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“Staggering” discoveries pushing record production – Hess

Hess Corporation’s Senior Vice President – Exploration, Barbara Lowery-Yilmaz, says greater than five billion barrels of equivalent resource in four years is “pretty tremendous” referring to the record oil discoveries made off the coast of Guyana. Further, she said that...

Inter-generational equity and the rationale for Guyana’s “Sovereign Wealth Fund”

The policy of investing resource revenues in reproducible capital suggests irresistibly that some appropriately defined stock is being maintained intact, and that consumption can be regarded as the "interest" on that stock (Solow 1986). Since the discovery of oil and...

More project approvals will give Guyanese companies confidence to invest, build capacity – Henson

ExxonMobil Guyana Country Manager Rod Henson says the next decade will be transformational for businesses in the South American country and with the approval of more projects offshore, these local companies will become more confident to invest and take...

Tullow eyeing potential 4 billion barrel ‘game changer’ off Guyana coast

United Kingdom based oil and gas exploration company Tullow is confident that it will strike oil off the Guyana coast where it has a 60% equity in the Orinduik Block and 37.5% equity in the Kanuku Block. Tullow’s Executive Vice...

Guyana ratifies conventions to protect against oil spills – Greenidge

Guyana’s ratification of several international conventions has been approved by Cabinet. These are aimed at, among other things, strengthening the country’s legal framework for the emerging Oil and Gas industry. This was announced by the country’s Foreign Affairs Minister Carl...

Hess to plug hundreds of millions into Guyana operations in 2019

Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) said on Monday it intends to plug several hundred million dollars into exploration and development operations offshore Guyana in 2019 as part of what the company describes as its ‘peak spend year’ for the Liza Phase 1...

Guyana 15th in the world in terms of deposits – Ambassador Holloway

Outgoing US Ambassador to Guyana Perry Holloway said that while things are happening in the Guyanese economy due to the emerging oil and gas sector, people still do not realise how big the Guyana offshore oil discoveries are -...

Longtail, Turbot, Pluma and Tilapia could be jointly developed with 220,000 bpd FPSO

ExxonMobil and its partners Hess and CNOOC are turning their attention to the Tilapia prospect, located some 3.4 miles (5.5 kilometers) west of the Longtail-1 well in the prolific 6.6 million acres Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. Industry analyst Wood...

Guyana on track to produce 1 million bpd; could eventually surpass Venezuela/Mexico – WoodMac

Oil and gas industry analyst Wood Mackenzie says Guyana could surpass Venezuela and Mexico in its oil production thanks to ExxonMobil’s run of success in oil exploration and noted that the country is on the path to becoming a...

Eco Atlantic, partners to drill Jethro-Lobe well offshore Guyana in May

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. on Wednesday December 5, 2018 announced details of its 2019 drilling programme for Guyana’s offshore Orinduik Block, with the first well – the Jethro-Lobe prospect - being planned for drilling in May 2019. The...

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Venezuela has no authority over seismic work in Guyana’s waters – gov’t

Guyana has rejected Venezuela’s objection to a planned three-dimensional multi-client seismic exploration program within its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ),...