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(OE) Noble Corporation has reported that its contract drilling services revenue for the first quarter of 2025 totaled $832 million compared to $882 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, with the sequential decrease driven primarily by the benefit received in the fourth quarter of 2024 from the Noble Deliverer's early termination fee. Contract drilling... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) China-based provider of clean energy services Wison New Energies (WNE) has won a detailed feasibility study (DFS) for a newbuild floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility set to work at a block offshore Suriname operated by Malaysia’s energy giant Petronas. The FLNG unit is slated to work at Block 52, located north of the Surinamese... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) U.S. offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has awarded Atlas Professionals with a crew management contract for its upcoming drilling campaign in Suriname. Under the deal, Atlas is slated to provide junior and expatriate crew for a drilling campaign to be carried out using the Noble Developer rig. Additionally, the firm will provide comprehensive logistics, training, and... Continue Reading →
(oilnow.gy) According to its 2024 annual report, Hess Corporation plans to return 94% of its net undeveloped acreage, primarily to Guyana and Suriname, over the next three years. In Guyana, Hess has a 30% stake in the 6.6-million-acre Stabroek Block. A relinquishment of 20% of the block is due, minus exploration and production acreage, as well as... Continue Reading →
(OE) Shell, through its subsidiaries, has awarded a contract to Stena Drilling for the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) Stena DrillMAX, which will be put to work offshore Suriname. KE STP Company and BG International Limited Suriname Branch, subsidiaries of Shell, have selected Stena DrillMAX for a drilling campaign, expected to start in the second... Continue Reading →
Kaieteur News- The state-owned oil company of Suriname, Staatsolie on Monday announced that the company has raised US$515.8 million through a new bond that allowed citizens there to invest in the country’s first offshore oil project, GranMorgu. Staatsolie in thanking participants highlighted that the amount raised was US$ 211.7 million more than the US$ 304.1 million that was... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured a contract for its Noble Regina Allen jack-up rig with an undisclosed operator offshore Suriname. The one-well contract will span approximately 65 days, and is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2025. The contract has a total value estimated at $17.7 million, including mobilization and demobilization... Continue Reading →
(oilnow.gy) Suriname is set for a wave of oil and gas exploration, with industry giants Shell, TotalEnergies, and Chevron leading efforts to tap into the country’s promising offshore reserves. Operators plan to drill around 10 wells between 2025 and 2027 in Suriname’s portion of the Guyana-Suriname Basin. A new report from Norway-based Rystad Energy said... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Suriname's Staatsolie needs to secure an unprecedented $1.5 billion in bank financing this year to ensure it can participate in the country's Gran Morgu energy project, the head of the state-owned company told Reuters. The project, led by TotalEnergies, is Suriname's first major offshore project. The country has discovered reserves that may allow it... Continue Reading →
(OM) The Guyana-Suriname basin has seen significant activity in recent years, with Guyana alone unearthing more than 13 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of discovered volumes in the past decade. As operators in offshore Guyana continue to explore and develop its resources, the focus on its coastal neighbor, Suriname, is growing. Rystad Energy analysis forecasts... Continue Reading →
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