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Hess well positioned to meet oil, gas demand for next 10-20 years – CEO

Hess Corporation expects the global oil and gas industry to be around for as long as two decades. So said its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), John Hess during JP Morgan’s virtual Energy and Renewables Conference last week. This is based...

Gas-to-Energy project to last at least 25 years, Exxon says in project summary

ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) recently submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the project summary for the gas-to-energy project which government has said could cost around US$900 million in total. The document notes that the...

Exxon seeking EPA approval for establishment of gas-to-energy facilities

Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has directed ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in order to get authorization for the imminent gas-to-energy project. The public now has 28 days...

University of Guyana to establish Caribbean’s first world-class subsea training centre

The University of Guyana, on Thursday, 17 June 2021, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Caribbean Oceanography Aquaculture and Subsea Technology (COAST) Foundation to collaborate on the establishment of a Subsea Centre of Excellence training facility. This...

Dutch ship builder completes US$1.05 billion financing for Prosperity FPSO

SBM Offshore, a leading Dutch company specialising in the construction of floating production and mooring vessels or systems, on Friday announced that it has completed the project financing for the Prosperity floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel which...

TotalEnergies upbeat about expanding its position in emerging world class basin

TotalEnergies and its partner Qatar Petroleum have been awarded Block 6 and Block 8 in the Suriname SHO Bid Round 2020/2021. TotalEnergies shall operate these blocks, situated in shallow water with depths between 30 meters and 50 meters, and...

16 development wells to be ready for Liza 2 start-up, open water works underway for Payara – Exxon

Guyana offshore is set to get even busier in the coming months as preparations for Liza Phase 2 continue and preliminary activities for a third project at the Payara field get underway. This is in addition to an aggressive...

Oil price climbing to a point where Guyana can rake in record revenues

An oil supply shortfall is coming and with OPEC+ expected to provide just a fraction of the demand, barrels from producers outside of the alliance, such as Guyana, would be needed even more. Already, dated Brent has soared past...

Matpal Marine Institute gets ISO certification

MatPal Marine Institute has joined the growing list of ISO 9001:2015 Certified companies in Guyana, through the support of Global Compliance Service (GCS), the only Accredited ISO Certification Body with a resident office in the new oil producing South...

Guyana could surpass 1 million bpd milestone as early as 2025 – Hess CEO

By 2025, Guyana could be producing approximately 1.2 million barrels of oil per day (bpd) from five floating vessels in the Stabroek Block. Making this latest disclosure was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hess Corporation, John Hess during his...

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ExxonMobil Guyana produced 841,000 barrels of crude per day in October

ExxonMobil Guyana’s offshore oil production averaged 841,000 barrels per day (b/d) in October across the four producing Stabroek Block...