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Total announces first oil from Brazil’s offshore Iara license

French oil giant Total announced on Friday first oil from the Iara license (Block BM-S-11A), located in the deepwater Santos Basin pre-salt in Brazil. According to a press release from the company, this development marks the start-up of the P-68,...

Saipem clinches subsea contract for Payara project

ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) has awarded a subsea contract to Saipem for the proposed Payara development project located in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, at a water depth of around 2000 metres. Saipem said on...

Gas could be piped to shore by 2023 to power Guyana’s domestic needs

Associated gas deposits which have been found with the significant oil discoveries made offshore Guyana could be piped to shore as early as 2023 to help generate electricity to fulfil the South American country’s domestic needs. While the priority, as...

SBM Offshore secures contracts for 3rd Guyana FPSO

SBM Offshore said on Thursday ExxonMobil Guyana has awarded the Company contracts to perform Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) for the Payara development project located in the Stabroek block...

Liza Unity hull 85 percent complete

The hull for the Liza Unity FPSO – Guyana’s second oil production complex – is now 85% complete as work on the 220,000 barrels per day vessel that will be producing oil from the Liza Phase 2 Development project...

Approval of Payara development expected by Q1 2020

Final Investment Decision on ExxonMobil’s third development project offshore the South American country of Guyana is expected by Q1 2020 as authorities move to embark on a third-party review of the Field Development Plan. Sanctioning of the Payara development...

Guyana to place 3rd party verifier on FPSO for crude lifts

Guyana's Crude Lifting Agreement is expected to be completed over the coming week. The agreement, which came out of a model designed by the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) in 2001, speaks to the specific lifts that the four...

AAPG geosciences workshop in Suriname to focus on offshore oil potential

The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) is set to stage a Geosciences Technology Workshop (GTW) in Suriname to be held at the Torarica Hotel in Paramaribo on November 6-7, 2019. The workshop will focus on recent discoveries and exploration...

Guyana oil development bringing new discoveries of wildlife

Exploration activities offshore South America’s lone English-speaking country – Guyana - have so far unearthed billions of barrels of crude. The environmental studies being conducted for the development of these oil fields are also discovering something else - new...

Bloomberg: Giant Brazil offshore oil find might be expensive for Exxon

Exxon Mobil Corp. could take a pass on what it considers the world’s top deep-water oil discovery when Brazil puts the giant Buzios field up for auction next week, Bloomberg said in a report on Thursday. The Irving, Texas-based oil titan...

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Deepwater to remain a core growth engine as Brazil and Guyana underpin production growth 

Deepwater oil and gas development will remain a major driver of global supply, with Brazil and Guyana expected to...