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Liza Unity will follow Destiny in Guyana oil bonanza

The Liza Unity Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel, the first of its kind produced by SBM Offshore using its Fast4WardTM programme, is expected to closely follow the Liza Destiny which will begin producing oil for Guyana by 2020. The Unity...

TechnipFMC awarded large EPCI contract for Petrobras Mero 1 pre-salt field in Brazil

TechnipFMC (NYSE: FTI) (PARIS: FTI) said on Wednesday it has been awarded a large engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for the Mero 1 pre-salt field, located in the Santos Basin, at 2,100 meters of water depth offshore...

TechnipFMC awarded EPCI contract for North Sea development

TechnipFMC has been awarded a substantial integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (iEPCITM) contract for a North Sea development. According to a press release onTuesday, the contract awarded by Lundin Norway covers the delivery and installation of subsea equipment including...

3rd batch of subsea pipes for Liza Phase 1 expected within weeks – Saipem

The third batch of sub-sea pipes for the Liza Phase 1 Development Project is expected to arrive in Guyana within weeks as work intensifies ahead of first oil in the South American country. Speaking to OilNOW on Thursday at the...

CNOOC plans 173 new wells in 2019; targets almost 500 million boe

CNOOC Limited on Wednesday announced that the company's net production target for 2019 is 480 million to 490 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE), of which, production from China and overseas, accounts for approximately 63% and 37%, respectively. “The Company's...

Second shipment of Liza Phase One undersea pipes arrives

Italian firm Saipem, one of the Prime Contractors for ExxonMobil Guyana and its joint venture partners HESS and CNOOC Nexen, has brought in its second shipment of 2,684 pipes for the Liza Phase One project timetabled to commence production...

Rystad Energy says ExxonMobil likely to sanction over $16B this year for its Guyana operations

Norway-based Rystad Energy says US oil major ExxonMobil “looks primed” to make an offshore sanctioning splash in 2019 for its operations in Guyana. The company will be bringing forward over $16 billion for sanctioning, the industry analyst said. “In fact,...

US$65M expended with more than 300 local suppliers during 2018 from Exxon operations in Guyana

ExxonMobil said in an update on Monday that throughout its activities in Guyana, the company continues to emphasize and promote direct benefits to local business. “More than 50 percent of the Guyana affiliate’s employees, contractors and subcontractors are Guyanese, a...

ExxonMobil begins drilling at Haimara; major development options seen at Turbot

US oil major ExxonMobil said on Monday that it has begun drilling the Haimara-1 exploration well offshore the South American country of Guyana - the first of two planned wells in January. The Stena Carron drillship is drilling the well,...

Liza Phase 1 moves into ‘peak execution’ – ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil said on Monday that work on the Liza Phase 1 development offshore Guyana is progressing and has moved into its peak execution phase ahead of expected startup in early 2020. “Drilling of development wells in the Liza field is...

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Afreximbank COO pitches partnership for Suriname’s SMEs

PARAMARIBO, SURINAME – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) wants to be a long-term financial partner for small and medium-sized...