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Gas could be piped to shore by 2023 to power Guyana’s domestic needs

Associated gas deposits which have been found with the significant oil discoveries made offshore Guyana could be piped to shore as early as 2023 to help generate electricity to fulfil the South American country’s domestic needs. While the priority, as...

Civil society bodies willing to support interim oversight O&G mechanism

Policy Forum Guyana is among a group of civil society bodies calling for the establishment of an interim monitoring mechanism for the oil and gas sector in light of the recently announced plans for early production and as a...

After peaking in 2020 offshore oil will face slowdown

(Bloomberg) Offshore oil production is expected to hit a peak in 2020 before joining the shale industry in a slowdown that could dramatically rewrite market supply predictions. A report by analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. sees projects in the Gulf of Mexico...

All eyes on multi-billion-barrel Atlantic Margin play

Geologists and experts in the oil and gas industry have long been intrigued with similarities between the MSGBC Basin - Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Guinea Conakry, off the coast of West Africa and that of the...

Bolivia crisis hits Shell, Total and Repsol

(Bloomberg) -- Natural gas exploration by global oil companies in Bolivia, key to growing the country’s sagging economy, has stopped amid an escalating political crisis that has left the Andean nation rudderless. Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Total SA and Repsol...

Aker BP plans early startup at Norway’s Aerfugl gas field

(Reuters) - Oil and gas firm Aker BP will accelerate the startup of production from Norway’s Aerfugl natural gas field, the company said on Monday. In a surprise move, the company now plans to start Aerfugl production in the first...

Iran says oil field found with more than 50 billion barrels

(Associated Press) Iran has discovered a new oil field in the country's south with over 50 billion barrels of crude oil, its president said Sunday, a find that could boost the country's proven reserves by a third as it...

No new oil blocks to be awarded in Guyana at least for another year

South America’s newest oil and gas hotspot, Guyana, may not award any new oil blocks for at least another year as the country’s Department of Energy (DE) moves to put a number of measures in place which includes enhancement...

Oil industry needs to provide climate campaigners with hard economic facts – S&P Global

Oil production is driven by demand – in large part from people and economies in the developing world. US-based S&P Global said in an October 31 report that instead of running away when confronted by climate change activists, it...

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...

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Guyana drilling surges as ExxonMobil and Halliburton deliver first fully automated closed-loop well placement

Halliburton and ExxonMobil Guyana Limited have completed the industry’s first fully automated closed-loop well placement offshore Guyana, the companies...