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Exxon has found an average of 1.7 billion barrels of oil per year in Guyana since 2015

It was highlighted at the Offshore Technology Conference in August this year that exploration in the Guyana-Suriname Basin has been a decades-long endeavor, including technical challenges and a lengthy history of drilling with no offshore success prior to the...

Explorer believes eastern portion of Orinduik block can deliver significant volumes

A junior partner in the Guyana basin says prospects in the offshore acreage remain highly favourable with the eastern section of the 1800km2 Orinduik Block set to potentially deliver significant volumes, the biggest yet outside of the prolific Stabroek...

10 billion barrels in Guyana, 8,000 well locations in Permian making Exxon an attractive investment bet

U.S. investment and research firm Zacks said in a recent analysis that Exxon Mobil Corporation has seen upward earnings estimate revisions for 2021 and 2022 in the past several days and so far for the year, the stock has...

Brazil investing $68 billion over next 5 years in major oil production ramp up

(S&P Global Platts) Petrobras will boost investment spending over the next five years amid a recovery in global demand, with development of the massive Buzios Field in the country's subsalt frontier expected to push crude oil output to 2.6...

Sanctioning activity remains high in Guyana, major contracts coming – Rystad Energy

After the pandemic decimated the oil and gas industry in 2020, this year is being seen as one of rebound with oil prices rallying and investments picking up across various projects globally, chief among them being South America’s hottest...

Heavyweights racing to produce more oil while poor countries are being told to slow down

Almost all the major oil producing countries in the world are doing the same thing – moving to increase output significantly in coming years as the world races towards the 2050 climate goals and braces for a potential shortfall...

Oil pushing Guyana banking assets to GY$3 trillion; lower interest rates, more loans should follow – Economist

Guyanese economist, Winston Brassington, says that as the country’s oil and gas sector continues to develop and expand, so will the assets in the local banks. Brassington shared this perspective on Thursday when he addressed an American Chamber of...

Tullow walks away from Suriname, holds onto Guyana with 200-million-barrel campaign planned next year

UK-based multinational oil and gas exploration company Tullow Oil is calling it a day in Suriname. Drilling operations at the Goliathberg-Voltzberg North (GVN) exploration well at Block 47 failed to deliver commercial crude earlier this year after reaching total...

Saipem secures two new contracts valued over US$600 million

Saipem has been awarded two new offshore contracts for transportation and installation activities (T&I) for a total amount of over 600 million USD. The first contract was awarded by Chevron Australia Pty Ltd for the Jansz-lo Compression Project, the gas...

Local Content: Where are the jobs, you ask?

By A. Bacchus I was sitting in a class recently when a colleague expressed in utter vexation, “they’re giving all the jobs to foreigners.” The conversation was delving into industries and the policymaking in Guyana, and like the new-norm, oil...

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Halliburton Latin America revenue up 22% to US$1.1 billion in Q1 2026

Halliburton reported stronger performance in Latin America in the first quarter of 2026, with revenue rising 22% year over...