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Stabroek 3D/4D survey expanded as Exxon set to begin baseline study at Kaieteur

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...

Offshore drilling making comeback with low-cost targets like Stabroek

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. John...

Guyana moving towards open bidding for oil blocks, multi-client seismic survey

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,...

Kanuku and Orinduik are next blocks to watch offshore Guyana

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...

Guyana Orinduik Block explorers looking to add additional well in 2019

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 encouraged by ExxonMobil’s 9th discovery close to its block offshore Guyana

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 Tom Madden awarded contract for Stabroek drill campaign – Noble Corporation

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 to acquire 15% interest in Kaieteur Block offshore Guyana

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...

Exxon Guyana acreage equivalent to 2,000 Gulf of Mexico blocks; nation prepping for windfall

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...

Gov’t maintained ExxonMobil 600-block acreage for strategic reasons – Trotman

The new coalition government that came to office in Guyana in 2015 felt it was in the country’s best interest for ExxonMobil – the only company with a willingness at the time to explore in territory threatened by Venezuela...

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Iran threatens to close just-reopened Strait of Hormuz if U.S. blockade continues

Iran is now warning it will shut the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping again if the United States...