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Nov. 20 (oilnow.gy) Japan-based floating production specialist MODEC Inc. has reported strong results for the first nine months of 2025, driven by a new contract with ExxonMobil Guyana Limited for the Hammerhead development in the Stabroek Block. The company said orders received totaled US$8.4 billion for the period ending September 30, up 1,327% from the... Continue Reading →
Nov. 18 (oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil’s Payara project continues to hold the record for the fastest production ramp-up among all oil developments in Guyana’s offshore Stabroek Block. Production from the Prosperity floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel began in November 2022 and hit 220,000 barrels per day (b/d) just two months later, three months ahead of schedule. That... Continue Reading →
Nov. 17 (OE) MODEC has outlined plans merge its wholly owned subsidiaries MODEC America and SOFEC from the start of 2026, bringing SOFEC fully into the group as a new Mooring Solutions Business Unit. SOFEC, known for its permanent mooring systems and fluid transfer technologies, will continue to supply SOFEC-branded mooring systems to clients across... Continue Reading →
Nov. 14 - The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) issued this week the operating license for the FPSO P-78 in the Búzios field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The platform has been in the field since September, awaiting approval from the environmental agency to begin operating. The first oil from the... Continue Reading →
Nov. 14 - Petrobras has postponed the deadline for receiving proposals for the construction of the platform that will serve the revitalization project of the Albacora field in the Campos Basin to May 25, 2026. The tender, originally announced in March 2025, stipulated a deadline of December 15, 2025. According to the company, the postponement... Continue Reading →
Nov. 13 (Reuters) Suriname's Staatsolie has approved the commercial declaration of the Sloanea gas discovery by Malaysia's Petronas at one of the country's most promising offshore areas, Block 52, the state-run company said on Thursday. The declaration follows a production sharing contract signed in 2013 to explore for oil and gas in the block, three... Continue Reading →
Nov. 13 (OE) Singapore-based engineering group Seatrium has reported strong execution in the third quarter ended September 30, 2025, bolstered by major offshore and wind project deliveries, a high-value order book and strategic asset sales. The group’s net order book stood at about $12.8 billion (S$16.6 billion), covering 24 projects slated for delivery through 2031.... Continue Reading →
Nov. 13 (oilnow.gy) Three of ExxonMobil’s 2025 exploration and appraisal wells in Guyana’s Stabroek Block — Hamlet-1, Barreleye-2, and Lukanani-2 — are strategically positioned updip of the prolific ‘Golden Lane’ trend. This is according to a November 11 report from global energy magazine GeoExPRO. “These targets are strategically positioned updip of the prolific ‘Golden Lane’... Continue Reading →
Nov. 13 (oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil Guyana announced on Wednesday that the country’s daily oil production has reached a new milestone of 900,000 barrels per day, following the ramp-up of the Yellowtail project to full capacity. Yellowtail, Guyana’s fourth offshore development, has achieved its designed production rate of 250,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd). This, combined... Continue Reading →
Nov. 13 (Reuters) Dutch oil and gas services company SBM Offshore increased its annual earnings outlook for the second time this year on Thursday, lifting its shares, as operating performance improved. The Amsterdam-listed company reported a 26% increase in its directional revenue to $3.6 billion in the third quarter, helped by a 90% rise in... Continue Reading →
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