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Hess $275M deal to help fund Stabroek investment

Hess will receive approximately $275 million in cash and approximately 115 million newly issued units in Hess Midstream Partners LP (NYSE: HESM) as part of a proposed transaction announced on Friday by HESM. Hess said cash proceeds from the transaction will help to fund its project...

Canje Block explorers targeting two wildcats in 2020

Explorers on the Canje Block offshore Guyana are targeting two prospects for drill campaigns in 2020 according to co-venturer Total. The Bulletwood and Jabillo wells, located in the north-west portion of the block, are two in a series of campaigns...

7 play types, over 50 large prospects at Apache Suriname block

In Suriname, where at least four non-commercial wells have been drilled in as many years by Kosmos Energy and Apache, the next 12 months nonetheless look busy. S&P Global Platts said in a recent report that despite setbacks at two...

Stabroek co-venturer CNOOC’s net profit surge at H1 2019

In announcing its interim results for the six months ended June 30, 2019, CNOOC Limited said on Thursday in the first half of the year the company made 16 new discoveries – of which 3 were made in Guyana...

Tullow could be sitting on multi-billion-barrel block – Rystad Energy

On Monday 12 August, UK-based Tullow Oil announced it had made a “significant and high-value oil discovery” off the coast of Guyana. Commenting on the announcement, Rystad Energy exploration analyst Palzor Shenga said, “After dominating the list of major...

Policy considerations for the licencing arrangements of Guyana offshore blocks

To maximize the potential national benefits appropriate licensing, taxation, depletion and pricing policies are required. Given the high degree of geological uncertainty in the early years, some use of the discretionary licensing system to award acreage was appropriate, but...

Stabroek resources now exceed 6 billion barrels – Hess

Gross resources at Guyana’s Stabroek Block now exceed 6 billion barrels of oil equivalent and potential for future multi-billion-barrel discoveries remain high. Speaking on its Q2 2019 earnings call on Wednesday, CEO of Hess corporation, John Hess, said the estimated...

2016 Stabroek contract revisions followed dry hole at Skipjack

When US oil major ExxonMobil first started exploration activities at the Liza field the odds of finding oil at the high-risk Guyana basin was less than 20 percent. The giant discovery in 2015 of 800 million to 1.4 billion...

Guyana government did not sanction oil blocks probe

The Guyana government said on Friday it only learnt about a probe into the award of oil blocks through media reports and it has not received any formal update from the State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA) in relation to...

OPINION: TIGI columns on oil block investigation misleading

The two recent columns by TIGI published in Stabroek News have featured attention-grabbing headlines. But after unpacking the lengthy sections of legal jargon and quotations I still struggle to see any clear-cut case of illegal activity being made. I will...

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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...