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Offshore drilling making comeback with low-cost targets like Stabroek

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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...
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Liza Phase 2 tops list for South America’s 2019 greenfield investments

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South America has always been an important playing field for the oilfield service industry. As Brazil is turning more positive towards the international service players, Guyana is stealing some of the thunder as the country is emerging as an...
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GIPEX postponed: organizers eyeing Q3 2019

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The Guyana International Petroleum Exhibition (GIPEX), originally scheduled to be held in March 2019, has been postponed to the 3rd quarter of the year. The inaugural event, held from February 7 to 9, 2018, at the Guyana Marriott Hotel, was...
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Busy year ahead for ExxonMobil Guyana as country gallops to first oil

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2019 will be a ‘very busy year’ for ExxonMobil in the new South American oil and gas hotspot of Guyana, as exploration activities are ramped up and work intensifies in preparation for first oil by 2020. “We are currently drilling two...
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ExxonMobil says efforts to develop local capabilities will continue

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ExxonMobil Guyana says it will continue to play a major role in the development of local content in the South American country as first oil approaches. The company reiterated this at a time when multiple potential developments are expected...
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Equatorial Guinea could end oil service contracts over failure to comply with local content rules

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Major oil companies in Equatorial Guinea could be asked by the end of September to cancel their contracts with service providers such as TechnipFMC, Schlumberger and Subsea 7 SA because they aren’t complying with local-content rules over training and...
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Guyanese companies making progress in preparation for first oil – CLBD Director

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Guyanese businesses have improved their systems and are successfully joining the supply chain for the South American nation’s emerging petroleum industry. So says Project Director of ExxonMobil Guyana's Center for Local Business Development (CLBD) Patrick Henry who disclosed that over...
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Liza sub-sea contractor gets EPC job for Zinia development

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TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract by Total E&P Angola for the Zinia Phase 2 field development, located offshore Angola at a water depth between 800 and 1,000 meters. The contract covers the Engineering, Procurement and Construction of subsea equipment...
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US$14M spent on services from 227 local suppliers for Q1 2018 in Guyana

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The Guyana government on Tuesday published a list of companies and individuals who are supplying goods and services in support of ExxonMobil operations in the South American country. The list of 227 local suppliers which ExxonMobil and its contractors have...
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Saipem contracts Guyanese company for shorebase services

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Saipem America Incorporated has indicated that it will be contracting a Guyanese company to provide shore-base services for its operations in the Liza Field in the Stabroek Block. The company - a tier one contractor of ExxonMobil Guyana – has been...
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Guyanese soldiers repeatedly attacked by armed men on Venezuelan shore during river patrols on Wednesday

The Guyana Defense Force (GDF) said on Thursday that its troops came under attack by armed men in civilian...

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