The 6th Generation Harsh Environment dual activity dynamically positioned (DP3) drillship, Stena DrillMAX, is now in Guyana waters and will begin operations with a series of campaigns at the deepwater multi-billion-barrel Stabroek Block. In March the Stena DrillMAX will spud...

Italian multinational oilfield services company Saipem has won the Environmental Sustainability Award in International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) 2020 Awards programme, for an innovative CO2 estimation tool in its offshore projects, named SOCE (Saipem Offshore Carbon Estimation). This award has been granted...

Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras received only one proposal, from Dutch floater specialist SBM Offshore, in a bid to construct the Mero 4 oil production platform in the Santos Basin pre-salt, two sources with knowledge of the matter told...

By Arthur Deakin – OilNOW On February 15, the government of Guyana opened a public consultation process for its local content policy. Guyana is set to become a top 20 global oil producer, at 1.2 million barrels a day by...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has joined the US Energy Information Administration in lowering its estimates for oil supply recovery following the global pandemic that has destroyed demand and brought oil prices to their lowest in decades, last year. The...

South America continues to be a major player in the global arena for deepwater discoveries, with Guyana pushing big volumes and massive potential finds remaining. According to Norway based Rystad Energy, the South America/Caribbean region was the clear winner...

Having recognised that Guyana is now building the human resource capacity to service the oil and gas industry; the government has laid out the expectation that oil and gas companies will place capacity building of Guyanese on the front...

German engineering company MAN Energy Solutions says there is no linkage between technical issues encountered with the flash gas compressor on the Liza Destiny FPSO, and production optimization activities that were ongoing at the time the challenges were encountered. ExxonMobil...

Section seven of Guyana’s draft revised Local Content Policy Document that is currently under consultation falls under the title, ‘Minimum Local Content in Goods and Services’ and sets out mandatory local content targets for companies in the oil and...

The Guyanese government’s decision to push for rapid development of the nation’s oil and gas resources in an investor-friendly environment was buoyed in early February by strong demand for light sweet crude across the global oil market. In late December...