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Investors not attracted to risky basins; Guyana will seek larger share going forward – Bynoe

While the terms of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) Guyana has with ExxonMobil for its Stabroek acreage remain in the spotlight, the head of the country’s Department of Energy (DE) says that government’s take in basins that are not...

Floating oil production platform sets sail for Guyana oil bonanza

The 120,000 barrels per day Liza Destiny FPSO has departed Singapore for Guyanese waters where it will begin oil production within months at the giant Liza field in the Stabroek Block. Christened on June 22, 2019 by Guyana’s First Lady,...

Guyana production could help fill ‘giant oil supply gap’ looming

Chairman and Chief Analyst at Wood Mackenzie, Simon Flowers says a giant oil supply gap is looming. If, as is expected, oil demand peaks at 110 million b/d in 2036, the inexorable decline of fields in production or under...

One oil major walked away, 20 companies said no to Guyana exploration

The financial risk was high and the prospects of finding oil off the Guyana coast was low in the lead-up to the 2015 drill campaign that saw the largest discovery for that year being made at the Liza field....

Orinduik explorers targeting 220 million barrels of oil at Jethro-Lobe

Explorers in the 1800km2 Orinduik Block, situated in shallow water (70 – 1,400m), 170 km offshore Guyana, are targeting around 220 million barrels of oil at the first wildcat well currently being drilled – Jethro-Lobe. Orinduik is located adjacent to...

Discoveries up 35% – Guyana oil strikes propelling uptick

Global discoveries of conventional oil and gas continue to show promising growth, with new finds totaling 6.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in the first half of 2019, according to the mid-year assessment of upstream data by Rystad...

Hammerhead opened pathway to potential 10-billion-barrel province

Hammerhead, the 9th of 13 discoveries made so far off the oil-rich coast of Guyana, opened a new play in the Stabroek block that potentially unlocks a pathway for the emergence of a multi-billion-barrel province. So says Westwood Global...

Risk and reward: less than 9 months to first oil

With roughly less than nine months to go until first oil, there is great anticipation of the positive impact that oil revenues would potentially have on Guyana’s economic development. The 13 discoveries made by ExxonMobil thus far do not only...

Exxon to begin drilling development wells for Liza Phase 2 early next year

ExxonMobil Guyana will begin drilling development wells for the 220,000 barrels per day Liza Phase 2 Development project early 2020 and is already looking to bring in a fourth drill ship by the end of this year, to facilitate...

Tullow spuds Guyana wildcat; results expected in August

UK-based Tullow Oil and its joint venture partners have spudded their first well at the Orinduik Block offshore Guyana located just miles away from the multi-billion-barrel Stabroek Block where US oil major ExxonMobil has to date made a record...

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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...