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Stabroek Block co-venturer CNOOC soars in Shanghai debut

CNOOC Ltd shares surged as much as 44% in their Shanghai debut on Thursday, defying broad market weakness, as investors sought safety in the Chinese oil giant amid high energy prices and quickening inflation. After opening 20% higher, CNOOC shares...

Webinar on this week on growing opportunities from Guyana-Suriname basin

One Basin Three Nations Academy (OBTN/A) is organizing a free Webinar about Oil and Gas Industry Insights for the general public in the Guianas on April 22. Organisers say the current offshore oil and gas discoveries in Guyana and...

10 or more FPSOs cannot eclipse Guyana’s carbon capture service – Environmental Economist

Senior Director for Climate and REDD+ at Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources, Pradeepa Bholanath has clarified that even if Guyana has 10 FPSOs operating offshore, as well as the landmark gas-to-energy project on stream, their emissions can in no...

Guyana’s oil earnings per capita by 2025 could exceed Qatar, Kuwait and Norway – Expert

A United States Geological Survey estimated in the year 2000 that the Guyana-Suriname basin's reserves stand at 13.6 billion barrels of oil and 32 trillion cubic feet of gas, but subsequent discoveries and surveys have taken updated estimates way beyond...

Exploration’s star is rising; Guyana-Suriname basin shining brightest

High-impact exploration in deepwater plays is reserved to major oil players – like ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies, BP, Royal Dutch Shell – and a few leading National Oil Companies (NOCs). The reason, according to UK-based consultancy group Wood Mackenzie, is because only...

Exxon targeting 2.6 billion barrels of oil at four Guyana projects

Guyana has so far approved a total of four offshore developments at the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek Block, that when combined, will be targeting just over 25 percent of the 10 billion oil equivalent barrels found so far since 2015. The projects...

Yellowtail Permit armed with most superior provisions for insurance, oil spill prevention/management – EPA officials

When compared to the other permits issued for the Liza Phase 1, 2 and Payara Projects in the Stabroek Block, the Yellowtail Environment Permit is armed with the most superior provisions for insurance and oil spill prevention and management. Making...

US$10B Yellowtail Project set to unleash a tsunami of economic benefits

Apart from the profit oil and royalty the State stand to gain, ExxonMobil’s US$10 billion Yellowtail Project in the Stabroek Block which is set for first oil in 2025-2026, is poised to unleash a tsunami of economic benefits for...

Breakthrough discoveries off Namibia coast mirror Guyana basin oil play – Westwood

Royal Dutch Shell and TotalEnergies have made two breakthrough discoveries offshore Namibia, which suggest a play like the Guyana-Suriname basin, according to Westwood Global Energy Group. On February 4, Shell made the first one, a light oil discovery, assumed to...

On refining the trajectory of Guyana’s local content requirements

Dr. Terrence Richard Blackman - OilNOW On February 15th - 18th, 2022, an International Energy Conference & Expo: Charting a Sustainable Energy Future was held at Guyana's Marriott Hotel. One highlight of the meeting was the panel discussion on Guyana's...

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First drilling equipment departs for Suriname’s GranMorgu project

TechnipFMC has reported further progress on Suriname’s GranMorgu offshore oil project following the delivery of critical subsea equipment. The company...