Oilfield services company TechnipFMC said it has won a large contract to supply subsea equipment for ExxonMobil's Payara development offshore Guyana, following the oil major's FID on the project on Wednesday. Under the contract, TechnipFMC will manufacture and deliver the subsea production system, including 41 enhanced vertical deep water trees and associated tooling, six flexible risers... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore Confirms Payara FPSO Award
With ExxonMobil sanctioning its third offshore development in Guyana following the government approval, SBM Offshore has confirmed it has won a contract to deliver an FPSO for the project. Under the contract, SBM Offshore will construct, install, and then lease and operate the Prosperity FPSO at the Payara project off Guyana for a period of up to... Continue Reading →
Rystad expects Exxon to commit US$3.6B to Payara this year
ExxonMobil’s Payara development, for which approval seems imminent, will see a commitment of US$3.6B this year from the oil major, says Norwegian business intelligence firm, Rystad Energy. Meanwhile, a model from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in its recent report titled ‘Traversing a Slippery Slope: Guyana’s Oil Opportunity’, pegs the cost of the Payara field... Continue Reading →
Exxon’s Payara project approved
ExxonMobil has secured approval for its Payara project in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana and an agreement, which would also cater for stiff fines for flaring violations and a commitment that reservoir water be treated to international standards before dumping, should be signed soon, Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat has said. “We are coming... Continue Reading →
Energy transition could force majors to sell or swap $100B in oil and gas assets
To adjust and transform to cleaner sources of energy, the world’s largest oil and gas firms could sell or swap oil and gas assets of more than $100 billion, Rystad said. Rystad said on Tuesday that oil and gas majors were revising their long-term oil price and demand outlook and that they need to streamline... Continue Reading →
Oil & Gas FIDs to Rebound to Pre-Pandemic Levels from 2022, Rystad says
Sept 22, 2020 Oil and gas project sanctions, especially in the offshore segment, are expected to rebound next year compared to the COVID-19 ravaged 2020, and even exceed the pre-pandemic levels from 2022 onwards, energy market analysts from Rystad Energy have said. Rystad on Tuesday somewhat upgraded its expectations for 2020 too, and now expects... Continue Reading →
Shearwater in Large Towed Streamer 3D Survey Off Suriname
Sept 21, 2020 Norwegian marine seismic services company Shearwater GeoServices said Monday it had been awarded a contract by Malaysia's Petronas for work offshore Suriname. The award is for a large towed streamer 3D seismic survey over Petronas' Block 52, offshore Suriname. The four-month survey project is scheduled to start in Q4, 2020. "This new... Continue Reading →
US, Guyana to Launch Joint Maritime Patrols Near Venezuela
Sept 18, 2020 The United States and Guyana will begin joint maritime patrols aimed at drug interdiction near the South American country’s disputed border with crisis-stricken Venezuela, the U.S. secretary of state and Guyana’s new president said on Friday. The agreement comes as U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp, as part of a consortium with... Continue Reading →
Hess CEO ‘Optimistic’ new Guyana Gov’t Will Approve Payara Project Soon
Sept 9, 2020 Hess Corp's chief executive on Wednesday said he is optimistic the recently elected government of Guyana will issue by the end of September a production license for the third phase of a major offshore oil project. The South American nation has become one of the most important new oil and gas discoveries in the... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil Hits Its 18th Oil Discovery Offshore Guyana
U.S. oil company ExxonMobil has made an oil discovery at the Redtail-1 well, offshore Guyana, Hess, Exxon's partner in the prolific Stabroek Block has said. This is the U.S. oil major's 18th discovery offshore Guyana in the same block and will add the previously announced gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the block of more than... Continue Reading →