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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...

Resource potential of Guyana-Suriname basin exceed 18 billion boe – ExxonMobil

The resource potential of the Guyana-Suriname basin where ExxonMobil has to date made a total of 19 discoveries (18 in Guyana and 1 in Suriname) is estimated to contain more than 18 billion barrels of oil equivalent resources, the...

Guyana, Suriname leading Caribbean drilling – what about T&T?

Originally published in the Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago (GSTT) HAMMER Magazine – February 2021 The CARICOM region is now one of the hot spots globally for oil and gas activity, with most of the drilling taking place in Guyana...

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SBM Offshore subsidiary seeks local suppliers for steel, timber and safety equipment

Guyana Deep Water Operations Inc. (GDO), a subsidiary of SBM Offshore, is seeking information from Guyanese suppliers for steel...