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Maersk Drilling awarded one-well extension for Suriname campaign

TotalEnergies E&P Suriname, Suriname Branch has exercised an option to add the drilling of one additional well in Block 58 offshore Suriname to the work scope of the drillship Maersk Valiant. The contract extension has an estimated duration of 100...

Guyana Private Sector Commission says local content law not in violation of regional Treaty

Guyana’s Private Sector Commission (PSC) said on Thursday that the country’s local content law does not violate the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, the central document which governs the establishment of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Members of the business service organisation...

Media report on oil block ‘recklessly repeats malicious distortion’, says former Guyana Prime Minister

Former Prime Minister of Guyana Samuel Hinds, now the country’s Ambassador to the USA and OAS, says a report which appeared in several sections of the media on the offshore Canje block recklessly repeats malicious distortion of the facts. Below...

Beharry says he fully supports Guyana’s local content legislation, denies being tasked with lobbying government for changes

Guyanese businessman Suresh Beharry, Chairman of Edward B. Beharry and Company Limited, said on Thursday he fully supports the South American country’s Local Content Legislation and is in no way playing a role in lobbying the Guyana government for...

CNOOC excited about Liza Phase Two start-up; outlines 2022 business strategy

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) which has a 25 percent working interest in the Stabroek Block, outlined on Tuesday, key details of its 2022 business strategy. The company said that it has 13 new projects coming on stream that...

Whirlwind of condemnation from Guyana private sector over objections to local content law from regional group

Private sector representatives in Guyana are outraged over a leaked email from Chairman of the CARICOM Private Sector Organization (CPSO), Gervase Warner, who is quoted as stating that Guyana’s Local Content Law contains several provisions that are in contravention...

CNOOC raising oil, gas output by 6% this year

(S&P Global Platts) China's offshore giant CNOOC targets to lift its oil and gas output by 6% on the year to 1.66 million boe/d in 2022, with most of its effort to go into boosting domestic production, CFO Xie...

Exxon moving to sell off U.S. shale gas properties stretching across 27,000 acres

(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil on Tuesday launched the sale of shale gas properties stretching across 27,000 acres in the Appalachian basin of Ohio, the company confirmed, part of an ongoing divestiture of U.S. assets. The top U.S. oil producer is marketing...

Guyana in company of Norway, Brazil; emerging as growing deepwater giant

For a country with no known oil resources just over six years ago, Guyana has emerged as a growing giant in the deepwater arena, catapulting to number 17 on the top 20 list of countries by oil reserves and...

Commonwealth to focus on Guyana’s role on climate change; provide assistance for upstream policies

Guyana’s Senior Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh on Tuesday met with visiting Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland QC and her delegation at the Ministry of Finance in Georgetown where the two officials discussed the important role Guyana can play on...

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Payara crude holds slight price premium over other Stabroek Block grades

Payara Gold crude from ExxonMobil’s third Guyana oil development has consistently traded at a marginal premium to its other...