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More time granted to Tullow for drill or drop decision on Jamaica exploration

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United Oil & Gas PLC said Tuesday that the Production Sharing Agreement on the Walton Morant Basin offshore Jamaica, operated by Tullow Jamaica Ltd and in which United has a 20% interest, has been amended to extend the Initial Exploration Period during which...
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Jamaica trade mission heading to CARICOM’s newest oil producer this month

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A delegation of around 16 Jamaican companies will visit the South American country of Guyana this month in pursuit of mutually beneficial business opportunities between the CARICOM neighbours. The visit by the Jamaican delegation to the region’s newest oil producing...
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Apache defies skeptics with major South American oil discovery

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(Bloomberg) Apache Corp. proved skeptics wrong with a major discovery off the northeast coast of South America, a hotly anticipated oil target that investors had feared would be another flop for the U.S. producer. The update on the Maka Central-1 well...
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CNOOC targeting 227 exploration wells in 2020

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CNOOC Limited plans to ramp up its exploration programme in 2020 as multiple projects come on stream, including the Liza Phase 1 Development in Guyana’s Stabroek Block where the company has a 25% stake. The Company’s targeted net production for...
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Hull for 220,000 bpd Liza Unity FPSO arrives in Singapore

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After a journey of 2,300 nautical miles, the Fast4Ward® hull for the Liza Unity FPSO - ExxonMobil's second development offshore Guyana - has safely arrived at Keppel shipyard in Singapore, from China. This is SBM Offshore’s first generic hull, the...
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ExxonMobil has opened up a new oil province in South America with untold potential

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Decades of failed attempts to find oil in the Guyana-Suriname basin saw companies bailing out and disappointment mounting, with many persons, ranging from laymen to experts, concluding that striking black gold in this frontier was unlikely and way too...
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Guyana oil strikes help push global discoveries to 4-year high – Rystad Energy

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The world’s oil and gas explorers powered ahead and discovered 12.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in 2019, the highest volume since 2015, according to estimates from Rystad Energy. Last year recorded 26 discoveries of more than 100...
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Stabroek Block and the Liza oil field

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Spread over 26,800km² in Guyana’s offshore waters, the Stabroek Block is estimated to contain more than six billion barrels of oil equivalent as of 2019. Drilling has been ongoing to explore and evaluate other potential areas of the block. Liza...
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Explorers hopeful Suriname discovery signals extension of Stabroek mega oil play

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Explorers have been looking closely at the multi-billion-barrel oil resource at Guyana’s Stabroek Block with hopes that this prolific petroleum system stretches across to Suriname where efforts to find hydrocarbons offshore have been futile…until now. The discovery at Maka Central-1...
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CGX Energy expected to drill well by November

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Canadian-based oil and gas company CGX Energy is expected to drill an exploration well offshore Guyana by November of this year after deferring its 2019 target for spudding a well at the Corentyne Block. CGX is operator at the...
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Tourism minister calls for cultural shift, stronger service standards to power Guyana’s next economic phase

Tourism, Industry, and Commerce Minister Susan Rodrigues has called for a national cultural transformation to align with Guyana’s rapid...

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