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Exxon conducting baseline survey at Guyana’s largest oil block

Offshore supply ship HOS Brass Ring is one of several vessels supporting an Environmental Baseline and Geotechnical Survey operation at the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The vessel departed from Carenage, Trinidad and Tobago, last Wednesday and arrived in...

Guyana is a world-class manufacturing hub in the making – Energy Analyst

When its Gas-to-Energy project comes on stream in 2024, Guyana is expected to break the spell of high electricity rates that has suppressed its development for decades. This major initiative will also be working in perfect synchrony with three...

Strong oil prices push CNOOC’s third quarter earnings to US$5.1 billion

CNOOC Limited, a 25% stakeholder in the Stabroek Block, recorded a massive US$5.1 billion (36.9 billion yuan) in earnings for the third quarter of 2022. This represents an 89% increase in a year driven by strong oil and gas...

Exxon remains upbeat about tackling inflation, realising US$9 billion in cost savings

Back in 2020, the world market had been hit by the unexpected and unprecedented emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. So devastating was its impact that ExxonMobil Corporation recorded a US$22 billion loss, its biggest in four decades. Just two years...

Hess holding tight on Guyana assets as global inventories shrink, Russian war deepens

While Hess Corporation and other majors may be cashing in big from key productive assets, global supply needs to ramp up as quickly as possible to avert further consequences of a deepening energy crisis. This was stated on Wednesday by...

Exxon targeting more wells in its biggest year for discoveries offshore Guyana

Following the announcement last week of two more discoveries at Sailfin-1 and Yarrow-1 in the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek Block, the hunt for more high-quality oil resources is now set to continue at the Fish-1 and Lancetfish-1 prospects offshore the South...

TechnipFMC expects upcoming orders to hit US$9 billion as input from Guyana, other territories ramp up

TechnipFMC, one of the prime contractors for ExxonMobil affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), said on Thursday that it recorded US$1.7 billion in revenues for the third quarter of this year. Chair and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Doug...

US$30M Nismes wharf & storage facility to support Gas-to-Energy project, on track for Jan 2023 start-up

The US$30 million (GY$6 billion) Nismes wharf and laydown yard development, conceptualised by GAICO Construction and General Services Inc. is expected to be operational from January 2023. This is according to GAICO’s Managing Director, Komal Singh. The facility will serve as the land base from which pipeline laying for the Gas-to-Energy project could progress. Singh has described the project as...

Payara project 88% complete, Yellowtail hull to arrive in Singapore early 2023

Development work for two large ExxonMobil-led Guyana projects - Payara and Yellowtail - are progressing. Hess Corporation, a 30% stakeholder in the Stabroek Block where both projects will be operationalized, provided an update this week. The projects will add nearly...

Gas prices drive TotalEnergies’ profits up 40%; workers to get “exceptional” bonus

French multi-energy company, TotalEnergies, has joined the ranks of other oil majors recording massive profits for the third quarter of 2022. Its executives reported this week that earnings jumped by more than 40% to US$6.6 billion in Q3. In...

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Guyana’s power demand hits record high at 221.3 megawatts 

Guyana has recorded its highest-ever electricity demand this year, with peak consumption reaching 221.3 megawatts (MW) in September. The...