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Tullow set to spud first well offshore oil-rich Guyana within weeks

UK-based Tullow Oil and its joint venture partners will spud their first well at the Orinduik Block offshore Guyana just miles away from the multi-billion barrel Stabroek Block where US oil major ExxonMobil has to date made a record...

Six females among new batch for Guyana offshore training

12 Guyanese will begin their careers in the oil and gas sector on June 3. The batch will receive training as Rig Clerks and will be stationed on the Noble Bob Douglas drillship on completion. Among the batch are...

Brazil’s Petrobras nears sale of offshore oilfields

Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro SA is nearing the sale of two oilfields in a process that could fetch around $1 billion and aid the state-run oil firm in its bid to reduce debt, Reuters said in a report on Tuesday. Petrobras,...

Offshore sanctioning nearing peak – Rystad Energy

The annual growth rate in the global offshore oilfield services market will likely be halved after 2022, according to Rystad Energy. The independent energy research and consultancy firm headquartered in Norway with offices across the globe forecasts that the service...

Bourbon Offshore opens office in Guyana; aims to ‘maximize local content’

Marine Services provider; Bourbon Offshore, has opened an office in Guyana - South America’s newest oil and gas frontier. The French-based company, with operations in more than 40 countries around the world, provides marine and logistics as well as...

OTC 2019: GTT pursuing opportunities in offshore communications

Guyanese telecommunications company GTT, one of the more than 20 firms from South America’s newest oil and gas hotspot participating at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC 2019), says it is actively pursuing opportunities in offshore communications. Eshwar Thakurdin, Director, Business...

OTC 2019: “We’re emerging as an oil and gas nation” – GO-Invest CEO

CEO of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest), Owen Verwey, is heartened by the traffic passing through the Guyana Booth at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) currently taking place in Houston Texas, USA, saying that the opportunities for networking...

CGX looking for ‘new dawn’ in Guyana oil and gas hotspot

CGX Energy is looking to have its joint venture with Frontera Energy Corporation provide working capital for the company's ongoing commitments on its Berbice, Corentyne and Demerara blocks, through a signing bonus of $33,300,000 paid by Frontera. CGX said on Wednesday...

Venezuela turmoil puts a pause on Dragon Gas deal with Trinidad and Tobago

Deteriorating conditions in Venezuela, home of the world’s largest oil reserves, is obstructing a deal with neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago to transport gas over a 17 km pipeline from the Dragon Gas Field to the Hibiscus platform, in the...

BHP makes hydrocarbon discovery offshore Trinidad

Australian company BHP announced that it has made commercial discovery of hydrocarbons offshore Trinidad and Tobago during the first quarter of 2019, on the heels of a gas discovery at the Bongos-2 well in the north last year. The find...

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Guyana targets more local content opportunities as oil production nears 1 million b/d with Errea Wittu arrival

The Government of Guyana plans to pursue more opportunities for local workers and businesses as offshore oil production moves...