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US support shows all parties now consider Venezuelan claim “unacceptable and fabricated”- Greenidge

Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge has described as significant, the decision taken by the United States of America to stand behind Guyana on the controversy with neighbouring Venezuela. At a farewell reception for US Ambassador Perry Holloway on Friday...

Liza Tier 1 contractor TechnipFMC to supply Chevron with wellhead equipment

TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI) (Paris:FTI) (ISIN:GB00BDSFG982) has signed a Surface Technologies Frame Agreement with Chevron. This 5-year agreement covers the exclusive supply of surface wellhead equipment and service in the United States and Canada. Richard Alabaster, President of TechnipFMC’s Surface Technologies business, said,...

Guyana oil production ramp-up faster than anything ever achieved – Wood Mackenzie

US oil major ExxonMobil is pulling out all stops on its Guyana development in what industry analyst Wood Mackenzie says is a ramp-up faster than anything ever achieved in the industry with potential to exceed 1 million barrels per...

As Guyana preps for 750,000 bpd bounty by 2025, Goldman Sachs says oil shortage is coming

As the South American country of Guyana prepares to join the league of petroleum producing nations, American multinational investment bank, Goldman Sachs, says an oil shortage is coming over the next decade because firms cannot fully invest in future...

Oil explorers looking at ‘large prospects’ offshore Suriname; to be tested in 2020

Despite recent disappointments from two exploration campaigns offshore Suriname, joint venture partners operating in the Dutch-speaking South American country are looking at “large prospects” in Block 42 which they intend to test in 2020. Kosmos Energy is the exploration operator...

ExxonMobil holds more acreage in Brazil than any other company

In September 2017, ExxonMobil had interest in just two offshore blocks in Brazil, totaling slightly more than 161,000 net acres. Fast forward one year later: the company now has interest in 26 deepwater blocks across five basins, covering an area nearly...

Hunt on for more oil in Guyana as Pluma well spudded

US oil major ExxonMobil is ramping up its search for more oil off the Guyana coast with the spudding of the Pluma prospect approximately 17 miles (27 kilometers) from Turbot in the South portion of the 6.6 million acres...

Exxon records 57% increase in earnings; Guyana discoveries enhance upstream opportunities

Exxon Mobil Corporation on Friday announced estimated third quarter 2018 earnings of $6.2 billion, or $1.46 per share assuming dilution, compared with $4 billion a year earlier. Cash flow from operations and asset sales was $12.6 billion, including proceeds associated with...

Finance minister says major transformation from oil money coming; promises tight controls on revenue

Guyana’s Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, says the revenue to be earned from the first phase of oil production in the South American country – around US$300M annually – will go directly into the Natural Resources Fund and will eventually...

Oil revenue can radically transform tourism in Guyana – stakeholders say

Tourism Stakeholders in Guyana believe that revenues from oil production could potentially advance the tourism sector, making the South American country one of the most talked about destinations in the world. This was the highlight of a Tourism, Oil and...

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Saipem targets local content growth in logistics, fabrication for Suriname oil project

PARAMARIBO, SURINAME – Saipem is setting the stage for major local content contributions in Suriname through its work on...