(S&P Global Platts) Guyana is expected to pick its new crude oil marketer from a list of 15 companies that submitted bids to the procurement authority of the South American nation, an official said on August 20.
The Permanent Secretary...
Updated August 21, 2021
“So, it's like the western hemisphere's Abu Dhabi in a sense”
Guyana – the biggest oil story in the last decade – remains the centre of attention in any discussion on deepwater prospects in the western hemisphere....
The unprecedented discoveries in the Guyana-Suriname Basin formed the basis of discussions on day 3 of the Offshore Technology Conference at a session where key stakeholders shared their views and talked about upcoming exploration and production campaigns. Chief among...
Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, told attendees at the Offshore Technology Conference on Wednesday discoveries in the Guyana Basin are now likely approaching 13 billion barrels of oil equivalent resources and that he expects there will be...
By Terrence R. Blackman, Ph.D. – OilNOW
ExxonMobil initiated oil and gas exploration activities in Guyana in 2008. The company drilled, safely, its first exploration well, Liza-1, in 2015. The Payara, Snoek, Liza Deep, and Turbot discoveries followed in 2017,...
A technical session on Guyana’s Liza project drew a capacity audience on Monday at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) being held in Houston, Texas.
Presentations were made by several ExxonMobil representatives covering the company’s exploration history in the Guyana basin,...
Guyana’s Head of State, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has indicated that oil and gas collaboration is one of the many topics up for discussion with the Surinamese President Chandrikapersad Santokhi, who will be leading a high-level delegation to Guyana...
Just a little over six years ago, Guyana’s economic prospects were based entirely on its traditional sectors such as gold, diamond, other mineral production, forestry and agriculture. Oil and gas production played no role in the country’s development. Then...
A delegation from Guyana is in Houston, Texas, for the flagship Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) scheduled to be held from August 16 – 19 this year. OTC focuses on exchanging technical knowledge relevant to the development of offshore energy...
Updated August 15, 2021
Over 100 exploration wells are expected to be drilled in South America outside Brazil over the next 5 years and Norway-based Rystad Energy has said most of the action could be found off the northern shelf...