Total Petroleum is reporting that it has made a significant gas condensate discovery on the Brulpadda prospects, located on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, 175 kilometers off the southern coast of South Africa. In a release on Thursday, Total...

US oil major ExxonMobil has once again struck oil offshore the South American country of Guyana, this time at the Tilapia-1 and Haimara-1 wells, making it the company’s 11th and 12th  discoveries in the Stabroek Block. Director of the Department...

Lindon Swamy’s wife is used to missing him. For more than two decades, Lindon spent months at a time away from home working at sea as a ship’s mechanic. He is completely at ease in the engine room of a...

Oil and gas industry analyst Wood Mackenzie is calling CNOOC’s latest gas discovery at Glengorm the largest UK gas find since 2008 and one that will sustain the industry’s profitability. "At 250 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), CNOOC Ltd’s...

Brazilian federal environmental regulator IBAMA has denied French oil company Total a license to drill in the environmentally sensitive Foz do Amazonas Basin, accusing the company of failing to submit documents and complete impact studies despite several requests. The discovery...

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. on Wednesday December 5, 2018 announced details of its 2019 drilling programme for Guyana’s offshore Orinduik Block, with the first well – the Jethro-Lobe prospect - being planned for drilling in May 2019. The...

CGX Energy Inc. (TSXV: OYL) and Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) announced Tuesday that they have entered into a letter agreement to enable CGX to finance the drilling costs related to two shallow water offshore blocks in Guyana, currently 100% owned...

Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago and oil majors Chevron and Shell appear to be making progress on two separate projects that would develop and supply offshore natural gas, Argus said in a report on Monday. Venezuelan gas supply is critical for Trinidad,...

As the Government of Guyana continues to look at ways to garner cheaper energy from oil and gas finds offshore, the Department of Energy is undertaking a feasibility study. Dr. Mark Bynoe, Director of the Department of Energy, on Thursday...

Independent oil explorer Tullow is confident of stronger crude output next year due to increased drilling in its West African assets and hopes to strike oil at its block in Guyana, exploration director Angus McCoss told S&P Global Platts. Tullow...