Guyana, now in its second year as an oil producing nation, could see revenues from royalties and the sale of its Liza Crude surpassing the US$500 million mark by the end of the year.
The country has already exported a...
ExxonMobil today said it made a discovery at Longtail-3 in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. Drilling at Longtail-3 encountered 230 feet (70 meters) of net pay, including newly identified, high quality hydrocarbon bearing reservoirs below the original Longtail-1 discovery...
Italian multinational oilfield services company Saipem on Saturday opened an offshore construction facility in Guyana after noting the need for fabrication services in the country’s booming oil industry. It has so far been granted three large-scale engineering, procurement, construction,...
Guyana’s Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo is of the view that the South American country has already met net-zero status in the global efforts to reduce emissions.
“In Guyana’s case, because of our huge forest, we are already at net-zero…because...
Based on the World Bank’s latest statistics, carbon pricing appears to be gaining more acceptance and is proving to be a cost-effective policy tool in combating climate change.
According to the financial institution’s latest report called State and Trends of...
Political instability and economic turmoil in Venezuela have caused its economy and oil industry to collapse. The country’s highest-ever oil production occurred in 1998 at 3.5 million barrels per day (bpd), the same year that Hugo Chávez was elected...
President of Suriname, Chandrikapersad Santokhi confirmed on Tuesday that Total and partner Apache will move forward with their final investment decision at Block 58 next year and move towards first oil by 2025. This will make the offshore development...
Equinor (operator) and ExxonMobil, Petrogal Brasil and Pré-sal Petróleo SA (PPSA) have decided to develop phase one of the Bacalhau field in the Brazilian pre-salt Santos area. The investment is approximately 8 billion USD.
“This is an exciting day. Bacalhau...
Guyana’s multi-billion-barrel hydrocarbon discoveries and the start of oil production operations have seen institutions playing catch up to monitor and regulate a sector that was practically non-existent prior to the 2015 world class Liza oil strike by ExxonMobil.
Key to...
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), one of the largest National Oil Companies (NOC) in China, is enjoying rare success on the global stage, with a 25% stake in the multi-billion-barrel Stabroek Block offshore Guyana.
The NOC has interest in...