The Stena Drilling-owned Stena Forth drillship has been mobilized from West Africa – where it has been operating for Tullow – and is now en route to the Tullow-operated Orinduik Block, which is located offshore Guyana. The Stena Forth has been mobilized for Tullow and its partners Total and Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas for... Continue Reading →

China’s Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding has launched the Liza Unity FPSO hull. According to Eworldship.com, the hull hit the water on Saturday, June 8, 27 days ahead of schedule. Once completed, the Liza Unity will be SBM’s first operational FPSO built under its Fast4Ward program – a standardized FPSO designed to systematize the FPSO construction and delivery process,... Continue Reading →

Guyana’s anti-corruption agency is investigating how exploration rights were awarded in the world’s biggest new deepwater oil region, including those now controlled by Exxon Mobil Corp. and Tullow Oil Plc. The probe is broad in scope and is at an early “investigatory stage,” Clive Thomas, director of the the State Assets Recovery Agency, said in... Continue Reading →