. With ExxonMobil Guyana expecting to produce over 750,000 barrels of oil per day by 2025, Guyana will soon become one of...

SBM signs letter of intent to lease and operate FPSO Mero 2 in Brazil

SBM Offshore has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) together with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for a 22.5 years lease and operate of FPSO Mero 2, to be deployed at the Mero field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil, 180...

No signing bonus, free seismic data for companies in Dominican Republic’s first ever licensing round

With no signing bonus and seismic exploration data being made available to companies for free, the Dominican Republic is offering low-risk contract terms in an effort to attract big investment in its nascent oil and gas industry. The licensing round...

2016 Stabroek contract revisions followed dry hole at Skipjack

When US oil major ExxonMobil first started exploration activities at the Liza field the odds of finding oil at the high-risk Guyana basin was less than 20 percent. The giant discovery in 2015 of 800 million to 1.4 billion...

Tullow spuds Guyana wildcat; results expected in August

UK-based Tullow Oil and its joint venture partners have spudded their first well at the Orinduik Block offshore Guyana located just miles away from the multi-billion-barrel Stabroek Block where US oil major ExxonMobil has to date made a record...

Guyana mega oil potential to be tested in 2019

Multiple commercial oil discoveries at Guyana’s Stabroek Block have established the country as a key up and coming producer in the region. And now, as exploration activities ramp up at other blocks outside Stabroek, a discovery could push the...

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...

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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...