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TOTALTEC launches graduate engineer apprenticeship program in Guyana

TOTALTEC is seeking talented graduate engineers for its comprehensive 3-year apprenticeship program in Georgetown, Guyana. The company outlined that the program offers hands-on experience, multidisciplinary training, and a strong career foundation in the engineering industry. TOTALTEC teams up with Skills...

SLB eyes growth in Guyana, Brazil with deepwater opportunities

The development of new deepwater basins in Latin America and beyond presents significant growth opportunities for oilfield services giant SLB, according to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Olivier Le Peuch. In a Friday conference call discussing the company's second-quarter earnings,...

DOF secures multiple contracts with Petrobras in Brazil

DOF has announced several new contract awards with Petrobras and a 1st Tier EPCI-SURF Contractor in Brazil. The AHTS Skandi Jupiter and Skandi Mercury, managed by DOF, have been contracted by Petrobras to operate as AHTS 230t BP. This...

Bourbon Clear vessel in Guyana to support Yellowtail development operations 

Offshore marine services company – Bourbon Guyana Inc. – now has seven vessels supporting oil and gas operations offshore in the Stabroek Block.  “The Bourbon Clear joins our local Bourbon Guyana fleet, increasing the number to 7 OSVs operating...

Halliburton reports US$709 million net income in Q2 2024

Halliburton announced a net income of US$709 million, or us$0.80 per diluted share, for Q2 2024. This marks an increase from Q1 2024, which saw a net income of US$606 million, or US$0.68 per diluted share, and an adjusted...

TotalEnergies CEO sees Namibia enjoying Guyana-like oil boom 

TotalEnergies Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Patrick Pouyanne envisions Namibia experiencing an oil boom similar to Guyana’s, a July 18 Bloomberg report read. TotalEnergies SE, Shell Plc and Galp Energia SGPS SA, have made significant offshore discoveries with an 80%...

Guyana poised for way more oil revenue than projected this year

Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF) could get way more revenue than projected in 2024, due to higher than expected oil production.  S&P Global projected 632,000 barrels per day (b/d) oil production for Guyana in 2024, a more than 60% growth...

With 52% equity boost, Exxon-led Guyana group better positioned to handle a spill

The combined equity of the Guyana affiliates of ExxonMobil, Hess and CNOOC was US$18.6 billion at the end of 2023. This is a 52% increase from US$12.2 billion in the prior year, boosting the group’s capacity to respond to...

S&P estimates 18.7 billion barrels of recoverable resources in Guyana Basin

S&P Global estimates that recoverable resources of 18.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) have been discovered in the Guyana Basin since 2015.   S&P Global Commodity Insights analysts Fernanda Machado, Mariana Anjos and Jerry Jarvis said in a...

Exploration continues at Lau-Lau-2 with Noble Don Taylor 

The Noble Don Taylor is continuing exploration drilling at ExxonMobil’s Lau-Lau-2 well site in Guyana’s Stabroek Block.  A notice from the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) posted over the weekend outlined that drilling operations will end on October 31, 2024. The...

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OSRL opens Guyana subsea response facility to strengthen regional readiness

Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) has opened a new Subsea Response facility at the Emergency Response Base at the...