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Exxon confident in performance of gas compressor on new Guyana FPSO

Guyana’s largest floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel arrived offshore this week for oil production activities at the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek Block. The U.S. oil major says it is confident that the equipment on the SBM Offshore built and...

Exxon debates abandoning some of its biggest oil and gas projects

By Christopher M. Matthews, Emily Glazer - The Wall Street Journal (Fox Business) Exxon Mobil Corp.’s XOM 0.55% remade board of directors is debating whether to continue with several major oil and gas projects as the company reconsiders its investment strategy in a...

Exxon set to begin public discussions on Guyana’s largest offshore project

ExxonMobil local affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) is forging ahead with its fourth offshore project at the Stabroek Block, the largest to date, at the Yellowtail Development. The company has since submitted the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)...

Combined solution for Guyana-Suriname gas might be appropriate, says TotalEnergies CEO

CEO of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanne, said while a rapid development of Suriname oil resources would be desirable financially, how to "valorize" the associated gas remains a big question and with similar considerations offshore Guyana, a combined solution for commercializing...

China’s gas demand has returned stronger than before

By Miaoru Huang - Research Director, APAC Gas & LNG at Wood Mackenzie After a pandemic slowdown last year, China’s demand for gas appears to have returned stronger than before. In H1 2021, China’s gas demand saw a 16% year-on-year...

Guyanese will lose out on oil and gas opportunities unless swift action is taken on local content, warns key private sector player

A key player in Guyana’s business community is sounding a dire warning that if swift action is not taken to implement local content legislation, Guyanese will continue to lose out on major procurement opportunities for the offshore oil developments. “I’ve...

Over 90 local suppliers working with Edison Chouest in South America’s new oil and gas hot spot

Marine transportation service provider Edison Chouest though its local affiliate G-Boats Inc., an ExxonMobil Guyana prime contractor, says it has been expanding its local content efforts to create more jobs and provide training and capacity building opportunities for Guyanese...

Countries could make up to $82 billion a year by utilising gas instead of flaring it – GlobalData

Gas flaring – the combustion of unwanted natural gas produced during oil recovery – is causing many oil-producing countries to lose up to $82 billion a year, priced at record spot prices in Europe in August 2021, according to...

Stabroek Block co-venturer CNOOC makes large oil discovery offshore China

CNOOC Limited, a 25% stakeholder in Guyana’s Stabroek Block, announced on Thursday that it has made a large-sized oil discovery at the Kenli 10-2 oilfield located in Laizhou Bay Sag in Southern Bohai Bay at an average water depth...

Guyana can become a regional source for expertise in oil and gas – Exxon Production Manager

Guyana, virtually unknown in the global oil and gas industry just 6 years ago, is now a much talked about up-and-coming oil producer who by the end of the decade will be among the top players in the Latin...

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What we know about ExxonMobil’s proposed Haimara project

ExxonMobil Guyana has formally begun the environmental authorization process for its proposed Haimara development offshore Guyana. Haimara would be...