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Guyana discoveries help ExxonMobil add 4.5 billion barrels to its reserves

ExxonMobil said on Tuesday it added 4.5 billion oil-equivalent barrels of proved oil and gas reserves in 2018, replacing 313 percent of the year’s production. The company said continuing success in exploration and strategic acquisitions in Guyana and Brazil have...

Liza 2 among global O&G projects pushing big volumes for 2019

A surge in final investment decisions (FIDs) this year on new petroleum projects worldwide, including the Liza Phase 2 Development Project offshore Guyana, could see sanctioned volumes of oil and gas nearly triple compared to last year’s tally. Rystad...

Stabroek discoveries derisking Orinduik block – Eco Atlantic CEO

Rapid discoveries being made by US oil major ExxonMobil in the prolific Stabroek Block offshore Guyana are playing a key role in derisking the Orinduik Block, according to the CEO of Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas, Gil Holzman. Eco Atlantic...

First 100% Guyanese-owned human resource company to service O&G industry launched

The first human resource company with 100% Guyanese ownership servicing the South American country’s emerging oil and gas industry was officially launched on Friday in Georgetown. Strategic Recruitment Solutions Inc. (SRSGY) is currently providing human resource services to three of...

Eco Atlantic contracts Stena Forth for Guyana drill campaign

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. (aim:ECO)(EOG), along with its partners in the Orinduik Block, offshore Guyana, Total E&P Activités Pétrolières and Tullow Guyana B.V. (Operator), has contracted a rig, the Stena Forth, a sixth-generation drillship from Stena Carron...

Liza Unity will follow Destiny in Guyana oil bonanza

The Liza Unity Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel, the first of its kind produced by SBM Offshore using its Fast4WardTM programme, is expected to closely follow the Liza Destiny which will begin producing oil for Guyana by 2020. The Unity...

Guyana, Brazil pushing FPSO demand through 2025 – Rystad Energy

From 2019 to 2021 Rystad Energy expects 33 FPSOs to be sanctioned as oil and gas activity picks up in the offshore sector.  15 of the FPSOs will require a production capacity above 80,000 barrels/day. This high capacity demand comes...

Venezuela’s collapse holds lessons for neighboring Guyana

Venezuela’s slide from top of the heap to a virtual bit player in the oil market is a slow-motion car crash. Production sank progressively from 2.6 million barrels per day (b/d) a decade ago, when it was third in...

Major oil find excites southern Caribbean

(Amsterdam News) U.S. supermajor ExxonMobil announced two major oil finds offshore Guyana in the past week, and the discovery has raised the hopes for similar massive oil discoveries in two of its neighbors that incidentally already produce oil and...

Guyana moving towards open bidding for oil blocks, multi-client seismic survey

Guyana could soon have its first open bid round for oil blocks by Q1 2020 the Director of the Department of Energy (DoE), Dr. Mark Bynoe, told reporters on Monday. An overhaul of the 1986 Petroleum Exploration and Production Act,...

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Guyana oil production could edge closer to one million barrels per day by year-end

ExxonMobil Guyana expects production from the Stabroek Block to climb sharply before the end of 2025, driven by the...