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Revving up for change: How Guyana and oil companies navigate a complex relationship in the new era

The relationship between the Guyana government and the Stabroek Block co-venturers is yielding projects that will make Guyana the world’s largest per capita producer of oil. The arrangement is extremely rewarding for all parties. But Vice President Dr. Bharrat...

Guyana about to sign oil & gas MoU with India government

Guyana’s Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo is preparing to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of India. According to Guyana’s Department of Public Information (DPI), the MoU is meant to foster cooperation in the oil and gas...

Guyana: Waiting for ICJ Decision, but also Investing in Security; Part 1

By Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith – OilNOW This is the first of a two-part series on the ongoing territorial-judicial saga between Guyana and Venezuela. Here, we provide some recent developments on Guyana’s oil exploration and production landscape, which have increased the...

What drives Guyana’s energy policy? Not the crazies, says Jagdeo

There are lots of prominent voices contributing to discourse about the development of Guyana’s petroleum sector, some often extreme. But Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo wants the industry to know that extremity does not drive Guyana’s energy policy. “Our country...

Two-thirds of Guyana offshore development costs pumped into wells, subsea infrastructure – Routledge

ExxonMobil’s projects in Guyana’s Stabroek Block carry hefty prices. Its fifth – Uaru – carries the highest thus far: US$12.683 billion, since it will be the biggest offshore development, rivalling neighbouring Brazil. These projects require massive floating, production, storage and offloading...

SBM Offshore on track to meet FPSO delivery deadlines despite pandemic

In an update on its new build activities, Dutch contractor SBM Offshore said it remains on track to deliver its floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels by agreed-upon deadlines. This is in spite of setbacks from the COVID-19 pandemic...

Technology at core of Exxon’s deepwater operations in Guyana – Upstream President

Technology is a major facet in oil and gas development and remains an integral part of ExxonMobil’s deepwater operations in Guyana’s offshore Stabroek Block. Liam Mallon, President, ExxonMobil Upstream Company attested to this during an exclusive interview with OilNOW. “…at the...

Exxon impact studies cater for higher production at projects offshore Guyana

ExxonMobil's projects offshore Guyana are guided by environmental impact assessments (EIA) which consider the potential impacts of oil production beyond the design capacity.  These EIAs form part of the pool of documents which are reviewed and approved by regulators, before...

DOF Subsea snags US$19M contract for SURF project offshore Brazil

DOF Subsea Brasil has secured a charter for its remotely operated vehicle (ROV) support vessel, Geoholm. DOF said that the 85.7-metre-long vessel and its ROV will be used for a 'major' subsea umbilical, riser, and flowline (SURF) project offshore Brazil.  The...

Guyana’s new model PSA to be finalised soon, will be made public – Bharrat

The first draft of Guyana’s new model Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) is expected to be finalised in the coming week, said Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat. The government had touted a February date for its release but that is...

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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...