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SBM Offshore marks first year of oil production operations in Guyana

SBM Offshore, builder and operator of the Liza Destiny FPSO has entered the first year of oil production offshore Guyana at the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek block. The Liza Destiny FPSO is the first oil production vessel to be deployed to...

Despite challenges Guyana emerges from 2020 as major player in oil and gas universe

2020 was another eventful year for the exploration and production activities offshore Guyana led by U.S. oil major ExxonMobil at the prolific Stabroek block. The year started with Guyana’s first oil lift, the announcement of another discovery in January...

UAE’s SNOC, Eni produce first gas from Mahani field a year after discovery

(S&P Global) The UAE's Sharjah National Oil Corp. and Eni have produced first gas from the Mahani field in Sharjah, one year after they announced the first onshore discovery in the country's third largest emirate in 37 years, the...

Gas to power project: outsiders always say it’s too expensive, you can’t do it

The proposed gas to power project in Guyana can potentially have the single most transformative impact on the new oil producing country, promising significant benefits to the population. Most notable is that there are no technical barriers that prevent...

Guyana could find more oil, and closer to shoreline

Experts in the oil and gas industry believe that more oil could be discovered closer to Guyana’s shoreline in the coming years with one official saying that the hydrocarbon resources found at the Stabroek block so far is just...

Exxon conducted largest 3-D seismic survey in company’s history offshore Guyana

By the time ExxonMobil acquired rights to explore the 6.6 million-acre Stabroek block 120 miles offshore Guyana, 22 wells, from as far back as the 1970s, had already been drilled by other companies on the coastal shelf outside the...

Lessons learnt from gas compression issue being factored into construction of other Guyana FPSOs

With the commissioning of the gas compression system on the Liza Destiny FPSO and reduction of flaring to pilot levels, ExxonMobil says the lessons learnt from the issue which resulted in a prolonged period of flaring are being factored...

Liza Destiny flaring reduced to ‘pilot levels’ as gas compression system fixed – ExxonMobil

Flaring at the Liza Destiny FPSO has been reduced to pilot levels and the vessel is now producing oil at full capacity of 120,000 barrels per day. The FPSO, designed to ensure there is no routine flaring in its...

Farm-ins are routine in the oil and gas industry, ‘first movers’ take risks – expert says

‘First movers’ and their small independent partners/companies take risks in acquiring exploration licenses for offshore blocks, as there is no guarantee that they will find a large partner to farm into these blocks. This is according to President of...

Touchstone enters major agreement with Trinidad national gas company, provides operational update

The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) signed a natural gas supply agreement with Primera Oil and Gas Limited, a subsidiary of Canadian energy exploration company Touchstone Exploration on Friday December 18, 2020. Primera, acting on...

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Letter to the Editor: Seeing change in simple ways

Dear Editor, Some time ago, I wrote about how surprised I was to see real benefits from Guyana’s growing oil...