Guyana on Tuesday asked the World Court to confirm the demarcation of its land border with Venezuela, part of a long-running dispute between the South American neighbours with potential implications for offshore oil rights. Representatives of Guyana asked judges at the United Nations court, formally known as the International Court of Justice (ICJ), to confirm... Continue Reading →
Guyana Short-lists 19 Companies to Market Its Oil
A group of 19 companies including oil majors, trading houses and state-run firms were approved by Guyana's government for the next phase of a competitive process aimed at selecting an agent for marketing its share of crude produced in the country. PetroChina Co, Sinochem International, China Offshore Oil, ExxonMobil Corp, BP Plc, Total SA, Royal... Continue Reading →
Guyana: ExxonMobil Ramps Liza Output Back Up after Gas Compressor Issues Fixed
Exxon Mobil Corp has restored crude output at its nascent project off Guyana's coast after addressing problems with gas reinjection equipment, the South American country's environmental regulator said on Friday. Output at the offshore Liza field, which Exxon operates in a consortium with Hess Corp and CNOOC Ltd has been restored to between 80,000-90,000 barrels per day... Continue Reading →
Exxon Cuts Guyana Crude Output to Avoid Gas Flaring
ExxonMobil Corp has reduced crude output at its nascent project off Guyana's coast due to problems with gas reinjection equipment, a move meant to avoid excessive gas flaring, the South American country's environmental regulator said on Monday. Output at the Liza field, which Exxon operates in a consortium with Hess Corp and CNOOC Ltd, has... Continue Reading →
Bahamas Petroleum awarded block offshore Uruguay
London-listed oil company Bahamas Petroleum (BPC) has been awarded the AREA OFF-1 petroleum licence offshore Uruguay. BPC said on Tuesday that it was chosen as the successful applicant for the award of an exploration licence offshore Uruguay by the Uruguayan national regulatory agency, ANCAP. Continue reading
SBM OFFSHORE CHANGES STRATEGY AND WILL CONTRACT FPSOS HULLS THROUGH BIDDINGS
May 29, 2020 The oil and gas market is having to deal with a new reality: cost reduction. With this in mind, Dutch SBM Offshore changed the way of contracting FPSO hulls from bilateral agreements to competitive bids. In the market, the comment is that the decision is a strategy to reduce spending on the... Continue Reading →
Guyana Received $4.9M in Oil Royalties in 1Q
Guyana received $4.9 million in royalty payments for oil production at the offshore Stabroek block in the first quarter, the finance ministry said on Monday, a period that included the South American country's first crude exports. The crude produced by an Exxon Mobil Corp-led consortium at the Stabroek's Liza field was priced for the purposes... Continue Reading →
Tough Time for Exploration, But There’s Still a Business Case For It
Confidence had returned to global exploration with improved performance and the emergence of several new multi-billion barrel plays. The confidence carried over into 2020 but has evaporated in the face of the Covid-19 crisis and the collapse in oil prices. Short term plans are in a state of flux and exploration strategy is being reset... Continue Reading →
VIDEO: SBM Offshore’s Liza Unity FPSO Moves to Dry Dock
SBM Offshore, the Netherlands-based FPSO supplier, has shared a video of its Liza Unity FPSO Hull going into the dry dock in Singapore. The hull was ordered on speculation in 2017 as the first of what are now five hulls being built as part of SBM Offshore's Fast4Ward standardized-FPSO-hull program. ExxonMobil then came out as... Continue Reading →
Guyana’s Liza Phase 2 on Track for First Oil in 2022
Liza Unity, an under-construction FPSO that will be Guyana's second offshore facility in production, remains on schedule for first oil in 2022, Hess Corp. said Thursday. Guyana became an oil-producing nation in December 2019, when Exxon brought online the Liza Destiny FPSO. Continue reading