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Staffing is now the focus for CGX deep water port facility in Guyana

Grand Canal Industrial Estates Inc. (GCIE), a subsidiary of CGX Energy Inc., has begun seeking human resources personnel for its Berbice Deep Water Port facility, located in the new oil producing country of Guyana. In multiple advertisements in the local...

Suriname offshore breakeven expected to go down with more discoveries

The projected breakeven price for development of oil fields offshore Suriname is expected to reduce in coming years as more discoveries are made, and production gets underway. So far, three discoveries have been made at Block 58, estimated to contain...

Outgoing head of Guyana’s Department of Energy says ‘still willing to serve’

Character, integrity, perseverance and contentment--these are the qualities that outgoing Director of the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe says are integral to his successor executing their duties within an agency that has played a critical role in the...

Guyana government intensifies call for oil not to be seen as the ‘only game in town’

The Government of Guyana is continuing to place emphasis on the diversification of the economy as part of efforts to ensure the emerging oil and gas sector does not become the sole area of economic activity in the South...

Stena Carron exits ‘deepest Guyana well’ for new drill campaign

The drillship Stena Carron is set to depart the Tanager-1 well site in the Kaieteur block and will take up a new assignment at the Redtail area, back in the adjacent Stabroek block, for an exercise that is set...

Liza-1 well can produce up to 50 million standard cubic feet of gas per day

Guyana is poised to significantly reduce its reliance on imported fossil fuel to meet its energy needs through the utilisation of natural gas from the offshore Liza field at the Stabroek block. There has been broad-based consensus on the...

Guyana and Suriname joining Brazil as South America’s hottest deepwater plays

Offshore exploration and production activities in South America have long been dominated by Brazil with its vast offshore pre-salt developments. State oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) alone accounted for nearly 88% of the continent’s deepwater OPEX in the...

China oil giants considering buyout of Exxon’s stake in Iraq oil field

(Bloomberg) --China’s oil giants China National Petroleum Corp. and CNOOC Ltd. are considering acquiring Exxon Mobil Corp.’s remaining stake in an oil field in Iraq, which could fetch at least $500 million, according to people familiar with the matter. The...

Noble Energy pushes back plans for Colombia well, Maersk Drilling retains exclusive option

Noble Energy has taken a decision not to go forward with its planned one-well campaign offshore Colombia this year. Maersk Drilling said in its fleet status report on Friday that it has agreed with Noble Energy to amend the previously...

It will take several wells to define Kaieteur Block opportunity – Hess

Speaking just days before the results from the Tanager-1 prospect was announced, John Hess, CEO of Hess Corporation, a 15% stakeholder in the Kaieteur Block, said it will take several wells for the co-venturers to define the opportunity in...

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Petrobras production hiked 3.7% in Q1 

Petrobras' average production of oil, natural gas liquids (NGL) and natural gas in the first quarter of 2024 reached...