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Major increase in traffic expected at main Guyana harbour with Exxon’s planned 35-well campaign – CIA

Vessel calls at the Georgetown harbour are set to increase exponentially with ExxonMobil Guyana’s planned 35-well drill campaign in the offshore Stabroek Block.  According to the Cumulative Environmental Assessment (CIA) it submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),...

Guyana’s sustainable approach to economic development

By Cristina Caus - OilNOW Last month, Guyana gathered leaders for a four-day international energy conference to discuss how the oil & gas sector can harness the country’s development. Given the current global energy context, sustainability was the hot-button topic...

Unlimited insurance coverage unheard of but parent companies can be held liable – Guyana EPA

Guyana's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reiterated its commitment to ensuring the country holds no liability in the unlikely event of an oil spill in the offshore Stabroek Block.  Current Permits are held by ExxonMobil Corp. subsidiary, Esso Exploration and...

Guyana Shore Base stresses safety after woman enters West Bank construction site

The Guyana Shore Base Inc. (GYSBI) is stressing the importance of safety after an incident that saw a woman entering an active construction site at Reynstein, West Bank Demerara.  The woman, Elizabeth Deane Hughes, wrote a letter to local...

Guyana offshore investments at US$7B in 2023 as global oil activities surge – Rystad Energy

Annual greenfield capital expenditure is set to break the US$100 billion threshold this year, according to Norway’s Rystad Energy as offshore development activities surge globally. And investments in Guyana’s offshore Stabroek Block will take up US$7 billion of that...

Major 35-well campaign could generate more revenues for Guyana; earnings now in excess of $720 billion

Since the commencement of operations in 2015 to support ExxonMobil Guyana’s two offshore production vessels, the nation has earned in excess of GY$720 billion (US$3.45 billion). Should the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant approval for the oil major’s 35-well...

Noble made more money from Guyana operations than anywhere else, in 2022

Noble Corporation said its 2022 revenues for the year ended December 31, 2022 amounted to US$1.4 billion, with the King of the pile being its Guyana operations at US$469 million. Guyana, therefore, accounts for a third of Noble’s 2022...

Guyana gov’t committed to developing oil resources, improving living standards – Hess Boss

Hess Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), John Hess has assured shareholders that the Guyana government will not be swayed by calls for a change of terms in the Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement (PSA). During a recent energy conference, Hess...

Exxon prepares for April arrival of Prosperity FPSO with development drilling, installation at Payara field

Development drilling at ExxonMobil Guyana’s Payara field continues in preparation of the Prosperity floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel’s arrival from Singapore. MarineTraffic estimates the vessel will arrive in mid-April. According to Guyana’s Maritime Administration (MARAD), the development activities...

Decline in fish catch started in 2013 due to depletion/migration of stock – Report

A recent report for one of ExxonMobil’s proposed well-campaigns for the Stabroek Block has placed the spotlight on the key reason behind the nation’s dwindling fish stock. Though there are concerns that the oil industry is a contributing factor,...

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SBM Offshore gets front-end engineering contract for ExxonMobil’s Longtail FPSO

ExxonMobil Guyana awarded contracts to SBM Offshore to perform front end engineering and design (FEED) studies for the Longtail...