(OM) Offshore exploration and production capex shook off the COVID-19 pandemic-induced declines of the past two years to rebound by 21% in 2022, reaching a total $165 billion spent on exploration, wells and facilities. This is slightly less than half the all-time high for offshore E&P investment of $332 billion, set in 2014 at a... Continue Reading →
Oil-rich Guyana expects annual economic growth of over 25% in coming years
(Reuters) - Guyana's government is forecasting the nascent oil producer's economy, which has recently been among the world's fastest-growing, will expand by at least 25% per year in the next three to four years, Finance Minister Ashni Singh said on Thursday. Since oil production was inaugurated in 2019 by a consortium led by U.S. major... Continue Reading →
Oil hot-spot Guyana sees potential for lucrative carbon-offset business
(Reuters) - Guyana, which has jumped into the forefront of offshore oil exploration, is using its inland forests to tap carbon markets, in a business the government sees as more profitable than using the acreage for mining or agriculture, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Wednesday. The South American country, one of the fastest growing... Continue Reading →
Guyana to Complete New Oil Contract Model by Q2 as Offshore Auction Looms
(Reuters) Guyana expects to finalize a new oil production-sharing agreement model on time for an auction that will collect bids through mid-April, the country's vice president told an energy conference on Tuesday. The South American country has emerged as one of the hottest offshore areas in decades with as much as 25 billion barrels of... Continue Reading →
Saipem boosts financial structure and liquidity with new credit facilities
Italy’s oilfield services provider Saipem has entered into two new credit facilities totalling approximately €860 million (almost $925.2 million) with a pool of leading national and international banks to further strengthens its financial structure and liquidity. Saipem made the announcement about these two new credit facilities on Monday, 13 February 2023. The Italian giant says... Continue Reading →
Guyana kicks off oil conference as Exxon mulls adding more blocks
(Reuters) - As oil industry officials from around the world descend on Guyana for a conference to showcase its potential as an oil power, the biggest player in its oil boom still has decisions to make on its future in the South American country. Liam Mallon, president of Exxon Mobil's oil and gas production business... Continue Reading →
Floating production platform construction market maintains momentum from high oil, gas prices
By David Boggs, Energy Maritime Associates (OM) The floating production construction market continued to grow in 2022, maintaining a rebound that began in 2021. As we enter a new year, the industry sentiment remains buoyant, with most respondents optimistic about the future. Recently, Energy Maritime Associates conducted its tenth annual Global Floating Production Industry Survey, which... Continue Reading →
Rystad: Guyana’s upstream sector set for busy year after ‘stellar 2022’
(OM) Rystad Energy reported that Guyana had a "stellar 2022" with the announcement of 10 new finds, which included a record nine new discoveries in a calendar year within the Exxon Mobil-operated Stabroek Block and one in CGX’s Corentyne tract. This success yielded estimated new cumulative recoverable resources of about 1.8 Bboe, securing Guyana pole position among countries with... Continue Reading →
Keppel O&M to deliver “mega” FPSO offshore Guyana
(WO) – Keppel Offshore & Marine’s (Keppel O&M) wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) is on track to deliver a mega Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) to SBM Offshore in 1Q 2023. This is the third FPSO that Keppel Shipyard is delivering to SBM Offshore and will be chartered to the consortium... Continue Reading →
2022 seen as a bumper year for global oil & gas exploration, says WoodMac
Despite the global energy crisis, new global oil and gas discoveries in 2022 have driven exploration to the highest value creation in over a decade, reaching a whopping $33 billion at base price, led by major discoveries in Namibia, Guyana, Brazil and Algeria, as outlined by Wood Mackenzie, an energy intelligence group. Wood Mackenzie, a... Continue Reading →