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Stena Forth en route to Guyana for Orinduik drill campaign

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. said on Monday the Stena Forth drillship has been mobilized and is now en route to Guyana from West Africa where it has been operating for Tullow Oil. The drillship is expected to...

GYSBI, TOTALTEC ramp up manpower recruitment drive ahead of Liza Destiny arrival

The Guyana Shore Base Inc. (GYSBI) and TOTALTEC Oilfield Services will be collaborating to recruit and train over 120 Guyanese in basic safety and oilfield operations to enable them to successfully join and participate in the South American country’s...

Guyana, Permian production set to play key role in ExxonMobil mega growth plans

US oil major ExxonMobil on Wednesday announced plans to significantly increase its earnings and cash flow generation by 2025 as it not only focuses on fossil fuel projects but also on its efforts to work on lower emission technologies,...

Morgan Stanley pegs Guyana oil reserves at 6 billion barrels

Guyana’s gross recoverable oil resource could stand at 6 billion barrels with potential for significant upside above this level according to US multinational investment bank, Morgan Stanley. In a recent research paper, the bank said its estimate is modestly above...

Despite political uncertainty in Guyana oil development remains intact – Morgan Stanley

US multinational investment bank, Morgan Stanley, believes that oil development plans in the South American country of Guyana remain intact despite political uncertainty and a recent report pointing to anti-corruption investigations into the award of oil blocks. In a...

CNOOC Limited’s Appomattox Field in GoM commences production

CNOOC Limited announced on Thursday that the Appomattox Field in the US Gulf of Mexico has safely commenced production ahead of schedule. The company said in a press release that the Appomattox Field is located approximately 128 kilometers southeast of...

Tilapia-1 ‘the big catch’ for Guyanese geoscientist Ashlika Persaud

When ExxonMobil and its joint venture partners in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana HESS and CNOOC Nexen announced the Tilapia discovery, it was a special moment for young Guyanese geoscientist Ashlika Persaud. Not only did she work with the team...

ExxonMobil’s disposing of GoM assets draws interest from Repsol SA, Ineos

Repsol SA and UK based Ineos Group Holdings are showing interest in US oil major ExxonMobil’s selling off of oilfields in the Gulf of Mexico. According to a Bloomberg article, the assets could be worth as much as $1.5 billion....

ExxonMobil New Mexico Permian development to generate $64 billion in benefits

US oil major ExxonMobil said that its Permian Basin development in New Mexico will generate approximately $64 billion in net economic benefits for the state and local communities over the next 40 years. Impact Data Source conducted for ExxonMobil pegged...

ExxonMobil pulls foreign staffers from Iraq

US oil major ExxonMobil has evacuated all of its foreign staff from an Iraqi oilfield west of Basra and is flying them to Dubai, Reuters reported on Saturday. The report said that the move came after the US pulled non-emergency...

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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 —...