(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 […]
Tag: FPSO
Total Reports 1st Oil From Iara Offshore Brazil
(Total, 15.Nov.2019) — France’s Total announced first oil from the Iara license (Block BM-S-11A), located in the deepwater Santos Basin pre-salt. This marks the start-up […]
Shell And Partners Add Pre-salt Production
(Shell, 14.Nov.2019) — New, deep-water production has come online from the Brazilian pre-salt Santos Basin. Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (Shell Brasil) and its consortium partners […]
Petrobras Signs Charter Deals For Marlim
(Petrobras, 15.Oct.2019) — Petrobras signed letters of intent (LoI) with the Japanese company Modec (Marlim Unit 1) and the Malaysian company Yinson (Marlim Unit 2), […]
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. […]
Liza Destiny FPSO Moves To Offshore Guyana
(Zacks, 30.Aug.2019 ) — Hess Corporation recently announced the arrival of Liza Destiny — an oil production vessel — at the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana. […]
LatAmNRG briefs: Liza Destiny, Dos Bocas, PDVSA
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 29.Aug.2019, Words: 327) — LatAmNRG briefs related to the Liza Destiny FPSO reaching Guyana, PDVSA investigating recent […]
Petrobras Updates On FPSO Rio de Janeiro Incident
(Petrobras, 28.Aug.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on Aug. 26, reports that Modec has informed the company that the FPSO Cidade do […]
Siemens Turbine Generator To Power Eni Mexico Area 1
(Siemens, 9.Jul.2019) — Siemens will provide MODEC with three 34-megawatt (MW) SGT-A35 gas turbine power generation packages that will power MODEC’s floating production, storage, and […]
Total, Shell, Petrobras Launch Mero 2 Project Offshore Brazil
(Chron.com, Jordan Blum, 12.Jun.2019) — The Libra Consortium led by Petrobras, Royal Dutch Shell and Total said they’ve authorized construction of the multibillion-dollar Mero 2 […]
Libra Consortium Takes FDI On Mero-2 FPSO In Brazil’s Pre-Salt
(Shell, 11.Jun.2019) — Libra Consortium announced the final investment decision to contract the Mero-2 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to be deployed at […]
MAN Energy To Supply Compressor Trains For FPSO In Mexico
(MAN Energy, 16.May.2019) — MODEC has commissioned MAN Energy Solutions to supply a total of six compressor trains for a new FPSO vessel in the […]
Petrobras Awards McDermott EPCI Contract For Sepia Field Offshore
(McDermott, 14.May.2019) — McDermott International, Inc. announced the award of a significant* contract by Petrobras for engineering, procurement, construction and installation of subsea risers and […]
Hess Sanctions Liza Phase 2 Development Offshore Guyana
(Hess, 3.May.2019) — Hess Corporation today announced it has received regulatory approval from the government of Guyana and has made a final investment decision to […]
Guyana Oil Find Spurs Exploration Campaigns Among Neighbors
(Amsterdam News, Bert Wilkinson, 25.Apr.2019) — As Guyana, the Caribbean Community’s largest and most resource-rich nation, prepares to become an oil producer by the end […]
ExxonMobil Makes 10th Guyana Find; Raises Stabroek Estimate To 5 Bln Bbls
(ExxonMobil, 3.Dec.2018) — ExxonMobil said today it made its 10th discovery offshore Guyana and increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resource for the Stabroek […]
Shell Adds New, Deep-water Production In Brazil
(Oil & Gas Technoloy, Mark Venables, 13.Nov.2018) — New, deep-water production is underway at Lula Extreme South in the Brazilian Santos Basin. Royal Dutch Shell […]
Petrobras Reports Oil And Gas Out For Sep. 2018
(Petrobras, 26.Oct.2018) — Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) announced that in September its total production of oil and gas, including natural gas liquids (NGL), was 2.47 […]
Guyana: The World’s Next Offshore Oil Hotspot
(Oilprice.com, Tsvetana Paraskova, 23.Oct.2018) — With population of fewer than 750,000 people, Guyana—a neighbor of Venezuela—has always depended on commodities. Sugar, gold, shrimp, timber, bauxite, […]
Brazil Reserves And Production Update, H1 2018
(Seeking Alpha, George Kaplan, 19.Oct.2018) — Brazil and Petrobras show something in common with US LTO: even with a lot of debt and desire, and […]
Guyana May be the Next Big Beast in Global Oil
(The National, Robin Mills, 8.Oct.2018) — One of the few major new conventional oil provinces discovered this century could see the country emerge as the […]
Aker Solutions Wins Subsea Order for Libra’s Mero Field Offshore Brazil
(Aker Solutions, 5.Oct.2018) — Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Petrobras to provide a subsea production system and related services for the Mero 1 […]
Output from Main Pre-Salt Field to Peak in 2019
(Efe, 6.Sep.2018) — Output from Brazil’s most prolific pre-salt field will climb to a peak of 1 million barrels of oil per day in 2019, […]
Guyana Leader Cringes with Each Oil Discovery
(Kaieteur News, Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell, 31.Aug.2018) — Ordinary Guyanese who do not fully understand the fiscal regime of Guyana’s deal with oil giant, ExxonMobil might get […]
ExxonMobil Adds Ninth Discovery Offshore Guyana
(ExxonMobil, 30.Aug.2018) — Irving, Texas-based ExxonMobil has made its ninth discovery offshore Guyana at the Hammerhead-1 well, marking its fifth discovery on the Stabroek Block […]
Guyana Must Investigate ExxonMobil’s Waste Disposal Plan
(Kaieteur News, 29.Aug.2018) — The Open Society Institute (OSI) is appealing to Government to keep a watchful eye on how ExxonMobil plans to dispose of […]
Petrobras Posts 1H:18 Profit, Reduces Debt
(Petrobras, 3.Aug.2018) – Petrobras reported net income of R$ 17 billion in the first half of 2018. The positive result was mainly influenced by the […]
Shell Brazil Invests in FPSO Tanks Solution
(World Oil, 31.Jul.2018) – Aberdeen-based inspection technology and service provider for the oil and gas industry, Innospection, Shell Brazil and SENAI CIMATEC technology institute in […]
Guyana: Will its Oil Boom Benefit the People?
(Al Jazeera English, 30.Jul.2018) – Oil companies have identified massive offshore reserves in Guyana, one of South America’s poorest nations. New estimates last week report […]
Review Guyana Oil Spill Plans Before Signing Contracts
(Kaieteur News, 30.Jul.2018) — Before any contract is signed with an oil operator, the government should require that it presents and obtains approval for contingency […]
Pemex to Carry Out Maintenance On El Señor del Mar
(Pemex, 26.Jul.2018) – The works will not affect the production goals established by Pemex for the current year Starting this Saturday, July 28th and until […]
ExxonMobil Raises Stabroek Block to More Than 4 Bln Bbls
(ExxonMobil, 23.Jul.2018 ) – ExxonMobil has increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resources for the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana to more than 4 billion […]
Offshore Guyana Oil and Gas Potential is “Massive”
(UPI, Daniel J. Graeber, 23.Jul.2018) – The size of a reservoir off the coast of Guyana is “massive,” the CEO of Hess Corp. said Monday […]
ExxonMobil Announces 8th Find Offshore Guyana
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 20.Jun.2018) – Irving, Texas-based Exxon Mobil Corporation’s good luck continues in Guyana. The oil giant announced it has made its […]
ExxonMobil Reconfirms March 2020 for First Guyana Oil
(Denis Chabrol, DemeraraWaves, 12.Jun.2018) – ExxonMobil on Tuesday reconfirmed that Guyana will pump up its first barrel of oil in March 2020, even as the […]
Guyana’s Initial Oil Output to Surpass Trinidad
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 2.Mar.2017) – Sleepy Guyana is gearing up to surpass twin-island nation Trinidad and Tobago in terms of oil production. […]
Sembcorp Unit Completes Repair Job at Brazil Yard
(Sembcorp Marine Ltd., 18.May.2016) – Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine Ltd. announced that its wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz (EJA) has marked a key operational milestone […]
Petrobras Reports April Production Levels
(Petrobras, 9.May.2016) – Petrobras’ total oil and natural gas production in April amounted to 2.69 MMboe/d, of which 2.50 MMboe/d were produced in Brazil and […]