Exploration

Total getting Block 58 “volumes right” before FID, likely in 2024 – Staatsolie asset manager

Exploration and non-operated venture asset manager at Suriname’s state-owned Staatsolie, Patrick Brunings is confident of a final investment decision for Block 58 next year.  Brunings told Hart Energy that operator TotalEnergies and APA Corporation are quantifying the finds it has...

Exploration remains high-risk; Hess, CNOOC hit jackpot with Guyana farm-in – Westwood

Energy market research and intelligence company Westwood Energy says exploration for hydrocarbons remains a high-risk business with only one in every three high impact exploration wells drilled between 2017 and the end 2022 resulting in a potential commercial discovery. “The...

Eco (Atlantic) & partners seek approval to drill up to five wells offshore South Africa

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. said that it, along with its partners, on South Africa’s Block 3B/4B are applying for environmental authorisation to undertake exploration activities. The block lies in water depths averaging approximately 1,000 metres, in the...

Exxon conducting more appraisal drilling at Fangtooth

Guyana’s Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) issued a notice that ExxonMobil Guyana is continuing drilling operations at Fangtooth_2 within the Stabroek Block.  Fangtooth-1 unlocks new play; will ‘add significantly’ to 10-billion-barrel oil resource – Hess This further demonstrates the Exxon-led consortium’s prioritisation...

Hess, Chevron and Shell looking to hit pay at Suriname well this year 

Chief Executive Officer of Hess Corporation, John Hess, said one exploration well will be drilled this year in Block 42 offshore Suriname.  Hess, Chevron and Shell, the operator, are equal stakeholders in the Block which lies north of Block 58,...

Exxon’s drilling operations to peak in 2025 with seven major projects across Stabroek, Kaieteur, Canje blocks

Once ExxonMobil Guyana receives approval from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its 35 multi-well programme in the Stabroek Block, drilling operations for the country could reach its peak in 2025. According to the Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) for the...

Regulator says CGX resuming drilling at Wei-1 

Guyana’s Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) issued a notice to mariners, which pegged March 6 as the resumption date for drilling operations at Wei-1 by CGX Energy.  After successfully drilling the first prospective geologic horizons in the Upper Maastrichtian, CGX put...

Exxon’s massive 35-well campaign set to ramp up Guyana reserves

ExxonMobil has submitted an extensive Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) to cover its planned 35-well drill campaign in the 6.6 million acres Stabroek Block. The document outlines that Exxon’s proposed campaign aims to discover new and re-evaluate existing recoverable hydrocarbons from...

Exxon continuing drilling operations at Fangtooth; likely to be 7th Guyana project

ExxonMobil Guyana is continuing drilling operations at the Fangtooth well site, which yielded a discovery last year, the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) revealed in a notice. Operations are being undertaken by the Stena Carron rig and are expected to take...

CGX encounters hydrocarbons in shallow zones of Wei-1 well, deeper horizons up next

The first round of drilling at CGX Energy’s Wei-1 prospect in the Corentyne Block has yielded positive results. Drilling commenced at Wei-1 late January with the Noble Discoverer. In an update on March 2, CGX reported that the first prospective geologic...

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Shearwater mobilizes Amazon Warrior for 3D survey offshore Suriname

Norwegian marine geosciences company Shearwater is deploying its Amazon Warrior vessel for a 150-day, 6,042 sq km 3D seismic...