As deepwater oil and gas production is set to increase by 60 per cent by the end of the decade, Wood Mackenzie, an energy intelligence group, has outlined in its global upstream report the drivers of deepwater’s rapid growth, along with the challenges and opportunities the sector offers and faces. Wood Mackenzie disclosed last week that... Continue Reading →
New job for UK firm on SBM Offshore’s largest FPSO to date
UK-based centrifugal pumps and associated equipment manufacturer, Amarinth, has won an order from VWS Westgarth for two titanium pumps, which will be used aboard SBM Offshore’s FPSO One Guyana, destined to work for ExxonMobil off Guyana. Amarinth disclosed on Monday that it was tasked by VWS Westgarth to provide the two titanium API 610 OH2 chemically enhanced... Continue Reading →
Guyana: Frontera, CGX to Spud Wei-1 Well ‘No later than January 31, 2023
Frontera Energy Corporation and CGX Energy Inc, partners in the Corentyne block offshore Guyana, have been given more time to drill the Wei-1 exploration well. Under the Corentyne block license terms, the joint venture was previously required to spud Wei-1, the second of two commitment wells on the block, by November 27, 2022. However, the... Continue Reading →
BP wins contract to market Guyana’s share of oil production
(Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L) will market Guyana's share of crude oil produced over the next year from two offshore production platforms, the South American country's Ministry of Natural Resources said. Guyana is home to one of the largest oil discoveries in the last decade, with about 11 billion barrels found to date. A consortium that controls... Continue Reading →
Deepwater Oil And Gas Production To Rise 60pct By 2030
(RZ) Deepwater production is set to increase by over 60% between 2022 and 2030, growing from 6% to 8% of overall upstream production. Ultra-deepwater production – from depths of 5,000 feet and above is growing fastest – by 2024 it will account for more than half of all deepwater production. Deepwater is the fastest-growing upstream... Continue Reading →
Venezuela Asks World Court to Throw Out Guyana border case
(Reuters) Venezuela told judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday that they should throw out a case filed by Guyana in a long-running border dispute, which could determine which country has rights to offshore oil and gas fields. Guyana brought a case in 2018 asking the court to confirm the border was... Continue Reading →
Oil Majors Are Betting Big On Suriname
(YP) After a series of dry wells were drilled in the Guyana-Suriname Basin from the 1960s through to the 1980s, offshore Guyana and Suriname were ignored by global energy companies. Interest was reignited by ExxonMobil’s discovery of the Liza oilfield in the 6.6-million-acre Stabroek Block offshore Guyana in 2015. That was followed by a swathe of... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore, ExxonMobil Pen MoU for Another Guyana FPSO
Dutch FPSO systems provider SBM Offshore said Thursday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with ExxonMobil for the supply of another FPSO in Guyana. "The company recently placed an order for a seventh Fast4Ward MPF hull. The construction of this hull is expected to start in the first quarter of 2023. An MoU was... Continue Reading →
Production restart from FPSO operating off Brazil expected by year-end
Dutch FPSO operator SBM Offshore is putting the wheels into motion to resume production by the end of the year from a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is working for Petrobras offshore Brazil. Back in January 2022, oil was observed close to the FPSO Cidade de Anchieta – designed for pre-salt production of the Baleia Azul, Jubarte and Pirambu fields in... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil eyes another FPSO order with SBM Offshore
U.S. oil major ExxonMobil plans to order another floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for a project in Guyana from the Dutch FPSO operator, SBM Offshore. SBM Offshore said in a short statement on Wednesday that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ExxonMobil Guyana for the construction of a multi-purpose floater... Continue Reading →