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Saipem awarded offshore contract variations worth $900M

Saipem and Petrobel have finalized offshore contract variations worth 900 million USD for Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) activities in relation to the “Optimised Ramp Up” phase of the “supergiant” Zohr Field Development Project situated in the Mediterranean...

ExxonMobil, Guyana officials “excited” about new discovery

The announcement on Tuesday by ExxonMobil of a new oil discovery at the Payara-2 well has reinforced a widely held belief that significantly more oil than what has so far been detected may lie beneath the Atlantic Ocean offshore...

BREAKING: Exxon discovers more oil at Payara; pushing total to 500 million barrels

ExxonMobil Corporation today announced it has discovered additional oil in the Payara reservoir offshore Guyana, increasing the total Payara discovery to approximately 500 million oil-equivalent barrels. The company said these positive well results increase the estimated gross recoverable resource for...

ExxonMobil gunning for pay sands at Payara-2 well

Following on the success of the Liza, Payara and Snoek wells offshore Guyana, US super-major ExxonMobil and its partners Hess and CNOOC Nexen will soon commence a new drilling campaign hoping to further solidify its previous discoveries. On June 20, ExxonMobil...

TechnipFMC wins 3 yr contract for well intervention in Australia

TechnipFMC has entered into a three-year agreement with Woodside Energy in Australia for Riserless Light Well Intervention (RLWI) and subsea services, including intervention, installation, and plug and abandonment services. According to a World Oil report, under the agreement, TechnipFMC will...

ExxonMobil says royalty, terms apply to entire Stabroek block offshore Guyana

The royalty and terms outlined in the production sharing contract between ExxonMobil and Guyana will apply to the entire area known as the Stabroek block, located 120 miles offshore the South American country. The US supermajor had applied for,...

Local content expert to work with Guyanese private sector

Business operators in Guyana eager to get involved in the country’s emerging oil and gas sector will soon benefit from the input of a local content specialist. OilNOW understands the Guyana government is hiring the expert based on the completion...

Fugro boosts specialist oil & gas services in Guyana

Fugro is to boost its marine site characterization services for the oil and gas industry in the Republic of Guyana with a new strategic alliance with Ground Structures Engineering Consultants Ltd. The new relationship will facilitate training for Guyanese...

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‘Business as usual’: No disruption in Guyana’s operations despite Venezuela controversy – GCCI Pres.  

Kathy Smith, President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), has made it clear that there has...