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Guyana drilling operations being closely watched, success welcomed across industry

After a year of significantly reduced activity in oil and gas operations, production shut-ins and a major decline in investments brought on by the pandemic, deepwater success in places such as Guyana will provide its own shot in the...

Oil production will soon exceed 1 barrel per day for every Guyanese in-country

Guyana’s move towards becoming one of the top oil producers in the western hemisphere is likely to be realized even before the decade comes to an end as plans to develop its multi-billion-barrel oil fields move full steam ahead....

Saipem looking to play major role in Nigeria, Mozambique natural gas expansion projects

Italian engineering giant Saipem hopes to play a long-term role in the development of sub-Saharan African LNG infrastructure, its Chief Operating Officer for onshore, Maurizio Coratella, said in an interview. According to an S&P Global Platts report, Saipem-led consortiums were...

Apache, Total attempting in Suriname what ExxonMobil accomplished in Guyana

(S&P Global Platts) Total and Apache Corp. will continue their oil exploration program offshore of Suriname after ceasing drilling in one key test well upon facing "substantial pressure increases," but only after they had already struck oil at shallower...

Average size of each Guyana oil discovery is 300 million barrels

New oil producer Guyana has been at the top of the global list for discovered resources since U.S oil major ExxonMobil made its first world class discovery in 2015. The company has made a total of 18 discoveries out...

Norway energy research group projecting record-breaking year for Guyana deepwater

Guyana has started the year with an exploration disappointment as a partner in the ExxonMobil-operated Canje block last week revealed that the first wildcat in the license failed to deliver. However, Rystad Energy expects exploration activity in the country...

Exxon’s Guyana, Permian Basin Assets worth more than its market capitalization

By The Value Portfolio (Published on Seeking Alpha) Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) is one of the largest publicly traded oil companies in the world. The company has recovered admirably from its COVID-19 lows towards a market capitalization of ~$260 billion. However, it's...

Guyana draws down highest price for its crude since production began

Just over a year since oil production began at the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, the government secured its highest price yet for the export of Liza crude in February, coming in wake of a 12-month period that saw massive...

Exploration success on decline globally while Guyana continues to add billions of barrels

The success rate of global conventional oil and gas exploration has declined in recent years, but the most painful blow has been to onshore wildcat wells, a Rystad Energy analysis reveals. In 2020, the success rate of these drilled...

Liza Phase 1 Environmental Permit allows for flaring during process upsets, maintenance events

The Environmental Permit issued to ExxonMobil Guyana on June 1, 2017 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Liza Phase 1 Development allows for flaring under certain conditions and outlines measures that should be compiled with when such...

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ExxonMobil to submit Longtail development plan to Guyanese ministry by end of week 

ExxonMobil Guyana said Thursday that it will submit a field development plan (FDP) for its proposed Longtail project to...