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Outgoing head of Guyana’s Department of Energy says ‘still willing to serve’

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Character, integrity, perseverance and contentment--these are the qualities that outgoing Director of the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe says are integral to his successor executing their duties within an agency that has played a critical role in the...
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Guyana government intensifies call for oil not to be seen as the ‘only game in town’

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The Government of Guyana is continuing to place emphasis on the diversification of the economy as part of efforts to ensure the emerging oil and gas sector does not become the sole area of economic activity in the South...
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Stena Carron exits ‘deepest Guyana well’ for new drill campaign

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The drillship Stena Carron is set to depart the Tanager-1 well site in the Kaieteur block and will take up a new assignment at the Redtail area, back in the adjacent Stabroek block, for an exercise that is set...
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Negotiating an oil agreement for new economies such as Guyana

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The mere mention of a natural resource discovery, especially of oil and increasingly of gas, ignites personal and national dreams of riches and hopes of prosperous times, fuelled more than ever by recent dramatic changes in oil prices. Many emerging...
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Liza-1 well can produce up to 50 million standard cubic feet of gas per day

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Guyana is poised to significantly reduce its reliance on imported fossil fuel to meet its energy needs through the utilisation of natural gas from the offshore Liza field at the Stabroek block. There has been broad-based consensus on the...
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Guyana and Suriname joining Brazil as South America’s hottest deepwater plays

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Offshore exploration and production activities in South America have long been dominated by Brazil with its vast offshore pre-salt developments. State oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) alone accounted for nearly 88% of the continent’s deepwater OPEX in the...
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China oil giants considering buyout of Exxon’s stake in Iraq oil field

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(Bloomberg) --China’s oil giants China National Petroleum Corp. and CNOOC Ltd. are considering acquiring Exxon Mobil Corp.’s remaining stake in an oil field in Iraq, which could fetch at least $500 million, according to people familiar with the matter. The...
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It will take several wells to define Kaieteur Block opportunity – Hess

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Speaking just days before the results from the Tanager-1 prospect was announced, John Hess, CEO of Hess Corporation, a 15% stakeholder in the Kaieteur Block, said it will take several wells for the co-venturers to define the opportunity in...
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Head of UAE investment group in Guyana for talks

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Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Juma Al Maktoum of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and an eight-member delegation arrived in Guyana on Thursday for a three-day official state visit during which support for the South American country’s emerging oil and gas...
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Payara subsea award is the largest since 2014

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Payara, ExxonMobil’s 3rd development at the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, has made way for the award of the largest subsea contract in the oil and gas industry since 2014. This comes in a year which one industry analyst describes as...
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Patrick Brunings nominated to lead new Oil and Gas Ministry

PARAMARIBO, SURINAME - Suriname’s incoming coalition government has nearly finalized its Cabinet ahead of the July 16 inauguration, with...

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