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(PetroleoHoje) ExxonMobil is planning higher capex for the year 2022 due to the Yellowtail and Bacalhau projects, located in Guyana and Brazil, respectively, said senior vice president and CFO Kathy Mikells. If approved by Exxon's board of directors, next year's capex will jump from the current level of $16 billion to $19 billion to $20... Continue Reading →
Guyana plans to auction new blocks for offshore oil exploration by the third quarter of 2022, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said late on Monday. A consortium led by Exxon Mobil is responsible for all output in Guyana, Latin America's new oil frontier, since the vast Stabroek block began producing in 2019. About 10 billion barrels... Continue Reading →
Sapote-1, ExxonMobil's third well in the Canje Block offshore Guyana, has, after the first two wells, Bulletwood-1 and Jabillo-1, failed to unearth evidence of commercial hydrocarbon volumes, too. Westmount Energy, an indirect partner in the Canje Block through its stake in JHI Associates, the Sapote-1 well on the Canje Block was drilled in 2,549 meters of water by... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Guyana plans to meet an unprecedented growth expected in its power demand by building a new gas-fueled plant and expanding its hydropower capacity, a key step to leave behind fossil fuels for generating electricity, President Irfaan Ali said this week. Latin America's newest oil producer on Thursday launched a low-carbon strategy ahead of... Continue Reading →
Hess Corp expects to produce more than 1 million gross barrels of oil per day (bpd) in Guyana by 2027 from at least six production units, the U.S. oil producer said on Wednesday. The projection comes shortly after a second floating production system [Liza Unity] arrived in the South American country's waters. Hess added that it... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - U.S. oil producer Hess Corp (HES.N) on Wednesday reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, as soaring prices for crude and gas cushioned the hit from lower production. Shale producers in the United States are poised to deliver their strongest earnings since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic as prices for oil and gas have sky rocketed. read... Continue Reading →
Vallourec has signed a ten-year frame agreement with Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), an affiliate of ExxonMobil, to supply line pipe products in Guyana. Under the agreement, Vallourec will act as a strategic supplier of seamless tubes for future projects in Guyana to build subsea flowlines and risers. The company’s line pipe is... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp's second floating production system for Guyana, the Liza Unity, arrived early on Tuesday in the South American country's waters, the U.S. oil company said. The production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility is expected to add 220,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil capacity to Guyana's current 120,000-bpd output when it... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Oil producer Guyana could resume talks with India for a deal to sell the government's share of crude as output rises next year, the South American nation's vice president told Reuters. Earlier this year, Indian refiners bought at least two test cargoes of Guyana's Liza light sweet crude. But government-to-government negotiations on a... Continue Reading →
(WO/Bloomberg) --Guyana will likely become one of South America’s top oil producers over the next four years, but the world’s newest petrostate increasingly sees gas as the bedrock for growing its domestic economy. Work will begin on constructing a major gas-fired power plant in 2022 on the expectation that a 220-kilometer (135-mile) pipeline will be... Continue Reading →
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