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Apache eyeing large prospects offshore Suriname; mid-year drill campaign targeted

Houston-based Apache Corporation is set to spud its first well offshore Suriname by mid-year in Block 58 which sits adjacent to sections of the prolific Stabroek Block where ExxonMobil has found more than 5.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Apache...

AmCham President calls for diversification of Guyana economy to avert oil curse

President of the American Chamber of Commerce Guyana Inc. (AmCham) Zulfikar Ally is calling for secure investments of oil revenues and economic diversification in Guyana in order to guard against the pitfalls experienced by some oil-producing nations. He was delivering...

ExxonMobil increases Guyana resource estimate to 5.5 billion barrels

In wake of the two recent discoveries announced in February 2019 by US oil major ExxonMobil, bringing the total finds offshore Guyana to 12, the company has since increased its gross recoverable resource estimate to greater than 5.5 billion...

ExxonMobil makes natural gas discovery offshore Cyprus

ExxonMobil on Thursday said it has made a natural gas discovery offshore Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean at the Glaucus-1 well wrapping up what has been a good month with two major discoveries made earlier in February in the...

Liza Unity will follow Destiny in Guyana oil bonanza

The Liza Unity Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel, the first of its kind produced by SBM Offshore using its Fast4WardTM programme, is expected to closely follow the Liza Destiny which will begin producing oil for Guyana by 2020. The Unity...

Tullow confirms Guyana 2019 campaign with three-well programme set to begin in Q2

Guyana will be the focus for UK-based Tullow Oil’s exploration drilling programme in 2019 as the company gears up to drill the Jethro prospect in the second quarter of the year, as the first of two planned wells on...

ExxonMobil gunning for more oil at Yellowtail as Guyana foray continues

Twelve discoveries and more than 5 billion barrels of oil later, US oil major ExxonMobil’s story in Guyana is still being written and analysts believe that more oil lay in the chapters ahead. Fresh off of its 11th and 12th...

ExxonMobil strikes oil again offshore Guyana in 11th and 12th discoveries

US oil major ExxonMobil has once again struck oil offshore the South American country of Guyana, this time at the Tilapia-1 and Haimara-1 wells, making it the company’s 11th and 12th  discoveries in the Stabroek Block. Director of the Department...

WoodMac expects ‘billion-barrel scale volumes’ from Guyana, Mexico and Brazil

After a difficult few years, the exploration sector is back in the black – and keen to stay there. New analysis from Wood Mackenzie shows that explorers’ success in 2018 reflects a disciplined approach that’s set to continue this...

Repsol to begin survey offshore Guyana this week

Spanish oil company Repsol will begin undertaking a geotechnical survey in the Kanuku Block offshore Guyana on Saturday. The survey activities are scheduled to continue until February 24. The MV Regulus will conduct the operation some 66 nautical miles from...

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Electricity generation from natural gas can save Guyana one million US dollars per day

Guyana currently uses Bunker C fuel to generate electricity nationwide. While this fuel has been primarily used for that...