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Oslo-headquartered TMC Compressors of the Seas said on Monday it has been awarded a contract from Chinese shipyard Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding to supply the marine compressed air system to the Liza Unity floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO). Under the contract, TMC will provide a large compressed air system consisting of frequency-controlled instrument air... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil has submitted its Field Development Plan and Environmental Impact Assessment Report to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Guyana for its third potential development project offshore the South American country. The 220,000 barrels per day Payara Development Project is expected to come on stream by 2023, closely following the Liza Phase 1 and 2 developments at... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil is evaluating several wells on its multi-billion-barrel Stabroek block offshore the South American country of Guyana where it has made a record 14 discoveries since 2015. As the US oil major looks for new plays in different areas on the 6.6 million acres block, it also has to get a better understanding of the... Continue Reading →
Canadian oil and gas company CGX Energy has hired PGS to conduct a 3D seismic survey over its Corentyne Block offshore Guyana. CGX has also deferred all operational obligations under its drilling rig contract for the Ralph Coffman jack-up due to the re-sequencing of commitments in the Corentyne Block. CGX Energy said on Monday that,... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas major ExxonMobil has made an oil discovery on the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana at the Tripletail-1 well in the Turbot area. This is the 14th discovery on the Stabroek Block. The discovery adds to the previously announced estimated recoverable resource of more than 6 billion oil-equivalent barrels on the Stabroek Block, ExxonMobil... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas company Tullow Oil has made a second oil discovery offshore Guyana. The Joe-1 exploration well has opened a new Upper Tertiary oil play in the Guyana basin. Tullow started drilling at the Joe prospect in the Orinduik block offshore Guyana, the company’s second well in the block after the Jethro-1 well, in... Continue Reading →
Leading energy companies ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) are no strangers to the merger-and-acquisition market. Both have made big splashes over the years, which has enabled them to grow to their current size. While they haven't completed a notable acquisition in a few years, they're looking for their next deal. That was evident... Continue Reading →
The frontier oil province is set for yet another significant investment opportunity. But political uncertainty is just one of the many myriad challenges the country faces before first oil Guyana is anticipating the announcement of another major oil find as early as next week, the country’s chief investment official said at the SPE Offshore Europe... Continue Reading →
The Liza Destiny FPSO has reached Guyanese waters 42 days after it set sail from a shipyard in Singapore. The news of the FPSO arriving in Guyana has been confirmed by Hess Corp, a partner in the ExxonMobil operated Stabroek block, where the Liza Destiny will now be moored. Able to produce up to 120,000... Continue Reading →
UK based oil services company TechnipFMC recently celebrated the delivery of the company’s 600th subsea tree in Brazil, which will be installed at ExxonMobil’s Liza field offshore Guyana. The event, which took place at the company’s assembly plant in Rio de Janeiro, was attended by officials from TechnipFMC, ExxonMobil, and several Guyanese who are employed... Continue Reading →
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