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Exploration to increase in 2018 but investment constraints remain

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(Rigzone) Exploration activity will increase in 2018, but market uncertainty and the need to manage debt levels will remain key constraints to investment. That is the view of oil and gas analysts at BMI Research, who highlighted that a recent...
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Oil firms to step up exploration off Norway this year after poor 2017

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(Reuters) - Efforts to find new oil off Norway are expected to double in 2018, preliminary company plans show, with activity rising in more mature areas after this year’s disappointing Arctic campaign. The pressure to deliver is growing as 2017’s...
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ExxonMobil acquires deepwater blocks offshore Mauritania

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ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) affiliate ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Mauritania Deepwater Ltd. has signed production-sharing contracts with the government of Mauritania for three deepwater offshore blocks. Blocks C22, C17 and C14 are located an average of 200 km (124 miles) offshore...
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‘We want to look back 10 years from now and say we helped Guyana’ – Exxon Country Manager

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ExxonMobil Guyana Country Manager, Rod Henson says the company would like to look back 10 years from now and see that its presence would have served to help the South American country of 750,000 people. Guyana will enter the league...
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Offshore Rigs: The Basics

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Offshore exploration and development wells are often drilled from mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs, pronounced "moe-dooz"). Depending on the water depth and remoteness of the location, these "rigs" may be jack-ups (up to 400 feet of water), or semisubmersibles,...
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Partners fast-tracking second Liza FPSO

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ExxonMobil is fast-tracking a second floater project for Guyana’s Liza area development amid suggestions that the next unit will be significantly larger than the 120,000-barrels-per-day Liza-1 unit. According to an Upstream report, plans for a second floating production, storage and...
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Exxon hit early jackpot by drilling “biggest, best prospects first” – Mc Gehee

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ExxonMobil made the decision to begin drilling for oil in Guyana at the Liza field since this prospect was the biggest and best, based on data analysed by the company. By the time the oil major acquired rights to explore...
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Africa Oil enters partnership with Eco Atlantic for Guyana, Namibia acreages

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Africa Oil Corp. says it has entered into a strategic partnership with Eco (Atlantic) Oil and Gas Ltd. for exploration in Guyana and West Africa. Under the terms of an investment agreement, AOC has agreed to acquire a 19.77%...
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Exxon successfully spuds Ranger-1

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ExxonMobil began exploratory drilling operations at the Ranger-1 well site in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana on Friday. The Ranger-1 drill site is located approximately 160 nautical miles off the coast of Guyana and covers an area of one square...
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Tullow shares dip on Araku disappointment

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After being forced to plug and abandon the highly anticipated 1.6-mile deep Araku-1 exploration well in Suriname, Tullow Oil took a 5pc hit to its share price. It is the second major disappointment for the company, which was forced to...
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