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Extensive logging exercise ongoing at Ranger 2 well

Appraisal drilling and related activities are ongoing at the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana as US oil major ExxonMobil moves to assess several discoveries and map out future targets. Hess corporation, a 30% co-venturer on the block, provided an update on...

Technip Energies will be the future name of SpinCo – TechnipFMC

TechnipFMC said on Thursday a new and important step has been taken in the process of launching the leading engineering and construction (E&C) player – Technip Energies – which is poised to capitalize on the global energy transition, as...

Total sells offshore block to Shell for $300 million

Total said on Wednesday it has signed an agreement to sell its wholly owned subsidiary Total E&P Deep Offshore Borneo BV — which holds an 86.95% interest in Block CA1, located 100 kilometers off the coast of Brunei —...

Guyana oil production targeted for possible December start-up

Oil production in the South American country of Guyana is targeted for a possible December start-up at the Liza Phase 1 Development, months ahead of the originally planned timeline of QI 2020. The Liza field sits in the giant 6.6...

Guyana revenue take will increase as oil production climbs

The projected revenues the South American country of Guyana is set to receive from oil production have been steadily growing since approval of the first offshore development at the giant Liza field. The Liza Phase 1 Development, sanctioned in June...

The surprising winner of the oil & gas exploration race

(Oil Price) Norway saw the highest number of oil and gas discoveries in the third quarter, with six out of the 38 oil and natural gas finds made around the world, data and analytics company GlobalData said in a new...

BP eyes Brazil gas buildout, may swap LNG imports for domestic output

(Reuters) BP Plc (BP.L) wants to be part of an effort to build up natural gas infrastructure in Brazil, an executive said on Tuesday, and believes a power plant it is building in Rio de Janeiro could eventually be...

Hess strikes oil in deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES), a 30 percent co-venturer in Guyana’s Stabroek Block, on Tuesday announced an oil discovery at the Esox-1 exploration well located in Mississippi Canyon Block No. 726 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Esox-1 was drilled in 4,609 feet (1,405...

Mauritania now ties Guyana for 2nd most discovered volumes this year

On Monday BP announced a major gas discovery, Orca-1, off the coast of Mauritania, which Rystad Energy says is the deepest and largest discovery so far this year. The Norway-based energy research and business intelligence company estimates Orca-1 holds...

World ‘awash’ in oil says US Energy Secretary

(Bloomberg) Global markets are “awash” in crude thanks to the surge in U.S. oil output, and the boom looks set to continue, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said in a Bloomberg TV interview. U.S. shale production has turned the world...

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UG SPE student chapter shines at SLB’s inaugural PetroChallenge in Guyana

- Simulation exercise signals strong potential for the future energy workforce Three students from the University of Guyana (UG) student...