(GYSBI, 18.Jul.2022) — Guyana Shore Base Inc. (GYSBI), a pioneering Guyanese company in the local oil and gas sector has inked an 11-year extension contract with Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), an ExxonMobil affiliate for the provision of shore base management and operations services. The contract will run […]
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ExxonMobil Statement Regarding President Biden Letter to Oil Industry
(ExxonMobil, 15.Jul.2022) — ExxonMobil released the following statement in response to a letter from President Biden. We have been in regular contact with the administration to update the President and his staff on how ExxonMobil has been investing more than any other company to develop U.S. oil and gas supplies. […]
Extending Drilling Capacity in Brazil with Valaris DS-17
(Equinor, 5.Jul.2022) — On behalf of the Bacalhau licence partners, Equinor Brazil has awarded Valaris, represented by Ensco UK Drilling Limited and Ensco do Brasil PetrĂłleo e Gás LTDA, a 540-day drilling contract scheduled to start in 2023. The Valaris DS-17 drillship has been tasked to drill an appraisal well, […]
ExxonMobil to Divest Montney and Duvernay Canadian Assets
(ExxonMobil, 28.Jun.2022) — ExxonMobil said its Canadian affiliates, Imperial and ExxonMobil Canada, have entered into an agreement with Whitecap Resources Inc. for the sale of XTO Energy Canada, which is jointly owned by Imperial and ExxonMobil Canada. The sale, for a total cash consideration of about US$1.47bn, is expected to […]
ExxonMobil, CNOOC and Shell to Pursue CCS Hub in China
(Exxon, 27.Jun.2022) — ExxonMobil, Shell, CNOOC, and Guangdong Provincial Development & Reform Commission signed a Memorandum of Understanding to evaluate the potential for a world-scale carbon capture and storage project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Dayawan Petrochemical Industrial Park in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China. Highlights: — Agreement initiates […]
Ramps Under Pressure in Guyana 
(Trinidad Express, 25.Jun.2022) — Guyana’s local content law is likely to affect the future operaÂtions in the oil-rich South American country of one of its earliest and biggest investors, a Trinidad-owned company, Ramps Logistics. Ramps Logistics, a family-owned business from Cunupia, expanded into Guyana in 2013–which was before ExxonMobil discovered […]
ExxonMobil, Grieg Edge, North Ammonia, GreenH Eye Slagen Terminal in Norway
(ExxonMobil, 24.Jun.2022) — ExxonMobil, Grieg Edge, North Ammonia, and GreenH signed a memorandum of understanding to study potential production and distribution of green hydrogen and ammonia for lower-emission marine fuels at ExxonMobil’s Slagen terminal in Norway. Highlights: Potential production of up to 20,000 metric tons of green hydrogen; distribution of […]
Liza Unity Receives ABS’ SUSTAIN-1 Notation
(Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Jun.2022) — The Liza Unity floating production storage and offloading vessel, where oil can be processed, stored and transferred to tankers, is the first in the world to receive a SUSTAIN-1 notation by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its sustainable design and operation […]
QatarEnergy Selects ExxonMobil for NFE Expansion Project
(QatarEnergy, 21.Jun.2022) — QatarEnergy announced that it has selected ExxonMobil as a partner in the North Field East (NFE) expansion project, the single largest project in the history of the LNG industry. A special ceremony was held at QatarEnergy’s headquarters in Doha to mark the occasion, during which His Excellency […]
ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy to Expand LNG Production
(Exxon, 21.Jun.2022) — ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy signed an agreement to further develop Qatar’s North Field East project, which will expand Qatar’s annual LNG capacity from 77 million tons to 110 million tons by 2026. The deal was announced at QatarEnergy’s headquarters in Doha. Highlights: — ExxonMobil awarded 25% interest in […]
Coral South Introduces Hydrocarbons to FLNG Offshore Mozambique
(Eni, 18.Jun.2022) — Eni, as Upstream Delegated Operator of Area 4 on behalf of its partners ExxonMobil, CNPC, GALP, KOGAS and ENH, announces that the Coral South Project has safely achieved the introduction of hydrocarbons to the Coral Sul Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) plant from the Coral South reservoir […]
Unlikely Exxon Guyana to Sustain Production Target for 2027
(Energy Analytics Institute, Special Contributor Millan Arcia Einstein, 5.May.2022) — New hydrocarbon discoveries offshore Guyana, were announced last week totaling 31 so far. Exxon-Guyana claims resources around 11,000 million barrels (MMbbls), although as previously said, net crude oil recoverable reserves will ultimately be not far from the 4,400 to 3,100 […]
TechnipFMC adds additional contract for Yellowtail development
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.May.2022) — TechnipFMC has been awarded an additional contract and received notice to proceed by ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited for its Yellowtail development in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The newly announced significant(1) flexibles contract covers 6 risers which […]
NRGBriefs: Exxon exits Sakhalin-1; LyondellBasell on seasonal demand
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Apr.2022, Words: 451) — Energy briefs including Exxon discontinuing operations at the Sakhalin-1 venture; and LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE: LYB) expecting typical improvements in summer seasonal demand will extend market strength for its products. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Guyana
Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods on 1Q:22 Results – Earnings Transcript
(Seeking Alpha, 29.Apr.2022) — Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) Q1 2022 Earnings Conference Call 29 April 2022 9:30 AM ET. Company Participants Jennifer Driscoll – VP IR Darren Woods – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kathy Mikells – Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Phil Gresh – […]
Exxon Releases 1Q:22 Earnings Overview [PDF Downloads]
(Exxon, 29.Apr.2022) — ExxonMobil announced that it earned $5.5bn in first quarter 2022; generated $14.8bn of cash flow from operating activities, more than covering capital investment and shareholder distributions. Other highlights follow: Earnings excluding identified items were $8.8bn, an increase of more than $6bn versus the first quarter of 2021, […]
Hess Corp. Reports Estimated 1Q:22 Results [PDF Downloads]
(Hess, 27.Apr.2022) — Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) reported net income of $417mn, or $1.34 per share, in the first quarter of 2022, compared with net income of $252mn, or $0.82 per share, in the first quarter of 2021. On an adjusted basis, the corporation reported net income of $404mn, or […]
Guyanese Crude Cargo Bought by Exxon Sets Sail for Europe -Data
(Reuters, 26.Apr.2022) — A tanker carrying Guyana’s first share of oil from a recently inaugurated floating production facility has set sail for Rotterdam, tanker monitoring data showed on Tuesday. South America’s newest crude producer, which has secured billions of dollars in investment from an Exxon Mobil, Hess Corp and China […]
NRGBriefs: Exxon Announces Three New Finds Offshore Guyana
(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Exxon announcing three new discoveries offshore Guyana, adding to two discoveries earlier in 2022; details regarding resolutions adopted by the shareholders at the annual general ordinary and extraordinary shareholders’ meeting of Vista Oil & Gas, S.A.B. de C.V. in Mexico; and Transportadora […]
Hess’ Exploration Focus: A World Class Petroleum Province Offshore Guyana
(Hess, 26.Apr.2022) — The Stabroek Block, located approximately 120 miles offshore Guyana, is 6.6 million acres. The block is equivalent in size to 1,150 Gulf of Mexico blocks and contains multiple prospects and play types representing additional multibillion barrel unrisked exploration potential. Hess has a 30 percent interest; ExxonMobil is […]
Local Consortium in Guyana Wins Multi-Million Dollar Contract With ExxonMobil
(CMC, 26.Apr.2022) — A consortium has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to support future construction activities of the US-based oil giant, ExxonMobil. NRG Holdings, a consortium of three local entrepreneurs, in collaboration with Jan De Nul, an international maritime infrastructure company, will design and build an 85 percent Guyanese-owned […]
ExxonMobil increases Stabroek resource estimate to nearly 11 billion barrels
(Exxon, 26.Apr.2022) — ExxonMobil has made three new discoveries offshore Guyana and increased its estimate of the recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block to nearly 11 billion oil-equivalent barrels. The three discoveries are southeast of the Liza and Payara developments and bring to five the discoveries made by ExxonMobil in […]
NRGBriefs: Venezuela Receives 185 Mbbls from Iran; Pemex, Exxon 1Q:22 Conf. Calls
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including Venezuela reportedly receiving 185,000 barrels of 29-degree API petroleum from Iran; Pemex plans to host a conference call on 2 May 2022 to discuss its financial and operational results from the 1Q:22; and Exxon Mobil to hold 1Q:22 conference call on 29 […]
Guyana Reports First Entitlement Lift from Liza Unity FPSO
(DPI, 23.Apr.2022) — The Government of Guyana will be receiving its first entitlement lift of the Unit Gold crude from the Liza Unity Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) production platform during the period of April 23rd to 24th. The usual lifting entitlement amount of one million barrels of oil (1 […]
Exxon Ban on LGBTQ Pride Flag Triggers Employee Backlash
(Bloomberg, 22.Apr.2022) — Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to prohibit the LGBTQ-rights flag from being flown on the corporate flagpole outside its offices during Pride month in June, prompting a furious backlash from Houston-based employees. Exxon updated company guidance on what flags can be displayed outside its offices, banning “external position […]
Colombia Judge Orders Suspension of Fracking Pilot Project
(Reuters, 21.Apr.2022) — A judge in the Colombian city of Barrancabermeja on Thursday suspended an environmental license granted to a hydraulic fracturing – or fracking – pilot project, on the grounds that local communities were not properly consulted. Colombia’s majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol and partner U.S. oil major Exxon […]
Exxon Starts Construction of Guyana Campus
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Apr.2022) — ExxonMobil continues to work closely with its local partners in Guyana to develop its new office campus in the small South American country. The oil giant has commenced construction of the steel superstructure for the project, which is expected to span 120,000 square feet. The […]
ExxonMobil Introduces New Exceed™ S Performance Polyethylene
(ExxonMobil, 11.Apr.2022) — ExxonMobil introduced today its new Exceed™ S performance polyethylene (PE) resins, which deliver industry-leading combinations of stiffness and toughness while being easy to process. Utilizing the company’s latest innovations in polymer science, the new PE platform provides opportunities to reduce the complexity of film formulations and designs while […]
SBM Offshore Awarded Contracts for ExxonMobil FPSO ONE GUYANA
(SBM, 5.Apr.2022) — SBM Offshore announced that Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), an affiliate of Exxon Mobil Corporation, has confirmed the award of contracts for the Yellowtail development project located in the Stabroek Block in Guyana. Under these contracts, SBM Offshore will construct, install and then lease and […]
NRGBriefs: Exxon, Hess, and CNOOC FID Yellowtail development
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Apr.2022) — Energy briefs including ExxonMobil, Hess and CNOOC taking a final investment decision (FID) for their fourth development offshore Guyana called Yellowtail, cos.’ biggest yet w/ gross production capacity of 250,000 b/d starting in 2025; and the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and […]
Hess sanctions Yellowtail development offshore Guyana
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Hess, 4.Apr.2022) — Hess Corporation has made a final investment decision to proceed with development of Yellowtail offshore Guyana after receiving government and regulatory approvals. Yellowtail, the fourth oil development and the largest on the Stabroek Block, is expected to produce approximately 250,000 gross barrels of oil per […]
ExxonMobil Makes FID on Fourth Guyana Offshore Project Yellowtail
(ExxonMobil, 4.Apr.2022) — ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision for the Yellowtail development offshore Guyana after receiving government and regulatory approvals. The company’s fourth, and largest, project in the Stabroek Block is expected to produce approximately 250,000 barrels of oil per day starting in 2025. “Yellowtail’s development further demonstrates […]
Exxon Mobil gets Guyana’s Approval for Fourth Offshore Oil Project
(Reuters, 1.Apr.2022) — Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) on Friday received approval to begin work on its fourth offshore oil project in Guyana from the South American country’s Environmental Protection Agency. The permit will allow Exxon to begin construction and operation of its Yellowtail project, the latest of up to 10 expected to […]
QatarEnergy Buys 40% Stake in Offshore Egypt Exploration Block
(QatarEnergy, 29.Mar.2022) — QatarEnergy entered into an agreement with ExxonMobil to acquire a working interest in an exploration block offshore Egypt. Under the terms of the agreement, which is subject to customary approvals by the government of Egypt, QatarEnergy will hold a 40% working interest in the contractor’s share in […]
Murphy Oil Says Cutthroat-1 Exploration Well Offshore Brazil Didn’t Find Oil
(Murphy Oil, 28.Mar.2022) — Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE: MUR) announced that drilling has concluded at the Cutthroat-1 exploration well in block SEAL-M-428 in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin offshore Brazil. While the presence of hydrocarbons was not found, the partner group will continue to integrate the exploration well data into its regional […]
If Biden Wants to Lower Gas Prices, he Should Talk to Guyana | Opinion
(Miami Herald, 23.Mar.2022) — President Biden recently sent a team of senior U.S. officials to Caracas for talks with Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro about a possible oil deal to help bring down gas prices in America. But Biden should instead be sending his envoys to a Venezuelan neighbor that could […]
UWI Economist Urges CARICOM to Look Within for Oil Supplies
(The Gleaner, 20.Mar.2022) — A day after Russia invaded Ukraine, sending oil prices skyrocketing to heights not seen since 2014, McCarthy Marie, a former University of the West Indies economist, wondered aloud whether the United States would consider invading Venezuela, which has some of the largest oil reserves in the […]
NRGBriefs: Gustavo Petro Gaining In Popularity in Colombia
(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including YPF selecting advertising and communication agency Sentidos to carry out its campaigns on different platforms; Colombia’s presidential hopeful Gustavo Petro boosting his appeal among voters amid Iván Duque’s rising unpopularity; Guyana’s gov’t continuing to review ExxonMobil‘s development plan for its Yellowtail project; […]
ExxonMobil Details Plans Around Growth and the Energy Transition
(ExxonMobil, 2.Mar.2022) — ExxonMobil detailed plans at its annual Investor Day to deliver industry-leading earnings, cash flow growth and shareholder returns, and lead in the energy transition across a range of lower-emissions scenarios. “We are focused on leading the industry in safety, reliability, environmental performance, earnings and cash flow growth – […]
Exxon Raises Guyana’s Long Term Oil Production Outlook
(Reuters, 2.Mar.2022) — Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) on Wednesday said it plans to have capacity to produce with partners 1.2 million barrels per day of oil and gas (boed) offshore of Guyana by 2027. That adds 200,000 boed of production capacity compared to a previous estimate by the consortia led by Exxon. […]
NRGBriefs: Japan to Support Removing Key Russian Banks from SWIFT
(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) and NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP) announcing that members of the senior management team will participate in various investor meetings throughout March; the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo speaking with Japan Finance Vice Minister Masato Kanda […]
Exxon Faces New Pressure Over Dealings with Russia’s Rosneft
(Reuters, 27.Feb.2022) — Exxon Mobil XOM.N likely will face new pressure to severe ties with Russia’s largest oil producer, said analysts, after rival BP agreed to unload a Rosneft stake. Russia’s attack on Ukraine has unleashed broad economic and political rebukes and corporate withdrawals by banks, technology and other firms […]
Guyana Talking to Middle East Firms about Offshore Oil Auction -VP
(Reuters, 17.Feb.2022) — Guyana is in talks with state-run oil firms from the Middle East to discover new offshore fields, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo told Reuters, hoping to recruit a new and substantial explorer to its nascent energy industry. Results of the talks with Middle East firms could lead Guyana to bar a consortium […]
ExxonMobil CEO: Continued Progress Means Achieving Local Content Goals
(Guyana’s DPI, 15.Feb.2022) — Achieving the goals of local content will see continued progress for Guyanese and local companies, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of oil giant ExxonMobil, Darren Woods has stated. He said Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited-the local ExxonMobil affiliate, has made progress in advancing local opportunities for […]
Baker Hughes Expands Presence in Guyana with Opening of Major Facility
(Baker Hughes, 14.Feb.2022) — Baker Hughes has expanded its presence in Guyana through the opening of a new local supercenter facility for oilfield services and equipment. The supercenter, which spans more than 8 acres, will support regional customers and bolster Baker Hughes’ localization efforts within South America. Baker Hughes has […]
Brazil has Oil. Exxon Can’t Seem to Find It
(Reuters, 14.Feb.2022) — Exxon Mobil Corp has bet billions of dollars on offshore drilling in Brazil, an area it once abandoned and now sees as key to its future. But five years into its comeback, the U.S. oil giant has yet to make a major oil discovery as an operator […]
ExxonMobil’s Second Development Starts Operations Offshore Guyana
(ExxonMobil, 11.Feb.2022) — ExxonMobil started production at Guyana’s second offshore oil development on the Stabroek Block, Liza Phase 2, bringing total production capacity to more than 340,000 barrels per day in only seven years since the country’s first discovery. Production at the Liza Unity floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel […]
NRGBriefs: Trinidad Energy Minister Meets with Executives about Project Lara
(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including Stuart Young, Trinidad and Tobago’s head at the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries meeting with corporate executives at BP, Shell and Lightsource BP about the Project Lara; and Texas-based Exxon’s commenting on carbon capture and storage (CCS); and more. LATIN AMERICA […]
Hess Starts Production from Liza Phase 2 Development, Offshore Guyana
(Hess, 11.Feb.2022) — Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) announced startup of production from the Liza Phase 2 development on the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, utilizing the Liza Unity floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The Liza Unity is expected to reach its production capacity of 220,000 gross barrels of oil per day […]
Brazil Imports First Cargo of Guyanese Crude -Source
(Reuters, 3.Feb.2022) — An independent refiner has imported the first cargo of Guyanese crude oil into Brazil, according to tanker tracking data and a person familiar with the deal. Since oil exports began about two years ago, the tiny South American nation of fewer than 800,000 residents is becoming an […]