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Guyanese Diaspora targeted as first junior company in the world provides investor access to Canje, Kaieteur block exploration

Westmount Energy Limited, a junior oil and gas company with investor interest in the highly prospective Canje and Kaieteur blocks offshore Guyana, began cross-trading on the OTCQB market in New York on Tuesday under the ticker symbol WMELF. OTCQB is...

Eco Atlantic increases acreage in Namibia, remains focused on world class Guyana basin

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. said Monday it has successfully negotiated the reissuance of four licences in the Walvis Basin, offshore Namibia conditional to customary final government signature. The company was awarded four new Petroleum Exploration Licenses (PEL) on its existing offshore blocks,...

ExxonMobil looking for suppliers for its fiber optic cable project

ExxonMobil Guyana is looking for suppliers to provide onshore installation services for its high-speed fibre-optic/wireless transport project. The company said in a public notice it was seeking to identify suppliers who can provide ‘onshore underground fiber optic cable survey and...

Brazil’s Petrobras targets oil output of 2.7 million b/d by 2025

(S&P Global) Brazilian state-led oil company Petrobras plans to spend $55 billion over the next five years to develop subsalt fields that will boost the company's crude oil output nearly 20% to 2.7 million b/d by 2025, the company...

BP plans to invest more in Middle East’s ‘world-leading’ oil fields

(Bloomberg) BP Plc said it will invest more money in Middle Eastern oil and natural-gas fields even as it transitions to renewable energy and tries to lower emissions. The company is a major producer in countries such as Iraq, where...

Bulk of oil supply next 20 years will come from ‘advantaged barrels’ – Guyana now has over 9 billion

Whatever the pace of the energy transition, the world will still rely on oil and gas for much of its energy needs until well beyond 2040. UK-based global energy group Wood Mackenzie says exploration will be critical in meeting this future...

Orinduik block partners reviewing multiple light, sweet targets for 2021 drill plans

Eco (Atlantic) Oil and Gas Ltd announced Tuesday via its unaudited results for the six months ended September 30, 2020, that multiple light, sweet, oil drilling prospects are currently being reviewed for the next drilling programme at the Orinduik Block....

South America’s new O&G deepwater players positioning for big opportunities

The governments of Guyana and Suriname, the new oil and gas deepwater hotspots in South America, are focusing on strengthening bilateral relations and solidifying plans to create new opportunities. Guyana’s President, Dr. Irfaan Ali and his Surinamese counterpart, President...

Staffing is now the focus for CGX deep water port facility in Guyana

Grand Canal Industrial Estates Inc. (GCIE), a subsidiary of CGX Energy Inc., has begun seeking human resources personnel for its Berbice Deep Water Port facility, located in the new oil producing country of Guyana. In multiple advertisements in the local...

Guyana and Suriname joining Brazil as South America’s hottest deepwater plays

Offshore exploration and production activities in South America have long been dominated by Brazil with its vast offshore pre-salt developments. State oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) alone accounted for nearly 88% of the continent’s deepwater OPEX in the...

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Jaguar FPSO advances toward 2027 start-up with module installation and integration works underway

SBM Offshore said the Jaguar floating production, storage and offloading vessel project has reached several construction milestones as work...