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Potential grows for more than 5 FPSOs at prolific Stabroek Block

With the gross recoverable resource estimate now above 8 billion barrels of oil equivalent at the Stabroek Block, co-venturers ExxonMobil, Hess and CNOOC are analysing data and assessing development needs that would help determine the number of floating production...

Separation of powers to govern Guyana’s political economy

A reliance on rules is vulnerable to the possibility that policymakers have incentives to break them. In states where the costs of breaking rules are low, therefore, other mechanisms are needed to change policymakers' incentives. An alternative to (or reinforcement...

Explorers face growing battle for support in 2020 – WoodMac

What's the role for the exploration industry as the energy transition takes long-term oil growth off the agenda? In 2019, Andrew Latham, vice president of global exploration at Wood Mackenzie, asked if there's room for explorers in a low-carbon...

Exxon, other majors boost demand for FPSOs as deepwater drilling takes off – Rystad Energy

Demand from the world’s top oil companies for floating drilling units has climbed steadily in the past two years and is set to rise further through 2020 and 2021. Norway-based Rystad Energy said this trend is a result of the...

Shell shares sink as full-year net profit tumbles 23% on lower oil and gas prices

(CNBC) Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell reported a sharp fall in full-year net profit on Thursday, citing challenging macroeconomic conditions and lower oil and gas prices. Net income attributable to shareholders on a current cost of supplies (CCS) basis and excluding identified...

Three injured in fire at Perenco platform offshore T&T

Three oil workers have been injured as a result of a fire at Perenco Trinidad and Tobago’s (TT) offshore AD platform. TT’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries is actively engaging the company, according to reports. According to the Trinidad...

ExxonMobil earns $14.3B in 2019 as Guyana operations enter new chapter

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced Friday its estimated fourth quarter 2019 earnings of $5.7 billion, or $1.33 per share assuming dilution. Earnings included favorable identified items of about $3.9 billion, or $0.92 per share assuming dilution, mainly a $3.7 billion...

Guyana government will soon lift its first 1 million barrels of oil

The government of Guyana in the coming days will lift its first share of oil from the Liza Phase 1 Development located 120 miles offshore at the 6.6 million acres Stabroek Block. Shell Western Supply and Trading Limited has been...

Halliburton seeking applicants for Guyana operations

US oilfield services and drilling technology company Halliburton is seeking to fill a number of positions to support its offshore operations in Guyana, the world’s newest oil producer. The three positions for which applications are being sought are tech-prof cementing...

Renewable energy on Guyana’s radar

Even as the South American country of Guyana gears up to become a significant oil producer in the region with estimates of daily output reaching 1 million bpd by 2030, focus remains on lowering dependence on fossil fuel, in...

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Guyana’s June oil output slipped slightly as new FPSO set to lift capacity

ExxonMobil Guyana’s oil production dipped slightly in June, averaging 664,000 barrels per day (b/d) down from 667,000 barrels in...