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Noble Tom Madden will deploy to south portion of Stabroek Block for Pluma drill campaign

ExxonMobil Guyana is eagerly awaiting the arrival of its third drillship; the Noble Tom Madden, which will begin searching for oil at the Pluma prospect in the south portion of the Stabroek Block by the end of October. The company’s...

‘Enormous’ Stabroek Block fueling explorers’ growth plans – Wood Mack

The unprecedented number of oil discoveries being made off the coast of Guyana by US oil major ExxonMobil in partnership with Hess and CNOOC are revealing mega reserves that will become a major focal point for the Stabroek Block...

Updated resource estimate for Stabroek Block still being assessed – Brasington

Exxonmobil Guyana says assessments are still ongoing to determine what the updated total estimated recoverable reserves in the 6.6 million acres Stabroek Block now stands at. The US oil major announced its eighth oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Longtail-1 well...

Sorubim does not condemn prospect opportunities in Stabroek Block – Exxon VP

Responding to a question during its quarterly earnings conference call on Friday, Exxon Mobil Corporation’s Vice President of Investor Relations and Secretary, Jeffrey Woodbury, said the dry hole encountered at the Sorubim-1 well offshore Guyana does not condemn prospect...

‘Fisheries Exclusion Zone less than 1% of the Stabroek Block’ – ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil is rejecting the assertion that its Liza Phase 1 operations will negatively impact in a significant manner Guyana’s fishing industry; a view posited by a number of vocal critics of the Government’s deal with the US oil major...

Ranger-1 gives ExxonMobil new insight into Stabroek Block potential

ExxonMobil’s recent oil discovery at the Ranger-1 reservoir offshore Guyana is particularly significant because it demonstrates that potentially significant commercial quantities of crude is contained in a different type of play on the Stabroek Block. The estimated total 3.2 billion...

2018 E&P Budget: Hess allocates hundreds of millions for exploration, development in Stabroek Block; says opportunities getting ‘bigger and better’

Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) today announced its 2018 E&P capital and exploratory budget will be $2.1 billion, the same as 2017. The 2018 budget allocates increased capital for continuing exploration and development activities offshore Guyana and for the Bakken, which includes growing the rig...

Stabroek Block: Exploration Highlights

ExxonMobil initiated oil and gas exploration activities in Guyana in 2008, collecting and evaluating 3-D seismic data that led to the company safely drilling its first exploration well in 2015. The 6.6 million acres (26,800 square kilometers) Stabroek Block is located...

Hess sees Guyana as “growth engine”, sets aside billions to prefund oil development in Stabroek Block

In a presentation at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2017 Global Energy Conference on Thursday, Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) Chief Executive Officer John Hess, disclosed a number of steps the company is taking, which is the clearest indication yet that it is betting big on...

ExxonMobil says royalty, terms apply to entire Stabroek block offshore Guyana

The royalty and terms outlined in the production sharing contract between ExxonMobil and Guyana will apply to the entire area known as the Stabroek block, located 120 miles offshore the South American country. The US supermajor had applied for,...

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Staatsolie, Suriname tax office launch three-year program to strengthen oil and gas oversight

Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V. and Suriname’s Tax Department have launched a three-year capacity-building program to strengthen tax and customs...