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Fast4Ward concept revolutionised offshore projects – SBM Offshore CEO

SBM Offshore’s Fast4Ward® concept is transforming the way offshore projects are developed.  “It really has changed the way we are doing projects in the industry,” said the company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Bruno Chabas, during the Naming Ceremony for the...

Guyana looking to establish a petroleum data repository

Guyana plans to hire a consultant this year to set the stage for the establishment of the government’s own petroleum data repository. “We will have to determine first of all what data we need to store, the size of the...

Energy diplomacy in Guyana and Caricom

By Dr. Riyad Insanally - OilNOW Introduction On January 24 last, the Kaieteur News (KN) reported that an erroneous map of Guyana was used by Rystad Energy, as part of a panel discussion at the recently held Trinidad and Tobago (T&T)...

Guyana First Lady says new oil production vessel creates link to brighter future

Singapore, February 1, 2023: First Lady of Guyana, Arya Ali, says the name of the Prosperity floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel represents what is in store for the people of the new oil producing South American country....

Guyana bid round: New fiscal terms won’t deter investors – Deakin

Interest from investors in Guyana's upcoming bid round is expected to be favourable despite revised fiscal terms in the new Production-Sharing Agreement (PSA) that will see more revenue going to the South American country. “I do not see those fiscal...

Guyana budgets GY$100.7M to review Exxon’s Whiptail field plan

Guyana Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, said Tuesday that GY$100.7 million (approximately US$483,000) has been budgeted to review the Whiptail field development plan (FDP). The government, he said, has received indication that the plan will be submitted in 2023. The...

PROSPERITY UPDATES: Naming ceremony for Guyana’s third FPSO set for Wednesday

The naming ceremony for Guyana’s third floating, floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel – the Prosperity – is set for Wednesday Feb. 1 at the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore. First Lady of Guyana, Arya Ali, attended a reception hosted...

Exxon posts record-breaking US$56 billion earnings for 2022

With 2022 closed, ExxonMobil raked in a whopping US$55.7 billion in earnings for the full year, up from US$23.0 billion in 2021 – a US$32.7 billion increase, its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Darren Woods reported to investors on Jan....

PROSPERITY UPDATES: Guyana FPSO built with record sustainable design

The Payara project, scheduled for startup in 2023, will utilise a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel with a record sustainable design. ExxonMobil had said that its new Guyana FPSOs would be modeled off the sustainable design of the...

Builder of Guyana FPSOs launches landmark competition for high school students

SBM Offshore in collaboration with the Ministry of Education in Guyana recently launched the Guyana-Monaco Mousetrap Car Grand Prix Competition, an international contest held annually in the Principality of Monaco. The competition sees high school students using the Laws of...

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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...