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14 Guyanese to receive oil & gas training for jobs on multiple offshore projects

Fourteen Guyanese will soon be undergoing rigorous training in Trinidad and Tobago to acquire skills for the oil and gas industry, after which they will be deployed on a number of offshore projects. This initiative is the start of what...

Tulip Oil gets gas production license for Dutch offshore field

(Reuters) - Dutch oil and gas exploration company Tulip Oil has been awarded a production license by the Dutch government for a gas field off the coast of the Netherlands, it said on Monday. Tulip Oil will now proceed with a...

GranMorgu FPSO: A closer look at the vessel powering Suriname’s first offshore oil project

PARAMARIBO, SURINAME – SBM Offshore and Technip Energies are building Suriname’s first floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for the upcoming GrandMorgu field. The vessel, scheduled to arrive in-country by mid-2028, will be critical to the project’s success,...

GranMorgu project sets new offshore benchmark for Suriname

PARAMARIBO, SURINAME - The GranMorgu development in Suriname’s Block 58 is “essentially double” the size of comparable offshore projects in the region, according to Gianluigi Della Rosa, Country Manager for Guyana and Suriname at Saipem.  Speaking at the Suriname Energy,...

Almost 50% of Suriname’s offshore acreage under contract – Staatsolie

PARIMARIBO, SURINAME - Almost 50% of Suriname’s offshore acreage is now under contract, according to its state oil company, Staatsolie.  Managing Director, Annand Jagesar, provided the update during his welcome address as the 5th Suriname Energy Oil and Gas Summit...

ExxonMobil drilling Hamlet-1 well in gas-rich southeastern Stabroek Block

ExxonMobil has started drilling the Hamlet-1 exploration well in the southeastern section of Guyana’s Stabroek Block. This area near the Suriname border has yielded more natural gas than oil in previous discoveries. The Guyanese government is prioritizing the development of...

Battery system arrives in Guyana for delayed Gas-to-Energy project

LNDCH4, the U.S. joint venture building an integrated natural gas processing facility at Wales, announced on Friday the arrival of a 30-megawatt backup battery energy storage system (BESS), a critical safeguard designed to ensure uninterrupted power delivery from the...

No oil blocks, gas deal to be issued before Guyana’s September elections

Guyana’s Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Thursday that no new oil block contracts or agreements for a major gas project involving U.S. firm Fulcrum LNG will be signed before the country’s General and Regional Elections scheduled for September...

SBM Offshore sees major gains from Jaguar, GranMorgu FPSOs in Guyana and Suriname

SBM Offshore is seeing "great benefits" from its newest Fast4Ward® floating, production storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs), Jaguar for Guyana and GranMorgu for Suriname. According to the company’s 2024 Annual Report, its standardization philosophy is driving results. “The standardization philosophy...

Westwood expects Petronas to conduct more exploration drilling offshore Suriname this year

Malaysian state oil firm Petronas is expected to conduct more exploration drilling at Suriname’s offshore Block 52 this year after a key 2024 oil discovery in the area raised prospects for future development, energy consultancy Westwood Global Energy Group...

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Saipem targets local content growth in logistics, fabrication for Suriname oil project

PARAMARIBO, SURINAME – Saipem is setting the stage for major local content contributions in Suriname through its work on...