Exploration

Edison Chouest opens ‘G-Boats’ office in new South American oil & gas hotspot

US marine transportation service provider Edison Chouest Offshore launched its G-Boats (Guyana) Inc. office in the South American country of Guyana on Friday. Edison Chouest entered Guyana in January 2016 with three vessels and has now increased its fleet to...

President Granger approves Eco Atlantic’s transfer of 25% interest in Orinduik Block to Total Petroleum

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd said on Wednesday that Guyana’s President, David Granger, has approved the transfer of the 25% working interest in the Orinduik Block, offshore Guyana from Eco Atlantic (Guyana) Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the...

Guyana Orinduik Block explorers looking to add additional well in 2019

The partners in the Orinduik Block, offshore Guyana;Tullow (Operator), Total Petroleum SA, and Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd., are in discussions to accelerate their work programme and to consider adding an additional well in 2019. In an update released...

Guyanese O&G firm to announce major certification

A Guyanese-owned oil field services company has become the first local firm in the industry to achieve a major globally recognized certification which it will announce today in Georgetown. Guysons Oil and Gas Logistics & Services was officially launched just...

Dept. of Energy likely to take lead on local content – Dr Bynoe

Head of Guyana’s Department of Energy Dr Mark Bynoe says the Local Content Policy development which was some time ago transferred to the Ministry of Business from the Ministry of Natural Resources is likely to be handed over to...

Global oil consumption will reach 100 million barrels per day in next few decades

(Reuters) - Sometime in the next few weeks, global oil consumption will reach 100 million barrels per day (bpd) - more than twice what it was 50 years ago - and it shows no immediate sign of falling. Despite overwhelming...

Guyana paying close attention to technical capacity as ExxonMobil 3rd drill ship set to arrive October

ExxonMobil Guyana's third drillship - the Noble Tom Madden - is set to arrive in the South American country in October. This vessel will focus primarily on exploration of high potential areas and will commence drilling at the ‘Pluma’ prospect approximately...

Guyana’s 9th oil discovery opens way for new 10-billion-barrel province – Westwood

On August 30th Exxon announced the ninth discovery offshore Guyana at the Hammerhead-1 well, adding to the resource base of 4 billion barrels of oil equivalent found since the Liza discovery in 2015.  Liza is expected to be onstream in...

Eco Atlantic says Guyana prospect contains approximately 3 billion barrels of oil and gas

(Reuters) - A prospect operated by Tullow Oil off Guyana contains an estimated 3 billion barrels of oil and gas, its partner Eco Atlantic said on Tuesday, as the two firms prepare to drill in the Latin American oil...

Guyana’s oil fortune rapidly increasing

‘Unprecedented’ is the one word that sums up the remarkable string of oil discoveries which US supermajor ExxonMobil has been making off the Guyana coast since 2015. The company’s success rate for finding crude in an area five and...

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World’s largest EV brand now in Guyana, adding momentum to vehicle transition

The world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, BYD, has officially entered the Guyanese market through GT Automotive, a move...