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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...

Exxon records $3.2B earnings in Q3 as Guyana value position further improves

Exxon Mobil Corporation on Friday announced estimated third quarter 2019 earnings of 3.2 billion US dollars as the company continues to make progress on its long-term growth strategy and further improved the value of its position in Guyana with...

Apache records $170M loss in Q3 as Suriname oil search ramps up

US-based Apache Corporation has reported a quarterly loss of $170 million or $0.45 per diluted common share for the third quarter of 2019. “During the third quarter, adjusted production exceeded guidance while capital expenditures remained on pace with our full-year...

Progress in coming weeks critical to early oil production – ExxonMobil

Several factors over the coming weeks will play a critical role in the timetable for production of the first barrel of oil from the Liza Phase 1 Development at the Stabroek Block offshore the South American country of Guyana. Initially...

Extensive logging exercise ongoing at Ranger 2 well

Appraisal drilling and related activities are ongoing at the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana as US oil major ExxonMobil moves to assess several discoveries and map out future targets. Hess corporation, a 30% co-venturer on the block, provided an update on...

Guyana oil production targeted for possible December start-up

Oil production in the South American country of Guyana is targeted for a possible December start-up at the Liza Phase 1 Development, months ahead of the originally planned timeline of QI 2020. The Liza field sits in the giant 6.6...

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What happens to the parts of Guyana’s offshore blocks that contractors give back?

When ExxonMobil drilled the Liza-1 well in 2015, it confirmed the first major offshore oil discovery in Guyana —...