The prospect of bringing natural gas to shore in Guyana for the primary purpose of fueling power plants to produce low-cost electricity remains a project ExxonMobil is passionate about but the company says no final decision has yet been...

As discussions continue about the prospect of bringing natural gas to shore in the South American country of Guyana, authorities say such a move must be economically feasible and part of a transition to renewable energy, in keeping with...

As Guyana moves closer to first oil in 2020, US super-major ExxonMobil and authorities in the South American country have been mulling the feasibility of diverting natural gas from the production reservoir offshore, to land, for electricity generation. ExxonMobil Country...

ExxonMobil's proposed Longtail development project will tap into three gas fields—Longtail, Tripletail, and Turbot—spanning discoveries made in the period 2017-2019. Unlike Exxon’s previous developments in Guyana, which focus on crude oil, this project will center on non-associated gas and...

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has condemned reports that the Biden administration plans to ban new oil and natural gas activity across millions of acres of federal waters. API President and Chief Executive Officer Mike Sommers called the move...

Guyana Deep Water Operations Incorporated (GDO), a subsidiary of SBM Offshore, is inviting suppliers to provide technical and operational solutions for on-site natural gas sampling and Gas Chromatography (GC).  SBM Offshore on track to deliver ‘near zero emission’ FPSO to...

An ExxonMobil-led liquid natural gas (LNG) development could be a possibility, with further assessment of what lies in Guyana’s Stabroek Block. That point was made by Exxon’s Vice President of Global Exploration, John Ardill during a recent discussion with...

US-based oilfield services provider McDermott International has been awarded a contract by Shell for the Manatee natural gas project offshore Trinidad & Tobago. The contract covers engineering, procurement, construction, installation, hook-up, and commissioning (EPCI) for the shallow-water Manatee development. The...

PETRONAS said it achieved success with the drilling of the Sloanea-2 appraisal well at Block 52 offshore Suriname. The company said Sloanea-2 was spudded in the second quarter with the Noble Voyager. It is an appraisal of the Sloanea-1 gas...

President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge, told Reuters that gas production in the Stabroek block may be possible in 2029 or 2030.  “By early 2025, we will have done the exploration and appraisal work to understand how comfortable we are...