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Guyana receives almost US$80 million for sole oil lift in March

A statutory report in Guyana’s Official Gazette indicates the country received and sold one lift of profit oil from Stabroek Block crude production in March. The lift earned the country US$79,613,822.68 (GY$16,599,482,029).  For the new year, Guyana has received US$219,454,039.47...

Major Exxon contractors cop OTC award for new technologies 

Baker Hughes, Saipem and Schlumberger (now SLB) together with Equinor were among the top awardees for the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2023 Spotlight on New Technology Award.  SLB, Baker Hughes and Saipem are all key contractors for ExxonMobil Guyana, operator...

Advocates for renegotiation of Exxon contract have made a major loss

The recent dismissal of a lawsuit against ExxonMobil’s Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) marks a major loss for advocates pushing for changes to the contract.  Glenn Lall, the publisher of Kaieteur News, a Guyanese daily newspaper known for its...

‘ONE GUYANA’ to be highest producing FPSO delivered by SBM Offshore 

The ‘ONE GUYANA’ floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel will be, not only the highest producing floater offshore Guyana, but also the highest producing FPSO to be delivered by SBM Offshore.  ONE GUYANA is designed to produce 250,000 barrels...

Ministry, CNOOC team up to fund petroleum studies for Guyanese in China

Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources and CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited is offering a limited number of scholarships in China at the Bachelor’s Degree level for the next academic year (2023/2024).  The scholars, to receive instruction in geoscience and petroleum engineering,...

Cataleya Energy sees huge success in training program for business managers in Guyana

Kaieteur Block partner, Cataleya Energy, has brought the curtains down on a six-month business management training program, with a graduation ceremony for 18 in Guyana's capital, Georgetown.  Cataleya’s co-founder and Director, Ryan Perreira, said the company has decided to reprise...

Role, capacity of environmental regulator critical to Guyana’s success with oil

Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a vital pillar in the country’s balancing act of being an oil producer, while also adhering to strict global climate goals.  And because of this, its institutional capacity must be strengthened to monitor and...

Development drilling continues at Exxon’s Yellowtail

Development drilling is progressing at the Yellowtail well site in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, according to a notice from the country’s Maritime Administration (MARAD).  A March 28 notice said that “Esso Exploration & Production Guyana Ltd (EEPGL) will continue...

More locals than ever before commence work on ONE GUYANA FPSO fixtures

More locals than ever before have been engaged to build fixtures for Guyana’s newest floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, ONE GUYANA. A steel strike ceremony was held at Industrial Steel Fabricators (InFab) Good Hope facility, on the...

Driller that made world-class Guyana discovery lands strategic partnership with Norwegian oil giant  

Norway’s state energy company, Equinor, said it has awarded contracts for the use of the Transocean Encourage to be used mainly in the Norwegian Sea, and the Transocean Enabler for the Johan Castberg field. The planned drilling spans multiple...

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Yellowtail production could climb to 290,000 b/d pending government green light

ExxonMobil Guyana plans to boost production at its Yellowtail offshore oil project by roughly 10% as it conducts a...