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TOTALTEC nominated for Oilfield Service Company of the Year

Guyanese services company TOTALTEC Oilfield Services has announced that it has been shortlisted for Oilfield Services Company of the Year at this year’s World Energy Capital Assembly Awards to be held in London, December 4, 2019. A statement from TOTALTEC...

A subsea giant could be in the making with Saipem, Subsea 7 merger

A merger between Italian-based Saipem – one of ExxonMobil’s Prime Contractors for its offshore project in Guyana – and UK-based Subsea 7 would create a subsea giant in the oilfield services industry. Commenting on unconfirmed reports that such a merger...

Over 70 contractors participate in Exxon safety workshop

ExxonMobil Guyana held a safety workshop on Thursday for companies that provide onshore services to support its operations. The workshop focused on life saving actions, learning from incidents, field leadership and workforce engagement. Staged at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston,...

Exxon Country Manager talks up safety

ExxonMobil Guyana has reemphasized its commitment to a culture of safety by staging a related workshop for contractors today at the Guyana Marriott Hotel. The Contractor Safety Management Workshop focused on integrated planning, safe execution of work and safety leadership...

FID and key terms in O&G industry

FID is the Final investment decision to invest in a project, typically made by the board and executive committee of oil companies. At this point, major risks have been mitigated and concerns addressed. The project then moves to execution,...

Offshore drilling making comeback with low-cost targets like Stabroek

Producing 120,000 barrels of oil per day from the Permian basin would require a $12.8 billion investment while hitting the same volume from Guyana’s Stabroek Block require just $3.7 billion for the first phase of the Liza Development project. John...

Liza Phase 2 tops list for South America’s 2019 greenfield investments

South America has always been an important playing field for the oilfield service industry. As Brazil is turning more positive towards the international service players, Guyana is stealing some of the thunder as the country is emerging as an...

GIPEX postponed: organizers eyeing Q3 2019

The Guyana International Petroleum Exhibition (GIPEX), originally scheduled to be held in March 2019, has been postponed to the 3rd quarter of the year. The inaugural event, held from February 7 to 9, 2018, at the Guyana Marriott Hotel, was...

ExxonMobil says efforts to develop local capabilities will continue

ExxonMobil Guyana says it will continue to play a major role in the development of local content in the South American country as first oil approaches. The company reiterated this at a time when multiple potential developments are expected...

Equatorial Guinea could end oil service contracts over failure to comply with local content rules

Major oil companies in Equatorial Guinea could be asked by the end of September to cancel their contracts with service providers such as TechnipFMC, Schlumberger and Subsea 7 SA because they aren’t complying with local-content rules over training and...

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SEOGS 2025 moves to accommodate growing participation

Now in its fifth year, the Suriname Energy, Oil & Gas Summit (SEOGS) has grown into one of the...