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(OE) CGX, a Toronto-based oil and gas firm focused on the Guyana-Suriname Basin, has secured funding for its next offshore exploration well in Guyana's Corentyne block by agreeing to farm out a portion of its interest to its partner Frontera. As part of the agreement, CGX will transfer 29.73% of its interest in the Corentyne... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore is pleased to announce it has completed the project financing of FPSO ONE GUYANA for a total of US$1.75 billion. The project financing was secured by a consortium of 15 international banks. The Company expects to draw the loan in full, phased over the construction period of the FPSO. The financing will become... Continue Reading →
After curbed spending over the past two years, the oil and gas (O&G) sector is primed to get back into the game with high investments, putting contractors into a buoyant mode as the five-year offshore engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) spend is expected to total $276 billion, outlined Westwood Global Energy, an energy market research and... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - For the poor, small South American country of Guyana, there's no time like the present when it comes to reaping the rewards of its offshore oil jackpot. With sky-high oil prices, a transition to renewable energy on the horizon and 750,000 citizens desperate for better lives, Guyana is putting its foot on the... Continue Reading →
(OEM) With two-thirds of global resources in their hands, seven National oil companies (NOCs) own the lion’s share of remaining discovered oil and gas resources, says Wood Mackenzie, an energy intelligence group. Following Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the outlook for the supply, demand, and price of hydrocarbons is constantly shifting, leading to a rewriting of energy trade... Continue Reading →
In a first for the Americas region, Strohm has delivered a deep-water thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) jumper to ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration & Production Guyana Ltd (EEPGL). According to Strohm, ExxonMobil’s subsidiary plans to install the subsea water alternating gas (WAG) jumper made from TCP on the Liza Phase 2 project in Guyana this year. The Liza... Continue Reading →
Houston-based APA Corporation on Tuesday announced its joint venture with France's TotalEnergies has made an oil discovery at the Krabdagu exploration well off the coast of Suriname. APA has a 50% working interest in Block 58 where the oil discovery was made, with TotalEnergies the operator and the holder of the remaining stake. Flow test... Continue Reading →
(OED) Italian oil and gas firm Eni's giant oil find offshore Ivory Coast last year won the 'discovery of the year' award, and Eni also secured the title of the upstream industry’s most-admired explorer, an accolade awarded as part of Wood Mackenzie’s annual Exploration Survey. Eni's exploration director Luca Bertelli won the Lifetime Achievement Award, too.... Continue Reading →
Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras has bought its first cargo of Guyanese crude for refining domestically, the company told Reuters, as South America's newest producer expands its market reach. With the start of a second floating production facility in February, Guyana now sells two light and sweet oil grades with plans to pump up to... Continue Reading →
(OM) Following constructive discussions with the government of Guyana, joint venture (JV) partners CGX Energy Inc. and Frontera Energy Corp. will focus exclusively on the exploration opportunities in the Corentyne Block offshore Guyana. The decision follows the discovery at the Kawa-1 exploration well on the Corentyne Block. CGX will continue to integrate its findings from the Kawa-1 well into... Continue Reading →
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