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ExxonMobil submits application for Kaieteur block activities

ExxonMobil has submitted a block-wide application for environmental authorization to conduct oil and natural gas activities on the deepwater Kaieteur block, company spokesman Todd Spitler is quoted as saying in an S&P Global Platts report this week. The Kaieteur block...

75% of targets at Orinduik block hold 3 billion barrels worth of light oil – Holzman

Even though the market has expressed disappointment in the heavy oil found in the Jethro and Joe wells at the Orinduik block, it should bear in mind that three-quarter of the prospects are in the Cretaceous play says Gil...

Canje could be next block to deliver big oil pay in Guyana deepwater

The prolific Stabroek Block offshore Guyana has been described as the ‘block that keeps giving’ with 16 discoveries to date delivering more than 8 billion barrels of oil equivalent resources. Now, all eyes are on the adjacent Canje Block...

Exxon’s expertise, stability will keep Stabroek operations moving – analysts

Over 175 International Oil Companies, National Oil Companies and independents are cutting CAPEX and OPEX in tune with low oil prices and have slashed CAPEX guidance for 2020 to around US$122 billion as of May 13. This includes US...

ExxonMobil acquires 50% stake in Suriname block from Petronas

Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas through its subsidiary, Petronas Suriname Exploration & Production B.V. (PSEPBV), has completed the farm-down of 50 percent of its participating interest to ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Suriname B.V. (ExxonMobil) from a 100 per cent...

Westmount buys shares in JHI ahead of Bulletwood drill campaign at Guyana’s Canje Block

Westmount Energy Ltd has purchased 1,350,000 common shares in JHI Associates Inc through the issue of 15,930,000 new ordinary Westmount shares which will represent approximately 12.7% of Westmount's enlarged issued share capital. The transaction prices the New Ordinary Shares...

CGX adjusts Guyana drilling plans but remains confident in potential of strategically positioned blocks

Canadian-based CGX Energy Inc., operator at the Demerara and Corentyne Blocks offshore Guyana, has been left with no choice but to make adjustments to its 2020 drilling plans due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In its latest financial...

ExxonMobil, Stabroek co-venturers plug GY$60M into COVID-19 relief efforts

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Salvation Army and Rotary Guyana have received more than GY$60 million to support COVID-19 relief programmes. ExxonMobil Guyana and the Stabroek Block co-venturers, Hess and CNOOC, are providing funds as part of the programme established...

Stabroek co-venturer CNOOC appoints new president

CNOOC Limited announced on Friday the appointment of Hu Guangjie as Executive Director and President. The company said Xu Keqiang has resigned as the President and he remains as an Executive Director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. CNOOC...

Stabroek co-venturer CNOOC makes ‘large-sized’ discovery in China

CNOOC Limited said on Monday that it has made a large-sized discovery Kenli 6-1 in Bohai Bay, which is expected to be the first large-sized oil filed in Laibei lower uplift. The Kenli 6-1 structure is located in Laibei lower...

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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...