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Guyana budgets GY$100.7M to review Exxon’s Whiptail field plan

Guyana Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, said Tuesday that GY$100.7 million (approximately US$483,000) has been budgeted to review the Whiptail field development plan (FDP). The government, he said, has received indication that the plan will be submitted in 2023. The...

Final audit report on Stabroek Block costs due in March – Bharrat

An audit, launched in May 2022 of Stabroek Block costs submitted for the period 2018-2020, is due to wrap up in March this year, Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat said Tuesday. There was a misconception, Bharrat explained, that...

Guyana and Suriname forge closer private sector ties

Guyana’s Private Sector Commission is establishing closer ties with its Surinamese counterpart for enhanced collaboration as both countries pursue oil and gas development.  The Guyana-Suriname Private Sector Business Council headed by Guyanese Paul Cheong was created in 2022 and on...

PROSPERITY UPDATES: Naming ceremony for Guyana’s third FPSO set for Wednesday

The naming ceremony for Guyana’s third floating, floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel – the Prosperity – is set for Wednesday Feb. 1 at the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore. First Lady of Guyana, Arya Ali, attended a reception hosted...

Exxon posts record-breaking US$56 billion earnings for 2022

With 2022 closed, ExxonMobil raked in a whopping US$55.7 billion in earnings for the full year, up from US$23.0 billion in 2021 – a US$32.7 billion increase, its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Darren Woods reported to investors on Jan....

Stabroek partners looking to up Liza Unity production in Q4 2023

After a successful start-up in February 2022 and a gradual production ramp-up in July, the Stabroek Block co-venturers are considering production optimisation measures on the Liza Unity FPSO in the fourth quarter of 2023. Hess President and Chief Operating Officer,...

Norway firm says energy markets enjoying 7-year investment feast

Rystad Energy’s projections place the global energy market for suppliers in a seven-year feast, following a seven-year famine that ended in 2021. The analyst said last year was a turning point with the post-pandemic recovery and record high gas prices...

Young Guyanese cop training opportunity at Qualco HQ

Ravindra Chuniram and Joshua Ramotar were two of the first Guyanese hired by Qualco Guyana to work at its Supply, East Bank Demerara training base as Roustabouts – an entry-level, broad-based skill-level oil and gas position. Both men are now...

The Oil & Gas Sector: Implications For Agriculture Being More Than Food On The Table

By Dr H. Arlington Chesney - OilNOW An integrated and holistically conceptualised oil and gas sector could assist in developing a transformed and modernised Guyana and regional agriculture and contribute to regional food security. It could thus again be a...

Ten wells planned for Stabroek Block in 2023 – Hess

The Stabroek Block co-venturers intend to drill 10 exploration and appraisal wells there in 2023, Chief Executive Officer of Hess Corporation, John Hess said Tuesday. “We continue to see multibillion barrels of additional exploration potential on the Stabroek Block,” Hess...

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Suriname’s Roystonea, Fusaea discoveries could support 100,000 b/d development – WoodMac 

Petronas’ Roystonea-1 and Fusaea-1 discoveries in Block 52 offshore Suriname are estimated to hold recoverable resources approaching 400 million...