(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Feb.2022) — Energy briefs including Venezuela’s income from foreign currency sales to the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) obtained from PDVSA reaching $3.292bn in 2021; and ExxonMobil continuing to progress its low cost of supply deepwater developments in Guyana. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Guyana — ExxonMobil […]
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ExxonMobil Earns $23bn in 2021, Initiates $10bn Share Repurchase Program
(Exxon, 1.Feb.2022) — Exxon Mobil Corporation announced fourth-quarter 2021 earnings of $8.9bn, or $2.08 per share assuming dilution, resulting in full-year earnings of $23bn, or $5.39 per share assuming dilution. Capital and exploration expenditures were $5.8bn in the fourth quarter and $16.6bn for the full year 2021, in line with […]
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NRGBriefs: Guyana Budget Speech; Peru Oil Leak [PDF Download]
(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Jan.2022) — Energy briefs including Chile’s Enap planning to invest $111.2mn in its Aconcagua Refinery; Guyana’s budget speech for the fiscal year 2022 by Dr. Ashni K. Singh; an oil leak offshore Peru; and the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to reduce carbon emissions. LATIN […]
NRGBriefs: ExxonMobil’s Results Call, GoldMining Appointment
(Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Jan.2022) — Energy briefs including ExxonMobil’s results call; and GoldMining Inc. (TSX: GOLD) (NYSE American: GLDG) appointing Eric Chen as Director of Mineral Resources for the co. NORTH AMERICA US — Darren Woods, chairman and CEO; Kathy Mikells, SVP and CFO; and Stephen Littleton, Investor Relations VP and […]
ExxonMobil, SABIC Start Ops at Gulf Coast Manufacturing Facility
(Exxon, 20.Jan.2022) — ExxonMobil and SABIC announced the successful startup of Gulf Coast Growth Ventures world-scale manufacturing facility in San Patricio County, Texas. The new facility will produce materials used in packaging, agricultural film, construction materials, clothing, and automotive coolants. The operation includes a 1.8 million metric ton per year […]
Eco Atlantic Boosts Stake in Exxon Partner Offshore Guyana
(Proactive Investors, 19.Jan.2022) — Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd (AIM:ECO, TSX-V:EOG) increased its interest in JHI Associates Inc, a junior explorer offshore Guyana, which is partnered with Exxon in the Canje Block. AIM-quoted Eco bought 800,000 shares, worth around £312,000, in JHI by exchanging 1.2mln new Eco shares. It takes Eco’s […]
Guyana Gov’t Searches for Firm to Review Fourth Oil Development
(DPI, 7.Jan.2022) — The Government of Guyana (GoG), through the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is requesting proposals from consultants and firms to review and evaluate the Field Development Plan (FDP) of Yellowtail – Guyana’s fourth oil development. In the Requests for Proposals (RFP) issued on Thursday, the Natural Resources […]
ExxonMobil SVP Cousins Comments on Recent Finds Offshore Guyana
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jan.2022) — ExxonMobil Senior Vice President Michael G. Cousins commented on the company’s two most successful wells offshore Guyana in the Stabroek Block. “With the latest discovery news out of Guyana, ExxonMobil has announced that two recently drilled wells in the Stabroek Block hit pay zones bearing a […]
ExxonMobil Finds More Oil at Two Wells in Guyana’s Stabroek Block
(Exxon, 5.Jan.2022) — ExxonMobil made two oil discoveries at Fangtooth-1 and Lau Lau-1 in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana. The Fangtooth-1 well encountered approximately 164 feet (50 meters) of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone reservoirs. The well was drilled in 6,030 feet (1,838 meters) of water and is located approximately 11 miles […]
ExxonMobil Reports ‘Safe’ Year for Guyana Operations
(CMC, 29.Dec.2022) — ExxonMobil Guyana says 2021 has been a safe year for the oil company, noting that there had been many days across offshore operations without major incident. “The crew on board the Liza Destiny FPSO, for instance, has reached more than 800 days without a recordable incident,” said […]
Guyana Gov’t Working on Ensuring Prosperity
(DPI, 23.Dec.2021) — December 20, 2019, marked a new, historic era for Guyana and its people. It was the day when ExxonMobil began producing light sweet crude offshore Guyana in the world-renowned Stabroek Block. Since then, not only has Guyana benefitted from billions of dollars in revenue and investment from […]
Guyana Shies Away from Overly Rigid Local Content Terms in Oil Bill
(Reuters, 16.Dec.2021) — Guyana’s government on Thursday delivered to the National Assembly the draft of a local content bill that will regulate its nascent oil industry, proposing requirements beginning at 5% by the end of 2022 for activities to be carried out by contractors and licensees. The proposed policy, seen […]
LatAm Oil Auctions Kick Off After Two-year Lull
(Reuters, 16.Dec.2021) – Latin America’s oil frontiers are back in the spotlight with auctions coming up in Brazil, Guyana and the Andean region that are expected to attract bids from major oil firms despite a global call to end fossil fuel development. Brazil is set to receive bids on Friday […]
NRGBriefs: Venezuela’s Oil Minister El Aissami Says He’s Fine
(Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Dec.2021) — Energy briefs including EP PetroEcuador announcing it has sufficient fuel supplies at all its terminals despite transport issues impacting Ecuador’s two oil pipelines and one derivatives pipeline; ExxonMobil reiterating the Liza Unity FPSO will commence ops by 2022 offshore Guyana; Venezuela’s oil minister Tareck El […]
ExxonMobil Reveals Plans To 2027
(Exxon, 1.Dec.2021) — ExxonMobil has finalized corporate plans, which increase spending to $15bn on greenhouse gas emission-reduction projects over the next six years while maintaining disciplined capital investments in its industry-leading portfolio. The plans support the corporate strategy of continued structural cost savings, investment in low-cost-of-supply and lower-emission products, and […]
Guyana’s VP Jagdeo Says Oil Audits Will Be Completed
(DPI, 17.Nov.2021) — Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo said the government will complete the audits of costs claimed by ExxonMobil for its operations, and assured that Guyana’s interests will be protected. His comment was made in response to concerns that the accounting provisions in ExxonMobil’s Stabroek block contract stipulate a […]
SBM Awarded Contracts For 4th FPSO In Guyana
(SBM, 17.Nov.2021) — SBM Offshore has been awarded contracts to perform Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) for the Yellowtail development project. The FEED contract award triggers the initial release of funds by ExxonMobil’s subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited […]
NRGBriefs: Liza Unity FPSO Reaches Guyana
(Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Oct.2021) — Energy briefs including the Liza Unity FPSO reaching Guyana’s prolific Stabroek Block; liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) reaching approximately 12mn users across Colombia; and more. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Brazil –Brazil’s ANP published the complete version of the Brazilian Statistical Yearbook of Petroleum, Natural Gas […]
Guyana – One Of The World’s Last Oil And Gas Frontiers
(The Geological Society of Trinidad, 21.Oct.2021) — ExxonMobil recently announced that their recoverable oil and gas resources in Guyana had reached an unbelievable ten billion barrels of oil equivalent. The first discovery was in 2015 and six years later Exxon and Guyana have achieved the unimaginable. Guyana accounts for 20 […]
ExxonMobil Boosts Stabroek Resource Estimate
(ExxonMobil, 7.Oct.2021) — ExxonMobil increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana to approximately 10 billion oil-equivalent barrels. The updated resource estimate includes a new discovery at the Cataback-1 well, which brings the total significant discoveries to more than 20 within the Stabroek Block. […]
Hess Boosts Resource Estimate for Stabroek Block
(Hess, 7.Oct.2021) — Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) announced an increase in the gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana to approximately 10 billion barrels of oil equivalent, up from the previous estimate of more than 9 billion barrels of oil equivalent. The updated resource estimate includes another […]
ExxonMobil Reports Discovery At Pinktail
(ExxonMobil, 9.Sep.2021) — ExxonMobil made a discovery at Pinktail in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The Pinktail well encountered 220 feet (67 meters) of net pay in high quality hydrocarbon bearing sandstone reservoirs. In addition to successful appraisal of the Turbot discovery, the Turbot-2 well encountered 43 feet (13 meters) […]
Hess Reveals Oil Find At Pinktail, Offshore Guyana
(Hess, 9.Sep.2021) — Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) announced another oil discovery on the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana at Pinktail. The Pinktail well encountered 220 feet (67 meters) of net pay in high quality oil bearing sandstone reservoir. Pinktail is located approximately 21.7 miles (35 kilometers) southeast of the Liza Phase […]
LatAm Briefs: Payara Progressing, Inpex Divestment In Venezuela
(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Sep.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: ExxonMobil progressing its Payara project in Guyana for start-up in 2024 and Japan’s Inpex divesting assets in Venezuela, and much more. Argentina — Argentina Lithium & Energy Corp. (TSXV: LIT) (FSE: OAY3) (OTC: PNXLF) named […]
Partners Spud Sapote-1 Well In Canje Block
(Eco Atlantic, 31.Aug.2021) — Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. (AIM: ECO, TSX‐V: EOG) announced that the Sapote-1 well on the Canje Block, offshore Guyana has been spudded. Eco was officially informed today by its investee company, JHI Associates Inc., about the spudding of the well. The Sapote-1 well is […]
Suriname Webinar On O&G Local Content
(Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Aug.2021) — Staatsolie in cooperation with ExxonMobil will be hosting a webinar on ‘Local Content in the O&G industry’. As a supplier who can potentially provide support to oil and gas operations, you are cordially invited to participate in this webinar. Date: Wednesday 1 September 2021 Time: […]
Exxon’s Guyana Drilling ‘Poses Major Environmental Risk’
(The Guardian, 19.Aug.2021) — ExxonMobil’s huge new Guyana project faces charges of a disregard for safety from experts who claim the company has failed to adequately prepare for possible disaster, the Guardian and Floodlight have found. Exxon has been extracting oil from Liza 1, an ultra-deepwater drilling operation, since 2019 […]
Guyana, Suriname Reveal Joint Gas Development Strategy
(S&P Global, 19.Aug.2021) — The presidents of Guyana and Suriname said Aug. 19 their countries will craft a joint strategy to develop their natural gas reserves to fuel their economic development, as well as to supply Brazil, their large southern neighbor. “Through the gas strategy, we will be working on […]
Guyana-Suriname Basin OTC2021 Technical Panel Summary
(Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Aug.2021) — Executives with ExxonMobil provided technical details of the company’s initial, current and planned activities in Guyana. What follows are excerpts from their presentations during the Offshore Technology Conference 2021 (16-19 August) in Houston, Texas. ExxonMobil, Audrey Varga — Outline of Guyana-Suriname exploration history: Standard Oil, […]
LatAm Briefs: YPF Debt, Petrobras Taxes
(Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Aug.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: YPF reducing its total debt, Petrobras’ tax collections to the government, Exxon’s Liza Unity FPSO prepares to leave Singapore, National Enterprises Limited (NEL) writes down the fair value of its indirect stake in Atlantic LNG […]
Guyana Creating New Authority For Oil Sector
(Argus, 12.Aug.2021) — Guyana plans to create a new authority by the end of 2021 to regulate its growing hydrocarbon revenues and allow orderly and transparent management and development of the sector, President Irfaan Ali said. The petroleum commission will also insulate the sector “from undue political interference” and remove […]
Guyana Opts Against LT Supply Deal With India
(Reuters, 10.Aug.2021) — Guyana’s Natural Resources Ministry said on Monday the country earned nearly $80 million from a July crude cargo sold to an Indian refiner, the highest figure since exports began in early 2020, though an official ruled out a long-term supply deal. Guyana sold the cargo of 1,047,820 […]
Guyana Gets 15 Bids To Market Govt Crude
(Reuters, 4.Aug.2021) — Guyana received bids from 15 different companies aiming to market the government’s share of the crude produced off the South American country’s coast, according to Guyana’s National Procurement and Tender Board Administration website on Wednesday. The government re-launched the search last month after a previous tender was […]
Guyana Seeks To Amend Land Use Provisions
(DPI, 3.Aug.2021) — The Government is seeking an amendment of the law which would give it greater control over the use of lands, both public and private, by petroleum operators. Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat MP, introduced the desired revisions in the Petroleum (Exploration and Production) (Amendment) Bill 2021, […]
ExxonMobil Reveals Oil Find at Whiptail
(ExxonMobil, 28.Jul.2021) — ExxonMobil said it made a discovery at Whiptail in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The Whiptail-1 well encountered 246 feet (75 meters) of net pay in high quality oil bearing sandstone reservoirs. Drilling is also ongoing at the Whiptail-2 well, which has encountered 167 feet (51 meters) […]
Hess Reveals Oil Find At Whiptail-1
(Hess, 28.Jul.2021) — Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) announced a significant oil discovery on the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana at Whiptail. The Whiptail-1 well encountered 246 feet (75 meters) of net pay in high quality oil bearing sandstone reservoirs. Drilling is also ongoing at the Whiptail-2 well, which is located 3 […]
Eco Atlantic Confident In Guyana Despite Jabillo-1 Setback
(ProActive, 5.Jul.2021) — Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas Ltd (LON:ECO, TSE:EOG) chief executive Gil Holzman remains confident in the Canje block, offshore Guyana, where Exxon is now lining up its next drill plans. It comes as Exxon’s Jabillo-1 well exploration well was safely drilled down to its target depth of […]
Eco Atlantic Says Jabillo-1 Well Shows Non-commercial
(Eco Atlantic, 5.Jul.2021) — Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. (AIM:ECO)(TSX‐V:EOG) has received a detailed update from JHI Associates Inc. The Jabillo-1 well in the Canje Block, offshore Guyana, reached its planned target depth and was evaluated but did not show evidence of commercial hydrocarbons. Jabillo-1 will now be plugged […]
Colombia Anticipates New Offshore Oil Exploration
(Bloomberg, 1.Jul.2021) — Oil majors are gearing up to explore off the coast of Colombia, offering hope to a country struggling to reverse declines in reserves and output of its biggest export. Royal Dutch Shell Plc is planning to drill this year in the Caribbean, while Exxon Mobil Corp., Repsol […]
Eco Atlantic Reveals Investment In Guyana
(Eco Atlantic, 28.Jun.2021) — Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. (AIM: ECO, TSX‐V: EOG) closed a transaction with JHI Associates Inc., a private company incorporated in Ontario and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, for Eco to acquire up to a 10% interest in JHI (the ‘Transaction’) and to appoint Keith Hill, […]
Vopak Awarded Deal For industrial Terminal In China
(Vopak, 22.Jun.2021) — Vopak has been awarded by Huizhou QuanMei Petrochemical Terminal Co., Ltd., a contract for storage and services of a liquid products terminal in China. The planned terminal would be constructed and operated as part of ExxonMobil’s proposed Huizhou chemical complex project. The contract award is subject to […]
Big Oil’s Watershed Moment: WoodMac
(Woodmac, 10.Jun.2021) — Pressures around climate change and the energy transition are having an impact, says Wood Mackenzie Vice-Chair, Americas, Ed Crooks. The events of May 26, 2021 look like a defining moment for the oil and gas industry. In the space of a few hours, three decisions crystallised trends […]
Hess Reports Discovery At Longtail-3, Offshore Guyana
(Hess, 9.Jun.2021) — Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) announced a discovery offshore Guyana at the Longtail-3 well on the Stabroek Block. Drilling at Longtail-3 encountered 230 feet (70 meters) of net pay, including newly identified, high quality hydrocarbon bearing reservoirs below the original Longtail-1 discovery intervals. The well is located approximately […]
ExxonMobil Reports Another Discovery At Longtail-3 Offshore Guyana
(Exxon, 9.Jun.2021) — ExxonMobil made a discovery at Longtail-3 in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. Drilling at Longtail-3 encountered 230 feet (70 meters) of net pay, including newly identified, high quality hydrocarbon bearing reservoirs below the original Longtail-1 discovery intervals. The well is located approximately two miles (3.5 kilometers) south […]
Westmount Re-starts Drilling At Jabillo-1, Canje Block, Offshore Guyana
(Westmount Energy, 7.June.2021) — Westmount Energy Limited (UK AIM: WTE.L, USA OTCQB: WMELF) noted the announcement by the Maritime Administration Department, Guyana, that the Stena Carron drillship will re-commence exploration drilling operations at the Jabillo-1 wellsite on the Canje Block, offshore Guyana on the 5 June 2021. Jabillo-1 is the […]
Final Investment Decision for Bacalhau Phase 1 in Brazil
(Equinor, 1.Jun.2021) — Equinor (operator) and ExxonMobil, Petrogal Brasil and Pré-sal Petróleo SA (PPSA) have decided to develop phase one of the Bacalhau field in the Brazilian pre-salt Santos area. The investment is approximately 8 billion USD. “This is an exciting day. Bacalhau is the first greenfield development by an […]
Guyanese Citizens Challenge ExxonMobil Offshore Drilling On Climate Grounds
(The Guardian, 31.May.2021) — Guyana’s government is being taken to court by two citizens seeking an end to offshore drilling by ExxonMobil and other large oil firms that will exacerbate the climate crisis. The case has been filed by Quadad de Freitas, a 21-year old Indigenous tourist guide from the […]
ExxonMobil Submits Application For Yellowtail Development Project
(Kaieteur News, 7.May.2021) — ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), has submitted an application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to undertake its fourth oil project, the Yellowtail Development Project, within the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. According to the EPA, the proposed project will be implemented in […]
Total Confirms Remobilization, Planning Of The Papua LNG Project
(Total, 5.May.2021) — A meeting took place on 3rd of May between Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of Total, and a Delegation of Papua New Guinea (PNG) led by the Deputy Prime Minister Samuel Basil, with the objective to review together the next steps for the development of the Papua […]
Exxon To Change Compressor Manufacturer On Liza Unity, Prosperity
(DPI, 3.May.2021) — Minister of Natural Resources, Hon. Vickram Bharrat said ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), will switch the manufacturer of the compressor equipment it uses, to ensure there is no flaring during future projects. This Minister made this disclosure on the sidelines of the […]