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Multiple campaigns underway at Stabroek Block

Marine traffic is set to increase in the coming weeks at the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana as exploration and development activities ramp-up and installation operations for the Liza Phase 1 Development project gets underway. ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production...

Russia is sending troops and military equipment to Venezuela

(Vice News) A pair of Russian military planes landed in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas Saturday, carrying troops and military equipment. An official in Caracas said Monday that members of Russia’s military were in Venezuela for talks about training and...

EPA grants ExxonMobil permit for Yellowtail exploration; Liza Phase 2 to follow

Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday confirmed that an Environmental Permit has been granted to ExxonMobil Guyana for exploration drilling at the Yellowtail-1 well located in the Stabroek Block offshore the South American country.  A permit for the...

TechnipFMC snags EPCI contract for Eni’s Merakes project

TechnipFMC has been awarded a large integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Transportation and Installation (iEPCI™) contract by Eni for the Merakes project, located offshore Balikpapan Indonesia, at a water depth of approximately 1,500 meters. This contract covers five deepwater wells, and...

Trump dangles investment to Caribbean leaders who back Venezuela’s Guaido

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump pledged investment in a rare meeting on Friday with five Caribbean leaders who have sided with the United States in backing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as head of state, the White House...

Saipem wins Spotlight on New Technology award for oil spill response

Italian-based oil and gas contractor Saipem has won the Spotlight on New Technology award by OTC - Offshore Technology Conference, one of the most important international oil & gas industry events. OTC will be held from May 6-9 and as...

Outside of China CNOOC only found oil in Guyana during 2018

China’s CNOOC Limited made a total of 17 commercial discoveries in 2018, 5 of which were made in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana which represents all of the company’s overseas discoveries for that year. The other 12 discoveries were...

Nigeria local content body says Samsung has transformed country into FPSO construction hub

Korean shipbuilding giant, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has transformed Nigeria into a hub for fabrication and integration of Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) units in Africa, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has declared, according to a...

Economy center stage in April election in Canada’s Alberta province

(Reuters) - The western Canadian province of Alberta will hold an election on April 16, kick-starting a contest that many polls suggest will result in a change of government in the country’s oil-producing heartland as it struggles with a...

America imported no oil from Venezuela last week. Here’s why that’s a big deal

(CNN Business) America's once-robust imports of crude oil from Venezuela have ground to a halt because of Trump administration sanctions and chaos gripping the OPEC nation. The United States imported exactly zero barrels of crude from Venezuela last week, according...

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Guyana represented just 4.2% of ExxonMobil’s global asset portfolio in 2024

Despite its role as one of the fastest-growing oil producers in ExxonMobil’s global portfolio, Guyana accounted for just 4.2%...