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Liza Unity hull will sail to Singapore this month to begin topsides installation

The hull for the 220,000 bpd Liza Unity FPSO is scheduled to leave the SWS Shanghai shipyard this month for Singapore where the topsides will be mounted ahead of the final sail away to Guyana, Offshore Energy said in...

Oil prices ‘could make a run at $80’ if US-Iran conflict intensifies – analysts

Oil prices could surge toward $80 a barrel if escalating geopolitical tensions disrupt Middle East crude supplies, analysts told CNBC on Friday, with energy market participants “on tenterhooks” after a U.S. airstrike killed key Iranian and Iraqi military personnel. International...

Carapa is ‘important technical discovery’ – Tullow Oil

The data being gathered from the results of drilling, wireline logging, pressure testing and sampling of reservoir fluid at the Carapa-1 exploration well offshore Guyana will have positive implications for both the Kanuku and Orinduik blocks, according to UK-based...

Companies investing big in South America’s massive offshore oil fields – Canary, LLC CEO

Large sums of monies are being invested in bringing massive oil fields in Guyana and Brazil to development which will help to add significant volumes to South America’s production output in the new decade. In an op-ed published on Forbes,...

Guyana tax agency looking to fill positions for O&G unit

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is advertising for a number of positions for its planned petroleum department as the agency looks to boost capacity in the new South American oil producing nation. “The Guyana Revenue Authority is spearheading an exciting...

Oil prices surge after US attack kills top Iran military leader

Oil prices jumped more than 4 percent on Friday after senior Iranian and Iraqi military personnel were killed in a United States air raid near Baghdad Airport, raising concerns that escalating Middle East tensions may disrupt oil supplies. Brent crude...

‘Big uncertainty’ over US oil output in 2020 will be critically important to oil prices – analysts

The question of how much crude U.S. producers may be able to add in 2020 could be pivotal for oil prices this year, analysts told CNBC, while warning of the potential for “vicious corrections” in the coming months. Speaking to...

Former Schlumberger CEO elected to Oxy Board

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) said Thursday Andrew Gould, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Schlumberger Limited, has been elected to its Board of Directors effective March 1, 2020. Mr. Gould has more than 40 years of experience in...

Tullow’s shares tumble on news of ‘below expectations’ Guyana oil find

The release of drilling results by Tullow Oil on Thursday from its Carapa-1 well offshore Guyana saw the company’s shares tumbling on what analysts are saying is unlikely to be a commercial discovery. The oil and gas group’s share price...

Tullow Oil makes discovery at Carapa-1 well offshore Guyana

Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) said on Thursday that the Carapa-1 exploration well, drilled on the Kanuku licence offshore Guyana, has encountered approximately four metres of net oil pay based on preliminary interpretation, and has extended the prolific Cretaceous oil...

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Nigeria’s Petroleum Commission confirms ExxonMobil’s US$1.5B investment in the country’s deepwater oil sector

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has confirmed that ExxonMobil will invest $1.5 billion in Nigeria’s deepwater oil...