(ExxonMobil, 27.Jan.2020) — ExxonMobil has increased its estimated recoverable resource base in Guyana to more than 8 billion oil-equivalent barrels and made a further oil […]
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Hess Announces Oil Discovery At Uaru
(Hess, 27.Jan.2020) — Hess announced another oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Uaru well, the 16th discovery on the Stabroek Block. The company also announced […]
Guyana – The World’s Newest Oil Producer
(IHSMarkit, 24.Jan2020) — In an environment of oil supply glut, a new player entered the scene. Guyana, a nation bordering Venezuela and Brazil – two […]
Guyana Searches For Firm To Trade Its Crude
(Reuters, 23.Jan.2020) — Guyana’s government next month plans to begin a search for an oil company or trading firm to market its share of the […]
Oil Tanker Arrives To Export Guyana’s First Oil Lift
(Jamaica Observer, 19.Jan.2020) — The Marshall Islands registered crude oil tanker, Yannis P , has arrived here as the country will soon lift the first […]
How Important Is The Suriname Oil Discovery?
(Oilprice.com, 18.Jan.2020) — The discovery of the Maka field in offshore Suriname will become one of the main upstream stories of 2020, bringing Suriname onto […]
Soesdyke Youth First To Test Guyana’s Oil
(Stabroek News, 16.Jan.2020) — A Guyanese offshore laboratory technician will go down in history as the person to test the first sample of Guyanese crude […]
Tullow Announces Update And Guidance
(Tullow, 15.Jan.2020) — Tullow Oil plc issued this update and guidance in advance of the Group’s 2019 Full Year Results. “Tullow has ended 2019 with […]
CNOOC Reveals 2020 Business Strategy, Plan
(CNOOC, 13.Jan.2020) — CNOOC Limited announced its business strategy and development plan for the year 2020. The company’s targeted net production for 2020 is 520 […]
Guyanese Diasporans Invited To Fill Industry Jobs
(Caribbean Life News, 7.Jan.2020) — Guyana is on the cusp of great wealth development, celebrating its historic oil discovery of approximately half a billion barrels, […]
Will The West Lose Guyana To The Chinese?
(Fair Observer, 6.Jan.2020) — Guyana, home to just 750,000 people, is about to leap from one of the poorest to one of the richest countries […]
Exxon’s Guyana Oil recovery Ramps Up Rating
(Stabroek News, 3.Jan.2020) — The commencement by ExxonMobil less than a fortnight ago of oil recovery from what is now firmly categorized as a “world […]
Eco Updates On Carapa-1 Well Offshore Guyana
(Eco, 3.Jan.2020) — Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. notes the recent announcement by Tullow Oil (37.5%), in partnership with Repsol (Operator, 37.5%) and Total […]
Tullow Shares Drop On Carapa Well Doubts
(Reuters, 2.Jan.2020) — Shares of Tullow Oil dropped by nearly a fifth on Thursday as the Africa-focused oil producer’s update on the commercial viability of […]
Tullow Slumps On Guyana Oil Find News
(Bloomberg, 2.Jan.2020) — Tullow Oil Plc discovered light oil at its Carapa-1 well in Guyana, but the reservoir was smaller than the troubled company had […]
Tullow Announces Carapa-1 Well Result
(Tullow, 2.Jan.2020) — Tullow Oil plc announces that the Carapa-1 exploration well, drilled on the Kanuku licence offshore Guyana, has encountered approximately four metres of […]
Bayphase Ltd. To Evaluate Payara Oil Field Plans
(Stabroek News, 1.Jan.2020 — The Department of Energy (DE) has awarded a consultancy to Bayphase Ltd for the evaluation of plans for the development of […]
Guyana Preps For March 2020 Elections
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 1.Jan.2020) — South America’s Guyana, in preparation for elections to be held by the end of the first quarter of […]
ExxonMobil Reports 15th Guyana Find At Mako-1 Well
(Exxon, 23.Dec.2019) — ExxonMobil said today it made an oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Mako-1 well southeast of the Liza field, marking the 15th […]
Production Begins In Guyana
(Exxon, 23.Dec.2019) — Today marks the start of a powerful new chapter in Guyana. On December 20, 2019, the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) […]
Oil Boom Begins In Guyana
(Bloomberg, 23.Dec.2019) — Exxon Mobil Corp. and its partners produced the first commercial crude from Guyana, setting the small South American nation on a path […]
Guyana’s National Petroleum Day
(Guyana Govt, 21.Dec.2019) — Under the honest leadership of President David Granger, Guyana is finally moving in the right direction. President Granger is transforming Guyana’s […]
CNOOC Says Liza Field Offshore Starts Production
(CNOOC, 20.Dec.2019) — CNOOC Limited announced 20 Dec. that Liza field offshore Guyana has safely commenced production ahead of schedule. Liza Phase 1 development project […]
ExxonMobil Starts Oil Production In Guyana
(Exxon, 20.Dec.2019) — ExxonMobil announced that oil production has started from the Liza field offshore Guyana ahead of schedule and less than five years after […]
Quality Testing Guyana’s First 3 MMbbls
(Demerara Waves, Denis Chabrol, 16.Dec.2019) — The Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of Energy denied breaching the procurement process for sale of Guyana’s first three […]
Guyana Seeks Buyers For Govt’s Oil Output Share
(Reuters, 15.Dec.2019) — Guyana has invited companies interested in purchasing the first three deliveries of the government’s share of the country’s looming oil production to […]
Traders Flock To Burgeoning Petrostate Guyana
(Bloomberg, Lucia Kassai, 13.Dec.2019) — Oil traders are packing their bags for a trip to the world’s newest petrostate — a place they know remarkably […]
NY Reserve Bank To Hold Guyana Oil Revenues
(Stabroek News, 7.Dec.2019) — Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF), which will hold oil revenues, is to be located in the Federal Reserve Bank of New […]
ExxonMobil Plans 31-Well Program In Guyana
(Zacks Equity Research, 6.Dec.2019) — Exxon Mobil Corporation is planning to commence a 31-well exploration campaign offshore Guyana, per Argus. The company has submitted requests […]
Frontera Announces 2020 Capital Plan
(Frontera, 5.Dec.2019) — Frontera Energy Corporation announced full year 2020 capital plan and guidance information. All values in this news release and the Company’s financial […]
Guyana On Brink Of Unimaginable Oil Wealth
(IB Times, Palash Ghosh, 4.Dec.2019) — Ahead of this week’s meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in Vienna, the tiny South American […]
Profile: Tullow In Guyana
(Tullow, 29.Nov.2019) — Guyana has become an industry hotspot following giant oil discoveries in the Starbroek block. Tullow has interests in two neighbouring licences offshore […]
Oil Brightens Guyana’s Prospects
(CaribNews, Mellany P., 28.Nov.2019) — President David Granger said Wednesday that the emerging petroleum industry provides an “exciting economic and enterprising development” for Guyana and […]
Why ExxonMobil’s Guyana Success May Have Hurt Petrobras
(The Motley Fool, John Bromels, 20.Nov.2019) — Oil is a big business with even bigger money attached. That’s why governments that control oil assets are […]
Saipem Inks Subsea Contract In Guyana
(Saipem, 14.Nov.2019) — Milan-based Saipem has been awarded a subsea contract by ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) for the proposed Payara […]
ExxonMobil To Take 1st MMbbls Of Oil
(Guyana Times, 7.Nov.2019) — With oil production expected to begin later this month, ExxonMobil will be getting the first shipment of oil, while Guyana will […]
Frontera Announces Quarterly Dividend
(Frontera, 7.Nov.2019) — Frontera Energy Corporation announces that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend of C$0.205 per common share, which will be paid […]
Can Guyana Survive Striking It Rich?
(Bloomberg, Mac Margolis, 5.Nov.2019) — Early last month, Guyanese President David Granger was knees-down in a community garden brandishing a spade. Granger was there to plant […]
Exxon, Hess Move Up Guyana First Oil Date
(Chron.com, Jordan Blum, 30.Oct.2019) — Exxon Mobil and Hess Corp. said they are moving up the start date for first oil production in Guyana to […]
Frontera’s 3Q:19 Results Date
(Frontera, 20.Oct.2019) — Frontera Energy Corporation will release its third quarter 2019 results after market on Thursday, November 7, 2019 followed by a conference call […]
Frontera’s 3Q:19 Update
(Frontera, 10.Oct.2019) — Frontera Energy Corporation announces a third quarter 2019 operational update and notice of financial results and conference call. All values in this […]
Guyana Elections And First Oil
(Argus, 26.Sep.2019) — Guyana will hold parliamentary elections on 2 March 2020, around the time that ExxonMobil plans to launch offshore oil production that promises […]
Guyana Must Learn To Use Its Riches
(Upstream, Gareth Chetwynd, 26.Sep.2019) — As development on Guyana’s Stabroek block continues apace, it is worth considering that the Liza development took form in an […]
Guyana Key Elections To Come Ahead Of First Oil
(Argus, 26.Sep.2019) ) — Guyana will hold parliamentary elections on 2 March 2020, around the time that ExxonMobil plans to launch offshore oil production that […]
Diplomats Say Guyana Gov’t In Breach Of Constitution
(Reuters, 19.Sep.2019) — U.S. and European diplomats on Thursday declared Guyana’s government in breach of the country’s constitution until new elections are held and called […]
Eco Atlantic Reports 2nd Oil Discovery Offshore Guyana
(Eco, 16.Sep.2019) — Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. announces a second oil discovery on the Orinduik Block, offshore Guyana. The Joe-1 exploration well was […]
ExxonMobil Reports Tripeltail Find Offshore Guyana
(Exxon, 16.Sep.2019) — ExxonMobil made an oil discovery on the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana at the Tripletail-1 well in the Turbot area. The discovery adds […]
Tullow Announces Joe-1 Oil Find Offshore Guyana
(Tullow, 16.Sep.2019) — Tullow Oil plc announces the Joe-1 exploration well has successfully opened a new Upper Tertiary oil play in the Guyana basin. The […]
Building Guyana’s Destiny
(Exxon, 9.Sep.2019) — Finding the next big discovery is only a small part of the story when it comes to energy. Delivering that new energy […]
Liza Destiny Arrives In Guyana
(Argus, 2.Sep.2019) — Guyana received its first floating, production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) Liza Destiny in anticipation of ExxonMobil’s production launch in March 2020. […]