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(OE) Oil and gas company Eco Atlantic has agreed to acquire 100% of Toronto-based JHI Associates Inc. ("JHI"), including JHI's 17.5% stake in the Canje Block offshore Guyana. The Canje Block, offshore Guyana, is directly adjacent to the prolific Stabroek Block where ExxonMobil has discovered more than 10 billion barrels of oil. ExxonMobil operates the Canje Block... Continue Reading →
Guyana-focused oil companies Frontera Energy Corporation and CGX Energy, joint venture partners in the Corentyne block offshore Guyana, said Friday they'd entered into a $35 million loan deal that will enable CGX to continue to finance part of its share of costs related to the Corentyne Block, the Berbice Deepwater Port, and other budgeted costs... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) on Wednesday said it plans to have capacity to produce with partners 1.2 million barrels per day of oil and gas (boed) offshore of Guyana by 2027. That adds 200,000 boed of production capacity compared to a previous estimate by the consortia led by Exxon. The group produced 120,000 boed in... Continue Reading →
(ON) The extent of the development projects offshore Guyana within such a short space of time since the first oil discovery in 2015 is being viewed as ‘unbelievable’ by Norway-based energy research and business intelligence company, Rystad Energy. Now, the South American country, unknown on the oil map just seven years ago, is on track... Continue Reading →
(ON) The unprecedented oil and gas discoveries unfolding in the Guyana-Suriname basin are of historic proportions and make the region stand out as one of the most exciting hot spots the industry has seen in decades. “The Liza-1 well will be equated with the 1-RJS-628 well in terms of discovering a major petroleum province in... Continue Reading →
Oilfield services giant TechnipFMC expects more than 350 subsea tree orders to be made globally in 2022, a level which it says has not been seen in years. The oilfield equipment and services firm saw its full-year 2021 inbound orders in the subsea segment hit the $5 billion figure, a 24 percent increase compared to... Continue Reading →
(OE) Guyana is in talks with state-run oil firms from the Middle East to discover new offshore fields, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo told Reuters, hoping to recruit a new and substantial explorer to its nascent energy industry. Results of the talks with Middle East firms could lead Guyana to bar a consortium led by U.S.... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured more work for its drilling rigs, including a conditional award for four of its drillships working for ExxonMobil in Guyana. Looking ahead, the rig owner expects significant sequential growth in the upcoming two quarters with a continued upward trajectory in activity levels and day rates. Noble Corp. on... Continue Reading →
Partners Frontera Energy and CGX Energy plan to spend up to $130 million on their second exploration well on the Corentyne block offshore Guyana following positive results from the first well, Kawa-1. Frontera Energy is the majority shareholder of CGX and joint venture partner of CGX in the Petroleum Prospecting License for the Corentyne block.... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - A string of offshore oil discoveries has turned Guyana, a tiny South American country with fewer than 800,000 people, into one of the hottest exploration and production frontiers in decades. Since 2015, oil companies operating off its coast have found more than 10 billion barrels of recoverable oil and gas, a tenth of... Continue Reading →
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