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Guyana among targets for oil major Total as company plans biggest exploration drive in years

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Total is launching its biggest exploration campaign for years in 2019 as part of a turnaround plan that is ditching the company’s focus on risky long-shots in favour of areas known to contain commercial levels of oil or gas. The...
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CNOOC Limited makes discovery in UK North Sea

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CNOOC Limited on Monday announced a new discovery on the Glengorm prospect, located in offshore UK Central North Sea. “The Glengorm discovery is located in License P2215 with a water depth of approximately 86 meters. The exploration well Glengorm was...
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3rd batch of subsea pipes for Liza Phase 1 expected within weeks – Saipem

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The third batch of sub-sea pipes for the Liza Phase 1 Development Project is expected to arrive in Guyana within weeks as work intensifies ahead of first oil in the South American country. Speaking to OilNOW on Thursday at the...
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CNOOC plans 173 new wells in 2019; targets almost 500 million boe

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CNOOC Limited on Wednesday announced that the company's net production target for 2019 is 480 million to 490 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE), of which, production from China and overseas, accounts for approximately 63% and 37%, respectively. “The Company's...
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Second shipment of Liza Phase One undersea pipes arrives

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Italian firm Saipem, one of the Prime Contractors for ExxonMobil Guyana and its joint venture partners HESS and CNOOC Nexen, has brought in its second shipment of 2,684 pipes for the Liza Phase One project timetabled to commence production...
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Busy year ahead for ExxonMobil Guyana as country gallops to first oil

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2019 will be a ‘very busy year’ for ExxonMobil in the new South American oil and gas hotspot of Guyana, as exploration activities are ramped up and work intensifies in preparation for first oil by 2020. “We are currently drilling two...
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Norway awards 33 oil firms a record number of exploration blocks

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(Reuters) Norway awarded 33 oil companies a record 83 blocks to explore for petroleum resources in mature areas of the Norwegian continental shelf, the country’s oil and energy minister said on Jan. 15. A total of 38 oil companies had...
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Shift in equity financing, farm-in timetable won’t affect CGX’s first well

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CGX Energy Inc. and Frontera Energy Corporation say that a pushing back of their equity financing and joint venture farm-in timeline to February 6. 2019 will not affect the drilling schedule for Utakwaaka-1 exploration well offshore Guyana in November. The...
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TechnipFMC’s Chairman calls it a day

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ExxonMobil Guyana Prime Contractor – TechnipFMC, announced on Wednesday that the company’s Executive Chairman, Thierry Pilenko has decided to retire from the Board of Directors, effective May 1, 2019, after the Company’s Annual General Meeting. Mr. Pilenko was appointed Executive...
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Private refiners in Guyana will have to buy oil at market cost

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The Government of Guyana will not sell oil at a subsidized cost to any private investor who undertakes to build a refinery in the South American country. “Anyone who wishes to open a refinery can do so but they will...
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GranMorgu FPSO construction hits 27% as Suriname targets first oil by 2028

Construction of the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) platform for Suriname’s GranMorgu project has reached 27%, state oil...

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