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ExxonMobil Guyana President credits thousands of workers behind Errea Wittu FPSO arrival 

ExxonMobil Guyana President Alistair Routledge said the delivery of Guyana’s fifth floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the Stabroek Block was the result of years of planning and coordination involving thousands of workers worldwide. Routledge made the comments...

Former PSC chairman says consortiums could unlock more than GY$3M through Guyana Development Bank

Former Private Sector Commission (PSC) Chairman Komal Singh says small businesses could pool resources through consortiums to access financing beyond the Guyana Development Bank’s proposed GY$3 million (about US$14,400) microcredit limit. Singh made the comments during an interview on the...

Petrobras, Seatrium prepare P-80 and P-82 platforms for sailaway to Brazil

Petrobras and Seatrium are preparing the P-80 and P-82 offshore platforms to leave Singapore for Brazil, with both units now in the final stage of module integration ahead of planned production in 2027, Petrobras said on August 27.  The companies...

From Guyana’s first ExxonMobil employee to building its next generation of STEM talent: Meet Suzie De Abreu

Suzie De Abreu has spent more than two decades helping establish ExxonMobil’s presence in Guyana. Today, as the company’s Guyana STEM Initiative Lead, she is focused on helping young people discover where these fields can take them.  De Abreu was...

SLB introduces two artificial lift technologies for challenging U.S. land wells

SLB has introduced two artificial lift technologies for United States land operations aimed at improving production reliability and extending equipment life in mature and challenging wells. The technologies, announced by SLB on August 25, are the Harbison-Fischer Deka™ diamond technology...

TechnipFMC completes largest Subsea 2.0 manifold loadout for Guyana’s Whiptail project

TechnipFMC has completed the largest loadout of Subsea 2.0® manifolds in the company’s history for ExxonMobil’s Whiptail project offshore Guyana. The company said on August 25 that its team in Brazil loaded six manifolds weighing a combined 960 tons. The...

Letter to the Editor: Oil cargoes should be explained in plain language

Dear Editor, One area of Guyana's oil sector that still needs more public explanation is how oil cargoes are allocated. Many Guyanese hear that the country produces hundreds of oil cargoes and naturally ask: how many belong to Guyana, how many...

TotalEnergies targets waste management readiness for Suriname’s offshore sector

TotalEnergies EP Suriname B.V. (TEPSR) hosted a supplier development workshop to strengthen local waste management capacity as Suriname prepares for offshore oil production. The workshop was held on August 19 at the Assuria Event Centre in Paramaribo. It brought together...

Guyana’s monthly Stabroek Block oil entitlement rises to as much as 12 million barrels, ministry says

Guyana is now receiving as much as 12 million barrels of crude oil per month from the Stabroek Block, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources, as the country takes a larger share of overall production following the recovery...

GEA to train new batch of electrical and mechanical technicians in EV, hybrid vehicle maintenance 

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) is preparing to train another batch of electrical and mechanical technicians in electric and hybrid vehicle maintenance as Guyana’s electric vehicle market expands. A notice seen by OilNOW in the Guyana Chronicle on August 26...

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Could Guyana’s oil carry more global weight than its output suggests?

Guyana supplies less than 1% of the world’s oil. However, its rapid growth, competitive production costs, export-focused industry, and...