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TechnipFMC gets greenlight for LNG contract in Mexico worth over 1 billion dollars

TechnipFMC has received notice to proceed with an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract worth over 1 billion dollars, by Sempra LNG and Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.B. de C.V. (IEnova) at their Energía Costa Azul (ECA) liquefied natural gas (LNG)...

Saipem enters 12-year agreement with Saudi Aramco

Saipem has signed a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) with Saudi Aramco for onshore engineering and construction activities. The deal, which is for a duration of twelve years, entails efficiency activities on existing facilities and is part of Saudi Aramco’s broader...

Payara subsea award is the largest since 2014

Payara, ExxonMobil’s 3rd development at the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, has made way for the award of the largest subsea contract in the oil and gas industry since 2014. This comes in a year which one industry analyst describes as...

Fabrication work to begin on giant Prosperity FPSO

Fabrication work is set to begin on the giant Fast4Ward® MPF hull for ExxonMobil’s Payara Development offshore Guyana that will see the Prosperity FPSO pushing total oil production in the South American country to more than 500,000 bpd by...

Significant data gathered from Tanager well, no clarity yet on quality of oil – Ratio Guyana

Large amounts of geological and geophysical data were gathered during the drilling of the Tanager-1 well at the Kaieteur Block offshore Guyana and these findings are expected over the next few months. Ratio Guyana, a 25% stakeholder in the block,...

Pandemic downturn wipes out 28,000 oil and gas jobs in Australia

The Covid-19 pandemic hit Australia’s already declining oil and gas workforce hard, causing a loss of over 28,000 jobs this year, equivalent to a quarter of the country’s total count, a Rystad Energy analysis reveals. Some of these jobs...

Tanager results a reminder that exploration is a risky, expensive business – Ramnarine

The results from the Tanager-1 exploration well at the Kaieteur Block offshore Guyana announced on Tuesday brings back into focus the risky nature of exploration, even in a basin where the success rate has been well above 90 percent. Since...

Guyana government recommits to robust business environment as economy set to take off

Guyana’s President, Dr. Irfaan Ali has promised that the new administration will work towards the development of a robust business environment that promotes wealth and job creation. He voiced this commitment last week during an address to the members...

ExxonMobil looking to establish high-speed fibre-optic service linking offshore, onshore operations

In an effort to ensure production within the Stabroek Block is efficiently managed at all times, ExxonMobil Guyana plans to implement a secure, high-speed fibre-optic/wireless transport service. The project will ultimately connect the oil major’s onshore and offshore facilities...

ExxonMobil plans to evaluate Tanager-1 well data, continue search for hydrocarbons

ExxonMobil Guyana said on Tuesday it will be looking to evaluate results from the Tanager-1 well at the Kaieteur Block offshore Guyana where hydrocarbon resources discovered were not in commercial quantities. “We can confirm that Tanager-1, the first well in...

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Suriname’s Roystonea, Fusaea discoveries could support 100,000 b/d development – WoodMac 

Petronas’ Roystonea-1 and Fusaea-1 discoveries in Block 52 offshore Suriname are estimated to hold recoverable resources approaching 400 million...