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Liza Destiny has potential for significant long-term local content – Exxon Country Manager

Operations of the Liza Destiny Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel will potentially provide the highest sustainable long-term employment opportunities for Guyanese over the lifetime of the project. ExxonMobil, through its contractor; SBM Offshore, is in fact targeting a...

Chevron names Michael Wirth as Chairman & CEO

Chevron Corporation announced Thursday that its Board of Directors elected Michael K. Wirth Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, effective February 1, 2018.  Wirth, who is currently vice chairman of the board and executive vice president of...

TechnipFMC awarded EPCI contract for Statoil Peregrino Phase II project

TechnipFMC has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation contract by Norwegian multinational oil and gas company, Statoil. It covers the execution of the subsea pipeline connection for the new production platform in Peregrino Phase II Project, located in...

Keppel delivers 5th FPSO for MODEC; to be deployed offshore Brazil

Keppel Offshore & Marine's wholly owned subsidiary Keppel FELS Brasil's BrasFELS shipyard in Brazil has delivered the Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes MV29, a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, to repeat customer MODEC Offshore Production Systems (Singapore)...

Economist urges Guyana not to use oil money for “make-work jobs”

Trinidadian Economist, Dr. Roger Hosein, is urging Guyana not to use oil revenue to create “make-work jobs” especially at elections time when politicians look to induce voters in order to secure their support.  The act of the State intervening...

Total to acquire Maersk Oil

Maersk Oil will become part of a leading global oil and gas operator with a long-term investment interest in the sector. Total will take over Maersk Oil’s entire organisation, portfolio, obligations and rights with minimal pre-conditions. Planned development schedules...

Exxon bets on Brazil; buys 10 oil blocks in auction

(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp vastly expanded its presence in Brazil on Wednesday, winning 10 blocks in the country’s 14th round of bidding for oil exploration and production rights, helping the cash-strapped nation fetch a record 3.8 billion reais...

Exxon adds 22,000 acres to Permian Basin resource

Exxon Mobil Corporation announced Wednesday that it has added 22,000 acres to its Permian Basin portfolio since May through a series of acquisitions and acreage trades. Located in the highly prolific, stacked oil pay zones of the Delaware and...

Keppel snags FPSO conversion contract for Liza Destiny

Keppel Shipyard Ltd. has been awarded a contract by Dutch floater specialist SBM Offshore for the conversion of the Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) which will be deployed to the Liza field, 193km offshore Guyana in 2019. The...

Guyana to set up portal for oil & gas opportunities

Guyana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs will soon establish a portal on its website that will allow persons in the Diaspora to see what opportunities are available to them in the oil and gas sector from ExxonMobil. Speaking during a Diaspora...

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Hess reports Q3 gains with Guyana leading production growth

Hess Corporation revealed a strong third quarter driven by expanded production in Guyana’s offshore Stabroek Block. The company reported...