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Apache, Total attempting in Suriname what ExxonMobil accomplished in Guyana

(S&P Global Platts) Total and Apache Corp. will continue their oil exploration program offshore of Suriname after ceasing drilling in one key test well upon facing "substantial pressure increases," but only after they had already struck oil at shallower...

An approach to healing Guyana’s socio-political and economic ills [Part 2]

By Wilberne Persaud – OilNOW Guyana’s 783 thousand population occupies a land mass of 83,000 sq ml, compared to Singapore’s 279.6 sq ml with 5.7 million population and England’s 50,301 sq ml with population 56.3 million. Respectively, 2019 GDP numbers...

Average size of each Guyana oil discovery is 300 million barrels

New oil producer Guyana has been at the top of the global list for discovered resources since U.S oil major ExxonMobil made its first world class discovery in 2015. The company has made a total of 18 discoveries out...

Top upcoming oil producer in western hemisphere urged to create level playing field for foreign investors

Guyana is on a transformational journey as a result of the benefits of the oil and gas industry, and the United States’ Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah Ann-Lynch says that key to the country’s balanced growth is the creation of...

Guyana draws down highest price for its crude since production began

Just over a year since oil production began at the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, the government secured its highest price yet for the export of Liza crude in February, coming in wake of a 12-month period that saw massive...

Exxon conducting back-to-back exploration drilling across two Guyana blocks

The drill ship Stena Carron is on a back-to-back exploration campaign offshore Guyana at the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek and Canje blocks where it has already spudded one prospect and will be moving to drill the other later this week. “The Stena...

EPA, GGMC carrying out inspections on Liza Destiny FPSO, preparations underway for return of compressor – ExxonMobil

Preparations are underway on the Liza Destiny Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for the return of the flash gas compressor and silencers from MAN Energy solutions in Germany. ExxonMobil Guyana said in an operations update on Monday that...

Exploration success on decline globally while Guyana continues to add billions of barrels

The success rate of global conventional oil and gas exploration has declined in recent years, but the most painful blow has been to onshore wildcat wells, a Rystad Energy analysis reveals. In 2020, the success rate of these drilled...

Total confirms plans underway to deliver first oil at Suriname Block 58 by 2025

French oil major total has confirmed that plans are underway to begin developing oil fields at Suriname’s Block 58 as early as 2025, around five years after the first major discovery was made at Maka Central-1, mirroring the rapid...

Liza Phase 1 Environmental Permit allows for flaring during process upsets, maintenance events

The Environmental Permit issued to ExxonMobil Guyana on June 1, 2017 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Liza Phase 1 Development allows for flaring under certain conditions and outlines measures that should be compiled with when such...

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Letter to the Editor: From oil wealth to heart health

Dear Editor, For many Guyanese families, access to life-saving heart care has long meant expensive travel, long waits, or going...