Hess Corp.’s Transcript For Its 2Q:21 Results Call

(Seeking Alpha, 28.Jul.2021) — The earnings call transcript from Hess Corporation’s (NYSE:HES) second quarter 2021 earnings conference call on 28 July 2021. Corporate Participants Jay Wilson – VP, Investor Relations John Hess – Chief Executive Officer Greg Hill – Chief Operating Officer John Rielly – Chief Financial Officer Conference Call […]

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 […]

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 […]

Hess Finds Oil At Uaru-2, Offshore Guyana

(Hess, 27.Apr.2021) — Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) today announced another oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Uaru-2 well on the Stabroek Block, which will add to the previously announced gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the block of approximately 9 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Highlights: — Adds to previous […]

ExxonMobil Finds Oil At Uaru-2 Offshore Guyana

(ExxonMobil, 27.Apr.2021) — ExxonMobil made an oil discovery at the Uaru-2 well in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. Uaru-2 will add to the previously announced gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the block, which is currently estimated to be approximately 9 billion oil-equivalent barrels. Drilling at Uaru-2 encountered approximately 120 […]

ExxonMobil Pleased With Uaru-2 Appraisal Well: Senior VP Michael Cousins Says

(Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Apr.2021) — ExxonMobil’s Senior Vice President Michael G. Cousins commented on the company’s 19th oil find offshore Guyana in the prolific Stabroek Block. “I’m thrilled to share the news that ExxonMobil has encountered more reservoirs in our Uaru-2 appraisal well offshore Guyana. This represents continued success on […]

Hess To Market Guyana Oil

(Reuters, 9.Feb.2021) — U.S. oil producer Hess Corp has been selected to market two Guyana crude oil shipments as the emerging oil power seeks a permanent partner to handle its share of a major offshore oil find, the country’s vice president said on Tuesday. The South American country has became […]

Taiwan To Open Office In Guyana

(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Feb.2021) — Taiwan announced plans to establish an office in emerging petro-state Guyana, according to details revealed by the US Embassy in Guyana. “Deepening ties between Guyana and Taiwan will advance their shared goals of prosperity and security,” the US Embassy announced 3 February 2021 in an […]

Guyana Gets Fourth Oil Lift

(Stabroek News, 28.Dec.2020) — At a price of close to US$49.50 per barrel of oil, Guyana has received its fourth one million barrels of oil scheduled for this year and will get its first lift for 2021 in February next year, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday confirmed. It would mean […]

Guyana Plans To Export 5-6 Crude Cargoes In 2021

(Argus, 22.Dec.2020) — Guyana plans to export “five to six” 1mn bl cargoes of its crude entitlement from the deepwater Stabroek block in 2021 to offset lower-than-expected shipments in 2020, natural resources minister Vickram Bharrat told Argus today. The government had projected five lifts in 2020 but managed only three […]

ExxonMobil Hits Guyana Oil Output Goal

(Argus, 21.Dec.2020) — ExxonMobil reached targeted crude production of 120,000 b/d at the Liza 1 well on Guyana’s deepwater Stabroek block, a milestone that had been delayed by an earlier re-injection glitch and equipment delays. The target was achieved a year after start-up of the Liza Destiny floating production, storage […]

Bright Future For Suriname And Guyana

(Petroleum Economist, 2.Dec.2020) — Crumbling oil prices and volatile energy demand have tipped Latin America into a sharp recession, exacerbated by one of the world’s worst Covid-19 mortality rates. But in Suriname and Guyana, at least, there are reasons to be cheerful. Although both countries face stark economic challenges, they […]

Exxon’s To Plug Tanager-1 Well Offshore Guyana

(Westmount, 17.Nov.2020) — Westmount Energy Ltd., further to the announcement by Ratio Petroleum Energy Limited Partnership dated today, that the Tanager-1 well, offshore Guyana, has been reported as an oil discovery which is currently considered to be non-commercial as a stand-alone development. The Tanager-1 exploration well is the deepest well […]

Exxon Guyana Conducts Maintenance Operations

(Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Nov.2020) — ExxonMobil Guyana recently conducted maintenance on some oil spill response equipment located offshore the small South America country. “This maintenance and training activity involved deploying some offshore boom that would be used in the event of a spill,” Exxon said 11 November 2020 in a […]

Guyana Says Getting Better Oil Deal

(Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Nov.2020) — The government of Guyana, the newest petro-state in the Latin America and Caribbean region, announced it has made strides in extracting better benefits from oil contracts signed with oil and gas companies exploring offshore including Exxon, Hess and CNOOC, and in particular starting with the […]

Hess CEO Eyes 10 FPSOs In The Stabroek Block

(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Oct.2020) — Hess Corporation CEO John Hess announced estimated resources offshore Guyana in the Stabroek Block were approximately 9 billion barrels of oil equivalent, and potentially requiring 10 floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units to develop them. “Incorporating the current assessment of additional volumes from the […]

Quick Comparison: Liza 1 And Payara Developments

(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Oct.2020) — Major differences in the licenses for the Liza Phase 1 and Payara developments offshore Guyana in the Stabroek Block as provided by Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources and summarized here within. ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited is operator and holds 45% interest […]

Payara Licence A Major Improvement On Liza 1

(DPI, 3.Oct.2020) — The new licence issued to Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) for the development of its Payara well features significant new clauses missing from the Liza 1 well licence issued by the APNU+AFC.  Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jadgeo on Friday said there were major improvements to the […]

Payara Development More Expensive Than Liza Phase 2

(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Oct.2020) — The recently sanctioned Payara development located offshore Guyana in the Stabroek Block will demand a hefty $9bn development cost due to requiring more drill centers and wells than the Liza Phase 2 development, which implies lower per well productivity. ExxonMobil, operator of the Stabroek Block, […]

ExxonMobil To Proceed With Payara Development

(Exxon, 30.Sep.2020) — ExxonMobil made its final investment decision to proceed with the Payara field offshore development in Guyana after receiving government approvals. Payara is the third project in the Stabroek Block and is expected to produce up to 220,000 barrels of oil per day after startup in 2024, using […]

Hess Corp. CEO John Hess Eyes Imminent Payara Deal

(Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Sep.2020) — Hess Corporation CEO John B. Hess is optimistic the Guyanese government of new President Mohamed Irfaan Ali will give approval in coming weeks for the company’s Payara offshore development. “In terms of our Payara development, our joint venture is in close communication with the government […]

Hess Finds More Oil At Redtail-1, Yellowtail-2

(Hess, 8.Sep.2020) — Hess announced another oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Redtail-1 well, the 18th discovery on the Stabroek Block, which will add to the previously announced gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the block of more than 8 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Redtail-1 encountered approximately 232 feet (70 meters) of […]

Guyana Planning For More Demands On ExxonMobil

(Forbes, 20.Aug.2020) — With the newly-elected People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government now firmly in place following five months of vote-counting controversy, Guyanese President Irfaan Ali and his Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo, have recently turned the discussion over the country’s offshore oil developments to proposals to require oil and gas operators […]

UK’s Global Witness Urges Guyana Renegotiate Oil Deal

(Caribnews, 18.Aug.2020) — The United Kingdom-based, anti-corruption organization Global Witness yesterday called on the new Government here to immediately investigate and renegotiate the US-owned oil giant Exxon’s exploitative oil license to ensure the country has the funds needed to rebuild after divisive elections and a debilitating novel coronavirus pandemic. In […]

Intl Team To Undertake Payara Contract Review

(Guyana Ministry of Natural Resources, 15.Aug.2020) — The Ministry of Natural Resources recently announced the review of the Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited’s (EEPGL) Payara contract and, in the interest of transparency and accountability, would like to highlight the following facts relating to the review. The current review has […]

Payara Approval Will Not Be Rushed: Bharrat Says

(Kaieteur News, 14.Aug.2020) — Even though the PPP/C government may be desirous of granting the approval for ExxonMobil’s third development project within a reasonable timeframe, it will not be rushing the review of the Payara Field Development Plan so as to compromise the integrity of the process. Making this statement […]

Payara, Payara, Payara!

(Kaieteur News, 13.Aug.2020) — Payara will be proof and pave the way. Payara could be the first plank toward petroleum prosperity. That delay pending review is a constructive move. For its part, ExxonMobil is not wasting any time. It has gone on the offensive by delivering the first sorties from […]

Guyana Could Clear ExxonMobil’s Payara Project

(Argus, 11.Aug.2020) — Guyana’s new government will decide by the end of August whether to approve ExxonMobil’s 220,000 b/d Payara project, natural resources minister Vickram Bharrat said. Payara is ExxonMobil’s third development project on the deepwater Stabroek block, but approval was delayed by a five-month political impasse that ended last […]

Guyana Mulls Absorbing Energy Dept Into Ministry

(Argus, 10.Aug.2020) — Guyana’s new natural resources minister is computer scientist Vickram Bharrat, a key appointment for the rapidly expanding oil sector. Bharrat, who is part of the administration of President Irfaan Ali that was inaugurated on 8 August, could assume an expanded portfolio if the ministry absorbs the energy […]

Guyana Elects Mohamed Irfaan Ali President

(Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Aug.2020) — Guyana’s Election Commission (GECOM) announced 2 August 2020 that Mohamed Irfaan Ali, the leading candidate from the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) had won the country’s president elections which took place on 2 March 2020. Ali beat out incumbent David Granger and his A Partnership for […]

Liza Unity Hull Arrives In Singapore

(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Jul.2020) — The Liza Unity FPSO hull has arrived from China to the Keppel shipyard in Singapore where it will be fitted with 13 topside modules to complete construction. Irving-Texas-based oil giant Exxon expects startup of the Liza Phase 2 project offshore Guyana to occur sometime in […]

Vote Standoff Prolongs Guyana Uncertainty

(Argus, 13.Jul.2020) — Guyana’s political stalemate is prolonging uncertainty over the future management of the South American country’s fledgling oil sector, and raising the prospect of US sanctions. The declaration of the winner of the 2 March presidential and parliamentary election has once again been delayed by a standoff between […]

ExxonMobil Restores Guyana Oil Production

(Argus, 18.Jun.2020) — ExxonMobil has restored crude production offshore Guyana to 80,000 b/d after correcting a technical glitch, according to the head of the country’s environmental agency EPA Vincent Adams. A problem with compression equipment had slashed output at the Liza field by 65pc to 27,500 b/d last week, compared […]