Chevron’s announcement on Friday that it was acquiring Anadarko in a US$50 billion deal will see it joining the ranks of the ultra-majors and puts it in position to potentially acquire the Roraima Block offshore Guyana, pending approval by...
A 3D/4D seismic survey currently being conducted in the southeastern portion of the Stabroek Block has been expanded to include the Payara area. The survey, which covers an area of around 1,260 square kilometers, is expected to continue until...
Producing 120,000 barrels of oil per day from the Permian basin would require a $12.8 billion investment while hitting the same volume from Guyana’s Stabroek Block require just $3.7 billion for the first phase of the Liza Development project.
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Guyana could soon have its first open bid round for oil blocks by Q1 2020 the Director of the Department of Energy (DoE), Dr. Mark Bynoe, told reporters on Monday.
An overhaul of the 1986 Petroleum Exploration and Production Act,...
Stabroek is the “gift that keeps giving” offshore Guyana, but industry analyst Wood Mackenzie reminds that “it’s not the only block in the country” as drill campaigns are set to get underway in two other blocks with potential for...
The partners in the Orinduik Block, offshore Guyana;Tullow (Operator), Total Petroleum SA, and Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd., are in discussions to accelerate their work programme and to consider adding an additional well in 2019.
In an update released...
Eco-Atlantic Oil & Gas said it is encouraged by the latest ExxonMobil oil discovery at Hammerhead-1 in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. Hammerhead-1 is said to be located seven kilometres from the boundary with the Orinduik block, where Eco...
Noble Corporation said on Thursday that the Noble Tom Madden has been awarded a contract for drilling operations offshore Guyana.
The company made the announcement in its second quarter 2018 report.
“Following the close of the second quarter, the drillship Noble Tom...
Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) said on Thursday that its subsidiary, Hess Guyana (Block B) Exploration Limited, had reached agreement with Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (ExxonMobil) to acquire a 15 percent participating interest in the Kaieteur Block, offshore Guyana. The Cooperative...
ExxonMobil’s position in the South American country of Guyana spans 11.5 million acres, inclusive of the 6.6 million acres Stabroek Block where more than 3.2 billion barrels of oil have already been found.
The company says this is “equivalent to...
