(Bloomberg) Guyana is planning another auction of prospective oil-field leases next year as the world’s fastest-growing economy seeks to maintain the pace of development, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said. The country’s first auction is expected to take place by the end of May after being delayed by a few weeks as the government finalizes contract terms and legislation... Continue Reading →
Rystad: Offshore Oil & Gas is Back
The offshore oil and gas sector is back and is set for the highest growth in a decade in the next two years, with $214 billion of new project investments lined up, the Norwegian energy industry intelligence firm Rystad said in a report Tuesday. According to Rystad, the annual greenfield capital expenditure (capex) will break the... Continue Reading →
Oil-rich Guyana Looks to Develop Untapped Natural Gas Reserves
(Reuters) Guyana, the South American country that is home to the world's largest oil discoveries in a decade, next wants to develop its mostly untapped natural gas reserves, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Sunday. The nation aimed to diversify its oil sector and secure new sources of revenue before the energy transition to renewables... Continue Reading →
Shell, Chevron, and Petrobras Eye Guyana Offshore Oil Auction Bids
(Reuters) Guyana's coming auction of offshore oil exploration blocks has lured at least 10 companies including Shell, Petrobras, and Chevron, to consider the decade's hottest oil region, people close to the matter said. The South American country is offering 14 offshore blocks, a move to speed economic development and reduce an Exxon Mobil-led consortium's dominance... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore Forecasts Annual Revenue of Over $2.9 Billion in 2023
Dutch oil and gas services firm SBM Offshore forecast on Thursday an annual revenue of above $2.9 billion for 2023, bringing its guidance for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) to above $1 billion. The group, which supplies and operates floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels, reported an EBITDA of $1.01 billion... Continue Reading →
Guyana’s Offshore Oil Potential Draws Attention from Indian Firms
Guyana is working with the Indian government on awarding oil and gas exploration blocks to Indian companies, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Wednesday. The South American nation, home to one of the largest oil discoveries of the last decade, has also offered 14 offshore exploration blocks in its latest global auction round. Jagdeo said the blocks to be... Continue Reading →
Guyana to Monitor Offshore Drilling Rigs, Potential Oil Spills from Space
Maxar Technologies, a provider of space solutions and geospatial intelligence, has secured a three-year contract with the government of Guyana, for the provision of environmental monitoring services for both offshore and terrestrial applications. Maxar said Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will use its services and technology, which leverages Maxar’s very-high resolution optical satellites, to monitor... Continue Reading →
Guyana Aims to Reclaim 20% of Stabroek Block from ExxonMobil
(Reuters) Guyana Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo told Reuters the country plans to take back 20% of the giant Stabroek oil block that has been responsible for a series of massive discoveries from a consortium led by Exxon Mobil Corp., and remarket it by next year. More than 11 billion barrels of oil and gas found... Continue Reading →
Oil Stampede Is On in One of the Emptiest Places in the Americas
(Bloomberg) -- Annand Jagesar, the managing director of the state-owned oil company of Suriname, is a man in a hurry. He’s racing against time, nature and Guyana, the neighboring country that enviably discovered a massive offshore oil field in 2015. Jagesar believes Suriname, the former Dutch colony on South America’s northeastern coast (population about 620,000),... Continue Reading →
Guyana’s Shore Base Project Could Cut Shipping Costs by About 12%
(Reuters) Companies working on a $300 million logistics facility in Guyana that will support offshore oil operations said on Wednesday the shore base will help reduce shipping costs for supplies by as much as 12% by allowing larger supply vessels to dock. A consortium consisting of U.S. companies Exxon Mobil Corp and Hess Corp and... Continue Reading →