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All systems in place for GIPEX 2018

Preparations were in high gear over the weekend at the Guyana Marriott Hotel for the staging of the South American country’s first official oil & gas summit and exhibition set to get underway on Wednesday. Workers were busy setting up...

GIPEX Platinum sponsor ready to deliver on ‘every need of O&G sector’

Guyana International Petroleum Exhibition and Summit (GIPEX) 2018 Platinum Sponsor GTT, a telecommunications service provider in Guyana, says it is ready to deliver on “the every need of the oil and gas sector” in the South American country and...

China’s CNOOC plans to ramp up spending by at least 40 percent in 2018

Chinese offshore oil and gas company CNOOC Ltd said on Thursday it planned to ramp up spending by at least 40 percent in 2018, as well as raise production, thanks to a more “suitable” oil price, Reuters reports. CNOOC Nexen...

Ranger-1 gives ExxonMobil new insight into Stabroek Block potential

ExxonMobil’s recent oil discovery at the Ranger-1 reservoir offshore Guyana is particularly significant because it demonstrates that potentially significant commercial quantities of crude is contained in a different type of play on the Stabroek Block. The estimated total 3.2 billion...

Guyana could be producing over 10 million barrels of oil monthly by 2022

Monthly oil production in the South American country of Guyana could top the 10 million barrel mark by 2022 with the coming on stream of a second phase of development in the prolific Liza field located approximately 120 miles...

Chevron, SBM and Schlumberger among big name companies onboard for GIPEX 2018

Several more big name companies in the oil and gas industry have signaled their intent to be part of a major petroleum summit taking place in Guyana next month. The South American country now regarded as the next oil...

Upstream expenditures expected to grow in 2018 to US$400 billion – WoodMac

(Offshore Engineer) Believing that major spending cuts are over, Wood Mackenzie expects global upstream capital expenditures to grow slightly in 2018 to a total of US$400 billion. The downturn resulted in nearly $1 trillion being taken out of company spending...

Shell is closing in on Exxon’s crown

(Bloomberg) Even in the dynamic world of business, some things always hold true: the Big Mac outsells the Whopper, Google gets more searches than Bing, and Exxon Mobil Corp. is the world’s biggest public oil company. Or perhaps not. Royal Dutch Shell...

200,000 bpd Egina FPSO arrives in Nigeria

Nigeria’s oil and gas industry is set to record another milestone as the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel Egina was set to arrive in the African nation on Wednesday. The FPSO, with a capacity of 200,000 barrels per...

ExxonMobil named 2017 Explorer of the Year; Guyana discoveries boosted performance

ExxonMobil has been named 2017 Explorer of the Year by the World Oil and Gas Council in recognition of excellence and innovation in the global energy industry. “This award is recognition of ExxonMobil’s successful efforts to strengthen our portfolio by accessing and...

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Guyana’s political outlook steady enough to keep investors calm – Norway group

Stability, that’s the word investors want to hear, and in Guyana, they’re likely to get it. Schreiner Parker, Partner and...