U.S. oil and gas company Hess reported a net loss of $6 million in the second quarter of 2019, compared to a net loss of $130 million for the same period last year on the back of increased oil production and reduced expenses. Hess also decided to trim its full year capex guidance. Hess Corporation... Continue Reading →
Qatar Petroleum, Total partner up offshore Guyana
Qatar Petroleum is further expanding its international reach as it has signed a deal with Total for a share of rights in two blocks offshore Guyana. The Qatari national oil and gas firm will take hold of 40% of Total’s existing 25% participating interest in the Tullow-operated Orinduik block. Tullow Oil owns a 60% participating... Continue Reading →
Tullow plans to drill Suriname well next year
Oil and gas company Tullow Oil and its partners have decided to drill an exploration well in Block 47 located offshore Suriname next year. Tullow said in an operational update on Wednesday that together with its Joint Venture Partners it had decided to enter the second phase of operations in Block 47. Continue reading
Liza Destiny FPSO sets sail to make Guyana an oil-producing nation
According to Guyanese Department of Public Information, the Liza Destiny FPSO converted from a VLCC by Keppel, is expected to reach Guyana in September. Owned by SBM Offshore, the Liza Destiny FPSO will be deployed at Exxon-operated Liza field as part of the first phase of the development offshore Guyana. First oil is expected in... Continue Reading →
Rystad: Offshore project sanctioning in 2019 on track to surpass 2014 levels
This is yet another signal that the offshore industry has turned a corner and can reach a potential project commitment total of $123 billion in 2019, surpassing commitments in 2014 of $78 billion, according to Rystad Energy. The Marjan Expansion alone is the largest field to be sanctioned globally since 2014. Later this year, the... Continue Reading →
Activity Picking Up Offshore Guyana
Guyana, located on the northern mainland of South America and nestled between Venezuela and Suriname, has become one of the most exciting regions within the oil and gas industry over the last few years. ExxonMobil has invested heavily in the region and has been reaping the rewards since first discovering oil in 2015. In the... Continue Reading →
Harvey Gulf opens subsidiary in Guyana
U.S.-based marine transportation company Harvey Gulf has opened an office in Georgetown, Guyana. The company has this week established a subsidiary named Guyana Offshore Vessel Service Incorporated. The company is targeting 100 percent Guyanese recruitment. Continue reading
Rystad: Deepwater contributes half of discovered volumes in 1H 2019
The Norwegian energy research and consultancy said on Thursday that new finds totaled 6.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in the first half of 2019. The 1,123 million boe average monthly discovered volumes year-to-date is a 35% uplift compared to the 827 million boe seen in 2018. So far, 2019 has been a year... Continue Reading →
Tullow spuds first of two exploration wells offshore Guyana
Oil and gas company Tullow Oil has started drilling operations offshore Guyana with the spudding of the first exploration well on its Jethro-Lobe prospect on the Orinduik Block. Tullow is the operator of the Orinduik Block with a 60% Working Interest and its partners are Total and Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas with 25% and... Continue Reading →
First Lady commissions Exxon’s FPSO vessel, Liza Destiny
-vessel ready to set sail for Guyana The first oil production vessel to be placed in Guyana, Liza Destiny has been officially dedicated by First Lady, Sandra Granger and the floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) is preparing to set sail to these shores. According to the Department of Public Information (DPI), on Saturday ,... Continue Reading →