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

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

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

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

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

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(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...
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Guyana’s oil fortune rapidly increasing

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‘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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ExxonMobil strikes oil again in 9th discovery off Guyana coast

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ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) has made its ninth discovery offshore Guyana at the Hammerhead-1 well, marking its fifth discovery on the Stabroek Block in the past year and proving a new play concept for potential development. Hammerhead-1 encountered approximately 197 feet (60 meters)...
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ExxonMobil says US$460M spent on drill campaign, other efforts which led to world-class Liza discovery

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ExxonMobil Guyana said on Friday that the company expended US$460M between 1999 and 2015 on a range of activities and interventions which led to the world-class Liza discovery, set to propel the South American country towards becoming a significant...
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United Oil & Gas says 3D data acquired off Jamaica coast “encouraging”

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UK-based United Oil & Gas Plc said on Monday, August 13, that the fast track version of the recently acquired 3D seismic dataset over the Walton-Morant licence offshore Jamaica, has been delivered by the operator, Tullow Jamaica Ltd. Encouragingly,...
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Guyana ‘uniquely advantaged by scale, reservoir quality, cost and rapid returns’ – Hess

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The more than 4 billion oil-equivalent barrels discovered to date in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana is uniquely advantaged by its scale, reservoir quality, cost, rapid cash paybacks and superior financial returns. John Hess, Chief Executive Officer of Hess Corporation...
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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...

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