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Drilling company operating offshore Guyana completes major acquisition

Noble Corporation announced Friday the completion of its acquisition of Pacific Drilling Company LLC, effective on April 15, 2021. Noble said Pacific Drilling's high specification ultra-deepwater drillship fleet further enhances its global position as an owner and operator of one...

Time to act is now for Latin America oil producers, newcomer Guyana in position to soar

Countries around the world including those in the Latin America and Caribbean region are taking measures to ramp up oil and gas production knowing that the window is closing for development of these resources at prices that would make...

Thousands of individuals, local companies gaining from capacity building, training for oil and gas opportunities

More local companies are registering on the Centre for Local Business Development’s Supplier Registration Portal and benefitting from training and capacity building being provided by the Centre. “To date, over 2900 Guyanese companies have registered on the Centre’s Supplier Registration...

Guyana using its foreign policy to strengthen relationship with old allies, build new partnerships with oil producing nations

By Wazim Mowla - OilNOW While some states aim to use foreign policy to increase their standing in the world, for advocacy, or as a tool to compete with others, Guyana’s has centered on promoting its economic development at home....

Total puts brakes on drilling operations at South Africa block

(Reuters) - French oil major Total has decided to postpone its application for additional drilling in a South African offshore gas block, a letter seen by Reuters from the consultancy conducting the environmental and social assessment showed. The delay is...

Overwhelming offshore demand sees Guyana Shore Base looking to extend southwards

Just in the first quarter of this year, two additional drill ships – Noble Sam Croft and Stena DrillMAX - have been added to the ExxonMobil fleet, bringing the total to six operating offshore Guyana. These vessels along with...

Government ‘highly disappointed’ over gas compressor issue, examining implications of revenue loss

The Guyana government said on Wednesday it was ‘highly disappointed’ with ExxonMobil’s inability to resolve ongoing issues with the flash gas compressor system on the Liza Destiny FPSO which on three occasions since oil production began in December 2019,...

Major expansion works at Guyana Shore Base set to pull more projects from T&T

Just under six years since its first oil discovery and around 16 months since production began, shore base capabilities in Guyana to service the offshore operations are rapidly growing resulting in an increasing number of projects being moved from...

Small window of opportunity remains for development of gas resources, Shell and Equinor tell Tanzania

(S&P Global Platts) Shell and Norway's Equinor have urged the government of Tanzania to take immediate action to conclude talks on the country's planned LNG export facility, warning that the time to develop new gas resources was "limited." In an...

Guyana lifts its 6th million-barrel oil cargo, next shipment could be affected by drop in production

The Guyana government exported another million-barrel oil cargo this week from the Liza Destiny FPSO even as production was reduced from 120,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) to around 30,000 bpd due to additional issues encountered with the...

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Exxon won’t recover investment in Guyana pipeline until first gas – Routledge

Guyana’s repayment for the US$1 billion invested in the Gas-to-Energy project does not start until it is commissioned. ExxonMobil...