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Offshore Rigs: The Basics

Offshore exploration and development wells are often drilled from mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs, pronounced "moe-dooz"). Depending on the water depth and remoteness of the location, these "rigs" may be jack-ups (up to 400 feet of water), or semisubmersibles,...

Foreign companies bidding for contracts in Guyana with no local content input – GCCI

President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Deodat Indar, says a number of foreign companies have been registering in Guyana and bidding for contracts with no input from the local business community. He told reporters at a...

Petroleum Act, scientific institute and offshore logistics base among top priorities for 2018 – Trotman

Guyana will be looking to ramp up its preparation for first oil in 2018 with a number of key initiatives being placed on the front burner according to the country’s Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman. Speaking at a symposium...

“Elephant Man” says Guyana-Suriname Basin has big potential

Canadian oil and gas consultant Rob Strong is adamant that much more oil will be found in the Guyana-Suriname Basin, in keeping with his view that the world class Liza discovery is like an elephant; and “elephants don’t travel...

Exxon hit early jackpot by drilling “biggest, best prospects first” – Mc Gehee

ExxonMobil made the decision to begin drilling for oil in Guyana at the Liza field since this prospect was the biggest and best, based on data analysed by the company. By the time the oil major acquired rights to explore...

Repsol wins Petroleum Economist Award

Repsol’s issue of certified green bonds, the first of its kind in the global oil and gas sector, has won the recognition of Petroleum Economist magazine. The company has a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) with the Guyana Government to explore...

TransCanada: Over 24K gallons of oil recovered from spill

(AP) TransCanada Corp. says it has recovered more than 24,000 gallons of oil from the site of a pipeline leak discovered last week in South Dakota. The company said 24,450 gallons of oil had been recovered as of Wednesday. TransCanada's...

For every barrel of oil consumed over two discovered

There is an abundance of oil resources: oil resources known today dwarf the world’s likely consumption of oil out to 2050 and beyond. Global proved oil reserves have more than doubled over the past 35 years: for every barrel of...

Noble to begin drilling Liza phase 1 wells in 2018

ExxonMobil has contracted Noble Corporation for drilling of the Liza Phase 1 development wells set to begin in 2018. OilNOW understands the Noble Bob Douglas drill ship will begin its campaign by Q2 2018 and the contract is expected to...

Guyana opposition plans to press gov’t on US$20M signing bonus claim

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, on Wednesday vowed that his Peoples Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) will be pressing the Guyana Government to disclose whether a US$20M signing bonus was received from US oil major ExxonMobil. Mr. Jagdeo made the declaration during his...

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Moonilal appoints new boards for Trinidad’s state energy companies

Trinidad and Tobago's Energy Minister Roodal Moonilal on Monday issued letters of appointment to the new boards of directors...