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Mozambique, Guyana, Suriname hold ‘key wells to watch’ in remainder of 2022 – Westwood

Declaring that high impact exploration is showing signs of recovery, Westwood Global Energy named Guyana, Mozambique, and Suriname as countries where ‘key wells to watch’ are located. High impact wells, Westwood said, are those targeting more than 100 million barrels...

MODEC announces JV to compete for “challenging largescale FPSO projects”

President and Chief Executive Officer of Modec, Takeshi Kanamori said Friday the company came to an agreement with Toyo Engineering Corporation to establish a joint venture firm for the engineering, procurement and construction and installation (EPC) business of floating...

Regulator greenlights Guyana’s first wind farm

Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently gave the greenlight to the developers looking to erect the country’s first wind farm, ushering in a project that will inject 25.2 megawatts (MW) of renewable power into Guyana’s energy mix. In a notice,...

Exxon has proven it has a second-to-none approach in growing oil, gas stocks – CEO Woods

While ExxonMobil Corporation is one of the few oil majors to earn record-breaking quarterly earnings totaling some US$17.9 billion, it did not do so by some mere stroke of good luck. It was due to its commitment to cost...

Exxon hires second tug from KOTUG to support Liza field production facilities

ExxonMobil Guyana affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), has contracted a second tug from towage and maritime company, KOTUG, to support operations in the Liza field, KOTUG said. The “SD Power”, which has been in use offshore Guyana...

Stabroek Block one of the most unprecedented exploration blocks of all time – Rystad official

Guyana’s exploration successes have been so frequent that the Stabroek Block is being hailed as one of the most unprecedented exploration blocks of all time. Making this comment most recently was Senior Vice President and Head of Latin America and...

Repsol hits water-bearing targets at Guyana well

Drilling operations at the Beebei-Potaro exploration well, drilled in the Kanuku licence, offshore Guyana, have been completed. The well encountered good quality reservoir in the primary and secondary targets but both targets were water-bearing. The Noble Regina Allen rig drilled...

‘One Guyana’ FPSO takes SBM Offshore’s order book to record US$31.1B – CEO

SBM Offshore’s order book hiked to a record-breaking US$31.1 billion when it secured the contract to construct the massive ‘One Guyana’ floater for ExxonMobil’s Yellowtail development. This much was told to shareholders by SBM Offshore’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bruno...

Saipem snags €300M contract to install new offshore gas pipeline in Europe

A €300 million contract has been awarded to Saipem for work on an offshore gas pipeline in Sicily, Italy. Saipem’s new deal came from Enimed, a subsidiary of Eni – one of the seven supermajors. The Italian engineering and services...

Westwood names Guyana, Namibia among high-impact exploration successes

Energy market research and intelligence firm, Westwood Global Energy, has named Guyana and Namibia among oil exploration and production jurisdictions where high impact exploration has proven successful. “38 high-impact exploration wells were drilled in the first half of 2022, similar...

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Iran threatens to close just-reopened Strait of Hormuz if U.S. blockade continues

Iran is now warning it will shut the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping again if the United States...