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Energy Department sees potential for 5th drillship operating at Stabroek block

Director of Guyana’s Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe, says potential exist for a 5th drillship to be operating at the 6.6 million acres Stabroek Block where US oil major ExxonMobil has made a record 14 oil discoveries since...

Guyanese women looking to take up leadership roles in oil and gas

A group of women in Guyana is intent on forging a pathway that leads to playing a major role in the South American country’s emerging oil and gas industry, and they are pulling out all the stops. "We want to...

Hundreds flock to oil and gas job fair in Guyana as industry preps for take off

Hundreds of Guyanese flocked to a job fair on Thursday organized by El Dorado Offshore (EDO), one of the companies in the South American country providing human resource services to the emerging oil and gas industry. The event, the second...

SBM Offshore secures contracts for 3rd Guyana FPSO

SBM Offshore said on Thursday ExxonMobil Guyana has awarded the Company contracts to perform Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) for the Payara development project located in the Stabroek block...

ExxonMobil is no ‘bad guy’ – Guyana set to get half the profits – Persaud

The Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) between the South American country of Guyana and ExxonMobil will see the government earning half the revenue from profit oil and 2 percent royalty, which is applicable from day one of production, now set...

Liza Unity hull 85 percent complete

The hull for the Liza Unity FPSO – Guyana’s second oil production complex – is now 85% complete as work on the 220,000 barrels per day vessel that will be producing oil from the Liza Phase 2 Development project...

Approval of Payara development expected by Q1 2020

Final Investment Decision on ExxonMobil’s third development project offshore the South American country of Guyana is expected by Q1 2020 as authorities move to embark on a third-party review of the Field Development Plan. Sanctioning of the Payara development...

Brazil oil auction a ‘total disaster’ as bidders stay away

(Bloomberg) Brazil’s largest-ever auction of oil deposits flopped, sending the real tumbling, after state-controlled Petroleo Brasileiro SA did most of the bidding while other major oil companies stayed away. Petrobras, as the company is known, joined with China’s Cnooc Ltd....

Guyana to place 3rd party verifier on FPSO for crude lifts

Guyana's Crude Lifting Agreement is expected to be completed over the coming week. The agreement, which came out of a model designed by the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) in 2001, speaks to the specific lifts that the four...

Demand for OPEC crude expected to slide as Guyana, other producers add to supply

Demand for oil from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is expected to slide as the oil cartel’s market share shrink in coming years amid a flood of US shale and supply from countries like Guyana, where production...

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Guyana oil fund gets US$228 million in October

Guyana received US$228 million (GY$48 billion) in oil revenues in October, according to the latest update on the operations...