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ExxonMobil is preparing to conduct exploration drilling activities later this month at the Sapote-1 prospect on the Canje block offshore Guyana. The well site is situated approximately 126 nautical miles (233.4 kilometres) from the coast and covers an area...

Multi-purpose service vessel Siem Dorado is continuing its operations offshore Guyana on a 55-day firm contract with ExxonMobil for fibre optic cable installation, support and hook-up services. The U.S. oil major is implementing a secure, high-speed fibre-optic/wireless transport service to efficiently manage...

Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources on Wednesday published a notice of extension to the deadline for submissions of expressions of interest to partner on the imminent US$900 million gas-to-energy project. While the previous notice had set a deadline of August 29,...

(FOX Business) The U.S. energy industry is weighing in on COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employees as infections are on the rise following the spread of the delta variant. Hess Corporation says its U.S. operations employees working in the Gulf of...

Guyana’s development has been curtailed for decades, in part due to the exorbitant cost of electricity which is among the highest in the region. Now, the new oil producing country is looking to utilize associated natural gas being produced...

Maximum fiscal discipline and transparency will be required to ensure Guyana’s vast oil and gas resources are managed judiciously, the country’s Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has said. Authorities in the South American country are firm in their plan...

PEMEX's reported fires at its Ku-Maloob-Zaap (KMZ) production fields may slow the company's production growth rates, as this field is the company's largest production complex, according to Fitch Ratings. Fitch's current rating case assumes that the company's production levels will...

(S&P Global Platts) Brazil plans to expand the country's Open Acreage program to include exploration and production blocks inside the subsalt polygon that requires production sharing contracts in a move that could unlock development of smaller oil and natural...

The Stabroek Block, located approximately 120 miles offshore Guyana, covers an area of 6.6 million acres (26,800 square kilometers). The block is equivalent in size to 1,150 Gulf of Mexico blocks and contains multiple prospects and play types representing additional...

New oil producer Guyana is looking to move forward with a US$900 million gas-to-energy project which authorities say will play a major transformational role in the country’s development. The project, to be located at the Wales Development Zone, West Bank...